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Robert W. Van Evera Photograph Collection

 Collection — sc_box: MS 5, Folder: 6-8
Identifier: MS-839

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Photograph collection, 1938-1939, of images by Robert W. Van Evera, then a mining engineering student at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Contains images of the daily lives and activities of a group of college friends in the late 1930s, including student life at home and at locations in and near Michigan's Copper Country.

Dates

  • 1937-1938

Access

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

Biography

Robert W. Van Evera came to Houghton, Michigan from Crosby, Minnesota. He entered his freshman year at Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in 1936, graduating in 1940 with a Bachelors Degree in Mining Engineering. The 1939/40 Directory lists his Houghton address as 233 College Ave, where some of the pictures in this collection may have been taken. Roberts’s father, James Wilbur Van Evera also attended the Michigan College of Mines, graduating in 1907. The 1905/06 Yearbook lists James’ hometown as Marquette, Michigan. __Philanthropy appears to have been a strong family trait. According to Peter, his father Robert and grandfather James sponsored the education of John Jovanovich, the son of a Minnesota iron range mineworker who was killed in an underground accident. Jovanovich had been a high school classmate of Robert, who had noted John’s brilliance in mathematics. Robert suggested to his father James that they provide for the young man’s education at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology where his abilities would be further developed. Unfortunately, John Jovanovich was himself killed in an accident while a student at the College. The Van Evera family name remains well known on campus through the continuing Van Evera Distinguished Lecture Series.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (3 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photograph collection, 1938-1939, of images by Robert W. Van Evera, then a mining engineering student at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Contains images of the daily lives and activities of a group of college friends in the late 1930s, including student life at home and at locations in and near Michigan's Copper Country.

General Physical Description note

0.18 cubic feet1/2 manuscript box (letter size)

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,6/20/2011

Title
Robert W. Van Evera Photograph Collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
6/20/2011
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

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