John MacInnes Papers
MTU-013
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
October 25, 2013
Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
5/5/2010
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan, 49931
906-487-2505
copper@mtu.edu
John MacInnes Papers MTU-013
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biography....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Collection Scope and Content Summary...................................................................................................... 5
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8
Michigan Tech......................................................................................................................................... 8
Awards and Achievements.................................................................................................................... 27
Rules and Regulations........................................................................................................................... 29
Hockey History...................................................................................................................................... 31
Photographs............................................................................................................................................ 32
Miscellaneous.........................................................................................................................................33
Restricted Material - Contact Archivist................................................................................................ 33
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Summary Information
Repository
Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country
Historical Collections
Creator
MacInnes, John J., 1925-1983
Title
John MacInnes Papers
Date [inclusive]
1939-2007
Extent
12.38 cubic feet ; 28 boxes
Language
English
Mixed materials [Box]
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Abstract
Papers, 1939-2002, of John MacInnes, head coach of the Michigan Tech
Hockey Huskies from 1956 to 1982 and one-time "winningest coach in
college hockey." Includes class rosters, team data, and correspondence
related to the work of coaching and managing the hockey program at
Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Also included
are college hockey league policies and regulations, documenting some of
the changes in college league activity in the 1960s and 70s. Scrapbooks
and clipping files reflect media coverage of the Michigan Tech hockey
team and of MacInnes’ professional accomplishments as well as the many
awards and achievements accorded to MacInnes. Memorials, testimonies,
and an outpouring of heartfelt sympathy cards written to John’s wife
Jerry at the time of his death are included. MacInnes also collected
the rulebooks and regulations of the various amateur and professional
organizations he was involved with. Finally there is material on the history
of hockey that MacInnes collected as well as photographs, ephemera and
miscellaneous documents.
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Preferred Citation
MTU-013, John MacInnes Papers, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country
Historical Collections, Houghton, Michigan.
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Biography
John MacInnes, the “winningest coach in college hockey,” was Michigan Tech’s head hockey coach
from 1956 to 1982. During that period, the Hockey Huskies brought home three NCAA championships
(1962, 1965, 1975) and seven Western Collegiate Hockey Association championships (1962, 1965,
1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, and 1976). Twenty-three of his 26 seasons were winning ones. He was named
coach of the year by the American Hockey Coaches Association twice, in 1970 and 1976. The WCHA
named him coach of the year six times. MacInnes was interviewed for the position of coach for the 1980
American Olympic hockey “Dream Team,” but withdrew his name from consideration to continue with
the Michigan Tech team. He was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1972 and the
US Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007. MacInnes was born in Toronto, Canada in 1925. He came to the US
to play college hockey as a goalie for the University of Michigan. He played with the Boston Bruins, the
Detroit Red Wings, and the International Hockey League, before coming to Michigan Tech in 1956.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Papers, 1939-2002, of John MacInnes, head coach of the Michigan Tech Hockey Huskies from 1956
to 1982 and one-time "winningest coach in college hockey." Includes class rosters, team data, and
correspondence related to the work of coaching and managing the hockey program at Michigan
Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Also included are college hockey league policies
and regulations, documenting some of the changes in college league activity in the 1960s and 70s.
Scrapbooks and clipping files reflect media coverage of the Michigan Tech hockey team and of
MacInnes’ professional accomplishments as well as the many awards and achievements accorded to
MacInnes. Memorials, testimonies, and an outpouring of heartfelt sympathy cards written to John’s
wife Jerry at the time of his death are included. MacInnes also collected the rulebooks and regulations
of the various amateur and professional organizations he was involved with. Finally there is material
on the history of hockey that MacInnes collected as well as photographs, ephemera and miscellaneous
documents.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
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Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 5/5/2010
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical
Collections.
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,5/5/2010
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
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Awards
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Correspondence
Photographs
Rosters
Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
• Houghton (Mich.)
