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Collection, 1788-1857, assembled by Erastus Hurd consists of one military commission from 1788 as well as papers related to the Charter Oak Mining Company. These papers include articles of association, Hurd's contract to provide maps, notes and a report on mining prospects in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, instructions for Hurd to act as an agent for the Charter Oak Mining Company and a list of stockholders and eight stock certificates for stock owned by Hurd.

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Papers, 1905-2019, of Dana Richter, former faculty member of Michigan Technological University’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and local Copper Country historian.

Abstract Collection, 1852-1924, of the Daniel Brockway family, an early merchant and community building family in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Contains correspondence, financial records and legal records of Daniel Brockway's many land and business ventures throughout the Great Lakes region, particularly the activity of several stores Brockway operated with his son, Albert A. Brockway, under the partnership D.D. Brockway & Son. The collection also includes records of several mining enterprises...

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Collection, 1873-1926, compiled by Elizabeth Fichtel. Includes commencement invitations for Hancock High School, Lake Linden High School and the Michigan Mining School as well as invitations to local parties, some printed on fabric or sheets of copper. Also contains stock certificates from various mining companies in Arizona, Minnesota, and Michigan in addition to lumber, truck body and development businesses.

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Collection, 1843-2020, of stock certificates, related documentation, and reference materials focusing primarily on copper mining corporations in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Ontonagon County, Michigan.

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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, 1858-1956, of stock certificates from various companies.