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Quincy Mining Company Housing Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-707

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Photograph collection, 1998, black-and-white photographs taken in 1998 by Nancy Fisher documenting the remaining Quincy Mining Company housing in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Also includes photocopies of maps showing the different housing locations on Quincy Hill including Limerick, Pewabic, Lower Pewabic, and Sing Sing.

Dates

  • 1998

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

"As some of the oldest homes in the Keweenaw – dating from the Civil War era – Quincy’s company houses along US-41 (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan) have important stories to tell about life in a mining town. Company housing has been called the single most important element of corporate paternalism in the Copper Country. As early as the 1850s, Quincy’s managers felt that a stable and loyal workforce was vital to the company’s success, and so built many single-family dwellings to attract family men and keep them on its payroll. By 1914, the company owned 443 rental homes and provided 202 lease lots, on which workers built their own houses. Nestled in neighborhoods around the mine site, the homes became integral features of a unique mining landscape. Today, they offer the opportunity to remember the thousands of people who came here in search of a better life – one of the most fundamental themes in our nation’s history" (excerpted from http://www.nps.gov/kewe/parknews/stabilizing-quincy-houses.htm, accessed 10/28/2009).

Extent

0.45 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photograph collection, 1998, black-and-white photographs taken in 1998 by Nancy Fisher documenting the remaining Quincy Mining Company housing in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Also includes photocopies of maps showing the different housing locations on Quincy Hill including Limerick, Pewabic, Lower Pewabic, and Sing Sing.

General Physical Description note

0.45 cubic feet1 manuscript box (legal size)

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,10/28/2009

Title
Quincy Mining Company Housing Photograph Collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
10/28/2009
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

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