Carol MacLennan (SS) has received $6,200 from the Keweenaw National Historical Park for a 20 month research project “Oral History of Torch Lake Copper Reclamation, 1940-1970.”
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Celebrating 150 years
Events marking Hancock’s sesquicentennial year continue
The celebration for the 150th anniversary of Hancock has included talks and presentations on subjects such migration, influential people and significant events, and the next four months will include a continuation of those concepts.
On Oct. 8, Anderson said local historian Larry Lankton will give a talk at the FAHC (Finlandia’s Finnish American Heritage Center) on Hancock’s contribution to the development of the Portage Lake region.
“We had a lot of industry in the city, too,” he said.
There were saw mills and other industrial businesses, many of which supported the copper mines.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Kurt Hauglie.
Digging for copper predates European settlers in the Keweenaw by 7,000 years
Susan Martin, retired professor from the Michigan Technological University Department of Social Science, has written a book about the use of copper by ancient people in the Lake Superior region.
She said the title of the book, “Wonderful Power,” was a term used by a 19th century Ojibwa man to describe copper.
Jo Urion, Keweenaw National Historical Park historian, said park officials work with tribal members whenever work is planned on properties that are eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including archeological sites.
Jessica Koski, mining technical assistant for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, said copper has traditionally been an important part of Ojibway/Anishinaabe people of the Keweenaw, and it still is.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Kurt Hauglie.
Timothy Scarlett (SS) has received $10,000 from the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission for a 20-month long research project “2013 Public Archaeology at the Cliff Mine.”
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Professor Barry Solomon (SS) published a review of the book, “Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012) in e-International Relations, on July 18.
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Patrick Martin (SS) delivered one of the keynote addresses at a recent conference in Ironbridge, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Called “Rust, Regeneration and Romance“, this interdisciplinary conference was held in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, home of the world’s first cast iron bridge and site of the first successful smelting of iron using coke. Martin’s presentation was entitled “American Iron and Steel: Evolving Cultural Landscapes.”
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PhD student Riccardo Tortini (GMES) has won free satellite imagery to aid in research. The firm DMCii provided the prize and conducted the contest, which drew entries from all over the world.
Over the summer, Tortini has been working with Associate Professor Audrey Mayer (SS) to monitor land cover change from timber to non-timber use in Michigan and calculate the rate and intensity of forest harvesting in the area.
Tortini’s advisor is Associate Professor Simon Carn (GMES).
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Ted Reuschel, ’64, and Dave Plumeau, ’76, relate stories about the Cliff Mine site in From the Email Bag in TechAlum Newsletter.
Read more at TechAlum Newsletter.
Dr. Tim Scarlett was one of the speakers for TEDx Houghton on March 23, 2013. He spoke on “A Vision for Industrial Heritage Professionals in the 21st Century.”
Watch the video and read some of Dr. Scarlett’s comments at the TEDxTalks YouTube channel.
The article, “Policy Dialogue and Engagement between Non-Governmental Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers,” written by Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) and Adam Wellstead was recently published in the Central European Journal of Public Policy. 7:1. 60-86.
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