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Records, 1849-1966, of the Keweenaw County Clerk's Office in Eagle River, Michigan. Includes indexes and records for births, marriages, and deaths as well as naturalization records for Keweenaw County. Also includes an index and records to land deeds in Keweenaw County and Isle Royale County (from 1875-1897, Isle Royale County was separate from Keweenaw County).

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Records, 1918-1947, include elector registers for Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan as well as monthly reports, elementary student records and monthly grade registers from public schools in Keweenaw County, Michigan.

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Collection, circa 1970-2005, of the Keweenaw County Historical Society, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Michigan’s Keweenaw County.

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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.

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Announcements, circa 1887-1904, of tax information for the residents of Keweenaw County, Michigan. Includes a handbill against state taxes as well as an advisory booklet with the tariff of rates for villages and mines in Keweenaw County.

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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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.

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Annual reports, 1913-1945, for the Houghton-Keweenaw County branch of the Michigan State University Extension program. Includes the annual reports of the agricultural agent for Houghton and Keweenaw Counties as well as reports from local 4-H club agents.