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Voitto Arnold Luukkonen papers, 1937-1938

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Luukkonen, Voitto Arnold, 1918-1996
Title
Voitto Arnold Luukkonen papers
Dates
1937-1938 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.5 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 518
Summary
Course assignments for classes at the University of Idaho, written and completed by Voitto Arnold Luukkonen.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Voitto Arnold Luukkonen was a student at the University of Idaho from 1936 to 1939. This collection includes some of the engineering papers he turned in to fulfill class assignments.

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Historical Note

Voitto Arnold Luukkonen was born on October 26, 1918 in Butte, Montana to Finnish parents Eino and Hilja Lankinen Luukkonen. At some point during his childhood, he and his family moved to Shoshone County, Idaho where he went to Mullan High School.

He attended the University of Idaho from 1936 to 1939 to pursue a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Voitto was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma fraternity, the Associated Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. During his time at the university he stayed in Willis Sweet Hall on the U of I campus.

After graduation he moved to Massachusetts and eventually married Dorothy Elaine Snow. Viotto was employed at the Springfield Massachusetts Armory for twenty-seven years. Later he became a Mechanical Engineer at Rock Island Arsenal which was located in the middle of Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. He worked here for five years, and then retired in 1973. Voitto passed away on January 20, 1996 in Davenport, Iowa.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Description of Item], Voitto Arnold Luukkonen, MG 518, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in alphabetical order according to course titles and then placed in chronological order.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Civil engineering
  • Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • University of Idaho

Form or Genre Terms

  • Mechanical engineering

Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
2022

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