Michigan Technological University Sperr Hall Slide Collection, Before 1970.

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Michigan Technological University Sperr Hall Slide Collection, Before 1970.

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Collection, before 1970, of slides from Sperr Hall, the mining engineering building at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Includes images of Michigan's copper mining industry, particularly in the Upper Peninsula, as well as local and campus scenery.

0.5 cubic feet; 2 manuscript boxes.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145629

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

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