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Upper Peninsula (Mich.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Annual Reports of the Shelden Estate Company Collection

 Collection — Box SC_Box 6, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-973
Abstract

Records, 1911-1927, of the Shelden Mining Company of Lake Superior.

Dates: 1911-1927

Calumet and Hecla Employee Database

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-736
Abstract

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.

Dates: Before 2004

David S. Coon Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: MS-909
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1846 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1960

Flora Baumgartner Diary

 Collection — Sc_box MS 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: MS-724
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1899-1905

Italians in the Copper Country Research Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-708
Abstract

Research papers, before 2004, pertaining to Italian immigrants in Michigan's Copper Country. Includes research notes, census data and oral history tapes.

Dates: Before 2004

Quincy Mining Company Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-400
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1913-1914, assembled by Louis G. Koepel, long-time employee of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1913-1914

Virtual Upper Peninsula Web Project Records

 Collection — Sc_box 5, Folder: 45-46
Identifier: MS-940
Abstract

Records, 2000, documenting the Virtual Upper Peninsula (VUP) project, a product of the Michigan Technological University's Humanities 3120 course, Fall 2000.

Dates: 2000