Walter H. Singer scrapbook [microfilm]
Scope and Contents
The Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Singer’s role in the Lake Superior transportation business from 1899-1903. They include information on the efforts of the independent tugboat lines to compete with the “tug trust”, as represented by the Great Lakes Towing Company; activities of the Duluth Licensed Tugmen’s Protection Association; labor conflict between seamen’s unions and the owners of Lake Superior transportation companies; the freighting, transportation, and shipbuilding industries of Lake Superior; shipping operations of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company’s excursion steamers, Bon Ami, Bon Voyage, and Mabel Bradshaw; transportation routes in the Lake Superior area; resort facilities on Isle Royale, Michigan; an investigation of an alleged fish trust controlled by A. Booth and Company; and Singer’s plans to bring about a merger of all freight and passenger boat lines of the Great Lakes.
Dates
- 1899-1903
Creator
- Singer, Walter H. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Walter Singer, of Duluth, Minnesota, was a boat captain on Lake Superior during the early twentieth century. He owned a small tugboat operation, the White Line Towing Company, until it was absorbed by the Great Lakes Towing Company in about 1899. During the next few years, as head of the White Line Transportation Company, he operated excursion steamers on Lake Superior. He was also vice president and later president of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company, which operated passenger and freight boats between Duluth and Chicago, Illinois.
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings pertaining to Singer’s role in the Lake Superior transportation business from 1899-1903.
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 owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, but is housed at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Commercial fishing industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fishing industry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Lakes (North America) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Isle Royale (Mich.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor, Organized Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lake Superior Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Microfilm Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Shipping Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tugboats Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Walter H. Singer scrapbook [microfilm]
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- 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