Higgins Land Company records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains financial records, leases, contracts, deeds, audits, correspondence, annual reports, articles of incorporation, stockholders' lists, and minutes about mining for a number of holding companies and subsidiaries of Higgins. Du Nord Land, 1919-1971, including Barr's Lake Lots and Mary Ellen mine; Higgins Mining including Higgins #2, Norman, and Gilbert mines, Nelson Mining Co., timber lands; Gilbert Investments, 1878-1963, including Roucheleau Lot and Norman Mine; Guarantee Land, 1891-1952; Hope Land Co., 1878-1963, Giles Gilbert, F. W. Higgins, Frank S. Smith, Allan B. Williams, Charles d'Autremont, Jr., Louis Rochleau; Higgins Land Company, 1886-1971, Carroll Graff vice president; Higgins Wildcat Company Iron Explorations, 1890-1921; Portsmouth Ore Company, 1929-1959; Wayland Land, 1948-1966. Higgins Land and Du Nord merged in 1971.
Dates
- 1878-1971
Creator
- Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907 (Person)
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
Frank Wayland Higgins, 1856-1907, of Olean, New York, son of O. T. Higgins, was governor of that state from 1905-1906. He held mining and timber tracts in Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota. Until his election as governor, Higgins, called "the strong man of the company" in a legal suit, visited Duluth many times each year and kept in close touch with the properties of the Higgins company. After his death, his son, O. T. Higgins, Jr., was president of Higgins Land until his death in 1912. Frank W. Higgins' sister Clara A. H. Smith became president in 1912, with her husband, attorney Frank Sullivan Smith, the active principal in the company. Stock was largely owned by the estate of O. T. Higgins, Clara Smith, and Frank W. Higgins. Giles Gilbert of Duluth owned shares until his death in 1908.
Extent
13.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains financial records, leases, contracts, deeds, audits, correspondence, annual reports, articles of incorporation, stockholders' lists, and minutes about mining for a number of holding companies and subsidiaries of Higgins.
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.
- Contracts Subject Source: Local sources
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Iron mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mesabi Iron Range (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mesabi Range (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Real property Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Timber industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Higgins Land Company records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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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
