The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections seeks a graduate student intern for Summer 2013. As a regional history manuscript collection, the Michigan Tech Archives collects material which documents the history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula, including its historic copper mining industry. The intern selected will receive substantive . . .
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The Michigan Tech Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is currently accepting applications to its annual travel grant program, which brings outside scholars and researchers to Michigan Technological University in Houghton to study the Archives’ collections. Financial support for the travel award program is provided by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, a support . . .
An exhibit exploring labor in Michigan’s historic copper mining district will visit the Calumet Public-School Library in January. “Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, will be on display from January 7 through February 1 during the library’s regular public hours. A special open house will . . .
The Michigan Tech Archives will host a general introduction to archives class during the Spring semester. This regular 3-credit course will start on January 16 and run through the end of April. The course, SS 3990 “Management and Use of Archival Information,” will be offered Wednesday evenings from 7:00-10:00. The class will meet in the . . .
The Archives will be closing Friday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m. for the holiday recess. We will reopen on Wednesday, January 2 at 1:00 p.m. Current hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
“Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, will be on display from December 1 through January 5 at the Ontonagon County Historical Society Museum at 422 River Street in Ontonagon, Michigan. The museum will be open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A special open house . . .
A temporary Archives service will operate on a limited basis starting on Monday, Nov. 19. An area will be accessible through the library’s north stairwell and will operate from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Due to the disaster, portions of the Archives collections will not be accessible initially. But other materials, including . . .
Originally published in Tech Today, November 1, 2012 by Marcia Goodrich, Michigan Tech The Michigan Tech Archives are recovering from the Oct. 26 fire and ensuing water damage. Though the facility remains closed, recovery crews are working to restore the area and its documents, with the aim of reopening it to the public. At about . . .
Because of a fire in the Michigan Tech Archives on Friday, the department is currently closed. The J. R. Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library at Michigan Tech will reopen at 12 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28. The archives are located on the garden level of the library and will remain closed until further notice. . . .
“Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, will premier at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, in the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library at Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Members of the exhibit project team will discuss the research and design . . .