Michigan Tech Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections
Bill Brinkman Collection
Collection # MS - 029
Documents, Photographic Prints, Photographic Negatives, 1890?s ? 1980?s
Biographical Note: William (Bill) H. Brinkman, Jr.
William H. Brinkman was born in Redridge on August 22, 1906. A son of Emma
and William Brinkman, he graduated from Painesdale High School in 1926. Bill
attended Michigan Technological University for a year and was awarded a degree
at Northern State Teacher's College in 1928.
Bill was a World War II veteran, having served in the Navy. He was also a
member of the U.S. Navy Band that entertained troops in North Africa. Bill
taught math and general science at the Redridge School where he served as
teacher and principal for 27 years. He also taught in Kodiak, Alaska, the Sioux
Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and in Montana until his retirement in
1970.
As a young man he took up the hobby of photography from Charles Saltzer another
Redridge photographer. In Bill's collection some of the photographs of the
early years in Redridge are actually Mr. Saltzer's work. Following his
retirement from teaching, Bill worked as a photographer, reporter, and
associate editor of the Daily Mining Gazette.
William H. Brinkman died at the age of 88 in the Dickinson County Hospital in
September 3, 1994.
In this collection photographs range from local people at Schmidt's Corner Bar
to copper stamp mills in the Redridge area.
Scope and Content Note:
This collection contains mostly photographic material of the Freda/Beacon
Hill Area, in Houghton County, Michigan. The collection came to us as a
disorganized set of negatives and prints. Paulette Morin, lifelong resident of
the Freda/Beacon Hill area, painstaking sifted through and sorted the
collection during the winter of 2001. During the processing of the collection
it was necessary for Paulette to write the brief descriptions for every
negative and print, as there was no description provided by the photographer.
The prints have been arranged according to topic and the negatives have not at
this time been placed in any topical arrangement. Subjects may included but are
not limited to: area mining operations, schools, towns scenes, and group
photos.
Related Material:
Related biographical material pertaining to Bill Brinkman can be found at the
following locations: Keweenaw Character, The Foundation of Michigan?s Copper
Country by David Mac Frimodig, F572.K43 1990 ARCH; Michigan Tech Archives ?
Biography Files ? Brinkman, Bill; Michigan Tech Archives ? Humanities Collection, Acc.
#128, 6-2-82
RECORD SERIES 1 ? DOCUMENTS
RECORD SERIES 2 ? PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
RECORD SERIES 3 ? OVERSIZE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
RECORD SERIES 4 ? PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
INDEX OF PHOTOGRAPHICS NEGATIVES
|
RECORD SERIES 1 ? DOCUMENTS |
| Box |
Folder |
Description |
| 7 |
1 |
Correspondence with Former Redridge Residents |
| 7 |
2 |
Journal |
| 7 |
3 |
Lake Shore Area Miscellaneous Materials |
| 7 |
4 |
Miscellaneous Materials |
| 7 |
5 |
Newspaper Articles |
| 7
|
6
|
Old Inventories
|
|
| RECORD SERIES 2 ? PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
|
| Box |
Folder |
Description |
| 8 |
1 |
Bands |
| 8 |
2 |
Beacon Hill - People |
| 8 |
3 |
Beacon Hill - Trimountain Stamp Mill |
| 8 |
4 |
Brinkman's Personal Photographs - Military |
