Talks This Week on Pioneers, MTU History and Great Lakes Lighthouses
HOUGHTON--The public is invited to attend three talks being held during
the 2001 Alumni Reunion at Michigan Technological University.
History professor Larry Lankton will give the talk "Ma and Pa Brockway:
A Pioneer Family on the Lake Superior Frontier," on Thursday, August
2, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Red Metal Room. Lankton will tell the
tale of Daniel and Lucena Brockway, an American couple who uprooted themselves
and moved to the far-distant Lake Superior wilderness in 1843.
Lankton is author of "Cradle to Grave: Life, Work and Death at the
Lake Superior Copper Mines" and "Beyond the Boundaries: Life
and the Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875."
A book-signing will follow his presentation.
University Archivist Erik Nordberg will present "Growing a Campus--A
Historical Review" on Friday, August 3, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial
Union Red Metal Room. From the early classes held in rented space above
the Houghton Fire Hall to the new Rozsa Center, Nordberg will lead guests
on a visual journey through campus history. Taking advantage of historical
photographs and maps, he will follow the growth of the campus since the
University was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School.
Also at 2 p.m. on Friday, 1971 alumnus Phil Block will give a multimedia
presentation on remote Great Lakes lighthouses, "Lights on the Lakes,"
in Noblet G002, the forestry auditorium. His program shows lighthouses
in all seasons and settings and is accompanied by music, images, and sound
effects.
For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 487-2400.
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