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Correspondence, 1943-1945, belonging to Grover Dillman, former State Highway Commissioner and President of the Michigan Technological University.

Abstract Papers, 1939-2013, of John MacInnes, head coach of the Michigan Tech Hockey Huskies from 1956 to 1982 and one-time "winningest coach in college hockey." Includes class rosters, team data, and correspondence related to the work of coaching and managing the hockey program at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Also included are college hockey league policies and regulations, documenting some of the changes in college league activity in the 1960s and 70s. Scrapbooks and...

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Papers, circa 1900-circa 1940, of John T. McCall, an insurance agent in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, ledgers, photographs, postcards, licenses, receipts, and Houghton High School annuals. Also includes Masonic related items from the Houghton Lodge and other organizations as well as a Miners' Bulletin broadsheet from the 1913-1914 Copper Miners' Strike.

Abstract Papers, 1886-1954, of Julius T. Nachazel, a graduate and long-time employee of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. He was instrumental in establishing the Army ROTC program at the College and as a veteran of World War I, he was active with the local American Legion chapter. Includes personal and professional correspondence, information of organizing the ROTC program, photographs, and books on the American Legion and...

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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).

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Collection, 1973-2009, of material from the Keweenaw Cooperative Inc. of Hancock, Michigan. Includes minutes and correspondence of the Board of Directors, minutes from general membership meetings, newsletters, land contract for the storefront, recordings of annual picnics and photographs.

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Collection, circa 1970-2005, of the Keweenaw County Historical Society, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Michigan’s Keweenaw County.

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Records, 1942-1959, of the Keweenaw County Road Commission relating to the proposed Long Range Highway Program. Includes correspondence and maps.

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Collection, 1976-2000, of the Keweenaw Heritage Center located in Calumet, Michigan. Includes pamphlets, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the establishment of the Keweenaw Heritage Center, its location in the historic St. Anne's Catholic Church building and the renovation of the building.

Abstract The Keweenaw Historical Society was founded in 1912 to "collect and preserve material bearing on the history of Keweenaw Peninsula, and to promote local historical study and research." After the death of President J. T. Reeder in 1937, the society became largely moribund and it was closed in favor of the new Houghton County Historical Society in 1961. The collection contains a large array of historical records collected by the society from throughout the Copper Country, including mining...