Abstract This collection documents much of the administrative and research aspects of the Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale (also referred to as the wolf-moose project) while under the direction of the research project's first and second primary investigators, Durward L. Allen and Rolf O. Peterson. Few materials are from John A. Vucetich, who began co-directing the project with Peterson in 2003. Research topics focus on wolves and moose, but include topics such as vegetation, birds, and...

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Collection, 1897-1956, of Edwin J. Collins, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, a 1903 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (later Michigan Technological University) and eventual member of the board of directors for the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company. Includes diaries, photographs, textbooks, instruments and mine maps of properties he worked on as well as several souvenir spoons and service medals from the Spanish-American War.

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Collection, 1962-1970, compiled by Franklin Pardee documenting the beginnings of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Inc. Includes board meeting minutes, correspondence, studies and maps concerned with the feasibility of transforming the Quincy Mining Company site into a tourist site.

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Collection, compilation by James Pollock, chief geologist at Calumet and Hecla, Inc. of articles, pamphlets and maps on the Goodman Lumber Company, bought in 1955 by Calumet and Hecla, Inc. and known as the Goodman Lumber Division of Calumet and Hecla, Inc.

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Papers, 1845-1974 1868-1974 (bulk 1915 - 1961), of Grover Cleveland Dillman, the fourth president of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries and photographs from Dillman's career both prior to and including his presidency at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology.

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Collection, 1872-2001, compiled by Harold H. Heikkinen consists of photographs of the Atlantic Mine, Michigan area companies, churches, schools and recreation. Most photographs are fully identified with individual names, locations and dates. Also included are maps and newspaper clippings that further help identify the photographs.

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Collection, circa 1998, of research notes and drafts for the book "The History of Pequaming" by Earl L. Doyle and Ruth B. MacFarlane. Often considered the most famous ghost town in Michigan, the complete story of Pequaming is told from the time of Native American settlement, through the Henry Ford "model community" era, and up to the present. Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes, clippings, financial records, maps, photographs, and other printed ephemera.

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Records, 1957-1974, of the Huss Ontonagon Mill Division of Hoerner Boxes, Inc., based in Ontonagon, Michigan.

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Research papers, compiled by Dr. Jorma Kalliokoski pertaining to his research on Jacobsville (Michigan) sandstone, kimberlite and miscellaneous mineral research in the Copper Country and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes research notes, maps and drawings.

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Records, 1942-1959, of the Keweenaw County Road Commission relating to the proposed Long Range Highway Program. Includes correspondence and maps.