Subseries I: Carl O. Bay Files, 1894 - 1968
Scope and Contents
The Carl O. Bay Files contain legal advice from Bay to the Copper Range Company on land acquisition and other issues.
Dates
- 1894 - 1968
Language of Material
English, except for a very small number of files in French, Finnish, or German.
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Note that most folders in the collection do not have titles written on them. Please refer to the collection inventory for the titles.
Biographical / Historical
Carl O. Bay (1896-1987) was an Ontonagon attorney who provided legal assistance to the Copper Range Company's Land Department (later Lands and Forestry Division) from the 1940s to 1964. After forty-two years of practicing law in Ontonagon, he moved to Houghton in 1964 to work full time as the Land Department's Counsel. Bay retired in 1968.
Extent
From the Collection: 590.25 Cubic Feet (434 boxes, 49 drawers, 447 volumes)
Arrangement
Records are arranged into two subseries:
Subseries I: General Files
Subseries II: Land Acquisition Files
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Creator
- From the Collection: Copper Range Company (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository