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Upper Peninsula (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Clare A. Gunn papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.288
Scope and Contents The Clare A. Gunn papers consist of publications and visual materials relating to tourism in Michigan (including the Upper Peninsula). Of note are photographs, negatives and slides of Michigan motels, resorts, and tourist areas many of which are identified by name and owner. Also included are slides of United States, Canada and other countries showing nature scenes, tourist areas and motels. There are also publications, articles, and conference proceedings relating to tourism, recreation,...
Dates: 1940 - 2000
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eben Mumford papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.91
Scope and Contents The papers of Eben Mumford contain case notes, data, and manuscripts of rural communities and land utilization studies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Professional correspondence, research data, manuscripts, research notes from the agriculture experiment station, standard of living in Michigan projects, the rural church project, and Michigan school districts are also found in Mumford’s papers. Also included are class notes, possibly from classes Mumford taught.The...
Dates: 1915 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John Herbert Thomson collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.320
Scope and Contents The John Herbert Thomson collection includes a scrapbook which contains photos of class rush, the Michigan State University campus and buildings, and students. The scrapbook also includes photos of scenes in the Upper Peninsula including Tahquamenon Falls, Newberry, Michigan 4th of July events including a wrestling match between Pittsley and McLeod, University of Michigan, one image of Crisp Life Saving Station and Lighthouse, Camp Custer 1917. Photographs not in the scrapbook include Helen...
Dates: 1897, 1917-1992
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lifelong Education Programs - Upper Peninsula UA 3.3.2

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00436
Dates: 1957 - 1986
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Northern Michigan Stereocards collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00674
Scope and Contents

This collection contains twelve stereocards depicting scenes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (specifically Houghton). The pictures range from natural scenes to buildings and bridges. There are a few from Niagara Falls (Prospect Point and the Great Ice Bridge) and one from Mackinac Island.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert M. Williams collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.279
Scope and Contents

The Robert M. Williams collection primarily contains photographs and postcards of street scenes and daily life in the Michigan towns of Baraga, Brown City, Copper Harbor, Dryden, and L’Anse. There are also postcards and photographs of the dedication and planting of the L’Anse Township School Forest on May 23, 1930. The collection also includes photographs of Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall, Morrill Hall, and the Physics and Electrical Engineering Building.

Dates: circa 1900s-1930s
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections