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William H. Brinkman Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-10A
Identifier: MS-029

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The collection primarily includes images of the Freda and Beacon Hill area of Houghton County, Michigan. Depicts local people, area mining operations, schools, town scenes and group photos.

Dates

  • Approximately 1890-1980

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing 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

William H. Brinkman was born in Redridge, Michigan on August 22, 1906. A son of Emma and William Brinkman, he graduated from Painesdale High School in 1926. Brinkman attended Michigan Technological University for a year and was awarded a degree at Northern State Teacher's College in 1928. He was a World War II veteran, having served in the Navy and also a member of the U.S. Navy Band that entertained troops in North Africa. Brinkman taught math and general science at the Redridge School where he served as teacher and principal for 27 years. He also taught in Kodiak, Alaska, the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and in Montana until his retirement in 1970. As a young man he took up the hobby of photography from Charles Saltzer, another Redridge photographer. In the William H. Brinkman Photograph Collection, some of the photographs of the early years in Redridge are actually Mr. Saltzer's work. Following his retirement from teaching, Brinkman worked as a photographer, reporter, and associate editor of the Daily Mining Gazette. William H. Brinkman died at the age of 88 in the Dickinson County Hospital in September 3, 1994.

Extent

3.46 Cubic Feet (15 manuscript boxes)

Abstract

Photograph collection, Approximately 1890-1980, of William H. Brinkman of Redridge, Michigan. Greater part of collection includes images of the Freda and Beacon Hill area of Houghton County, Michigan. Depicts local people, area mining operations, schools, town scenes and group photos.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into three series with sixteen subseries in series three.

Series I, Documents, 1957- c.1975 Series II, Photographic Prints, Approximately 1890- 1980 Series III, Negative Collection, Approximately 1890- 1980

Acquisition

Eighteen gifts consisting of photographs, negatives, and textual records were donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections from 1979 to 1991 by William Brinkman.

Disaster Recovery Note

Box 11 missing, Sept. 2013 (no valid record indicates there was a box 11). During the fire recovery the contents of some of the boxes were expanded into "a" boxes, ex. "6a."

Title
William H. Brinkman Photograph Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert.
Date
3/10/2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

Contact:
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US