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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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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Records, 1897-1901, of the Sivert Olson Furniture Store, located in Calumet, Michigan. Includes a store accounting journal and a merchandise ledger.

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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.

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Records, 1909-1920, of the Superior and Globe Copper Co., a mining company located near Globe, Arizona. Volume of financial records includes record of bills audited, detailing office expenses and incidental expenses.

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Records, 1976-1982, of the Superior Foods Cooperative Inc. in Ahmeek, Michigan. Includes organizational records, financial records and newsletters from Superior Foods as well as records from other cooperatives in the area. Includes bylaws, stock certificates, membership information, order forms and newsletters from Common Health Warehouse Cooperative Association in Duluth, Minnesota, their food supplier, and newsletters from the Keweenaw Cooperative Inc. in Hancock, Michgan.

Abstract The First Congregation of Israel was formerly organized in 1909 with the objective of building a synagogue on land acquired from the Quincy Mining Company the previous year. Temple Jacob, named after prominent Hancock merchant Jacob Gartner, was built in 1912. The Temple Jacob Collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, financial records, research files, correspondence, and printed ephemera. Much of the material was generated by Harley L. Sachs, former President and...

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Records of the Tossava family relating to the Finnish Workmen's Co-Operative Company and the Kearsarge Store Company in Kearsarge, Michigan.

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Records, 1908-1940, of the Traprock Valley Grange No. 1316, located in Houghton County, Michigan. Includes subordinate grange record book, dues account and roll books, quarterly reports, dues receipt books, bills, receipts and correspondence as well as a ritual manual and Journals of Proceedings publications.

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Records, 1946-1986, of the Upper Peninsula Section of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). Includes bylaws, procedural manuals, correspondence, financial records, meeting programs and membership records.