Michigan Technological University Commencement Collection

Collection — Box: 1-10

Identifier: MTU-027

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Collection, 1894- , of commencement records for Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes commencement programs, speeches, invitations, tickets, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and multimedia items including audio cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, rolled film negatives, and a floppy disk. Miscellaneous historical material includes written and typed historical sketches, and newspaper clipping related to Michigan Technological University and Michigan's Copper Country, historical catalogs, correspondence from University Presidents and the Alumni Records Office, and newspaper clippings and ephemera from the University’s 50th Anniversary/Dillman Inauguration (1936). This miscellaneous material ranges in dates from 1894 to the 1970s, with the bulk from 1900-1950.

Dates

1894-

Creator

Michigan Technological University (Organization)

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.

Extent

4.49 Cubic Feet (3 Paige boxes, 3 manuscript boxes, 1 microfilm box, and 3 media boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection, 1894- , of commencement records for Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes commencement programs, invitations, tickets, correspondence and newspaper clippings as well as correspondence, clippings and ephemera of and about Michigan Technological University and Michigan's Copper Country.

Arrangement

The records are arranged in three series, two of which have been further arranged into sub-series. The contents of Series 1 are arranged by subject. The contents of Series 2 are arranged chronologically with Sub-series 1 being arranged by calendar year and Sub-series 2 being arranged by individual ceremony. The contents of Series 3 are arranged by media type, then chronologically within media type. The series and sub-series arrangement of the records is as follows: Series 1, Miscellaneous Historical Material, 1894-1970s Series 2, Commencements, 1894-2017 Sub-series 1, Commencements by Year, 1894-1983 Sub-series 2, Commencements by Ceremony, 1984-2017 Series 3, Multimedia, 1995-2011 Sub-series 1, Audio Cassette Tapes, 1995-2004 Sub-series 2, Floppy Disk, May 2001 Sub-series 3, Photo CDs, 2001-2011 Sub-series 4, DVDs, 2006-2008 Sub-series 5, Rolled Film Negative, 2001-2002 Sub-series 6, Conferring of degrees audio recordings, 1986-2011