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Seeberville (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hanchette & Lawton Case Files on the Copper Miners' Strike

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-854
Abstract The Copper Miners' Strike of 1913-1914 in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was marred by several acts of violence, notably the Italian Hall disaster and the Seeberville shootings. Swaby L. Lawton of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton represented the Quincy Mining Company during the strike and the Copper Range Company during the appeals against the conviction of deputes for the Seeberville shootings. This collection consists of the files of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Hancock...
Dates: 1913 - 1915

The Seeberville Murders: Death and Life in the Copper Country in 1913 Photograph Collection

 Collection — Sc_box MS 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MS-695
Abstract

Photograph collection, 2003, of images from Professor Kim Hoagland's presentation, "The Seeberville Murders: Death and Life in the Copper Country in 1913," given as part of the Fourth Thursday in History series sponsored by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections and the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Includes descendants of Joseph and Antonia Putrich, the owners of the boarding house where the murders took place in 1913.

Dates: 2003