Oral histories of underground iron miners
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains 24 audiocassettes and selected transcripts of interviews with eight former underground iron miners, as conducted by Mary Tippett Andes in 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 Company on the Marquette Iron Range in Marquette County, Michigan. Also included in the collection are release forms and other documentation of the project.
Dates
- 1994
Creator
- Tippett, Mary V. (Interviewer, Person)
- Tippett, Dewey B. (Interviewee, Person)
- Smail, Lowell K. (Interviewee, Person)
- Bjork, Glenn (Interviewee, Person)
- Lucas, Kaarina (Interviewee, Person)
- La Jeunesse, Louis (Interviewee, Person)
- Lucas, William (Interviewee, Person)
- Maki, Ralph (Interviewee, Person)
- Smail, Dawne Tippett (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish material from the Oral histories of underground iron miners, MSS-180, must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, archives@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Extent
1.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Mary Tippett Andes in 1997.
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This collection is part of UPLINK, the Upper Peninsula Digital Network. You can see it on the UPLINK website here.
- Audiocassettes. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
- Iron miners. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron mines and mining. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquette County (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquette Iron Range (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories (document genres). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oral histories (document genres). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Releases (permissions). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Transcripts. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Oral histories of underground iron miners
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
