Logging

The collection contains articles of incorporation, May 1911; minutes of the Board of Directors; an account ledger, 1911-1929; two cashbooks, 1911-1929; a tract book describing the land owned, its location, and the amount and quality of timber; and two maps of the area. Also included are stock certificates, 1919-1920.

Collection consists of one photograph album. The album contains photographs related to logging in Northeastern Minnesota, as well as photographs of social gatherings at logging camps.

The collection contains records of Clyde Iron Company (1889), Northwestern Supply Company (1899), Northwestern Manufacturing Company (1899), Clyde Iron Works, Cleveland Duluth Company, Inc. (1920), Willamette Clyde Company (Oregon, 1923), Cleveland Duluth Holding Company of Minnesota (1926) and Clyde Iron Works Sales Company (renamed Clyde Sales Company) the sole distributor for Clyde Iron Works. There are no records of the Clyde Equipment Company.

The collection contains 13 videotapes holding 29 interviews, and 8 topic videotapes. Most interviews are indexed.

The collection contains letters from Mitchell and McClure Lumber to Walter Green including a contract as the captain of  the tug Ada Barrett for the 1898 sailing season and two letters of reference; other letters concerning Green's work in the harbor; a memorial card for Walter Joss who is presumably Green's maternal grandfather; and citizenship papers.

The collection contains company records, a small amount of Consolidated log rafting records: summary of operations, production reports, and tug and rafting information. It also holds snapshots and photographs, Hagman's research files, and his hand written drafts of an unpublished book on a general history of log rafting and log rafting by Consolidated Paper Company specifically.

The collection contains 13 letterpress books depicting LaRue's business activities. Included in the books are descriptions and survey of various mining lands, especially in the Minnesota iron range and northern Wisconsin.

The collection contains receipts, letters, insurance documents, daily statements and miscellaneous items removed from the newspaper clippings files about logging to establish a small collection of items related to logging companies.

The collection consists of photographs of a logger's homestead (1910-1911). The photographs are divided into subjects: women and children, recreation, equipment (log hauler), workers, and camp.

The collection contains account journals, cashbooks, and employee ledgers from the McAlpine Logging Company and the Lutsen Lumber Company.

The collection consists of photocopied documents for the Minnesota Historical Society collections. Included are briefs and other documents related to court cases and company resources, genealogical materials, and letters.

The album is a nearly day-by-day visual log of new construction of a mill at the Duluth waterfront, presumably at 39th Avenue West.

The collection consists of photographs of logging camps and scenes in northeastern Minnesota.

The collection consists of photographs of the N. B. Shank Company logging camp.

The collection consists of Lawrence Sommer's research files on logging camps.

The records document the beginnings and development of the organization in the context of the successful completion of a Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) project grant (1995-1997) to interpret the site's geological, natural, and cultural history and features.

The collection contains one journal of expense account information for various railway camps including those at Mud Lake, Cass Lake and Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. Much of the information includes food and equipment expenses.