Personal Name(s)
• MacInnes, John J., 1925-1983
Subject(s)
• Hockey--Coaching
• Hockey--History
• Hockey--Michigan--Houghton
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• Hockey--Rules
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Michigan Tech
Collection Inventory
MTU-013.001 Michigan Tech 1956-1982
MTU-013.001.001 Class Rosters 1956-1982
Classes - Fall 1982
Winter Classes 1981
Fall Classes 1980
Fall 1980
Spring Classes 1980
Winter Classes 1980
Fall Classes 1979
Winter Classes 1979
Spring Classes 1979
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Class Rosters
Winter Classes 1978
Grades - Fall 1978
Spring Classes 1978
Spring Classes 1977
Winter Classes 1977
Fall Classes 1977
Fall Classes 1976
Spring Classes 1976
Winter Classes 1976
Fall Classes 1975
Spring Classes 1975
Winter Classes 1975
Fall Classes 1974
Spring Classes 1974
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Class Rosters
Fall Classes 1973
Winter Classes 1973
Spring Classes 1973
Fall Classes 1972
Spring Classes 1972
Winter Classes 1972
Fall Classes 1971
Spring Classes 1971
Winter Classes 1971
Fall Classes 1970
Summer Classes 1970
Spring Classes 1970
Winter Classes 1970
Fall Classes 1969
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Class Rosters
Summer Classes 1969
Spring Classes 1969
Winter Classes 1969
Fall Classes 1968
Summer Classes 1968
Spring Classes 1968
Winter Classes 1968
Fall Classes 1968
Summer Classes 1967
Spring Classes 1967
Winter Classes 1967
Fall Classes 1966
Summer Classes 1966
Spring Classes 1966
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Class Rosters
Winter Classes 1966
Fall Classes 1965
Winter Classes 1965
Spring Classes 1965
Fall and Winter Classes 1964
Winter Classes 1963
Fall Classes 1963
Spring Classes 1964
Spring Classes 1963
Fall Classes 1962
Spring Classes 1962
Winter Classes 1962
Fall Classes 1961
Spring Classes 1961
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Class Rosters
Winter Classes 1961
Fall Classes 1960
Spring Classes 1960
Winter Classes 1960
Fall Classes 1959
Spring Classes 1959
Winter Classes 1959
Fall Classes 1958
Spring Classes 1958
Winter Classes 1958
Fall Classes 1957
Spring Classes 1957
Winter Classes 1957
Fall Classes 1956
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Team Rosters and Data
MTU-013.001.002 Team Rosters and Data 1956-1981
Freshman Hockey 1978-1979
Freshman Hockey 1977-1978
Freshman Hockey 1976
Freshman Hockey 1975
Freshman Hockey 1974
Freshman Hockey 1973
Freshman Hockey 1972
Freshman Hockey 1971-1972
Freshman Hockey 1970-1971
Freshman Hockey 1969-1970
Freshman Hockey 1968-1969
Freshman Hockey 1967-1968
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Team Rosters and Data
Freshman Hockey 1966-1967
Freshman Hockey 1965-1966
Freshman Hockey 1964-1965
Freshman Hockey 1964 (Weller)
Freshman Hockey 1963
Freshman Prospects 1962
Freshman Hockey (Corr) 1960-1961
Hockey Team 1980-1981
Hockey Team 1979-1980
Hockey Team 1978-1979
Hockey Team 1977-1978
Hockey Team 1976-1977
Hockey Team 1975-1976
Hockey Team; 2nd Place WCHA NCAA Champs 1974-1975
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Team Rosters and Data
Hockey Team 1973-1974
Hockey Team 1972-1973
Hockey Team 1971-1972
Hockey Team 1970-1971
Hockey Team 1969-1970
Hockey Team 1968-1969
Hockey Team and League 1967-1968
Hockey Team 1966-1967
Hockey Team 1965-1966
Hockey Team 1964-1965
Hockey Team 1963-1964
Hockey Team 1962-1963
Hockey Team 1961-1962
Hockey Team 1960-1961
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Correspondence
Hockey Team 1959-1960
Hockey Team 1958-1959
Hockey Team 1957-1958
Hockey Team 1956-1957
Hockey Team General
MTU Hockey Athletic Records
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MTU-013.001.003 Correspondence 1958-2002
Telegrams 1958-1960
Telegrams 1961-1962
Telegrams, Cards 1964-1965
Telegrams, Photo 1965-1966
Telegrams, Letters 1966-1967
Telegrams 1967-1968
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Correspondence
Telegrams 1968-1969
Telegrams 1969-1970
Telegrams, Letters 1970-1971
Telegrams 1971-1972
Telegrams 1972-1973
Telegrams, Letters 1973-1974
Telegrams, Letters 1974-1975
Telegrams, Letters 1975-1976
Telegrams, Letters, Photograph 1977-1978
Alumni Correspondence
Various Correspondences 1 of 4
Various Correspondence 2 of 4
Various Correspondence 3 of 4
Various Correspondence 4 of 4
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Golf
"Congratulations" Letters and Correspondence
Freshman Correspondence 1977
