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History, circa 1961, tracing the lineage of George Issac Allen, a millwright at the Champion Copper Mill in Freda, Michigan, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton, Michigan. Includes published sources, copies of plat maps, genealogical information, and oral history interviews.

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Collection, circa 1919-circa 1956, of the Superior Upper Peninsula Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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Collection, circa 1970-circa 1983, of the Calumet Theatre in Calumet, Michigan. Includes minutes, agendas, correspondence, budgets and financial records, events and fundraising records, pamphlets, and photographs as well as a history of the theatre.

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Histories, 1994-2002, tracing the lineage of the Combo family, originally from County Cork, Ireland and later Houghton, Michigan.

Abstract Collection, 1981-2003, of the grassroots organization, Fight For Justice, whose membership included tribal elders, men, women and children of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Assinins, Michigan. Includes transcripts and audio recordings with fifteen people involved in the takeover of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Center. Also includes information on the initial takeover of the center and the aftermath, consequences and opinions of the takeover as well as tribal history,...

Abstract Collection, 1832-2008, of the Grace United Methodist Church in Houghton, Michigan. Includes a wide variety of records, such as sacramental documents, minutes of committees, church newsletters and bulletins, and materials gathered for church anniversaries and historical publications. The collection also contains records from other Methodist church in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula which have closed and/or merged with Grace United Methodist Church, including those at Central Mine, Dollar Bay,...

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Records, 1883-, of the Hancock Home Study Club, the first women's club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Collection, circa 1970-2005, of the Keweenaw County Historical Society, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Michigan’s Keweenaw County.

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Records, 1897-1988, of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Includes correspondence, departmental annual reports, faculty publications, photographs and other printed ephemera. Also contains files on the Institute of Lake Superior Geology as well as "A History of the Geological Department of the Michigan Technological University 1886-1990" by Paul Zimmer. The bulk of this collection is from 1941-1981.

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Records, 1969-1994, of the Portage Lake United Ministries in Higher Education, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, corporation records, financial records, minutes, reports and background information as well as other gathered ephemera. While independent of Michigan Technological University, there was an obvious geographical and mission-oriented connection to the university and some of the records relate to programs and outreach to the university.