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Hancock (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

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

Marie McCurdy Autobiography

 Collection — Sc_box MS 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-221
Abstract

Autobiography, circa 1984, of Marie McCurdy, a native of Ripley, Michigan. Includes description of her early life in Ripley and Hancock, her stay in the sanitorium with tuberculosis, as well as her time in Canada where her husband was a gold miner near Ontario. Also includes anecdotes upon returning to Michigan with accounts of her husband's illness from silicosis and her subsequent activities after his death.

Dates: Circa 1984

Meinardi family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1007
Abstract

Papers, 1908-1975, 2015, of the Meinardi Family of Hancock, Michigan.

Dates: 1908-1975, 2015; Majority of material found within 1908-1975

Michigan Naval Brigade, Second Battalion Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-536
Abstract Correspondence, 1905-circa 1911, between commanders of the Michigan Naval Brigade, Second Battalion in Hancock, Michigan and various officials. Topics range from ill-fitting uniforms to munitions and troop and officer assignments. A large portion of the correspondence is from H. Stuart Goodell, commander of the YANTIC and owner of the South Range Mercantile Company in Painesdale. Also included is a "Boat Book," published by the U.S. Navy in 1905 and covers all topics related to proper boat...
Dates: 1905-Circa 1911

Michigan Technological University Industrial Learning Center Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MTU-100
Abstract

Records, 1976-1982, of the Industrial Learning Center at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. The Industrial Learning Center was an occupational training program, located in the former Naval Reserve Center in Hancock, offered by the University to area students. Includes papers on the acquisition of the Hancock Naval Reserve Center for the ILC, reviews of the ILC prior to the decision to close the Center, clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1976-1982

New Venice Cafe Menu

 Collection — Sc_box MS 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-783
Abstract

Menu, circa 1931, from the New Venice Cafe, formerly located in Hancock, Michigan in the Elk's Temple Building. Offering both classic American dishes as well as Italian fare, the front cover invites the customers to "Dine and Dance". Joe Fenili is listed as the proprietor.

Dates: Circa 1931

Ovist Family Portage Lake Lift Bridge Photograph Collection

 Collection — SC_box 6, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-966
Abstract

Eighteen photographs, June 1958-January 1959, depicting construction workers and progress on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.

Dates: 1958-1959

Perkins and Company Store Ledgers

 Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: MS-373
Abstract Ledgers, 1864-1881, for the Perkins and Company store located in Hancock, Michigan. Includes detailed accounting of items bought by customers, inventory, profit and loss statements, and freight charges. Customers include several mining companies as well as unidentified school districts and hospitals. Two of the day books are embossed with the initials "JHS," one also has James H. Seager written on the inside cover. Seager was a local entrepreneur and general store owner in Franklin Mine and...
Dates: 1864-1881

Portage Coal and Dock Company Ledger

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-755
Abstract

Ledger, 1903-1924, of the Portage Coal and Dock Company located in Ripley, Michigan. Includes financial records for expenditures, bills payable and bills receivable as well as records for the Hancock and Calumet retail branches, rents, dock repairs, hard and soft coal sales and some corporate accounts.

Dates: 1903-1924

Portage Lake United Church Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-054
Abstract

Records, 1851-1999, of the First Congregational Church of Hancock, Michigan, the First Presbyterian Church of Houghton, Michigan and the Portage Lake United Church of Houghton, Michigan. Includes minutes, financial reports, membership records, photographs, correspondence and other records.

Dates: 1851-1999