Upper Peninsula (Mich.) -- History
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Annual Reports of the Shelden Estate Company Collection
Records, 1911-1927, of the Shelden Mining Company of Lake Superior.
Calumet and Hecla Employee Database
Database, before 2004, transcription of information from "small format" employment cards in the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies Collection. Includes full name, employee number, date of hire, position, union membership, birth date and place, marital status, spouse name, number of children and death date, cause and place.
David S. Coon Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence
David S. Coon was born in Hancock around 1889 where he established Coon's Drug Store in the 1920s. Along with his wife Florence, he moved to Escanaba in the late 1930s. Coon became one of the leading figures behind the formation of the Delta County Historical Society and served as its secretary-curator. The collection contains newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to the history of the Copper Country compiled by David S. Coon.
Flora Baumgartner Diary
Diary, 1899-1905, of Flora Baumgartner (Mrs. P.G. Baumgartner), a resident of the Jacobsville, Michigan. Her diary chronicles events in the Copper Country of Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula as well as events of national interest such as the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President William McKinley.
Italians in the Copper Country Research Papers
Research papers, before 2004, pertaining to Italian immigrants in Michigan's Copper Country. Includes research notes, census data and oral history tapes.
Quincy Mining Company Photograph Collection
Photograph collection, 1913-1914, assembled by Louis G. Koepel, long-time employee of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.
Virtual Upper Peninsula Web Project Records
Records, 2000, documenting the Virtual Upper Peninsula (VUP) project, a product of the Michigan Technological University's Humanities 3120 course, Fall 2000.