Steel industry and trade
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Arnold Alanen research collection
The collection contains research materials collected and used by Arnold R. Alanen while writing his book Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the Forging of a Company Town, which was published in 2007 by University of Minnesota Press.
Albert and Alfreda Berg family papers
The collection consists of family photographs that document women workers in the U. S. Steel plant in Morgan Park, and one work identification badge.
Beukema mining collection
Collection contains: August 4, 1892, letter from Henry W. Oliver to Leonidas Merritt, president of Mt. Iron Company; $100,000 United States Steel Corporation Gold Bond (paid) to Andrew Carnegie; A September 16, 1904, canceled and paid check to Oliver Iron Mining Co. for $835,892.94.
Chicago Ore Company records
The collection consists of one volume of corporate minutes and two volumes of stock certificates.
Einer Bjork Family Interview
The collection contains one digital file of the interview and 17 items the family copied for context.
Luther G. Hendrickson papers
The collection consists of papers related to Hendrickso’s career with U.S. Steel.
Richard H. Hudelson labor history research collection
The collections contains research materials compiled to write Dr. Hudelson's book published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2006 titled By the Ore Docks: A Working People’s History of Duluth.
Joint Committee of Civic Organizations for Steel Base records
The collection contains correspondence,1906–1923; legal materials; news clippings, 1918–1924; and pamphlets. Legal materials include petitions and complaints to the Federal Trade Commission and miscellaneous resolutions.
Mesaba Iron Company records
Contains information on the organization of the company, election of officers and directors, stock issues, options and leases on company lands, royalty arrangements, assessments on stocks, taxation on company lands, and the exploration of minerals.
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.
Minnesota Steel Company correspondence
The collection consists of one folder of correspondence (1909-1912) between Minnesota Steel Company and American Hoist and Derrick Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. The correspondence concerns the purchase and installation of two locomotive cranes from American Hoist and Derrick by the Minnesota Steel Company.
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.
Republic Iron & Steel Company records
The collection consists of records of Republic Iron and Steel Company from 1911-1945.
Robert Silberman steel mill demolition photographs
The collection consists of slides taken by Robert Silberman, with permission of U. S. Steel, of the U. S. Steel mill at Morgan Park in Duluth. The color slides show the steel mill during its demolition in 1989.
United States Steel Plant, Morgan Park videotape
The amateur video consists of 10 minutes of silent black and white footage from 1972 of the plant grounds, plus five minutes of color footage from 1986.
WDTH Labor in Duluth oral history interviews
The collection consists of three interviews concerning union organizing activities, factory working conditions, labor politics, and the experiences of Croatian immigrants in northern Minnesota. Earl Bester, Nick Borovack, and Joe Paszak were interviewed by Jean Johnson of radio station WDTH.
The Women of Morgan Park oral history project records
The collection consists of two interviews that cover topics and recollections spanning 1919-1960s. The narrators are Sally E. Solomon (approximately 75 minutes) and Pearl Barker (85 minutes).
Writing for the Social Sciences course records
The collection is the product of classroom assignments by undergraduate students in the Writing for the Social Sciences courses from 1990-1993.