Last week, I began sharing what I learned from a library science course on oral history collection enhancement. As the assistant research librarian at the John M. Longyear Research Library, I was able to learn and develop my skills in this area thanks to a continuing education grant provided to ...

Who had the first telephone in Marquette? A. Peter White Public Library B. City Hall C. The Mining Journal D. The DSS&A RR Depot (ANSWER: C)

MARQUETTE — Through my position as the Marquette Regional History Center’s Assistant Librarian, I recently received grant funding from the Library of Michigan’s “Library Continuing Education Stipend Program” to attend an online class through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ...

QUESTION: Marquette County was established in March 1843. How many boundary changes has the county undergone in the last 182 years? a. Zero b. Three c. Six d. Nine ANSWER: D, Marquette County went through nine boundary changes, all between 1843 and 1891. Initially, the county included ...

The picture is, perhaps, the starkest example of how much Marquette has changed in the past 75 years. The photograph, taken in 1950 from the roof of the current Mining Journal building, evokes old New York City more than it does the Marquette of anyone’s memory. On a corner that’s now ...