Winthrop Iron Company records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of business correspondence of the Winthrop Iron Company. This correspondence is in the form of letters and Western Union telegraphs. The materials cover the time span of August 1899 to October 22, 1901, the time period covering the take over of Winthrop Mine by National Steel. Correspondents are: Winthrop Iron Company, Oliver Iron Mining Company, I. B. Davis and Son, Manufacturers, Chapin Mining Company, M. A. Hanna and Company, and F. Braastad and Company.
Dates
- 1899-08 - 1901-10-22
Creator
- Winthrop Iron Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from MSS-348, Winthrop Iron Company records, 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.
Biographical / Historical
The Winthrop Iron Company owned the Winthrop Mine in the Ishpeming district on the Marquette range. The Winthrop Mine is in the southwest quarter of Section 21, Town 47, Range 27, and was once included in the "Braastad mines." The Winthrop Mine was first opened in the summer of 1870 and was operated by A. B. Meeker, A. G. Clark and H. J. Colwell. In 1877, the Winthrop Mine changed hands and was operated by Julius N. and Eugene G. St. Clair operating as the Winthrop Hematite Company. In August 1899 the Winthrop Mine was part of a large iron mine and vessel deal that was called one of the most important transactions in the history of the Lake Superior iron ore trade. The National Steel Company acquired the Chapin and Winthrop Mines and all of the steel fleets of the Mutual Transportation Company and the Menominee Transit Company, which were interests of the M. A. Hanna and Company. All properties, both ore and vessels, would continue to be handled by M. A. Hanna and Company. National Steel would be part of a merger creating U.S. Steel in 1901. The Winthrop Iron Company would become idle in 1901 and by 1902 was being operated by the Oliver Mining Company.
Extent
3 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The materials in this collection, MSS-348, Winthrop Iron Company records, have been retained in original order. The correspondence is in reverse chronological order as received.
Bibliography
The Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association, Volume 33, Number 18, Philadelphia, August 15, 1899 (page 138)
State of Michigan, Mines and Mineral Statistics byt Tom A. Hanna, Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, Iron Mountain, Michigan, December 1, 1902 (page 23)
- Commerce. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Great Lakes Region (North America). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron mines and mining. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lake Superior. Subject Source: Fast
- M.A. Hanna Company
- Oliver Iron Mining Company
- Ore carriers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ore-bulk-oil ships. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Telegraphs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States Steel Corporation
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Winthrop Hematite Company
- Winthrop Iron Company
- Title
- Winthrop Iron Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Glenda K. Ward, Arrangement and Description Specialist
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
