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Burton H. Boyum papers
Collection — Box: 23-01-05
Identifier: MSS-123
Content Description
This collection documents Boyum's business and travel activities. Records include correspondence, publications, travel memorabilia and documents, financial material, photographs, calendars, and newsclippings.
Dates:
1922 - 1999
Closser Associates Real Estate Appraisal records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-278
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records relating to appraisals needed for various purposes, most frequently for sale of the property, commercial loans, or to value an estate. The largest group of appraisals, at just over a third of the collection, are of business properties, including commercial, industrial, and medical buildings. Appraisals of residential structures, primarily homes and cottages, make up about a quarter of the collection. Appraisals of vacant, forest, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1967 - 2013
Fillmore C.F. Earney papers
Collection — Box: 06-01-01
Identifier: MSS-186
Scope and Contents Note
This collection is comprised of some of the professional publications of Dr. Fillmore C.F. Earney. The collection's focus is on mining and mineral resources. Of particular note is the report entitled "Marquette County Growth Impact Study (1975)." This report examines the impact of mining operations by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company on the population and economic growth of Marquette County.
Dates:
1965-1994
Gwinn Area Chamber of Commerce records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-106
Scope and Contents Note
This collection documents the history of both organizations and their effort to stimulate business development in the Gwinn / K.I. Sawyer Air base area. The collection consists of records relating to Chamber activities, such as Fun Daze, UP 200, Our Town, K.I. Sawyer Museum, K.I. Sawyer Base closure and conversion, Christmas Stocking Project, Student of the Month, Community Breakfast on Main Street, and the promotion of tourism. The collection contains correspondences, reports, studies,...
Dates:
1984 - 2004
Henry Jacobson papers
Collection — Box: 08-05-01
Identifier: MSS-386
Content Description
This collection consists primarily of memorabilia and correspondence from Henry Jacobson from 1932-1984. Other notable items include photographs and a scrapbook. This collection may be of interest to those researching employees of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company or Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming.
Dates:
1932 - 1984
Kappa Phi Chi records
Collection — Container: 26-07-04
Identifier: MSS-083
Scope and Contents note
This collection mainly documents the Kappa Phi Chi sorority's reunion in 1999. Records include photographs, a history of the sorority (1961-1969), and various publications.
Dates:
1960 - 1999
Stewart Kingsbury papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-329
Scope and Contents
The collection contains papers, data, audio cassettes and open reel tapes of interviews, and books dealing with place names in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including their origin and folkloric materials dealing with loggers, miners, Finnish-Americans, and Native Americans. The collection contains maps and file cards listing place names of all topographical features including cities, towns, and settlement areas in the Upper Peninsula. It contains copies of papers that describe Dr....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980
Russell M. Magnaghi papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-317
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains original records and manuscripts, photocopies of historical documents, project materials, news clippings, student term papers, correspondence, research notes, presentations, and publications of Dr. Russell M. Magnaghi, Northern Michigan University Professor Emeritus of History, known for his broad interest and involvement in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, ethnic groups in the U.P. (particularly Italian-Americans), and Northern Michigan University.The...
Dates:
1840 - 1998
Clifford F. Maier papers
Collection — Box: 25-03-05
Identifier: MSS-175
Scope and Contents note
This collection is composed of handwritten research notes compiled by and personal papers collected by Dr. Clifford "Cliff" F. Maier between 1960 and 1992. Dr. Maier's research involved the immigration history of French-Canadians to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The collection also includes a paper titled "The Canadian Immigrants of Michigan's Marquette County in the Nineteenth Century," delivered at the 1980 Great Lakes History Conference. Dr. Maier's personal papers document his...
Dates:
1960 - 1992
Marquette County Labor Council records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-098
Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the recent history of the Marquette County Labor Council, the Northern Michigan University Labor Advisory and Planning Committee, the Iron Workers Local 783, the Upper Peninsula Labor Management Council, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Marquette County Democratic Party. Records include correspondence, handwritten notes, convention records, mailing lists, memoranda, records relation to political activity and union organizing, project...
Dates:
1960 - 2002
Marquette General Hospital records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-090
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes a variety of material that documents the history of St. Luke's/Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Michigan dating from 1890 to 1997. The collection also documents the history of health, health care, and the medical profession in Marquette County for much of the twentieth century. Records include staff meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, various publications, annual reports, memorabilia, brochures, and mounted...
Dates:
1890-1997
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Legal Review newsletters
Collection — Box: 15-06-02
Identifier: MSS-288
Scope and Content
This collection is composed of the "Native American Rights Fund: NARF Legal Review" newsletters, a bi-yearly publication that follows the activities of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF).
Dates:
1987-2006
St. Paul's Episcopal Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-064
Scope and Contents note
The records of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church consist of materials that begin in 1856 and continue until 1998. The collection documents the growth and administration of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Marquette, Michigan and contains correspondence, sacramental records, various publications, and photographs. Items of interest include a complete set of vestry minutes, photographs of past reverends, the history of the parish as written by the first bishop of the Diocese of Northern Michigan G....
Dates:
1856 - 1998
United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU), Local 209, Local 110, and Local 21 records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-094
Scope and Contents Note
This collection provides extensive documentation on the management of an active labor union in the southern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The collection consists of correspondence, contract records, meeting minutes, reports, financial records, and publications dated from 1916 to 2009. Of particular note are the verbatim minutes for contract negotiations in 1986 and 1989. The collection also contains a complete set of regular monthly meetings of the membership, 1977-1982. Also included in...
Dates:
1916 - 2009
Upper Peninsula Writing Project (UPWP) records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-309
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the published works generated by the Upper Peninsula Writing Project from 1993 to 2009. There are three serial publications: "True North," "Yoopers: voices, visions, and verse," and "voices, visions, and verse" which are arranged within the individual series chronologically. The remaining publications represent the annual compilation of writings by participants in the UPWP workshops and are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1993 - 2009
Charles H. Varnum papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-076
Scope and Contents Note
The collection is comprised of political papers and office materials created by Charles H. Varnum and office staff during his time in the Michigan House of Representatives. These papers include correspondence, reports, financial materials, questionnaires, news clippings and advertisements, photographs, plaques, indices, film reels, audio cassettes, speeches, project files, campaign materials, and publications from 1964-1988. These papers document his work as a Michigan Representative and as...
Dates:
1964-1988; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1984
Women's Center records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-384
Scope and Contents
This collection contains audio-visual materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, membership lists, financial documents, legal documents, workshop files, events files, committee files, and more from the Marquette Women's Center. It documents the local women's rights movement from the 1970s through the 2010s and the Women's Center involvement with policy and programs related to women's access to employment and higher education, discrimination against women, domestic...
Dates:
1975 - 2014
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This is your guide to our historical collections of personal papers, organizational records, and manuscripts. Our collections cover 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. Search by Keyword, Name, Title, Subject, or Collecting Areas. The finding aids for our collections will give you an overview of the contents and information on where they are located.Northern Michigan University
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