Freshman Correspondence 1959
Freshman Correspondence 1959-1960
Freshman Correspondence 1957-1958
European Correspondence
Correspondence 1944-1946
Various Correspondence in Album 1985-2002
Various Correspondence in Album 1962-1991
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MTU-013.001.004 Golf
Various Golf Team Photographs
Golf Budget
Golf - Caddying Clinic
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Clippings and Scrapbooks
MTU-013.001.005 Clippings and Scrapbooks 1939-1986
Newspaper Clippings 1958-1960
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1958-1960
Newspaper Clippings 1 of 2 1961-1962
Newspaper Clippings 2 of 2 1961-1962
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1961-1962
Newspaper Clippings 1962-1963
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1962-1963
Newspaper Clippings, Photo, Programs 1963-1964
Newspaper Clippings 1 of 2 1964-1965
Newspaper Clippings 2 of 2 1964-1965
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1964-1965
Newspaper Clippings 1 of 2 1965-1966
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Clippings and Scrapbooks
Newspaper Clippings 2 of 2 1965-1966
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1965-1966
Newspaper Clippings 1966-1967
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1 of 2 1966-1967
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 2 of 2 1966-1967
Newspaper Clippings 1967-1968
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1967-1968
Newspaper Clippings 1968-1969
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1968-1969
Newspaper Clippings 1969-1970
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1969-1970
Newspaper Clippings 1970-1971
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1970-1971
Newspaper Clippings 1971-1972
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Clippings and Scrapbooks
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1 of 2 1971-1972
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 2 of 2 1971-1972
Newspaper Clippings 1972-1973
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1972-1973
Newspaper Clippings 1973-1974
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1973-1974
Newspaper Clippings 1 of 2 1974-1975
Newspaper Clippings 2 of 2 1974-1975
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1974-1975
Newspaper Clippings 1975-1976
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1975-1976
Newspaper Clippings 1976-1977
Magazines, Press, Programs, Photograph 1976-1977
Newspaper Clippings 1977-1978
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Clippings and Scrapbooks
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1977-1979
Newspaper Clippings 1978-1979
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs, Telegrams 1978-1979
Newspaper Clippings 1979-1980
Magazines, Releases, Programs, Photos, Telegrams 1979-1980
Newspaper Clippings 1 of 2 1980-1981
Newspaper Clippings 2 of 2 1980-1981
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1980-1981
Newspaper Clippings 1981-1982
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs, Letter 1981-1982
Magazines, Newspaper Clippings 1982-1983
Magazines, Press Releases, Programs 1983
Magazines, Newspaper Clippings 1984
Magazines, Newspaper Clippings 1985-1986
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Leagues
Post Career Magazines, Clippings 1 of 2
Post Career Magazines, Clippings 2 of 2
John MacInnes Coaching Scrapbook
John MacInnes Personal Hockey Photo Album
John MacInnes Hockey Scrapbook 1945-1947
Junior League Scrapbook - MacInnes Pre College 1939-1943
University of Michigan Scrapbook, 1 of 2 1945
University of Michigan Scrapbook, 2 of 2 1945
Scrap Book 1956-1957
Scrap Book 1958-1959
Scrap Book 1960-1961
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MTU-013.001.006 Leagues 1940-1979
NCAA 1960
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Leagues
NCAA 1962
International Hockey League 1940s
WIHL
WCHA Articles of Agreement Dec. 1979
WCHA # History and Correspondence
WCHA # Expansion Committee
WCHA # History
NCAA Hockey Programs
WCHA Eligibility
NCAA Eligibility List 1973
Eligibility # Inst. Aids 1968-1969
Eligibility # Financial (Other Teams)
NCAAction! Records
NCAA Hockey Case
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Olympics
MTU-013.001.007 Olympics 1978-1980
Olympic Sports Festival 1978
Olympics 1 of 2 1980
Olympics 2 of 2 1980
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MTU-013.001.008 Miscellaneous
Grant # In- Aid History, Info, etc.
