Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library: Burton Tower from Rackham lobby

Title: Burton Tower from Rackham lobby
Date: 1938/1948 (ca.)
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: Ivory Photo (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Notes: Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Tower 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.
Subjects: Baird Carillon (University of Michigan); Burton Tower (University of Michigan); Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings; Automobiles--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Bell towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Carillons--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Clock towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Doors & doorways--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Item Number: BL004055
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title: supplied
Scan Source: 8 x 10 b/w photographic print
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 01:35:58

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