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4Reels Club records

 Collection — Box: 09-05-03
Identifier: MSS-387
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two folders. One is photographs of the club members and their activities. The other is a manual containing a history of the club and summaries of their activities. It documents the activities of Digital Cinema majors and those interested in film at Northern Michigan University in the 2010s.

Dates: 2014

1910 Upper Peninsula Census-Research records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-167
Content Description

This collection contains material related to the research done by Dr. Magnaghi on the 1910 census. There are note cards with data for each county in the Upper Peninsula as well as notebooks with data on each county. There are three binders located in the reading room with information on each county as well.

Dates: 1984

Academic Senate and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Northern Michigan University Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-206
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, newsletters, meeting minutes and agendas, background materials, salary and budget records, and miscellaneous materials of the Northern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors relating to collective bargaining, faculty salaries and fringe benefits, contract negotiations, grievances, sex discrimination, curriculum development and review, faculty development, retirement, budget reductions and layoffs, other miscellaneous faculty...
Dates: 1968 - 2010

Ansel Adams oral history interview

 Collection — Box: 15-05-02
Identifier: MSS-126
Scope and Contents Note

Dennis Staffne and Diane Kordich, of the Department of Art and Design at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, conducted this interview with renowned landscape photographer Ansel Adams in 1981. Questions deal with Adams' methodology as a photographer. The collection's materials include a list of questions asked and copies of the interview on cassette and CD-R.

Dates: 1981

Adams Township Justice of the Peace records

 Collection
Identifier: PMAS-001
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single volume of judicial records created by Thomas H. Terrill, a Justice of the Peace in Adams Township, Michigan, between 1876 and 1881. The journal records summons, testimonies, and judgements.

Dates: 1876 - 1881

Adams Township Water Utility records

 Collection
Identifier: CRHS-004
Scope and Contents This collection is part of UPLINK, the Upper Peninsula Digital Network. You can see it on the UPLINK website here: https://uplink.nmu.edu/islandora/object/nmu%3A5863.The collection consists of a single item: a grant packet application sent from Adams Township to the Michigan Department of Commerce in 1983. The packet includes amendments to the Adams Township articles of incorporation, bills of sale for the water utility property (including the 1967 sale of the Champion Mine...
Dates: 1983

Michigan AFSCME-AFL/CIO Councils 7, 11, and 25 records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-158
Scope and Contents note This collection documents eight years, between 1971 and 1978, of Michigan AFSCME-AFL/CIO Councils #7, 11, and 25 records. The collection includes: correspondence to and from Joseph Healy, union president at the time; grievances; promotion demands; union member demands and management proposals; amendments and resolutions; Michigan university agreement books; local and council minutes and bylaws; council constitution; convention proceedings; authorization for union dues; seniority lists;...
Dates: 1971 - 1978

ALLIES / OUTlook records

 Collection — Box: 08-03-04
Identifier: MSS-112
Scope and Contents note This collection documents the activities of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and faculty at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan as a part of two campus organizations: OUTlook and ALLIES. OUTLook was a student group with faculty advisors, while ALLIES is primarily a faculty and staff organization that is open to students.The OUTlook materials include agendas, minutes, brochures, mailing and membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and...
Dates: 1993-2016; Majority of material found within 1993 - 2003

Del Alpino Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-057
Scope and Contents note

This collection is comprised of a membership roll and dues book for the Del Alpino Club in Calumet, Michigan. The materials are entirely in Italian and date from 1911 to 1922.

Dates: 1911 - 1922

Amnesty International, NMU Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-332
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, program and speaker flyers, news clippings, and miscellaneous materials of the Northern Michigan University chapter of Amnesty International, an international human rights organization primarily concerned with freeing political prisoners through letter writing campaigns. The collection also contains correspondence, news clippings, notes, and petitions relating to the release of John Pierce, an NMU student jailed in Peru in 1981.

Dates: 1980 - 1987

Lloyd Anderson papers

 Collection — Box: 06-02-02
Identifier: MSS-001
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains correspondence between Anderson and John D. Voelker concerning fly fishing. Voelker frequently requested tied flies from Anderson and often discussed their effectiveness in his trout fishing.

Dates: 1966 - 1982.; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1971.

Arvon Township photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SLC-001
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety of photographs from Arvon Township in Baraga County, Michigan. Prominent topics in the photos include logging, farming, and the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad. Most photos date from the 1970s to the 1920s with one photograph from 1971.

Dates: 1871 - 1971

Atlantic Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: PMAS-002
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of five invoices sent to the Atlantic Mining Company in 1879 and 1889 for food and candles purchased by the company.

Dates: 1879; 1889

Au Train Regional Documents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RDC-003
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents relating to the hydroelectric project in Au Train, its possible environmental impact on the area, and the fishery in the Au Train area. A large portion of the collection relates to public concern over a proposed Shoreline Management Plan created by the Upper Peninsula Power Company in 2007.

Dates: 1963 - 2017

Aurora newsletter records

 Collection — Box: 06-02-02
Identifier: MSS-005
Scope and Contents note

This collection features a newsletter focused on providing items of interest regarding and a vehicle for reaching out to lesbians and gays in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Materials consist both of local news items and news digests taken from a variety of national newspapers and magazines. The newsletter is published in Marquette, Michigan by Francine Malindzak and Mary Denilauler.

