Van Den Beldt Photograph Collection
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Photograph collection, circa 1912-circa 1974, of unidentified family's snapshots in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes family, recreational and scenic snapshots in Houghton, Calumet, Ontonagon County, Freda, Eagle Harbor and Hurontown. Also includes company housing shots in Hurontown, scenes from the CITY OF BANGOR (built 1896) shipwreck of 1926, Winter Carnival at Michigan Technological University and the Michigan State Militia encampment in Calumet, during the 1913 copper miners strike.
Dates
- Circa 1912-Circa 1974
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Extent
0.82 Cubic Feet (4 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photograph collection, circa 1912-circa 1974, of unidentified family's snapshots in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Includes family, recreational and scenic snapshots in Houghton, Calumet, Ontonagon County, Freda, Eagle Harbor and Hurontown. Also includes company housing shots in Hurontown, scenes from the CITY OF BANGOR (built 1896) shipwreck of 1926, Winter Carnival at Michigan Technological University and the Michigan State Militia encampment in Calumet, during the 1913 copper miners strike.
General Physical Description note
0.82 cubic feet4 manuscript boxes
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,1/8/2010
- Company towns -- Michigan -- Hurontown
- Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914
- Families -- History
- Michigan Technological University
- Outdoor recreation -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
- Photograph albums
- Snapshots
- Tintypes (photographs)
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
- Winter Carnival (Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Mich.))
- Title
- Van Den Beldt Photograph Collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- 1/8/2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository