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This winter semester, history students are heavily involved in analyzing historic census data, reviewing and organizing documents related to Upper Peninsula history and editing a book written in 1949, but never published, by an NMU education professor about the history of the university.

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	Magnaghi in Documentary Public broadcasting WNMU-TV recently aired a new documentary, The U.P. Recalls the War. History professor Russell Magnaghi was interviewed for the production. He discussed victory gardens, German POW camps in the U.P. and the soldiers on skis from the 10th Mountain Division. The documentary also included interviews of Upper Peninsula residents sharing images and stories from the battlefields of Europe to U.P. towns during World War II.
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Sonderegger Symposium IX
The date has been set for the Ninth Annual Sonderegger Symposium at NMU: Sept. 17, 2009. Proposals for papers are now being accepted; e-mail a 100-word abstract to rmagnaghi@nmu.edu. The line up so far includes a presentation on tourism and the Great Depression, a history of the Gossard plant in Ishpeming and profile of a local engineering battalion. Click here to view recordings of the 2008 presentations.

Sonderegger Symposium IX

Sonderegger Symposium

The date has been set for the Ninth Annual Sonderegger Symposium at NMU: Sept. 17, 2009. Proposals for papers are now being accepted; e-mail a 100-word abstract to rmagnaghi@nmu.edu.

The line up so far includes a presentation on tourism and the Great Depression, a history of the Gossard plant in Ishpeming and profile of a local engineering battalion.

Click here to view recordings of the 2008 presentations.

Oral History Archives
Individuals interested in accessing the NMU and Regional Oral History Collection can visit NMU Archives, located on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center. History professor Russell Magnaghi and Northern’s Audio-Visual Department created the collection, which contains numerous interviews documenting the history of NMU and the central Upper Peninsula. The Northern audio collection consists of faculty, staff, alumni and student life interviews. It also contains historical interviews concerning the university and the former J.D. Pierce School. The U.P. oral history collection includes tapes of interviews pertaining to the Ishpeming Ski Hall of Fame, iron mining, local celebrations and events.

Oral History Archives

Individuals interested in accessing the NMU and Regional Oral History Collection can visit NMU Archives, located on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center. History professor Russell Magnaghi and Northern’s Audio-Visual Department created the collection, which contains numerous interviews documenting the history of NMU and the central Upper Peninsula. The Northern audio collection consists of faculty, staff, alumni and student life interviews. It also contains historical interviews concerning the university and the former J.D. Pierce School. The U.P. oral history collection includes tapes of interviews pertaining to the Ishpeming Ski Hall of Fame, iron mining, local celebrations and events.

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