Floyd Doane Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-595

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Papers, 1914-1958, of Floyd Doane. Includes correspondence, photographs and clippings regarding the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and several of the vessels that were stranded in the storm. Also includes photographs of the Sault Ste. Marie Locks and the shore line. Some material represent photocopies of original material dated 1914.

Dates

1914-1958

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

Floyd Telford Doane was born on October 19, 1897 in Tecuseh, Nebraska to Peter James and Jennie Doane. His family moved to Peru, Nebraska and he graduated from Peru State Normal in 1919 after which he taugh chemistry at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota for eight years. In 1943 he earned an M.S. in chemistry from Louisiana State and in 1948 joined the faculty at Michigan College of Mining and Technology where he served as a faculty member for 21 years. Doane was best known for teaching freshman and quantatative chemistry and his physical chemistry labs; as well as for acting as a faculty advisor for several fraternities on campus. He died on November 2, 1978 in Hancock, Michigan.