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Records, 1995-1996, of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections' acquisition and processing of the Calumet and Hecla Inc. and Quincy Mining Company Records. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the project included organizing the records of two Upper Peninsula copper mining collections to provide access to researchers.

Abstract Collection, 1855-1973, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Companies of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s underground, surface, stamp mill, reclamation, railroad, and smelting operations. Also includes records of numerous subsidiary and related companies operating in the Michigan copper...

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Collection, 1901-1975, of Frank C. Schwarzenberg, a 1917 graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes maps and blueprints of the Houghton and Hancock area, geological maps of the Copper Range, clippings, mine reports, technical machine data and correspondence.

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Collection, 1962-1970, compiled by Franklin Pardee documenting the beginnings of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Inc. Includes board meeting minutes, correspondence, studies and maps concerned with the feasibility of transforming the Quincy Mining Company site into a tourist site.

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, circa 1863-circa 1883, of mining company records compiled by Lawrence J. Remington of Houghton, Michigan. Includes stock certificates, insurance policies, indenture letters, bills and receipts, correspondence, inventories and other printed ephemera from the South Pewabic Copper Company, Sheldon Mining Company of Lake Superior, Columbian Mining Company, Quincy Mining Company and Douglass Houghton Mining Company.

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Collection, 1880-1968; 2007-2019, of the Lawton family of Michigan. Includes field notebooks of Charles DeWitt Lawton, written during his tenure as the State of Michigan Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, as well as correspondence of Charles Latham Lawton and Swaby Lawton. Also contains biographical information on family members including Charles Latham Lawton, Swaby Lawton, Nathan Oliver Lawton, Charles E. Wright and Ross Dunbar Blackburn.

Abstract Collection, 1848-1988, of the Quincy Mining Company of Hancock, Michigan. Documents the development of the company from its humble start in 1846 through the cessation of underground mining in 1931 and the sale and disbursement of its Michigan properties in the 1970s and 1980s. Includes corporate records, administrative correspondence, financial and legal documentation, employment and medical records, property and miners’ housing records, as well as operational records from the company’s...

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Letters, 1923-1924, series of correspondence between a Quincy Mining Company Smelter superintendent and a former worker, Charles Heikkinen, regarding the theft of copper and repayment. Heikkinen contacts the Quincy Mining Company Smelter 16 years after the theft in order to repay the value of 16 pounds of copper.