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Several stops can lead to the same repository. Maps show selected verified locations, not every guide stop or every community represented in the records. Use each stop’s access instructions, including for online and out-of-county collections. Check access before traveling.
Search the society’s UPLINK collection, retain the item identifier, and contact the museum with a focused request for material not online. Confirm research availability before traveling.
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Repository informationCounty outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundaries . Selected major roads: 2024 TIGER/Line primary and secondary roads . Public repository addresses checked against the sources above, with approximate Census geocoder positions. Unmatched addresses and out-of-county repositories are listed in the key rather than assigned a guessed position. Markers identify contact locations, not collection coverage. Historical boundaries, township lines and current traffic conditions are not shown. Prepared November 1, 2026.
The society’s contributions to UPLINK include photographs, oral histories, maps, newspapers and other local material. The museum is a starting point for mining, logging and community-history inquiries.
Only selected holdings are digitized. Recent descriptions of PastPerfect cataloging do not establish an open public PastPerfect database.
NMU describes the Rieger photographic survey of Ontonagon County, 1960–2018, with repeated views useful for comparing buildings, roads and neighborhoods in Ontonagon, Ewen, Greenland, Rockland and Bruce Crossing.
The newsletter describes the survey; it is not proof every image or five-year interval is online. No automatic date-matching range is inferred from this summary.
Victoria Copper Mining Company Records, MS-869, contain payroll volumes, correspondence and injury documentation. Payroll entries cover portions of 1899–1923 and can lead beyond a general mining history to named workers.
Payroll volumes have month-level gaps. Injury files do not represent every employee or accident; consult the detailed inventory before ordering.
Mass Co-operative Company Records, MS-429, span 1918–1969. The company served Mass and branches at Bruce Crossing and Baraga; surviving business papers include ledgers, bills, receipts, stock certificates and checks.
Business papers may reveal transactions or shareholders, but the catalog does not promise a complete membership or customer list.
Huss Ontonagon Mill Division Records, MS-812, span 1957–1974. Correspondence, expansion bids, business studies and maps can help explain the workplace and landscape around a family’s employment.
These are business and expansion records, not a verified personnel-file series.
Ontonagon High School Survey Project Records, MS-858, include student surveys and follow-up research, with project instructions, data and coding materials.
Much of this collection is restricted. It is not advertised here as an openly accessible student-name source or added to automatic year matching.
Give the repository the locality, year, collection and specific question. Ask about the relevant volume or folder, gaps, access restrictions and copying costs. Save the citation and record what you searched, including searches with no result.
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Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Ontonagon County records.
A range is a lead, not a guarantee. Bars show the dates stated by the cited catalog or inventory. They do not establish uninterrupted coverage, complete reporting or online image access. Unmarked years mean not represented in this selection, not that records were destroyed. Indexes and abstracts still need to be followed to the underlying record.
Listed years: 1899–1912, 1913–1916, 1917–1923.
Request an appointment before traveling to Houghton. Cite the record group or collection and ask staff about retrieval, restrictions and copying.
Keep in mind: Month gaps: February 1899–July 1912 in successive listed volumes; September 1913–December 1916; May 1917–January 1920; April 1920–January 1923. Year matches are leads, not full-year coverage.
Listed years: 1918–1969.
Request an appointment before traveling to Houghton. Cite the record group or collection and ask staff about retrieval, restrictions and copying.
Keep in mind: Collection span, not a continuous customer, member or employee roster.
Listed years: 1957–1974.
Request an appointment before traveling to Houghton. Cite the record group or collection and ask staff about retrieval, restrictions and copying.
Keep in mind: Collection span. No personnel coverage is claimed.
Confirm the historical jurisdiction as well as the date. A record may be held outside today’s county, and an inventory’s ending year does not mean recordkeeping stopped.
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