Selected Historical Regional Collections
The Citizens to Save the Superior Shoreline Records (MSS-11)
A environmental activist group that worked to prevent the construction of a power plant near Little Presque Isle in the late 1960s.
The Sam Cohodas Papers (MSS-18)
Sam Cohodas was a prominent Upper Peninsula business leader in the areas of banking and produce. The collection also highlights Cohodas' work with the state of Israel.
The Mather Inn Preservation Society Records (MSS-53)
The Mather Inn is an historic structure located in downtown Ishpeming, Michigan.
The Patrick M. Gagliardi Papers (MSS-60)
Pat Gagliardi was a state representative from the central and eastern Upper Peninsula. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983-1998.
The K.I. Sawyer Support Group and Reconversion Authority Records (MSS-62)
This citizen's group worked to prevent the closure of the K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base and later worked with Marquette County on the base's reconverion to civilian use.
The Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Records (MSS-64)
The Saint Luke's / Marquette General Hospital Records (MSS-90)
The Martha and Perry Hatch Papers (MSS-101)
Perry Hatch was very active in the development of Boy Scouts in the Upper Peninsula and Martha Hatch was Northern Michigan University's first staff nurse.
The Stewart Kingsbury Papers (Univ Series 152)
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, ethnic groups (Finnish) and Native American.