Dates: 1990 - 1996

Judith Bailey papers

 Collection — Box: 02-07-05
Identifier: MSS-174
Scope and Content

This collection is composed of the papers of Judith Bailey, who was the president of Northern Michigan University from 1998 to 2003. Her papers are primarily centered around her hiring and include related articles, press releases, and correspondence, dating from 1997 to 2003. Other materials include statistics about NMU enrollment, costs and productivity during her time as president.

Dates: 1997 - 2003

Baraga County Historical Museum photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SLC-002
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs from the Baraga County Historical Museum depicting Baraga, Michigan in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1890 - 1930

Barbeau and Scranton shipping records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-061
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains correspondence, financial records, ship manifests, legal documents, insurance, and other documents which pertain to the business transactions and shipping of Peter B. Barbeau and the Scranton family, bankers and general merchants to and from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The collection provides important historical insight into nineteenth century trade between the Upper Peninsula, Canada, and various cities and regions around the Great Lakes. The collection's...
Dates: 1820 - 1909

Bay de Noquet Company and Oconto Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-173
Scope and contents note The Bay de Noquet Company and Oconto Company records document lumbering in northeastern Wisconsin and the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the end of World War I to about 1950. While the records for each company are scattered, the combined records give a reasonable picture of the problems faced by the industry in the upper Great Lakes region due to the declining availability of usable timber and the Great Depression of the 1930s, as well as some of the issues faced by the companies...
Dates: 1895-1952

Bay Mills Community College Library Native American Artifacts photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SLC-003
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of Native American artifacts from the Great Lakes region. Although the photographs were taken in the early 2000s, the artifacts themselves date from approximately the 1830s to the 1960s. They were created by a number of tribes in the Great Lakes region, including the Ojibwe, Winnebago, Iroquois, and Potawatomi.

Dates: 1830 - 1960

Bayliss Public Library photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SLC-004
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of ships, the building of the Soo Locks, and the James Rutherford cyanotype photograph collection showing early views of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The photographs date from as early as 1854 and as late as 1976, with the bulk of the photographs dating from 1880 to 1920.The physical collection is maintained by the Bayliss Public Library in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, and the digital version was originally part of the Superiorland Library...
Dates: 1854 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1920

Bernice M. Bal scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 02-07-04
Identifier: MSS-216
Content Description

This scrapbook created by Bernice M. Bal was donated to the Archives by NMU Professor Russell Magnaghi. It documents her time spent at Northern State Teachers College. The scrapbook includes class schedules, news articles on events on campus and in the community, programs, miscellaneous articles, letters/invitations, and graduating class roster listings.

Dates: 1925 - 1934

Beta Omega Tau records

 Collection — Box: 26-04-01
Identifier: MSS-121
Scope and Contents Note This collection documents the activities of Beta Omega Tau, a sorority on the Northern Michigan University campus in Marquette, Michigan. Records include correspondence, financial materials, photographs, and meeting minutes. Photographs are of a class reunion in the late 1980s and of a dinner in Lee Hall in the 1950s. The minutes of meetings are the most important component of the collection and include the constitution, pledge riturals, some lists of members, and regular lists of officers....
Dates: 1929-1989; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1948

Bethany Lutheran Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-303
Scope and Contents This collection includes various administrative and financial records and reports, as well as publications and bulletins, photographs, and correspondence, and ranges in date from 1870 to about the year 2000. The early records of the church are mostly in the older ledgers and journals and are in Swedish through about 1928-1929, although some groups, like the youth group and Young Ladies Sewing Circle, changed to English at an earlier date. The records from the later years are a combination...
Dates: 1800 - 2000

Bietila Brothers photographs

 Collection — Box: 08-06-01
Identifier: MSS-072
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains photographs from of Walter Bietila and his brothers Ralph and Paul. The pictures chronicle the family's success in the sport of ski jumping. The photographs are dated between 1936 and 1942.

Dates: 1936 - 1942

Bookbinders Cafe photographs

 Collection — Box: 07-01-05
Identifier: MSS-162
Scope and Contents Note

This collection is composed of ten photo albums filled with photographs of students and staff of Bookbinders Cafe, located in the basement of the Harden Learning Resources Center. The photographs were taken between 1980 and 1993. The collection also includes news clippings, awards, letters, cards, and a biography of Maggie Britton, the cafe manager.

Dates: 1980 - 1993

Robert M. Bordeau papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-009
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains Northern Michigan University memorabilia collected by Robert M. Bordeau while a student at the school and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the NMU Development Fund. The collection contains contains mostly correspondence, including Bordeau's criticism of the Northern Michigan University administration's decision to close the Department of Music's string program. Responses from Robert Glenn, President Jamrich, and Elda Tate are also included. The collection...
Dates: 1955 - 1982

Leslie Bourgeois family films

 Collection — Box: 09-03-03
Identifier: MSS-046
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains extensive home movies documenting the activities of the Bourgeois family in and around Marquette, Michigan and the Upper Peninsula from 1920 to 1969. Footage includes scenes on the Northern Michigan University campus in Marquette. The collection includes VHS production originals and user duplicate copies.

Dates: 1920-1969

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ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE

This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.


These finding aids will give you an overview of the contents and context of each collection. Finding aids only exist for collections that each organization has shared with UPLINK or (in the case of the NMU Archives) for processed collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections that might help with your research, please contact the relevant heritage organization(s) directly.


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