Michigan Technological University Mining Engineering Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: 1-24

Identifier: MTU-012

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Photograph collection, undated, compiled by the Mining Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan for use in classroom instruction. Includes glass lantern slides, photographic negatives, and photographic prints of Michigan copper and iron mining, as well as mining from other parts of the world.

Dates

undated

Access

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

Biography

In March 1861 the Michigan Legislature passed Public Act 207, signed by the governor, to establish the Michigan Mining School at Houghton. It would have been the first mining college in the nation if the Civil War had not blocked appropriations. The Mining Engineering department was the first department established when the Michigan School of Mines opened in Houghton in 1885, dedicated exclusively to "mining and mining engineering." In over 110 years of its history, over 800 mining engineers have graduated from Michigan Tech.

Extent

3.8 Cubic Feet (24 manuscript boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Michigan Technological University Mining Engineering Photograph Collection
Status: Completed
Author: Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Language of description note: Description is in English