Author: Lindsay Hiltunen

Archives Month Staff Spotlight 2017 – Jeremy

Jeremy is our next staff member to be featured in the Staff Spotlight for American Archives Month! First Name: Jeremy Title: Student Assistant – Copper Range Railroad Exhibit Where are you from? Cadillac, MI What is your major? Mechanical Engineering What is your favorite thing about working at the Michigan Tech Archives? Regularly handling historical documents . . .

Keynote to Celebrate 25 Years of Industrial Archaeology at Michigan Tech: Preserving Legendary 20th Century Sites in Detroit

Please join us for a keynote presentation by guest scholar Krysta Ryzewski at 4:00 pm on Friday, September 22 in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Technological University campus. This event is part of A Celebration: 25 Years of Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, an anniversary of the . . .

Secret Societies of the Copper Country

Please read on for a blog post from our summer inter, Steve Moray, on fraternal organizations in the Copper Country. ______________________________________________________________________ The Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias…secret societies. Many people find them fascinating, but many may also have a misunderstanding of exactly what these secret societies are or what they do. Most . . .

“Go across the ocean with me”: Student Essays on Family History from 1917

At the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, summer means genealogy! Taking advantage of our warmer weather and the local attractions open for the season, visitors arrive from all around the country–and even the globe–to research their family history. In turn, our staff members learn more about the people who called this . . .