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Quincy Mining Company

 Organization

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Austrian Autobiography

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-505
Abstract

Autobiography, 1906-1908, of Joseph Austrian (Oestreicher), a German immigrant who moved to Eagle River, Michigan and became a shopkeeper associated with the mining towns of Eagle River, Hancock and Calumet. Written between 1906 and 1908, Austrian covers his life from his early childhood in Wittelshofen, Bavaria and his emigration to America with his sister in 1850 up until his final months before his death in 1908.

Dates: 1906-1908

Larry Lankton Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MTU-212
Abstract

Collection, 1978-2010, of Larry Lankton, Professor Emeritus of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Materials extensively document Lankton’s career and research into the copper mines of the western Upper Peninsula, both during his professorial tenure and his time with the Historic American Engineering Record.

Dates: 1978-2010

Lawrence J. Remington Mining Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: MS-528
Abstract

Collection, circa 1863-circa 1883, of mining company records compiled by Lawrence J. Remington of Houghton, Michigan. Includes stock certificates, insurance policies, indenture letters, bills and receipts, correspondence, inventories and other printed ephemera from the South Pewabic Copper Company, Sheldon Mining Company of Lake Superior, Columbian Mining Company, Quincy Mining Company and Douglass Houghton Mining Company.

Dates: Circa 1863-Circa 1883

Lawton Family Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-785
Abstract

Collection, 1880-1968; 2007-2019, of the Lawton family of Michigan. Includes field notebooks of Charles DeWitt Lawton, written during his tenure as the State of Michigan Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, as well as correspondence of Charles Latham Lawton and Swaby Lawton. Also contains biographical information on family members including Charles Latham Lawton, Swaby Lawton, Nathan Oliver Lawton, Charles E. Wright and Ross Dunbar Blackburn.

Dates: 1880-1968; 2007-2019; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1968

Minor Houses / Miner Houses : Keweenaw Heritage Center Exhibit Report

 Collection — sc_box: 5, Folder: 47
Identifier: MS-941
Abstract

Report, 2003, pertaining to the Minor/Miner Houses exhibit at the Keweenaw Heritage Center in Calumet, Michigan.

Dates: 2003

Paul Hinzmann Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1-5
Identifier: MS-580
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1954-1982, of photographs taken by Paul Hinzmann documenting Copper Country landmarks, including mining company structures and Michigan Technological University buildings.

Dates: 1954-1982

Quincy Hill Ethnic Research Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-262
Abstract

Research papers, circa 1880, on the ethnic makeup of various communities in Quincy Mining Company housing on Quincy Hill, Hancock, Michigan. Includes research papers, housing statistics and maps.

Dates: Circa 1880

Quincy Mine Hoist Association Collection.

 Collection — Box: 1-14
Identifier: MS-033
Abstract Collection, 1917-2016, from the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Includes board of directors' records, photographs, negatives, clippings, postcards, correspondence, blueprints, publications and other printed ephemera related to Quincy Mining Company as well as the establishment of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Also includes slides of the paintings by James K. Lawton of various Quincy Mining Company buildings hanging in the museum. James Lawton is the nephew of Charles Lawton, a Quincy...
Dates: 1917-2016.

Quincy Mine Hoist No. 2 Photograph Collection

 Collection — sc_box: 5, Folder: 36
Identifier: MS-925
Abstract

Photographs, circa 1910, depicting the construction and interiors of the Quincy Mine Hoist No. 2.

Dates: Circa 1910

Quincy Mining Company and Huron Mining Company Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-794
Abstract

Photograph collection, undated, featuring glass plate negatives of the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan and the Huron Mining Company in Houghton, Michigan. Both mine and mill sites are depicted, as well as other Copper Country locations.

Dates: undated

Additional filters:

Subject
Hancock (Mich.) 12
Photographs 12
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 9
Correspondence 9
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) 5
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Maps (Documents) 5
Negatives (Photographic) 5
Copper mines and mining -- Employees 4
Houghton County (Mich.) 4
Industrial housing -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 4
Upper Peninsula (Mich.) 4
Blueprints (Reprographic copies) 3
Calumet (Mich.) 3
Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
Company towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 3
Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914 3
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 3
Corporation reports 3
Houghton (Mich.) 3
Mine buildings -- Michigan -- Hancock 3
Printed ephemera 3
Research (Document genres) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Company town architecture 2
Copper Country (Mich.) 2
Copper Country (Mich.) -- History 2
Copper industry and trade 2
Copper mines and mining 2
Drawings (Visual works) 2
Financial records 2
Industrial sites -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 2
Keweenaw County (Mich.) 2
Medical records 2
Memorabilia 2
Mine railroads -- Michigan -- Hancock 2
Minutes 2
Receipts (Financial records) 2
Reports 2
Ripley (Mich.) 2
Accident reports 1
Account books 1
Announcements 1
Autobiographies 1
Biographies 1
Blueline prints 1
Bylaws (Administrative records) 1
Case files 1
Church buildings -- Michigan -- Houghton County 1
Church buildings -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Commencement ceremonies -- Michigan -- Houghton 1
Copper Harbor (Mich.) 1
Copper industry and trade -- Michigan 1
Copper industry and trade -- United States 1
Copper miners -- Crimes against -- 20th century -- Michigan 1
Copper miners -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Copper miners -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper mines and mining -- Design and construction -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper mines and mining -- History -- Michigan 1
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan 1
Copper mines and mining -- Working conditions -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Copper smelting -- Michigan -- Ripley 1
Crime 1
Data 1
Documents 1
Employee theft 1
Employees 1
Equipment and supplies 1
Ethnic groups -- Michigan -- Hancock 1
Family recreation -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Feasibility studies 1
Feasibility studies -- Tourism -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Field notes 1
Flash Drives 1
Fort Wilkins (Mich.) 1
Genealogies 1
Germans -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Heritage tourism -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Historic preservation -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Hospitals -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Indexes (Reference sources) 1
Industrial housing -- Michigan -- Hancock 1
Industries -- Michigan 1
Invitations 1
Invoices 1
Iron industry and trade 1
Iron mines and mining 1
Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913 1
Landscapes -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Laurium (Mich.) 1
Legal documents 1
Local history -- Michigan -- Copper Country 1
Machinery -- Designs and plans 1
Marquette (Mich.) 1
Mine buildings -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mine shafts 1
Mines and mineral resources -- History -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mines and mineral resources -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Mining corporations -- Executives -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Mining corporations -- Executives -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula 1
Mining machinery -- Designs and plans 1
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