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Collection, circa 1975, of the Historic American Buildings Survey's work in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Copper Country. Includes source people, considered buildings, structures, sites and districts, nominations for State Register of Historic Places and research documents on specific buildings, structures, sites and districts in Baraga, Delta, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Luce and Ontonagon Counties.

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Oral history interviews, 1974, of Italian residents of Michigan's Copper Country. Interviews by Tony Salani include oral histories by Louis Fredianelli, Leo Lucchesi, Joe Nozero, and Bruno Ricchi.

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Papers, 1899-1979, of James Chynoweth, an early developer of Michigan copper mining. Includes correspondence relating to his mining and business interests. Also includes a reminiscence from his granddaughter, Elizabeth Viola Boersma.

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Collection, 1866-1894, compiled by James Kerr. Consists of miscellaneous printed ephemera from Michigan's Copper Country, including a graduation program from Hancock High School (1894), a personal account book, a dance card, blotter paper with advertisements, tickets and letters to and from unidentified persons. Also includes pages from an unidentified general merchandise store ledger.

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Collection, 1833-1994, bulk 1860-1964, of genealogical and historical materials compiled by June and Richard Ross of Redlands, California.

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Records, 1994-2014, of the Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT), a non-profit natural resource conservation organization.

Abstract Papers, 1983, by Keweenaw Publishing about regional publications. Includes correspondence to local Copper Country writers and photographers soliciting material for the "Guide to Michigan's Copper Country," a directory of attractions, museums, points of interest, and events. Also includes articles submitted by Clarence J. Monette, a local historian from Lake Linden, and Jean Petermann Kemp, the curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum and clippings from local newspapers with promotions of...

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Records, 1955-2022, of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country, Michigan's Upper Peninsula's branch of the national nonpartisan political organization. Includes organizational election records, board meeting minutes, annual meeting records, voters guides, school guides as well as the records collected by a representative of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country while attending and observing public meetings of local municipal organizations.

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Papers, circa 2009 and ongoing, of graduate students at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. This collection contains research papers from Michigan Technological University’s Archaeology of Industry students. Topics included are related to historical industrial features of the Keweenaw area.

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Collection, 1894- , of commencement records for Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes commencement programs, invitations, tickets, correspondence and newspaper clippings as well as correspondence, clippings and ephemera of and about Michigan Technological University and Michigan's Copper Country.