Oliver Iron Mining Company records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains business records, photographs, glass plate negatives, financial material, exploration data, news clippings, safety manuals, civil defense articles, technical manuals, and maps.
The collection is organized into seven series.
Administration
Equipment
Superintendent Files
Photographs
Photograph Albums
Glass Plate Negatives
Maps
Additional company records are held at the Iron Range Research Center in Chisholm, Minnesota and at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul.
Dates
- 1873-1977
Creator
- Oliver Iron Mining 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 Oliver Iron and Steel Company was founded in 1892 by Henry W. Oliver. It was located in the Eveleth, Mt. Iron, and Virginia areas of Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range. In 1898 the company was reorganized and the name was changed to Oliver Iron Mining Company. Henry Oliver shared half interest in his company with Andrew Carnegie until 1901, when Oliver Iron Mining became a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, eventually becoming a division of U.S. Steel. Oliver Iron Mining Division, United States Steel Corporation, had its headquarters at Virginia, Minnesota and later at Hibbing, Minnesota. The division continued operations until 1964, when it became Minnesota Ore Operations, United States Steel Corporation.
Extent
33.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains business records, photographs, glass plate negatives, financial material, exploration data, news clippings, safety manuals, civil defense articles, technical manuals, and maps.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series 1 Administration
Series 2 Equipment
Series 3 Superintendent Files
Series 4 Photographs
Series 5 Photograph Albums
Series 6 Glass Plate Negatives
Series 7 Maps
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.
- Chisholm (Minn.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Eveleth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hibbing (Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Iron Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maps Subject Source: Local sources
- Mesabi Iron Range (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mesabi Range (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Negatives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Oliver Iron Mining Company
- Oliver, Henry William, 1840-1904
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steel industry and trade Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Steel Corporation
- Virginia (Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Oliver Iron Mining Company records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Volume: A (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: B (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: C (Mixed Materials)
- Box: Oversize (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 29 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 30 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 31 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 32 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: H (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Item: On Shelf IP (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: on shelf IP (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 oversize (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: oversize (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 IP (Mixed Materials)
- Item: On Shelf IP (Mixed Materials)
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
