The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections presents the premiere of Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913, a documentary film by Emmy award-winning producer Jonathan Silvers & Saybrook Productions. The film will be shown Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at 7 PM at the Calumet Theatre. Admission is free. Donations are . . .
Researchers can find a trove of ghoulish retro Halloween photographs in the Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection. The Daily Mining Gazette photograph collection contains photographs documenting people and events in the Copper Country. Most of the photographs were taken between 1952 and 1979. This collection was able to be fully processed during the NHPRC grant . . .
The Michigan Tech Archives is pleased to share the news that we have been selected as a Keweenaw National Historical Park Heritage Site in recognition of our status as a unique and valuable cultural resource. We have long been an unofficial partner with the Park, and selection as a Heritage Site bestows a formal recognition . . .
Portage Lake District Library hosts J.W. Nara Photograph Exhibit “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 Portage Lake District Library in Houghton, Michigan. The exhibit explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara and . . .
Retrospection & Respect: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Miners’ Strike A symposium to be held April 11-13, 2014 on the campus of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA The Michigan Tech Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections of the Van Pelt Library of Michigan Technological University announces a symposium to be held in Houghton, Michigan, April 11-13, . . .
For the first NHPRC project blog posting after the October fire, I felt it would be appropriate to take a look at a much more unfortunate case. In 1917, the resident agent of the St. Mary’s Canal Mineral Land Company, F. W. Nichols, was trying to find some early land records. He wrote to Richard . . .
The telephone has become so ubiquitous in our lives that we often forget it’s a relatively new technology. In 1952, Calumet and Hecla provided some help using the telephone in their telephone directory. In case you need some help yourselves: “Before attempting to dial a call, lift the receiver and listen for the ‘dial tone’, . . .
A band of four merry archivists from the Michigan Tech Archives competed in the Michigan Tech HuskyPaw Amazing Challenge on June 15. The competition, based on the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race, took teams through both physical and mental challenges in the Houghton and Hancock area. Some of this year’s challenges included scavenger hunts . . .
The Michigan Tech Archival Speaker Series will feature visiting scholar Dr. Robert Goodrich at 7 PM on Thursday, June 13 in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Tech campus. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Goodrich will talk about . . .
We’re happy to announce that on June 3rd the Archives is returning to its “pre-disaster” hours – Monday through Friday, from 10:00 to 5:00. As always, no appointment is necessary. Additionally, we’re also thrilled to have received the third and final shipment of material that was sent for treatment after the October 26, 2012 small . . .