Digital Scholarship @ VPOL
Iron Range photo, Channing Depot
How the Iron Ranges Built the Upper Midwest StoryMap by VPOL How did iron mining transform the landscape, economy, community, and transportation networks of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Map showing Francophone work locations
Where Francophones Worked in 1910 StoryMap by Social Sciences Explore this map to learn about the work environments that francophones encountered in the Keweenaw peninsula.
Historical buildings in Calumet, Michigan
1908 Calumet Historic Building Explorer Web Mapping Application by VPOL/Social Sciences Explore what Calumet looked like in 1908 through a map and panoramic photograph.
Data Sonification
Data Sonification Project Video by Visual and Performing Arts What does a library's data sound like?
Map showing student locations
Where Do Huskies Come From? Web Mapping Applcation by VPOL See where MTU's students are from. Add your own location to the map!
Historical image of Houghton, MI
Keweenaw Towns & Cities: Houghton and Hancock Web Mapping Application by VPOL See where historical photographs were taken in the cities of Houghton and Hancock, Michigan.
Image of old buildings
Ghost Towns of the Keweenaw StoryMap by VPOL The Keweenaw has many ghost towns, discover them here through maps and images.
Image of miners
Menominee Iron Range: Mining & Miners StoryMap by Humanities By 1955 a total of 162,621,749 tons of iron ore had been shipped from this Michigan portion of Iron ranges. Who were the miners?
Isle Royale Copper Co Map
Isle Royale Mining Co Railroad StoryMap by Social Sciences (SS3240) Explore East Houghton's Forgotten Industrial Rail Road.
Lake Superior
Vastness: Memory of Color Web Mapping Applcation by Visual and Performing Arts Photographs of Lake Superior. The photographs are based on Anne Beffel’s observations of the relationship between vision and our daily lives.