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Manuscript, 2004, Charles K. Hyde's updated manuscript for "Copper for America : the United States copper industry from colonial times to the 1990s" (Tucson : University of Arizona Press).

Abstract Contacts, undated, of F. Peter Ambrosiani, a professional mining engineer and 1938 graduate of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes a notebook with handwritten entries for mining companies of Michigan's Upper Peninsula primarily with their chief officers, superintendents, engineers and agents listed. Probably associated with Ambrosiani's job with Jeffrey Manufacturing Company where he was the sales manager for...

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Photograph collection, undated, compiled by the Mining Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan for use in classroom instruction. Includes glass lantern slides, photographic negatives, and photographic prints of Michigan copper and iron mining, as well as mining from other parts of the world.

Abstract Research material, 1726-1978, compiled by Charles K. Hyde on mining history. Includes photocopies and microfilm of articles, journals, and book chapters pertaining to United States copper mining with a particular focus on Lake Superior copper as well as material on the British iron and steel industry. Also includes index cards with citations and research notes pertaining to the Quincy Mining Company, other Michigan copper mining activities, general topics in U.S./international mining, and...