History came alive for more than 90 students in grades 4 through 12 as they participated in the District 1 regional competition for National History Day. The event took place Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Memorial Union Building on the Michigan Tech campus. Although judging of the exhibits took place behind closed doors, the public was invited . . .
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Dr. Bruce E. Seely, Dean of the College of Sciences and Arts at Michigan Tech, will give an invited presentation at 4:00pm on Wednesday, February 23, in the East Reading Room of the J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Tech campus. Seely’s presentation, “Research and the Historian’s Craft: Excursions from the Archives . . .
As part of our on-going NHPRC grant to uncover “hidden” collections, the following register represents collections newly accessible through OCLC’s WorldCat and Michigan Tech’s OPAC, WebVoyage. For a full list of cataloged collections, check out our Collection Registers page. For further information please visit us in the garden level of the J.R. Van Pelt and . . .
Have you ever wondered how to start a historical research project? Not sure where to find the right documents to answer your question? Unclear how a research archives operates? Join Julie Blair and Erik Nordberg, archivists from Michigan Tech, and Jeremiah Mason, archivist at Keweenaw National Historical Park, for an introduction to archival research at . . .
“People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, has moved to the library at Jeffers High School in Painesdale, Michigan. The exhibit explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara and will be open to the public through February 25, . . .
Interested in researching Copper Country history or tracing your family roots but are just to darn far away to visit the Michigan Tech Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for yourself? As a courtesy for those who aren’t able to visit the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Tech Archives offers a list of independent researchers for . . .
The Archives will close for the holiday season at 5:00 p.m., on Wednesday, December 23, 2010. We will reopen at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, January 3, 2011. Requests for information can be left via e-mail at copper@mtu.edu or by telephone at 906-487-2505. On behalf of the Archives’ staff, have a wonderful holiday season! Erik Julie . . .
Ever wonder how to start a historical research project? Not sure where to find the right documents to answer your question? Unclear how a research archives operates? Join Michigan Tech archivists Julie Blair and Erik Nordberg at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, for an introduction to archival research. The workshop will take place in . . .
The Keweenaw Digital Archives, a web-based collection of historical photographic images of Michigan’s Copper Country, added its 10,000th image on Friday, November 19. The collection is drawn primarily from the photographic holdings of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collations and document the social and industrial life of the Keweenaw Peninsula. . . .
“People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, has moved to the Finnish American Heritage Center on the campus of Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan. The exhibit explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara and will be open to . . .