Author: Lindsay Hiltunen

Copper Country Scavenger Hunt Booklets Have Arrived

As a member of the Keweenaw Heritage Site network, the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is proud to support the new Copper Country Scavenger Hunt program. Part of Keweenaw National Historical Park’s contribution to the National Park Service “Find Your Park” campaign, the scavenger hunt was designed to get children engaged . . .

Michigan Tech Archives Seeking 2015 Summer Intern

  The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is currently seeking applicants for the Friends of the Van Pelt Library Graduate Internship for summer 2015. As a regional history manuscript collection and designated Keweenaw Heritage Site, the Michigan Tech Archives collects material documenting the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula, and the . . .

2015 Travel Grant Program Call for Proposals

  The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is currently accepting applications for its annual Travel Grant Program, which brings outside scholars and researchers to Michigan Technological University to work with the Archives’ collections. Financial support for the Travel Grant Program is provided by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, a . . .

Michigan Tech Archives in the News

  We are happy to share that the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections made it onto the Michigan Tech News website this morning. Senior Archivist Lindsay Hiltunen recently gave an interview and behind-the-scenes tour in the archives for Michigan Tech student writer Monica Lester. The interview was filled with questions about . . .

Copper, Cords and Cabbage: The Story of the Mineral Range Railroad’s South Range Branch

  Please join us for visiting scholar Mark Worrall at 4:00 pm on Monday, November 10 in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Technological University campus. This event is free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. In this presentation, Worrall will explore . . .