Duluth Imperial Mill Company collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an advertisement for the opening of the Duluth mill and an employee notice regarding spitting. The advertisement contains a demeaning depiction of an African American man's head with the tagline "There's a new coon in town and his name is Duluth Imperial."
Dates
- circa 1889
Creator
- Duluth Imperial Mill Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Duluth Imperial Mill Company was founded in Duluth in 1889 with R.S. Munger as President. Its flour mills were located on Rice’s Point. This mill was the first flouring mill of any magnitude established in Duluth.
Extent
2.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of an advertisement for the opening of the Duluth mill and an employee notice regarding spitting.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.
- Advertisements Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Businesses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flour mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Food industry and trade Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Racism--Miscellanea Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Duluth Imperial Mill Company collection
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: B. Bruemmer.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
