A travelling exhibit from the Michigan Tech Archives is currently installed in the Hancock School Public Library, located in the Hancock High School complex in Hancock, Michigan. “People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara,” explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara and is open to the public . . .
The Michigan Tech Archives invites students, faculty and staff to join us for a Lunch and Learn on March 22, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Memorial Union Ballroom B-3. Visiting scholar and Archives Travel Grant recipient Ibram H. Rogers will give a talk on “The Black Campus Movement and the Racial Reformation of . . .
The library at Houghton High School is the latest venue to host “People, Place and Time: Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives. The exhibit explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara and is open to the public through March 18, 2011 during . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .