Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 2008
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Burton H. Boyum papers
Collection — Box: 23-01-05
Identifier: MSS-123
Content Description
This collection documents Boyum's business and travel activities. Records include correspondence, publications, travel memorabilia and documents, financial material, photographs, calendars, and newsclippings.
Dates:
1922 - 1999
Canisteo Mining Company records
Collection — Box: 21-01-03
Identifier: MSS-261
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the Canisteo Mining Company president's office's executive activities for the Canisteo Mining Company from 1904 to 1932. The collection contains correspondence, leases and related negotiation memorandums, exploration records, statements: expense, inventory, labor, payroll, property taxes, and royalty documents all pertaining to Mesabi Iron Range (Minnesota) properties.Record Series 1. Financial records, including payroll, invoices and receipts for...
Dates:
1904 - 1931
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company (Gwinn) records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-036
Scope and Contents
This collection contains business records for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company from 1905 to 1918 and consists four series:Series I - Gwinn Area Design and Development records. 33 folders. This series consists of information and correspondence relating to the design, development, and operation of CCI properties in the Gwinn/Swanzy area. Gwinn was a model company town created by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company. The volume contains estimate and authorization records...
Dates:
1905 - 1918
Earl Steinhoff Interview Transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Steinhoff_Earl.pdf
Dates:
2007-03-21
Fillmore C.F. Earney papers
Collection — Box: 06-01-01
Identifier: MSS-186
Scope and Contents Note
This collection is comprised of some of the professional publications of Dr. Fillmore C.F. Earney. The collection's focus is on mining and mineral resources. Of particular note is the report entitled "Marquette County Growth Impact Study (1975)." This report examines the impact of mining operations by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company on the population and economic growth of Marquette County.
Dates:
1965-1994
Eric Beinlick Interview Transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Beinlick_Eric_.pdf
Dates:
1007-05-02
Henry Jacobson papers
Collection — Box: 08-05-01
Identifier: MSS-386
Content Description
This collection consists primarily of memorabilia and correspondence from Henry Jacobson from 1932-1984. Other notable items include photographs and a scrapbook. This collection may be of interest to those researching employees of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company or Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming.
Dates:
1932 - 1984
Iron Duke Mine Company records
Collection — Box: 21-02-02
Identifier: MSS-352
Content Description
This material was received in 1 banker box that contained 4 legal-size expanding wallets. The markings on the wallets were: “W31948 Frank Stone-Personal-Iron Duke Mine.” Inside of one was a pocket file with “Frank B. Stone from Bigelow the last gasp I’m sure” written on it. These wallets contained correspondence, large manila envelopes, stock options, proxy certificates, meeting minutes, financial reports, tax records, documents pertaining to the purchase and selling of the mine....
Dates:
1867 - 1962
John Marshall Interview Transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Marshall_John.pdf
Dates:
2007-05-01
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI) collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-379
Scope and Contents
This collection, MSS-379, Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI) collection, documents administrative and rail activity of the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad from 1896 to 1998. The files are incomplete and the dates covered are not all inclusive. The materials are copies and the location of the original documents are unknown.The rail activity of the LSI is documented by Railroad Modification and Track Construction plans, Right of Way and Track Maps, and a map of the...
Dates:
1855 - 2006
The Mather Inn records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-055
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains records that document the general operations of the Mather Inn in Ishpeming, Michigan. Records include time cards and employee payroll, general correspondence, correspondence related to construction, establishment of the Inn, and documents regarding the Inn's eventual sale. Records also include tax and lease information and correspondence of William Mather and William Manning (architect). The materials date from 1923 to 1986.
Dates:
1923 - 1986
Mines and mining in the Upper Peninsula, 1840-1998
File
Scope and Contents note
Includes various publications and printed material relating to the mining industry in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Dates:
1840-1998
Oral histories of underground iron miners
Collection
Identifier: MSS-180
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a 24 audiocassettes and selected transcripts of interviews with eight former underground iron miners, as conducted by Mary Tippett Andes between 1960 and 1994. The miners interviewed are Glenn Bjork, Louis La Jeunesse, William Lucas, Ralph Maki, Lowell K. Smail, and Dewey B. Tippett. Two miners' wives, Kaarina Lucas and Dawne Tippett Smail, were also interviewed. Each miner recounts his experiences as an underground iron miner working for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron...
Dates:
1960-1994
The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company pension records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-347
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into six series containing Applications for Old Age Pension and Recommendations for Widows and Orphans Pension Allowance documents. The documents are arranged by pension number and the Recommendation for Widows and Orphans Pension Allowance documents are listed with both names of the widow and of the deceased employee. Series:
Applications and Recommendations for Old Age Pension -- Mining Department -- Pensions 2-139, 1908-11-01 - 1921-06-01...
Dates:
1908 - 1932
Tsu-Ming Han papers
Collection — Box: 09-06-01
Identifier: MSS-296
Scope and Contents
MSS-296, Tsu-Ming Han papers, is separated into seven series:
Autobiography -- "Autobiography of Tsu-Ming Han: Life Journey of a Chinese Country Boy" 2004-11. This series consists of one folder containing a working draft of Tsu-Ming Han’s autobiography telling the story of his life from his childhood in China and his life in the United States. There are stories about his family, work, and friends.
Awards (1954-1999). This series consists of two files. One folder contains information on his...
Dates:
1920 - 2005
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