Burton Memorial Tower / BL001997
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- Title
- Burton Memorial Tower
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Burton Memorial Tower and Charles Baird Carillon. no. 146
- Photographer / Artist
- Robert Kalmbach
- Notes
- Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Dedicated on December 4, 1936. Named for Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton, University President from 1920-1925. The carillon in bell chamber was donated in 1935 by Charles Baird, a former athletic director and University graduate of the class of 1895.
- On verso: "The 10-story Burton Memorial Tower has been a landmark on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus since the tower's 1936 dedication ... The largest bell in the carillon, "Big Baird," weighs 12 tons and sounds E-flat below middle C at the stroke of its 350-pound clapper. The smallest bell weighs four pounds and sounds A-sharp, four and one-half octaves higher. University of Michigan News and Information Services, 412 Maynard, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-1399. Negative #5546. Frame 17."
- Subjects
- Baird Carillon (University of Michigan)
- Burton Tower (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings
- Bell towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Carillons--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Clock towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Item Number
- BL001997
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Source of Title
- Image
- Scan Source
- 8 x 10 b/w photographic print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 01:37:10
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- Image Size
- 4800 x 7041
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- BL001997
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001997/bl001997
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"Burton Memorial Tower; BL001997." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001997/bl001997. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.