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Records, circa 1987-circa 1989, of the Upper Peninsula Newspaper Project, a joint venture between Central Michigan University and Michigan Technological University. Includes correspondence between project staff as well as with participating communities and potential participants and funding agencies. Also includes reports on the status of the project.

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Collection, circa 1979-circa 2000, of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Writers' Association. Includes publications primarily by members T. Kilgore Splake, Ruth B. MacFarlane and Moira Davison Reynolds as well as minutes, newsletters, correspondence and annual conference material.

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Records, 1946-1986, of the Upper Peninsula Section of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). Includes bylaws, procedural manuals, correspondence, financial records, meeting programs and membership records.

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Meeting program, 1901, from the Upper Peninsula Teachers' Association sixth annual meeting in Hancock, Michigan, referred to as the "Copper Country Meeting." Includes lists of officers, the executive committee, and the local committee and provides the schedule of events for the two day meeting. Also includes handwritten notes commenting on the quality of the speakers and changes to the program and available excursions.

Abstract Photograph collection, circa 1912-circa 1974, of unidentified family's snapshots in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes family, recreational and scenic snapshots in Houghton, Calumet, Ontonagon County, Freda, Eagle Harbor and Hurontown. Also includes company housing shots in Hurontown, scenes from the CITY OF BANGOR (built 1896) shipwreck of 1926, Winter Carnival at Michigan Technological University and the Michigan State Militia encampment in Calumet, during the 1913 copper miners...

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Collection, 1865-1987, compiled by Wesley E. Perron, an avid railroad enthusiast and Marquette, Michigan resident. Includes photographs, information and clippings about numerous area railroad companies, particularly the Copper Range Railroad and the Mineral Range Railroad.

Abstract Collection, 1901-1935, of the Western Federation of Miners, the labor union that organized both hard rock miners and smelter workers in the western United States and British Columbia. Includes microfilm copies of Western Federation of Miners constitution, executive board minutes, convention proceedings, hearings, Miners Bulletin, and weekly publications concerning the copper strike in Michigan. Also includes membership books from Local 200 in Hancock, Michigan and five handbills warning...

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Design proposal, 1986-1987, for a compact skidder for small logging operations by the Western U. P. Forest Improvement District (doing business as Forest Restoration, Inc. of Pelkie, Michigan). Includes photographs of the VTR 2000 and prototype blueprints as well a written proposal for grant funding, specifications, and a letter of support for the grant proposal.