Guide to Museum and Archival Collections S-Z

 
 
1900 Sanborn Insurance Map of Red Jacket (now Calumet)

Sanborn Map Company Insurance Map Collection

An artificial collection of fire insurance maps produced by the Sanborn Map Company, including maps of Calumet, Ewen, Hancock, Houghton, L'Anse, Laurium, Marquette, Ontonagon, and Red Jacket.
[Multiple Accessions]
To receive the finding aid for this collection, please email: jeremiah_mason@nps.gov

 
Western Federation of Miners pin from the Sharon Turovaara collection

Sharon Turovaara Collection

An assembled collection of ribbons, pin-backs, and other memorabilia from Copper Country fraternal and other organizations.
ACC # KEWE-00305

 

Simonen Family Papers

A twelve page history of the Simonen family and two photographs.
ACC # KEWE-00004

 

Singer Manufacturing Company Sales Records

A small collection of sales and lease records from the Singer sewing machine store on 5th Street in Red Jacket dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
ACC # KEWE-00321

 

Solomon Barsky Papers

A receipt from the Armstrong-Thielman Lumber Company.
ACC # KEWE-00037

 

Stephen Albee National Park Papers

A collection of records documenting the establishment of Keweenaw National Historical Park.
ACC # KEWE-00269

 

T. J. Wills Jr. Company Records

Teamster order books (delivery accounting ledgers) from the T. J. Will Jr. Company.
ACC # KEWE-00216

 

The Reverend Robert V. Langseth Video Tape Collection

Two video tapes containing home-movie footage of Keweenaw National Historical Park-related events in 1987 and 1992, and an index.
ACC # KEWE-00031

 

Tornquist Family Papers

Correspondence, photographs, and other records documenting the life of a Swedish immigrant family in the Keweenaw in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
ACC # KEWE-00212

 

Torreano Family Photograph Collection

A collection of digital reproductions of photographs from two albums documenting the life of an Italian immigrant family in the Keweenaw in the early 20th century.
ACC # KEWE-00317

 

Tresize Family Papers

Papers and copies of genealogical information documenting the Tresize family history.
ACC # KEWE-00250

 

Valvoja Records

Subscription records from the Finnish-language newspaper "Valvoja," published in Calumet in the early-to-mid-20th century.
ACC # KEWE-00325

 

Village of Calumet Records

A collection of records documenting the governmental services and operations of the Village of Calumet (formerly known as Red Jacket) in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
ACC # KEWE-00200

 
Historic postcard: Portage Lake scene circa 1908

Warren-Schuler Family Postcard Collection

An assembled collection of postcards from the Keweenaw and Upper Peninsula.
ACC # KEWE-00184 & ACC # KEWE-00190

 

William Ivey Italian Hall Disaster Oral History Project Transcripts

Transcripts of ten oral history interviews conducted ca. 1970 regarding the Italian Hall disaster and the history of Calumet in general.
ACC # KEWE-00195

 
Historic photo from the Jack Foster Collection: Calumet & Hecla Mill at Lake Linden

Wm. John "Jack" Foster Collection

A large assembled collection of photographs, objects, and mining company records. Many of the materials in the collection were produced by or for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, and document their operations, as well as life in the Keweenaw in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Also included in the collection are some personal papers and some fraternal organization records and objects. ACC # KEWE-00002 & ACC # KEWE-00030

 

Last updated: June 8, 2022

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