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Erik Nordberg
MTU Archives
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RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
AND COPPER COUNTRY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country
Historical Collections is offering research support awards for the 2000
calendar year. Grants are for up to $500 and provide support for travel,
food and lodging to carry out research using the collections of the MTU
Archives. Financial support for the travel award program is provided by
the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, a support organization for the Library
and Archives of Michigan Technological University. Topical research areas
include: Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula; industrial history,
particularly copper mining and its ancillary industries; social history,
including workforce issues, immigration and ethnicity; urban and community
development along the Keweenaw Peninsula; transportation; and the environment.
Review of applications will begin on January 17, 2000, and travel must be
completed by August 25, 2000. For further information and an application
form, please contact:
University Archivist
MTU Archives and Copper Country
Historical Collections
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Tel (906) 487-2505
Fax (906) 487-2357
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