Grant # In #Aid Records
High School Hockey 1963-1964
Hockey Pro
Promotions Committee
Rink Completion History
Rowe, Bill
Russia
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Awards and Achievements
United States Sports Academy # Graduate School
Recommendations
4 Million Fund
Graduation Record # Hockey
Loose Material 1 of 2
Loose Material 2 of 2
Agents
Hockey Budgets
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MTU-013.002 Awards and Achievements
MTU-013.002.001 Awards 1980-2007
503 Wins: Newspapers. Magazines 1980
503 Wins: Congratulations Letters 1980
State of Michigan Hall of Fame 1 of 2 1984
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Tributes and Memorials
State of Michigan Hall of Fame 2 of 2 1984
Lester Patrick Award 1 of 2 1986
Lester Patrick Award 2 of 2 1986
Misc. Honors and Recognitions 1 of 2 Post 1982
Misc. Honors and Recognitions 2 of 2 Post 1982
US Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2007
State of Michigan Awards
Misc. Achievements
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MTU-013.002.002 Tributes and Memorials 1982-1983
Retirement Dinner: Cards, Letters 1982
Retirement Dinner: Clippings, Programs 1982
John MacInnes Day 1982
Letters from the Hockey Team 1982-1983
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Sympathy Notes
Hockey Sayings and Poems
Opinions As To What a Coach Is
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MTU-013.002.003 Sympathy Notes
Sympathy Notes - Last Names (A-F)
Sympathy Notes - Last Names (G-K)
Sympathy Notes - Last Names (L-R)
Sympathy Notes - Last Names (S-Z)
Sympathy Notes - Last Names Unknown
MTU-013.003 Rules and Regulations
Toronto Hockey League Rule Book 26th
Toronto Hockey League Rule Book 27th
Toronto Hockey League Rule Book 28th
Toronto Hockey League Rule Book 30th
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Rules and Regulations
Toronto Hockey League Rule Book 31st
Ontario Hockey Association Annual Report 1944-1945
Official Rule Guide of the National Hockey League 1943-1944
Ice Hockey Official Rules and Records 1946-1947
Ice Hockey Official Rules and Records 1948
Ice Hockey Official Hockey Guide 1949
Ice Hockey Official Hockey Guide 1951
Ice Hockey Official Hockey Guide 1952
Ice Hockey Official Hockey Guide 1947-1948
Ice Hockey Official Guide and Rule Book 1953-1954
Ice Hockey Official Guide 1954-1955
Ice Hockey Official Guide 1955
Ice Hockey Official Guide and Rule Book 1956
Ice Hockey Official Guide; Records, Reviews, Rules 1950
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Hockey History
Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey League Hockey Guide 1952-1953
Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey League Hockey Guide 1953-1954
Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey League Hockey Guide 1954-1955
Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey League Hockey Guide 1955-1956
National Hockey and Winter Sports Guide 1941
International Hockey Year Book 1979-1980
International Hockey Year Book 1979-1980
Eligibility # ABC Forms
GLI Records 1965-on
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MTU-013.004 Hockey History
Hockey Memorials
General Hockey Material 1 of 3
General Hockey Material 2 of 3
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Photographs
General Hockey Material 3 of 3
The One Legged Skater (book)
Hockey History
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MTU-013.005 Photographs 1958-1984
Photographs 1958-1960
Photographs 1964-1965
Telegrams, Letters, Photograph 1977-1978
Photographs 1971-1972
Photographs 1973-1974
Photographs 1974-1975
Photographs 1984
Various Photographs 1 of 4
Various Photographs 2 of 4
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Miscellaneous
Various Photographs 3 of 4
Various Photographs 4 of 4
Black and White Photographs
Building of Ice Arena Photographs 1971
Photographs
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MTU-013.006 Miscellaneous
MacInnes General
Miscellaneous
Hockey Posters
MTU-013.007 Restricted Material - Contact Archivist
Conditions Governing Access
Material is restricted. Contact the Archivist.
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General note
Michigan Tech Archives, 906.487.2505, copper@mtu.edu
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