The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical
Collections houses a wide variety of print, graphic and manuscript resources.
Subject coverage includes University and campus life, towns and cities in the
Keweenaw, and the companies, social organizations, events and personalities of
the Copper Country and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The department's holdings include collections from the Quincy Mining Company and
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, an extensive collection of regional
newspapers on microfilm, public records from six counties in the Western Upper
Peninsula and the area's largest collection of local history books and magazine
titles.
The MTU Archives operates on a walk-in basis for researchers during our normal
hours of operation. Appointments may be scheduled with individual staff members
for specialized types of research support.
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Exhibits
- Keweenaw Digital Archive:
Michigan's Copper Country in Photographs
- An Interior Ellis
Island:
Ethnic Diversity and the Peopling of Michigan's Copper Country
- People, Place and Time:
Michigan's Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara, 1874-1934
- A Sense of Place:
A photographic essay linking location, community and campus in the Copper Country
- Fifty Years Ago Today: 1958 in Photographs
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Copper Country Architects
- More ...
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Publications Drawn from Research in the Michigan Tech Archives
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Suggested Topical Reading Lists
Readings Lake Superior Copper
Readings Ancient Mining of Copper
Readings 1913-1914 Michigan Copper Miners' Strike
Guides to Researching Special Topics in the MTU Archives
Guide to Genealogical Sources
Guide to Researching Mining Company History
Great Lakes Maritime Research Repositories
Newspapers on Microfilm
Sorted by City
Sorted by County
Sorted by Title
Finding Aids to Specific Collections
Manuscript Census on Microfilm
Directories
Local Public Records (State Archives Collection)
Vertical Files
Index to Map Collection
Copper Country Cemetery Listing
MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
Tel: 906-487-2505
Fax: 906-487-2357
Email: copper@mtu.edu