The papers from HS 390 are archival research papers, relying on primary sources from archives such as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. They are original research but inherently restricted to topics relevant to the archival holdings. In keeping with professional practices, they use Chicago Style footnoting. While part of a semester-long project, they reflect the scholarship of undergraduate History majors preparing for their capstone project (the HS 490 papers). The History Department hopes the local focus of these papers proves interesting and useful to others engaging in similar research.
Papers from 2025
Rolling the Dice: The History of Indian Reservation Gambling in the Upper Peninsula, Xavier Binkley
Stifled Voices: World War II from the Upper Peninsula, Elijah H. Croschere
Resistance, Adaptation, and Assimilation: Native American Responses to Christianization in the Great Lakes Region, 1800-1900, Noah S. Danforth
Making Waves: Depression Era Violent Crime in the Upper Peninsula and the United States, Zoe Jancek
Do Empathy and Compassion Outshine Hatred? The Attitudes of American Soldiers Towards German Soldiers During World War II., Christopher R. Larson
Life, Liberty and Property: Property as a Weapon Utilized Against Native Peoples and as a Tool to Strengthen Native Sovereignty in the Upper Midwest, Jacob R A Ludwig
Women’s Voting Registrations in Marquette County, Lauren E. McCollor
The March of the Naples Soldier: A Look into the Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918-1920, Javier Pena Reyes
Anarcho-Syndicalism in the Negaunee Branch of the Finnish Socialist Association, Michael P. Selwa
Papers from 2024
Case Study on Seney National Wildlife Refuge: How the Upper Peninsula Led Wildlife Conservation in the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Holly A. Galligan
The Fuel of Social Change: Native Activism in the 1960s and 1970s and the Development of Native American Studies, Hannah Muehlschlegel