Michigan Technological University Winter Carnival Slides, 1965-1978.

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Michigan Technological University Winter Carnival Slides, 1965-1978.

Slides, 1965-1978, of Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival. Features elaborate snow statues made by student organizations, university housing groups and off-campus associations. Earlier images also feature buildings no longer standing, such as Sperr Hall and Hubbell Hall.

1.00 cubic feet 359 slides.

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Michigan Technological University

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A native of Bessemer, Michigan, Margaret Holley Chapman grew up in Lake Linden and graduated from Calumet High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lawrence College in 1932 and went on to attend Michigan College of Mining and Technology, becoming the first female to receive a degree from the college. After receiving a B.S. in General Science in 1933, she also received a B.S. in Chemistry in 1934 and worked on a master's degree in 1934 and 1935. She worked in the Corrosion Lab for ...

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Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan often registers more than 200 inches of snow in a season. Not content to let this abundant natural resource go to waste, students band together in an annual celebrtion of the beautiful, tough, exhilarating, and character-building climate. Winter Carnival began in 1922, with a one-day Ice Carnival. It was so popular that students made it an annual event, and Winter Carnival as it is known today began to take shape. It was suspended in 1930, ...