Frederick Fraley Sharpless Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: 1-4

Identifier: MS-239

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Photograph collection, 1889-1895, of Frederick Fraley Sharpless, a former professor of the Michigan Mining School in Houghton, Michigan and mining engineer consultant. Includes an album of cyanotype photographs as well as a collection of glass plate slides depicting local and mining scenes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, taken during his tenure at the Michigan School of Mines. There is also a speech given by Sharpless to accompany the slides. The photographs duplicate most of the glass slides and provide captions for identification.

Dates

1889-1895

Language of Material

English

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Frederick Fraley Sharpless was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1866 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1888. After graduation he accepted a position at the newly opened Michigan Mining School in Houghton, Michigan as a professor of metallurgy. He left after five years, joining the Consolidated Mines Selection Co., Ltd. of London as their American representative. He went on to become a consulting mining engineer and was elected Secretary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (A.I.M.E.) in 1921. Mr. Sharpless passed away in 1951 after a long illness.

Extent

0.9 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size) and 3 negative boxes.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Photograph collection, 1889-1895, of Frederick Fraley Sharpless, a former professor of the Michigan Mining School in Houghton, Michigan and mining engineer consultant.