This collection contains two bonds,1870, paid 1890; a comparative table of assessed valuation, tax rate and tax levy from 1894-1907; analysis of receipts and disbursements for the years 1903, 1904, 1907; extract from the Comptroller's report for the years 1903 and 1904; and a report on Duluth's bonded debt, 1904-1905.

Contains financial records, minutes, committee records, reports, Annual Duluth Day materials, and other records.

The collection contains: a report of the West Duluth Fire Department requesting establishment of a fire alarm system, 1893; general orders to all or to specific fire houses, 1905-1940; letters to the Fire Department; a list of some firemen with their pay; and annual reports 1920-1921, 1923-1927, 1932, 1938; application blanks for the Duluth Firemen’s Relief Association; one microfilm reel of records, April 12,1887-December, 1917.

The collection contains minutes, financial books, annual reports, publications, maps, miscellaneous correspondence, news clippings, photographs, timetables, and microfilmed scrapbooks. Financial records represent the largest portion of records, and there is a significant lack of executive records.

The collection consists of certificates of incorporation and by-laws and a history of the company; minutes 1908-1910; titles, leases, deeds 1887-1959; contracts, correspondence and minutes; stock ledgers 1902-1913; financial statements and balance sheets 1919-1944, 1945-1957; personnel 1956; appraisal 1917; and one black and white photograph of the buildings.