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Fred J. Murphy Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MTU-155

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Photograph album, 1907-1910, of Fred James Murphy, a one-time student at the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Includes images from high school in Petoskey, Michigan, mostly class pictures. Also continues in Houghton with less formal images including student activities, the "Lemon Squad" in surveying class and field trips to the Iron Country and local mines. Continues with pictures from the Colorado School of Mines, where Murphy may have matriculated after Michigan College of Mines, as well as from different mines in Colorado, including the Cripple Creek gold mine.

Dates

  • 1907-1910

Access

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

Biography

Fred James Murphy was a graduate of Petoskey High School in Petoskey, Michigan before enrolling at the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Alumni directories indicate that he entered the college in 1906; however, there is no record that he graduated. He may have transferred to the Colorado School of Mines.

Extent

0.28 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photograph album, 1907-1910, of Fred James Murphy, a one-time student at the Michigan College of Mines in Houghton, Michigan. Includes images from high school in Petoskey, Michigan, mostly class pictures. Also continues in Houghton with less formal images including student activities, the "Lemon Squad" in surveying class and field trips to the Iron Country and local mines. Continues with pictures from the Colorado School of Mines, where Murphy may have matriculated after Michigan College of Mines, as well as from different mines in Colorado, including the Cripple Creek gold mine.

General Physical Description note

0.18 cubic feet; cubic feet 1 flat box

General Physical Description note

0.18 cubic feet; cubic feet 1 flat box1 flat box

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,6/17/2010

Title
Fred J. Murphy Photograph Album
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
6/17/2010
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

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