| 8 |
5 |
Brinkman's Personal Photographs - People |
| 8 |
6 |
Cole's Creek - Copper Range Company Reclamation |
| 8 |
7 |
Cole's Creek - Michigan Smelter |
| 8 |
8 |
Copper Range Railroad |
| 8 |
9 |
Copper Range Railroad - Track Removal |
| 8 |
10 |
Edgemere - Adventure Stamp Mill |
| 8 |
11 |
Freda - Boarding House |
| 8 |
12 |
Freda - Champion Stamp Mill |
| 8 |
13 |
Freda - Freda/Beacon Hill Baseball Team |
| 8 |
14 |
Freda - Freda/Beacon Hill Buildings |
| 8 |
15 |
Freda - Ice Rink |
| 8 |
16 |
Freda - M'Arcy's Saloon |
| 8 |
17 |
Freda - Mosquito Lodge Hunting Camp |
| 8 |
18 |
Freda - People |
| 8 |
19 |
Freda - Post Office |
| 8 |
20 |
Houghton-Hancock Bridge |
| 8 |
21 |
Miscellaneous |
| 8 |
22 |
Miscellaneous ? Groups |
| 8 |
23 |
Miscellaneous - People |
| 8 |
24 |
Painesdale |
| 8 |
25 |
Redridge - Atlantic Mining Company Store |
| 8 |
26 |
Redridge - Atlantic Stamp Mill |
| 8 |
27 |
Redridge - Baltic Mining Company Store |
| 8 |
28 |
Redridge - Baltic Stamp Mill |
| 8 |
29 |
Redridge - Boarding House |
| 8 |
30 |
Redridge - Coggin Mansion |
| 8 |
31 |
Redridge - Congregational Church |
| 8 |
32 |
Redridge - Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| 8 |
33 |
Redridge - Fire of 1937 |
| 8 |
34 |
Redridge - Flood of 1941 |
| 8 |
35 |
Redridge - Fourth of July Events |
| 8 |
36 |
Redridge - Freda Champion Mill Transportation System - Sleigh |
| 8 |
37 |
Redridge - Freda Champion Mill Transportation System - Wagon |
| 9 |
1 |
Redridge - General Store |
| 9 |
2 |
Redridge - Messner Lumber Camp |
| 9 |
3 |
Redridge - People |
| 9 |
4 |
Redridge - People - Alvin and Andrew Brinkman |
| 9 |
5 |
Redridge - People - Bill Brinkman |
| 9 |
6 |
Redridge - People - Brinkman Siblings |
| 9 |
7 |
Redridge - People - Lucille Brinkman |
| 9 |
8 |
Redridge - Post Office |
| 9 |
9 |
Redridge - Redridge Band |
| 9 |
10 |
Redridge - Redridge Dam |
| 9 |
11 |
Redridge - Redridge School |
| 9 |
12 |
Redridge - Removal of Company Houses |
| 9 |
13 |
Redridge - Saint (St.) Ann's Chapel |
| 9 |
14 |
Redridge - Salmon Trout River Bridge |
| 9 |
15 |
Redridge - Sports and Recreational Activities |
| 9 |
16 |
Redridge - Stanton's Camp |
| 9 |
17 |
Redridge - Town Scenes (Group 1) |
| 9 |
18 |
Redridge - Town Scenes (Group 2) |
| 9 |
19 |
Redridge - Town Scenes (Group 3) |
| 9 |
20 |
Schmidt's Corner Bar |
| 9 |
21 |
Snow Equipment |
| 9 |
22 |
Stanton Township - Miscellaneous |
| 9 |
23 |
Stanwood - Train Depot |
|
| RECORD SERIES 3 ? OVERSIZE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
|
| Box 10 - Oversized Photographic Prints
|
|
| RECORD SERIES 4 ? PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
|
| Box 1 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 00001 - 00450) |
| Box 2 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 00451 - 04692) |
| Box 3 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 04693 - 05150) |
| Box 4 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 05151 - 05679) |
| Box 5 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 05680 - 06209) |
| Box 6 - Photographic Negatives (Numbers: 06210 - 06715)
|
INDEX FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
#00001-00400
#00401-00800
#00801-01200
#01201-01600
#01601-02000
#02001-02400
#02401-02800
#02801-03200
#03201-03600
#03601-04000
#04001-04400
#04401-04800
#04801-05200
#05201-05600
#05601-06000
#06001-06400
#06401-06715
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