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Blueprints (reprographic copies).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Briar Hill Mine Shaft blueprint

 Collection — Oversize Map Cabinet 1 Drawer 2
Identifier: MSS-122
Scope and Contents Note

This collection consists of one blueprint design of a mine shaft for the Briar Hill Mine. The blueprint includes a detailed list of supplies and labor required to sink the shaft. Information includes cost of labor, timber, explosives, cost of fuel, hoistings, blacksmithing and supplies. The shaft was expected to reach a depth of 1,200 feet and take two years for construction. The blueprint is signed by "Captain William Bond" and dated 1911.

Dates: 1911
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Briar Hill Mine Shaft blueprint

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...
Dates: 1905 - 1918
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company (Gwinn) records

Pat Gagliardi papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-060
Scope and Content Note This collection documents Pat Gagliardi’s political career in the Michigan House of Representatives. The collection includes, but is not limited to, newspaper clippings, brochures, correspondence, petitions, laws, bills, personal notes, grant applications, blue prints, maps, reports and studies, meeting minutes, and photographs. The collection is only partially processed and currently arranged into one record series: Project Files. Among the most significant subjects of interest to the...
Dates: 1981 - 1998
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Pat Gagliardi papers

Marquette Lower Harbor Iron Ore Dock blueprints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-016
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains photocopies of blueprints of the Marquette Lower Harbor Iron Ore Dock and approach construction. The drawings were produced by the Minneapolis, Minnesota firms South Shore Dock Company and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company; and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania company, McClintic-Marshall Construction Company. The blueprints were created in 1931 and 1932.

Dates: 1931 - 1932
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Marquette Lower Harbor Iron Ore Dock blueprints

Oliver Iron Mining Company engineering blueprints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-119
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains blueprints of various types of mining equipment and structures.

Dates: 1901-1909
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Oliver Iron Mining Company engineering blueprints

Julia K. Tibbitts papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-145
Scope and Contents note The collection is composed primarily of research materials collected by Julia K. Tibbitts for use in her case against the expansion of the Upper Peninsula Generating Company’s power plant in Marquette, Michigan. The materials include court documents highlighting the accomplishments of Superior Public Rights, Inc. and their fight to protect the environment, correspondence, newspaper articles, research documents, maps, blueprints, and legal reference documents. The court documents are nearly...
Dates: 1964-1979; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1979
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Julia K. Tibbitts papers

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE

This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.


These finding aids will give you an overview of the contents and context of each collection. Finding aids only exist for collections that each organization has shared with UPLINK or (in the case of the NMU Archives) for processed collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections that might help with your research, please contact the relevant heritage organization(s) directly.


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