Papers, 1830-1846, of Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist as well as a physician and scientist. Includes correspondence, survey maps, geological field notes for the interior Lower Peninsula, the shorelines of the Lower and Upper Peninsulas, and the southern shoreline of Lake Superior, Isle Royale, and the Upper Peninsula. Also includes a calendar and a small index volume with names.

Collection, circa 1890-2007, of research materials compiled by Kathryn Bishop Eckert (Kathryn Anne Bishop Omoto) in the process of writing The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (PhD. diss., Michigan State University, 1982; Wayne State University Press, 2000).

Notebooks, 1904-1947, of students taking a surveyor class at the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Includes measurements from various parts of the campus as field practice has been a strength of the program.

Collection, 1945-1969, of Julius T. Nachazel and Facilities Management of the Michigan College of Mining Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes construction and survey notebooks for various buildings on campus, water and sewer line notebooks, and classification and salary reports.

Collection, circa 1887, includes survey book and photocopies of a Paine family genealogy and a letter. The genealogy is from the "Paine Genealogy and Allied Lines" by Ruth F.W. Paine (wife of William A. Paine) and the letter is from S.S. (Sarah Sargent) Paine to her son William Paine and his wife Ruth, dated April 19, 1887.