Michigan Technological University Veterans Club Records
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection, 1968-1997, 2018 from the Michigan Technological University Veterans Club, a social group comprised of university alumni and students who also served in the armed forces. The collection includes the organization's charter and constitution, meeting minutes, photographs, account books, journals, a scrapbook, and an assortment of textiles with logos, objects, and memorabilia. Of note within the memorabilia is a wooden carving of the Michigan Tech Veterans Club logo – a duck (“Ruptured” duck from World War II) depicted in a mug of beer with a slide rule in his mouth. The item was created by Jim Kerr and was the winning design in 1969.
Dates
- 1968-1997, 2018
Language of Material
English
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
The Michigan Tech Veterans Club was formed in 1968 as a social group to allow veterans of the Vietnam war to come together, support one another and host social gatherings. The club has since expanded to invite university veterans from a broad range of United States military conflicts, although the core of the group is still from the era of the Vietnam War. The group hosts a reunion every three years as a way to reconnect and share stories. The most recent reunion took place at Runeburg Hall in Dollar Bay, Michigan in the summer of 2016.
Extent
3.49 Cubic Feet (11 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Abstract
Collection, 1968-1997, 2018, from the Michigan Technological University Veterans Club, a social group comprised of university alumni and students who also served in the armed forces.
Source
- Michigan Technological University (Organization)
- Title
- Michigan Technological University Veterans Club Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Russell, revised by Lindsay Hiltunen; revised by Allison Neely
- Date
- 1968-1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- 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