Iron mines and mining

The collection consists of photocopies of monthly reports by F. Prince to Charlemagne Tower.

The collections consists of letters and a resolution concerning the location of a school of mines to be founded in St. Louis County.

The collection consists of a radio program and sidebar topics by producers, researchers, and writers Catherine Winter and Stephanie Hemphill broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio in September 2005. The CD was made and distributed in September 2005 by American Public Media whose documentary unit is American RadioWorks.

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 consists of three lengthy promotional booklets for the business, a booklet commemorating a visit by Queen Mary to the London offices of the Diamond Trading Company, a color plate detailing Mr. Patrick's private collection of precious and semi-precious stones, a letter concerning the closure of the business, and a letter about R.S. Patrick from Hedwig Viking.

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.

The collection consists of records of Republic Iron and Steel Company from 1911-1945.

The collections consists of a letter from Albert Seip to L.A. Larsen concerning the Merritt-Rockefeller dispute.

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.

The collection contains one personal letter written by Tower and two letters to Charlemagne Tower from his cousin A. Tower.

A monument commemorating the first iron ore shipment in the state of Minnesota, which was made from Soudan on July 30, 1884, was dedicated on July 30, 1934. This monument is located near the Soudan Mine. This collection consists of a film made at the dedication.

The collection consists of one videocassette of family movies shot in Houghton, Michigan, and includes Minnesota iron range footage shot by and about the Trezona Family dating between 1925-1929, narrated by Richard J. Trezona.

The collection contains letters from the company, from J.W. Christy Investments of Minneapolis to Harry Roberts, of Solon Springs, Wisconsin, and to George Cheseborough of Duluth.

The collection consists exclusively of negatives. The nearly 1000 negatives cover the dates 1942-1954 and were apparently made for the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range railroad and the Oliver Iron Mining Co.