Ph.D.
Master of Science
Field School
Social Sciences Dept.

M.S. Theses, MTU Industrial Archaeology Program

Greek, Wendell P. (1993)  “Norwich Mine Historic Site Cultural Resources Research and Management Plan”,  supported by Ottawa National Forest.

Pletka, Karyn L. (1993)  “The Role of the Hotel in a Company Town”, supported by Michigan Historical Center.

Dixon, Kelly J. (1995)  “Industrial Archaeology of the Ohio Trap Rock Mine”, supported by Ottawa National Forest.

James, Barry C. (1995)  “A History of the Copper Harbor Lighthouse”, supported by Michgan Historical Center.

McQueen, Robert W. (1995)  “Archaeological Investigations: The Robinson/Herrling Sawmill, Old Wade House State Park, Greenbush, Wisconsin”, supported by Kohler Foundation and State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Morin, Bode J. (1995)  “Cast in Grey: Evolving Mass Production Foundry Practices within a Southern Industrial Community”, supported by Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service.

Spencer, Heather L. (1995)  “Quincy Mine National Historic Landmark Interpretive Trail System”, supported by             Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Cowie, Sarah E. (1996) “An Archaeological Study of Household Consumption in the Nineteenth Century  Company Town of Fayette, Michigan”, supported by Michigan Historical Center.

Day, Grant L. (1996)  “Copper Mines and Mining in Ontonagon County, Michigan”, supported by Michigan Historical Center, National Historic Preservation Program.

Fields, Richard A. (1996)  “A Historic Study of the Copper Range Company”, supported by Paine Family Foundation.

Cleven, Brian E. (1997)  “Pequaming and Alberta: Henry Ford’s Model Towns”, supported by Ford Motor Company Foundation.

O’Rourke, Daniel J. (1997)  “Rock Kilns: A Case Study of Michigan’s Charcoal Industry”, supported by US Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest.

Tumberg, Timothy A.(1997)  “Industrial Archaeology of the Carp River Forge”, supported by Michigan Historical Center.

Fisher, Nancy Beth (1997)  “Quincy Mining Company Housing, 1840s - 1920s”

O’Dell, Kevin (1997) “Building Technology in the Department of the Platte, 1866-1890”, supported by National Park Service.

Hanson, Erica (1998) “The Cultural Landscape and Social Composition of Ahmeek Location and Ahmeek Village, 1902-1932”

Menard, Jason (1998) “Final Report of the 1997 Carp River Forge Project”, supported by the Michigan Historical Center

Meniketti, Marco G. (1998) “The Port St. George Project: An Archaeological Assessment of a Sugar Plantation and Harbor Complex in Nevis, West Indies”, supported by the MUKTI Foundation and the Michigan Tech Fund

White, Paul J. (1999) “Bremner Historic District: A Cultural Landscape Report,” supported by National Park Service, Alaska Region

Updike, William D. (1999) “ Archaeological and Historical Investigations at the Cottage Furnace, Estill County, Kentucky,” supported by the US Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest

Sewell, Andrew R. (1999) “Cultural Continuity and Technological Change at the Carp River Iron Forge,” supported by  Michigan Historical Center

Hayes, David K. (2000) “Construction Chronology of the Sugar Factory at Whim Plantation, St. Croix, Virgin Islands,” supported by St. Croix Landmarks Society

Stencel, Craig J. (2000) “Life at a Logging Camp: A Case Study of Goodman Lumber Company Camp E”

LaRonge, Michael B. (2000) “Company Family, Company Coffin: the Role of Quincy Mining Company’s Paternalistic Practices at the Ingot Street Cemetery,” supported by the City of Hancock and Economic Development Administration

Montney, James (2001) “Industrial Archaeology GIS: Uses for Ontonagon County,” supported by Michigan Research Excellence Fund

Blair, Julia A. (2001) “ ‘Nothing But Woods to the World’s End’: Archaeology at an Industrial Frontier”, supported by US Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest

Gronhovd, Amanda (2001) “A Study in Industrial Archaeology: the Soudan Mine’s #8 Engine House,” supported by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Lowe, John T. III (2002) “Making Music at Martin; the Craft of Musical Instrument Building at Martin Guitar Company, Nazareth, PA,” supported by the Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service

Madson, Michael John (2002) “The Mining Blacksmith; History and Archaeology of the Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Harbor Mining Company Blacksmith Shop,” supported by the Michigan Historical Center


Archimede, Gianfranco (2002) "Assessing Value in the Historic Mining Landscape of the Mojave Desert and the Industrial Archaeology of the Keane Wonder Mining Company, Death Valley National Park, California," supported by the Historic American Engineering Record and Death Valley National Park

Norris, Elizabeth M. (2002) "An Historical and Industrial Archaeology Research Strategy for the West Point Foundry Site, Cold Spring, New York," supported by the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

Pappas, Efstathios (2002) "Swedetown Location: Hope and Failure in a Company Neighborhood"

Kloss, Julie Anna (2002) "Defining an Historic Cultural Landscape: The Choate Branch Logging Landscape, Ottawa National Forest, Michigan",  supported by US Forest Service, Ottawa National Forest.

Mancl, Timothy J. (2003) "Archaeometallurgy of the Carp River Forge", supported by Michigan Bureau of Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Affairs.

Valentino, Alicia B. (2003) "Visualizing the Past at the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York", supported by the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

Van Lingen, Gary W. (2003) "The Interpretation of Archaeological Remains at the Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Harbor Mining Company's Second Campsite,"  supported by Michigan Bureau of Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Affairs.

Mishkar, Lawrence J. (2004) “Spanning the Wilderness: Bridges of the Alaska Railroad,” supported by the Alaska Railroad, HDR-Alaska, and Cultural Resource Consultants, Anchorage.

Menghini, Cristina (2004) “Examining Patterns of Italian Immigration to Michigan’s Houghton County, 1860-1930”, supported by Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Finch, Kimberly A. (2004) “Waterpower: A Geophysical and Archaeological Investigation of the Waterpower System at the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York”, supported by the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

Wilson, Joseph A.P. (2004) “The History and Archaeology of the Huron Copper Milling Complex, including a Brief Social History of Hurontown”, supported by the City of Houghton.

Baird, Keith P. (2005) “Archaeological Investigation of the Transformation of the Coal Creek Mining Landscape, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska”, supported by Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

Vago, David A. (2005) “An Interpretive Plan for the Calumet and Hecla Mill Site”, supported by Houghton County Historical Society.

Rivett, Suika M. (2005) “New Deal for Recreation: Two CCC-Built Sites in the Ottawa National Forest”, supported by US Forest Service, Ottawa National Forest.

Herzberg, Rachael J. (2005) “An Analysis of Activity Areas with and Industrial Site: The Boring Mill at the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York”, supported by the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

Timms, Erin C. (2005) “Historical and Archaeological Interpretation of Waterpower and Blowing Engine Technology at the West Point Foundry Blast Furnace, Cold Spring, New York”, supported by the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.

Tennant, Edward W. (2005) “Using ArcGIS to Create ‘Living Documents’ with Archaeological Data: A Case Study from Svalbard, Norway”, supported by the National Science Foundation.