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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 Papers, 1899-1920, of Fred Walter McNair, second president of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan from 1899-1924. Includes correspondence concerning the demobilization of the 107th Engineers at Houghton, correspondence with the U. S. Geodetic Survey and others about the North Tamarack Mine Experiment, correspondence with his mother on the occasion of becoming president of the Michigan College of Mines and photographs and news clippings...

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Correspondence, 1906-1911, between Professor Frederick W. Sperr of the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan and the Grand Rapids Plaster Company, a gypsum mining company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sperr was contacted as a consultant for the company regarding several cave-ins of the roof and falling rock that the mine was experiencing.

Abstract This collection is a historical record of the incorporation and operation of “The Friends of the Italian Hall,” a non-profit organization for the preservation of the Italian Hall building located in Calumet Michigan. Operating from 1977 to 1983, the organization sought donation of the Italian Hall from the building's owner to the City of Calumet, sought registration in the Register of National Historic Places, sought federal grants for restoration of the building, sought public donations,...

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Collection, 1929-1983, of Geno Lucchesi, a long-time resident of South Range, Michigan. Includes correspondence, pilot log books, pilot instruction manuals, airplane maintenance parts catalogs, Safety Shield financial and business records, clippings, photographs and other printed ephemera as well as an album containing a song written by Geno Lucchesi, audio tapes with interviews and buttons from aviation and firemen events.

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Papers, 1923-1969, of George D. Bellows, a 1923 graduate of Michigan College of Mines. Includes a program from the 1923 commencement of Michigan College of Mines with a list of degrees conferred, correspondence and a biography of Bellows from the Paul Weir Company, a photograph of George Bellows and a leather-bound scrapbook with newspaper clippings enclosed.

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Papers, 1930-1931, of George Henry Smith collected while working for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation at Ahmeek Stamp Mill in Michigan. Includes business correspondence with the Boston office, photographs and a description of an underground tour at the Red Jacket Shaft.

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Papers, 1942-1968, of Gilbert W. Boyd, a professor in the Metallurgical Engineering department of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, research files, class lectures, outlines, quizzes and exams.

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Papers, 1985-2013, from Gloria Melton related to minority student retention efforts at Michigan Technological University's department of Student Affairs.