Hi, all - This was, indeed, a major historical event for the western Upper Peninsula. It was part of a much larger worker's movement. There is more information to be found in MeL Michigana - look in the Making of Modern Michigan and the Keweenaw Digital Archives. Search for Italian Hall Disaster or Big Annie - she was one of the first female union organizers. We tend to think of the Keweenaw as a remote area covered with nothing but trees, but Calumet has a rich history and was quite a wealthy town during its heyday (which relates back to the issue of boom and bust and progress versus the environment). Thanks, Suzanne (proud Yooper) Part time Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 8:30a - 2p, with slight variations No Bad Days! ------------------- Suzanne Robinson, AMLS MeL Databases Training Coordinator Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (mcls.org) 1407 Rensen St., Suite 1 Lansing, MI 48910 800-530-9019 ext 134 From: Michael McGuire <mdmcguire@yahoo.com> To: "michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org>, Date: 09/11/2013 05:51 PM Subject: [Michlib-l] Program recommendation - Italian Hall disaster Sent by: michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan is one of the great unsolved mysteries of Michigan history. It involved the deaths of over 70 people - mostly children. It was, whether intended or not, a mass homicide. The tragedy evokes a lot of emotion in the area still. It is a really fascinating event that people continue to study today. The great Woody Guthrie wrote a famous song based on the 1913 Massacre as it was sometimes called. http://1913massacre.com/about-the-song/ There was a film done as well. There is a link, below, for a synopsis and the trailer for the film including Arlo Guthrie and a bit of the song by Woody Guthrie, too. Nice film based on the song. Don’t know how it would work with the live presentation. http://1913massacre.com/about/ Michael D. McGuire Grand Rapids, MI mdmcguire@yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@lists.mcls.org http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l