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Steel industry and trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Arnold Alanen research collection

 Collection
Identifier: U6191
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1907-2011

Albert and Alfreda Berg family papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6087
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs that document women workers in the U. S. Steel plant in Morgan Park, and one work identification badge.

Dates: 1926-1949

Beukema mining collection

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4595
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1892-1904; Majority of material found in 1892, 1904

Chicago Ore Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2231
Abstract

The collection consists of one volume of corporate minutes and two volumes of stock certificates.

Dates: 1906-1913

Einer Bjork Family Interview

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6184
Abstract

The collection contains one digital file of the interview and 17 items the family copied for context.

Dates: June 13, 2016

Luther G.  Hendrickson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6096
Abstract

The collection consists of papers related to Hendrickso’s career with U.S. Steel.

Dates: 1933-1980

Richard H. Hudelson labor history research collection

 Collection
Identifier: S6143
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1880-2006; Majority of material found in 1883-1978

Joint Committee of Civic Organizations for Steel Base records

 Collection
Identifier: S3016
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1906-1924

Mesaba Iron Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2203
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1882-1906

Mining Inspection Tour film

 Collection
Identifier: S3026
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1936

Minnesota Steel Company correspondence

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6135
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1909-1912

Oliver Iron Mining Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3021
Abstract

The collection contains business records, photographs, glass plate negatives, financial material, exploration data, news clippings, safety manuals, civil defense articles, technical manuals, and maps.

Dates: 1873-1977

Republic Iron & Steel Company records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4460
Abstract

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

Dates: 1911-1945

Robert Silberman steel mill demolition photographs

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4489
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1989 October 12

United States Steel Plant, Morgan Park videotape

 Collection — Box VHS
Identifier: S4514
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1972-1986; Majority of material found in 1972, 1986

WDTH Labor in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2369
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1979-1980

The Women of Morgan Park oral history project records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4504
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1991 January 1-1991 June 15

Writing for the Social Sciences course records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4491
Abstract

The collection is the product of classroom assignments by undergraduate students in the Writing for the Social Sciences courses from 1990-1993.

Dates: 1990-1993