Audiocassettes.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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
Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-031
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan consist of materials that document the history of Diocese. The collection is contained within 20 cubic foot sized boxes, three smaller boxes, and one drawer in oversized item storage. The collection is organized into eight record series: Diocesan Conventions, Diocesan Women’s Groups, Executive Affairs of the Diocese, General Committees, Correspondence, History of the Church, Publications, and Audio/Visual/Photographic. The collection...
Dates:
1894 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1994
Italian American Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: MSS-202
Scope and Contents note
This collection primarily consists of audiotapes of the interviews, arranged alphabetically by interviewee surname, as well as an inventory of contents, a subject index to the interviews, and transcripts and/or summaries of certain interviews. Also included are some student papers that used the project's interviews as sources.
Dates:
1982-2002
John Kiltinen papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-231
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, financial reports, correspondence, event programs and schedules, meeting minutes, math placement scores, problem sets, Seaborg Summer Academy participant personal information, and evaluations. The items included document the activities of the AAUP, the Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences, Seaborg Summer Science Academy, Visiting Lecturer Series Program, and Math Department Records. The collection also includes published works of Dr. Kiltinen....
Dates:
1968-1993; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1990
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
Oral histories of underground iron miners
Collection
Identifier: MSS-180
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains 24 audiocassettes and selected transcripts of interviews with eight former underground iron miners, as conducted by Mary Tippett Andes in 1994. The miners interviewed are Glenn Bjork, Louis La Jeunesse, William Lucas, Ralph Maki, Lowell K. Smail, and Dewey B. Tippett. Two miners' wives, Kaarina Lucas and Dawne Tippett Smail, were also interviewed. Each miner recounts his experiences as an underground iron miner working for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company on the...
Dates:
1994
Red Dust Oral History collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-113
Scope and Contents note
The Red Dust records consist of approximately 800 oral history interviews documenting the history of the Central Upper Peninsula. The collection's materials include transcripts of oral history interviews, stories written for the “Red Dust” publication, cassette tapes of various interviews, and videos documenting the local history. Those who are interested in the local history of the Central Upper Peninsula as well as the impact of major historical events such as the Depression and World...
Dates:
1983-2000
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
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.
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