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...

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Collection, 1978-2010, of Larry Lankton, Professor Emeritus of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Materials extensively document Lankton’s career and research into the copper mines of the western Upper Peninsula, both during his professorial tenure and his time with the Historic American Engineering Record.

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Report, 2003, pertaining to the Minor/Miner Houses exhibit at the Keweenaw Heritage Center in Calumet, Michigan.

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Photograph collection, 1998, black-and-white photographs taken in 1998 by Nancy Fisher documenting the remaining Quincy Mining Company housing in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Also includes photocopies of maps showing the different housing locations on Quincy Hill including Limerick, Pewabic, Lower Pewabic, and Sing Sing.