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Ledger, 1906-1910, of the Lake Copper Company, a company operating in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Includes invoices pasted into a ledger, documenting the company's operating expenses.

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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.

Abstract Research papers, circa 1974-circa 1979, of Lawrence Rakestraw, a faculty member of the Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes research papers and field notes on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as well as research papers on land ownership in Ontonagon County, the Sturgeon River Lumber Company and a history of the Department of Forestry (now the School of Forest Resources and Environmental...

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This collection covers the process around radioactive waste disposal in Michigan and the public reaction to the plans. Includes background information on radioactive waste disposal and effects, reports, and criteria for potential disposal sites as well as governmental regulations. Also includes clippings, newsletters, and publications documenting the public's reaction against the potential disposal sites.

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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.

Abstract Inventory, 1998, of the underground metallic mines in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, and Ontonagon Counties. Under the direction of the Mineral Technology Research Group of the Michigan Technological University Mining Engineering Department, researchers and students worked on a project to produce an inventory of the abandoned underground metallic mines in Michigan. Over 800 mines were identified and over 2,000 shafts cataloged. Field inspections prioritized...

Abstract Records, 1910-1937, of the North Lake Mining Company as well as the South Lake Mining Company and the Franklin Mining Company. Includes minutes of stockholder meetings, directors meetings and by-laws for the North Lake Mining Company, stockholder meetings, stock and accounting records for the South Lake Mining Company and cost records of the Franklin Mining Company. Also includes a division of time and labor ledger that records the amount of time spent on various tasks such as timbering,...

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Records, circa 1987, of the Ontonagon Citizens Information Committee, located in Ontonagon County, Michigan, a grassroots organization mainly concerned with hazardous waste disposal issues. Includes minutes, correspondence, guidelines and clippings.

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Collection index of the holdings of the Ontonagon County Historical Society.

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Newsletters, 1998-2004, 2011-2018, of the Ontonagon County Historical Society, Michigan.