Lloyal Bacon Papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Papers, 1928-1991, of Lloyal Bacon, a professor of geophysics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. Includes reports written or co-written by Bacon, papers submitted by graduate students and other research in the field of geophysics as it relates to the geology of the Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior region. Research areas include magnetic and resistivity surveys conducted in search of minerals including iron and copper.
Dates
- 1896-1991
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
Lloyal O. Bacon, 1915-2008, was a geophysicist at Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan from 1949 to 1978. Lloyal Bacon earned a BS in Geological Engineering in 1941 from the University of Minnesota and served in the U.S. Navy Department, Underwater Ordinance. Subsequently, he worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Butler Brothers Mining Co., and Pennsylvania State College (now Pennsylvania State University) as a geophysicist. In 1948, he received an MS degree in geophysics at Penn State. He remained there for another year on a Ph.D program. After the department faculty left, he took employment as a geophysicist at MTU (at that time known as the Michigan College of Mining and Technology) in the fall of 1949. He remained at MTU until his retirement in 1978. Bacon originally worked with the physics department until he moved to the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences as the geophysics department expanded. Active in the field, Lloyal did consulting work in mining geophysics for many companies for over 40 years, especially Calumet and Hecla, Inc. in developing a system for detecting veins of native copper.
Extent
1.24 cubic feet (3 manuscript boxes, 1 card box, and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers, 1928-1991, of Lloyal Bacon, a professor of geophysics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.
MARC
MARC added 6/3/2011, updated 9/17/2014
- Correspondence
- Documents
- Geology -- Michigan
- Geophysics -- Research
- Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.)
- Lantern slides
- Manuals (Instructional materials)
- Marquette County (Mich.)
- Mines and mineral resources -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
- Papers (Document genres)
- Reports
- Research (Document genres)
- Slides (photographs)
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
- Title
- Lloyal Bacon Papers
- Author
- Crystal Laudeman, revised by Lindsay Hiltunen; re-revised by Allison Neely, 04/13/2020 and again on 07/15/2020
- Date
- 4/4/2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository