Abstract Papers, circa 1961-circa 1983, of Ruth Butler, a native of Republic, Michigan and long-time resident of Houghton County, Michigan. Includes personal papers, files on the founding of the Houghton County Historical Society and the Upper Peninsula State Fair Board as well as files relating to Mrs. Butler's political activities with the Michigan Constitutional Convention and the Michigan State Central Committee. Also includes various certificates, recognition awards, photographs and...

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Collection, 1853-1978, of the St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a land holder with mineral rights on property along the Lake Superior copper region. Includes correspondence, financial records, land deeds and holdings, field journals and reports. Material in this collection complements material in the Copper Range Company Collection.

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Collection, 1912-1978, of Swande Godell of Chassell, Michigan. Includes biographical and genealogical material as well as personal and business correspondence, field notebooks, logging camp account books and Chassell Lumber Company records.

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Records, 1908-1940, of the Traprock Valley Grange No. 1316, located in Houghton County, Michigan. Includes subordinate grange record book, dues account and roll books, quarterly reports, dues receipt books, bills, receipts and correspondence as well as a ritual manual and Journals of Proceedings publications.

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Collection, before 1989, consisting of aperature cards produced by the United States Bureau of Mines. Contains microfilmed underground maps, primarily from Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Also includes an index for the aperature cards.

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Records, undated, of the Upper Peninsula Power Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also includes records from the Houghton County Traction Company and the Houghton County Electric Light Company, both of which were bought by the Upper Peninsula Power Company. Includes service contracts, right of way records, ordinances, permits, leases, stockholder lists, and miscellaneous printed ephemera.

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Photograph collection, circa 1947, taken by Wendell J. Kraft with preservation help by his wife, M. Jean Kraft. Photographs and negative include aerial images of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Also includes some historic mine site photographs.

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Records, circa 1977-circa 1981, of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes a master list of sites in the western Upper Peninsula that are included on the National Register of Historic Places as well as survey materials and nomination forms for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton and Ontonagon counties.

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Photograph collection, Approximately 1890-1980, of William H. Brinkman of Redridge, Michigan. Greater part of collection includes images of the Freda and Beacon Hill area of Houghton County, Michigan. Depicts local people, area mining operations, schools, town scenes and group photos.