Allan M. Johnson Papers, 1888-2000 1960-2000.

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Allan M. Johnson Papers, 1888-2000 1960-2000.

Papers, 1888-2000, collected and produced by Dr. Allan M. Johnson during his career as student, professor and research leader at Michigan Technological University. Includes research material, articles and photographs relating to different geological projects, scientific journals and papers. The majority of these pertain to minerals of the Upper Peninsula as well as the safety and environmental issues of local mines in the Upper Peninsula.

8.55 cubic feet; 8 paige boxes, 1 manuscript box.

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Michigan Geological Society Mineral Committee

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Johnson, A. M. (Allan Michael), 1935-

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Allan M. Johnson was born in Muskegon, Michigan, on October 5, 1935. He graduated from Muskegon Senior High in 1935; in 1954 he graduated with an associates degree in engineering from Muskegon Community College. Four years after completing his associates he was drafted into the army and served from 1958 to 1960. After leaving the service Johnson worked at General Telephone and Electronics before continuing his education at Michigan Tech. In 1965 Johnson graduated from Michigan Tech with a bachel...

Michigan Technological University. Institute of Mineral Research

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In 1927 the Mineral Research Bureau came into existence with an annual appropriation of funding that was designated by the state of Michigan to study the copper and iron resources of Upper Michigan. This was expanded in 1941 to include industrial research. In 1951, the Michigan Legislature passed Act 272 of the Public Acts of 1951 providing for the "construction of a building and purchase of research equipment adequate for the purpose of engaging in a broad, widespread study of the beneficiation...