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Collection, 1843-2020, of stock certificates, related documentation, and reference materials focusing primarily on copper mining corporations in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Ontonagon County, Michigan.

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Collection, 1833-1994, bulk 1860-1964, of genealogical and historical materials compiled by June and Richard Ross of Redlands, California.

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Collection, undated, of Cornish American records amassed by June and Richard Ross of Redlands, California.

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Notes, 1970-1975, taken by Eva F. Rintala about the restoration of Karki Hill Cemetery in Portage Township, Michigan as well as the upkeep of the nearby Askel Cemetery (formerly the Otter Lake Public Cemetery). Includes notes on the physical restoration as well as the interaction with the Portage Township government.

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Collection, circa 1890-2007, of research materials compiled by Kathryn Bishop Eckert (Kathryn Anne Bishop Omoto) in the process of writing The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (PhD. diss., Michigan State University, 1982; Wayne State University Press, 2000).

Abstract The Keweenaw Historical Society was founded in 1912 to "collect and preserve material bearing on the history of Keweenaw Peninsula, and to promote local historical study and research." After the death of President J. T. Reeder in 1937, the society became largely moribund and it was closed in favor of the new Houghton County Historical Society in 1961. The collection contains a large array of historical records collected by the society from throughout the Copper Country, including mining...

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Letter books, 1862-1905, from various law offices in the Houghton County, Michigan area. Also includes several freight books from the steamer IVANHOE as well as ledgers from the merchant firm, J. Hoar & Brother.

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Photographs, circa 1990, from the summary report of the Michigan Copper Mining District Historical Resources Management Plan. Includes an executive summary of the plan and a film index with sketch maps indicating the location of photographs as well as photographs from the Upper Peninsula's Houghton and Keweenaw Counties.

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Records, 1942-1976, of fire reports for the Michigan Department of Conservation, kept by Sulo Levanen, a long-time employee of the department in Keweenaw and Houghton counties. In addition to field reports of fires, there are daily log books, payroll reports, maps and drawings of the Upper Peninsula, fire summary reports and burning permit records.

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Records, circa 1953-circa 1961, of the Michigan Office of Civil Defense in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties. Includes a typed overview of the organization structure of the state office as well as flyers listing the civil defense ground observers and their contact information for Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties.