Highland Improvement Company records

Collection — Box: SC

Identifier: S3169

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a list of property purchases and purchase agreement and a sheet of their stationary with address and capital stock and a letter from the Minneapolis Street Railway Company concerning the need for an incline railway in order to make their real estate valuable.

Dates

Creation: 1889

Creator

Highland Improvement 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 Highland Improvement Company operated in Duluth, Minnesota buying and selling property in the Duluth Heights. They worked to get the incline railway built in order to enhance the property they were selling.

Extent

3.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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.