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Reminiscences, circa 1909-circa 1937, of Alfred Nicholls, a Cornish miner who emigrated to Michigan's Copper Country in 1882. Includes stories of the life of the Cornish immigrant at Central Mine and Calumet. Some may be copies of his regular newspaper stories about Central Mine and his romantic look at the town in its working days.

Abstract Papers, 1897-circa 1999, of Alfred Nicholls, Cornish emigrant to Central Mine, Michigan. Includes theater playbills and photographs for the Calumet Theatre's production of "Princess Bonnie," starring Nicholls' daughter, Mildred, as Bonnie and Red Jacket Opera House's production of "The Grand Duchess." Other photographs include the Central Mine reunion, the Central Mine coronet band and family photographs. Also included is a photocopy from "The Cornish Overseas" by Philip Payton on the Upper...

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Papers, 1974-1978, of the Apostolic Lutheran Mission, the Lutheran church established by Finnish-Americans in Calumet, Michigan. Includes newsletters in both Finnish and English with religious articles as well as details of church schedules and other activities of the mission.

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Ledgers, 1908-1913, of the Arizona and Michigan Mining Company, based in Calumet, Michigan with mining in Globe, Arizona. Includes invoice ledger, cash ledger, journals, stock registers, stock transfer registers, and payroll ledger.

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Daybook, 1912-1914, for August Parta's grocery store in Centennial Heights, Michigan. Listed as number 18, includes customer's names with records of their purchases and payments.

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Correspondence, 1873-1874, from Benjamin Knight, a miner in Calumet, Michigan to his brother John Knight, a blacksmith in Wisconsin. Includes some details on their relatives and friends in Cornwall, England as well as the lack of trustworthy banks in Calumet and the lack of clothing stores. Also contains clipping of Benjamin Knight's obituary.

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Collection, circa 1922 to circa 1967, of blueprints and blueline prints from the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company. Includes prints from various firms employed by the company such as Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation and General Electric Company as well as prints produced by employees of Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company.

Abstract Drawings, 1871-1970, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies. Contains hand sketches, tracings, blueprints and related manuscript items as well as a card index created by the company. Includes more than 80,000 engineering and architectural drawings gathered by the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company during its active life as a copper mining company in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Much of the machinery was built in-house at Calumet and Hecla and they also had need of maps of both aboveground...

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Stereographs, circa 1910, produced by the Keystone View Company depicting the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company operations in Calumet, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, undated, of the Calumet, Michigan area including the "Calumet Encampment," Freda beach and various unidentified people. The "Calumet Encampment" may be the National Guard encampment at Calumet, Michigan during the 1913 Copper Miners' strike.