Mesabi Range (Minn.)
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Babbit, Minnesota and Mesabi Iron Company Sinter Plant photograph collection
The collection consists of 60 photographs of the town of Babbitt, Minnesota and the sinter plant of the Mesabi Iron Company.
Laura Day papers
The collection contains land deeds in Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties, mining and timber leases, business letters, and labor contracts.
Hansen Evesmith papers
This collection contains papers pertaining to the history of the Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Range mines and mining companies, photographs of mine sites, drill holes, equipment and workers, newspaper clippings and advertisements from the Almar Iron Mining Company, and two letters about the Board of Trade.
E. J. Griese letter
This letter was written to Ross Campbell, the father of the donor of the letter, to Mr. E. J. (or T.) Griese who was apparently a supervisor in the mining area of Hibbing, Minnesota.
Higgins Land Company records
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.
Iron Mining photographs
The prints are arranged in folders and identified by Mesabi, Vermilion, or unidentified ranges on the folder but some of the individual prints have more specific mine information on their reverse side: Adams Pit and headframe, Susquehanna mine, Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine, Cloquet mine, Auburn mine, Goodwins’ Iron Claim near Ely, Stephans mine.
Leonard Iron Mining Company records
The collection contains a time book listing the workers, their time, and daily pay.
Mary Perusek papers
11 letters to Mary Perusek of Hibbing, Minnesota, from relatives in Zagreb, describing conditions and events there.
Merritt family papers
The collection contains personal and financial correspondence, letterpress books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts written about local and family history, financial records, legal papers, maps, photographs, one audio cassette of an interview, and reference materials.
Mining Inspection Tour film
The collection contains one 16mm, black and white, silent film (17 min.) of a 1936 mining inspection trip and tour conducted by U.S. Steel and Ford, Bacon, and Davis, Inc. The tour included Duluth, Minnesota and the surrounding area including the iron range.
Oliver Iron Mining Company records
The collection contains business records, photographs, glass plate negatives, financial material, exploration data, news clippings, safety manuals, civil defense articles, technical manuals, and maps.
A Railroad in Change transcript
The collection consists of the transcript of a slide lecture, which described the history of the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad and the predominant role it played in the development of the Vermilion and Mesabi Ranges; the eventual decline of red ores; and the growth of the taconite pellet industry in Minnesota.
Range Conference of Social Workers records
The collection contains minutes, 1927-1934, and correspondence.
Rev. Casimir A. Cieslewicz papers
Collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Rev. Cieslewicz containing newspaper clippings, letters, handwritten notes, event flyers, reports, drafts of sermons and other materials documenting the history of St. John the Baptist Church in Virginia, Minnesota and the life of the Roman Catholic parish. Also included is the "1965 Financial Report of St. John the Baptist Church, Virginia, Minnesota."
Shenango Mine collection
Collection includes: 8 photographs circa 1907 of the Shenango Mine area; printed copy of the First Mortgage, or Deed of Trust, the Shenango Furnace Company to the Pittsburgh Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and printed copy of complaint in District Court of Minnesota 11th Judicial District, Shenango Furnace Company vs. Mary E. McCahill.