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Collection, 1893-1918, of the Portage Entry Quarries Company of Jacobsville, Michigan. Includes business correspondence, ledger books, maps and photographs. The bulk of this collection relates to James W. Wyckoff's tenure as superintendent of the Portage Entry Quarries Co.

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Records, 1886-1901, of the Portage Lake Foundry and Machinery Company as well as William S. and Letitia O. Cleaves, owners of the foundry. Includes bank drafts and correspondence. Also includes ink on linen plan of "Elevation of Improved Stamps Showing Iron Foundation, S.E. Cleaves and Son, Houghton, Michigan, 1886."

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Records, 1851-1999, of the First Congregational Church of Hancock, Michigan, the First Presbyterian Church of Houghton, Michigan and the Portage Lake United Church of Houghton, Michigan. Includes minutes, financial reports, membership records, photographs, correspondence and other records.

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Records, 1969-1994, of the Portage Lake United Ministries in Higher Education, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, corporation records, financial records, minutes, reports and background information as well as other gathered ephemera. While independent of Michigan Technological University, there was an obvious geographical and mission-oriented connection to the university and some of the records relate to programs and outreach to the university.

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Correspondence, 1897-1923, from the Light-House Inspector of the Eleventh District to the keeper of the Portage Range Light Station in Jacobsville, Michigan. Includes administrative information, general circulars and notices to mariners.

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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Newspaper clippings, 1861-1868,

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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.

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Papers, undated, of R. A. Brotherton, a civil engineer with the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and with the City of Negaunee, Michigan. Includes correspondence, field notebooks, timber cruise cards, and maps as well as the personal papers of Mary, Helen, and Walter Brotherton.

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Records, 1933-1935, of the Rangers Outdoor Club of Dollar Bay, Michigan. Includes minutes, correspondence, membership cards, and tickets as well as other printed ephemera.