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Upper Peninsula (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Lake Superior Radio Club Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-095
Abstract

Records, 1948-1960, of the Lake Superior Radio Club, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Includes minutes of the club's meetings, copy of the by-laws and amendments, mailing list and correspondence as well as an amateur radio license.

Dates: 1948-1960

Larry Chabot Papers

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: MS-076
Abstract

Papers, 1953-2008, compiled and written by Larry Chabot, document the history of the White Pine Copper Company located in Ontonagon County and operated by the Copper Range Company. Includes newspapers, clippings, photocopies, newsletters, reports and correspondence related to the history of the White Pine Copper Company from the time the mine opened in 1953 to its closure in 1995.

Dates: 1953-2008

Lawrence J. Remington Mining Collection

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-528
Abstract

Collection, circa 1863-circa 1883, of mining company records compiled by Lawrence J. Remington of Houghton, Michigan. Includes stock certificates, insurance policies, indenture letters, bills and receipts, correspondence, inventories and other printed ephemera from the South Pewabic Copper Company, Sheldon Mining Company of Lake Superior, Columbian Mining Company, Quincy Mining Company and Douglass Houghton Mining Company.

Dates: Circa 1863-Circa 1883

Lawton Family Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-785
Abstract

Collection, 1880-1968; 2007-2019, of the Lawton family of Michigan. Includes field notebooks of Charles DeWitt Lawton, written during his tenure as the State of Michigan Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, as well as correspondence of Charles Latham Lawton and Swaby Lawton. Also contains biographical information on family members including Charles Latham Lawton, Swaby Lawton, Nathan Oliver Lawton, Charles E. Wright and Ross Dunbar Blackburn.

Dates: 1880-1968; 2007-2019; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1968

Letterhead and Stationary Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 3-7
Identifier: MS-068
Abstract

Collection, undated, of blank letterhead and stationary from mining companies, civic entities and other organizations from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Dates: undated

Lloyal Bacon Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-075
Abstract

Papers, 1928-1991, of Lloyal Bacon, a professor of geophysics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

Dates: 1896-1991

Louis G. Koepel Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-173
Abstract

Collection, 1911-1978, compiled by Louis Koepel, a resident and historian of Michigan's Copper Country. Includes Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the merger of the Copper Range Company with Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, SEC paperwork for the Calumet and Hecla, Inc. sale to Universal Oil Products, auction catalogs for disposition of the W. Parsons Todd Collection, parts catalogs, patents. Also includes blueprints for the J. P. Cooper house in East Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1911-1978

Lumberjack Folklore Student Paper

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 40-41
Identifier: MS-457
Abstract

Paper, 1980, written by Susanne Monasa as an undergraduate student at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. "Lumberjack Life" includes an oral history interview with H. Kenneth Hamar.

Dates: 1980

Marconi Wireless Station WCM and Navy Radio Station NUG Research Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-534
Abstract

Research papers, 1915-1922, compiled in 1993 by Lawrence T. Fadner documenting the Navy Radio Station NUG in Calumet, Michigan, formerly owned and operated by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America with the call sign WCM. The radio station was taken over by the U. S. Navy in April, 1917 and was located on the Tamarack Junior location, owned by the Osceola Mining Company.

Dates: 1915-1922

Martin L. Britz Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-497
Abstract

Letter books, 1862-1905, from various law offices in the Houghton County, Michigan area. Also includes several freight books from the steamer IVANHOE as well as ledgers from the merchant firm, J. Hoar & Brother.

Dates: 1862-1905