Drinking water

Abstract This collection consists of the report of the committee appointed by the Duluth, Minnesota Common Council to investigate on the construction of the Lakewood pumping station, resolutions passed by the Common Council relative to such construction, and a draft of a letter addressed to the Common Council in which the Council is asked to pass a resolution authorizing the Duluth Canal Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Canal at Lake Avenue. Also included in the collection is a...

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The collection contains correspondence, papers and court records relevant to Dr. Leppink's and the County Health Board's role in the litigation of the lengthy legal case involving Reserve Mining Company"s dumping of taconite tailings into Lake Superior.

Abstract The development of public health awareness in Duluth during the 1920s through the 1940s is reflected in this small collection. The collection also covers the Civilian Defense Health aspect of World War II. The collection contains news clippings concerning water tests, rubbish, city isolation hospital, vaccinations, care in handling milk, nursing council, sewage, nutrition, fire hazards, cancer control, food handling, etc. Volume 1 includes a small number of photographs of disease or injury...

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The collection contains legal correspondence, testimony, briefs, transcripts, reports, and exhibits dealing with the various legal trials.

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The collection contains articles of incorporation; bylaws; annual meeting materials; minutes; correspondence; financial materials; news releases; resolutions; issue files on topics such as acid rain, conservation, harbor refuge, etc.; some Reserve Mining case exhibits; scrapbooks; bumper stickers; and an oral history project.

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The collection contains correspondence, publications and reports dealing with the Reserve Mining controversy, and other pollution related problems in the Western Lake Superior area, and information on the organization and achievements of United Citizens for Clean Water and Air.