Keith Baldwin photograph collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-1033

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection, approximately 1970s-1983, of color photographs and slides taken by Keith Baldwin. Included are images showing military vehicles at the Keweenaw Research Station (KRS) and the USS Edson DD 946 docked in Houghton, Michigan in 1983 or 1984. Also included are two photographs of the Michigan Tech campus and one of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and downtown Houghton from a distance, as well as color slides of snow statues during the 1964 Winter Carnival.

Dates

1964-1984

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical Note

Keith Baldwin was born May 25, 1928 in Buffalo, New York, later moving with his family to Michigan and residing in Lansing in 1937. He graduated from Eastern High School in Lansing in 1946 and Michigan State University in 1950, later earning a Master’s degree in Physics (1955) from University of Maine-Orono. Baldwin served in the U.S. Military, teaching at Officer Signals School, as well as training new recruits during the Korean War.

Baldwin started his professional career at Raytheon Research Lab in Maine, but left the industry in 1963 to pursue a career in teaching at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton, Michigan. There he worked as an associate professor in physics and became involved with the Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) where he worked on vehicle research and testing. Baldwin retired from teaching in 1984 and created his own company, KMB/Tech, which partnered with the university.