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Larry D. Lankton Professor of History Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Department of Social Sciences Office Location: 209A Academic Offices Office Phone: 906.487.2113 Email: ldlankto@mtu.edu Curriculum Vitae Word Format Industrial Archaeology Web Page

Larry Lankton has been at Michigan Tech since 1981. He received his Ph. D. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to locating on the Keweenaw, he served as a curator at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and as an historian of technology for the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington, D. C. At MTU he currently teaches Modern American History, An Introduction to Material Culture, The Automobile in America, The Copper Country, and a seminar for first-year students.

Lankton is primarily interested in 19th century American industrialization and the social history of industrial communities. He particularly focuses on the history of the copper mining industry that once thrived on the Keweenaw Peninsula. He has authored three books and several journal articles on the history of the Lake Superior copper district. His research has been supported by fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution, the Hagley Museum and Library, and the Dibner Institute at MIT. Lankton is a past president of the Society for Industrial Archeology.

Awards

• Smithsonian Institution, Post-doctoral fellowship, 1980-81
• Michigan Technological University, faculty research and creativity grants, 1982-83
• Hagley Museum and Library – N.E.H. – Mellon Advanced Research Fellowship, 1987-88
• Great Lakes History Prize, for Cradle to Grave: Life, Work and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines. (Oxford University Press, 1991), Awarded in 1992
• Michigan Tech University Faculty Research Award, 1992
• Dibner Institute, MIT, resident fellowship, 1994-95
• Finalist for MTU Distinguished Teaching Award, 1996
• Department of Social Sciences Distinguished Teacher Award, 1997.

In the Community

• Advisory Commission, Keweenaw National Historical Park (1993-2004).

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