Kiril Spiroff Papers, Circa 1920-Circa 1973 1970-1971.

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Kiril Spiroff Papers, Circa 1920-Circa 1973 1970-1971.

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Collection, circa 1920-circa 1973, of Kiril Spiroff, professor at Michigan Technological University and long-time curator at the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, located in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence and papers related to his career at Michigan Technological University as well as a memory book signed by students, former students and friends on the occasion of his retirement from teaching, cards and photographs. Also includes records of the Isle Royale Mining Company and records of his involvement with the company.

8.18 cubic feet; 1/2 manuscript box (letter size), 8 paige boxes

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946075

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan Technological University. A.E. Seaman Mineralogical Museum

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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 ...

Isle Royale Mining Company

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Spiroff, Kiril, 1901-1981

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Kiril Spiroff was born in Bulgaria on April 21, 1901. He arrived in the United States as a young boy and grew up in Michigan, graduating from Michigan College of Mine (now Michigan Technological University)s. After completion of college in 1923, he moved out west to pursue a job as a mining engineer. After 10 years laboring in the working world, Spiroff returned to Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) and earned a master's degree in geology in 1933. H...