Abstract Autobiography, 1943, of Samuel Alexander Parnall, a graduate of the first class of the Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan, and president of the alumni association from 1892-1893. Written as a letter to his half-sister, Isabella Parnall Begle, it details his experience growing up in Rockland, Michigan, his attendance at the Michigan Mining School and subsequent career as a mine engineer and superintendent around the western United States and...

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Papers, circa 1922-circa 1939, of the Schleeter family of Lake Linden, Michigan. Includes correspondence, financial documents, ledgers, certificates, clippings, and photographs.

Abstract Collection, 1838-1972, of Scott Turner, an alumnus of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Through his long career, Turner worked around the globe in various mining jobs, including managing the Arctic Coal Company in Spitsbergen (now known as Svalbard) and director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines as well as surviving the sinking of the Lusitania. He received many awards during his career, including the first-ever Distinguished Alumni Award...

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Collection, 1881-2018, of the Seaman family, the majority created by Arthur Edmund Seaman and Wyllys Arthur Seaman. Includes correspondence to and from the Seamans, publications by the Seamans, poetry by A. E. Seaman, research notes on various topics and miscellaneous ephemera.

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Records, circa 1986-circa 2001, of the Seaman Mineral Museum Society, a society established to support and promote the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, located on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, newsletters, membership lists, and other printed ephemera.

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Collection, 1853-1978, of the St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a land holder with mineral rights on property along the Lake Superior copper region. Includes correspondence, financial records, land deeds and holdings, field journals and reports. Material in this collection complements material in the Copper Range Company Collection.

Abstract Papers, 1986-1987, about the celebrations in the Copper Country for Michigan's sesquicentennial, compiled by Clarence J. Monette, a local historian and resident of Lake Linden, Michigan. The Copper Country Sesquicentennial Coordinating Agency was composed of leaders in industry, history, religion, politics, and education. The Agency had official recognition to act as the clearinghouse for the 150th celebrations. Includes correspondence, photographs, planning documents, grant applications,...

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Collection, 1912-1978, of Swande Godell of Chassell, Michigan. Includes biographical and genealogical material as well as personal and business correspondence, field notebooks, logging camp account books and Chassell Lumber Company records.

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Records, 1953-1979, of the Michigan Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi Association at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes minutes, by-laws, correspondence and national, regional and local chapter records.

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Papers, 1868; 1886-1937, of Walter S. Prickett, a resident and farmer in Sidnaw, Michigan. The majority of this collection is correspondence, but also includes maps, land deeds, farm reports and documents as well as articles and clippings.