Frances Hoffman Collection
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection, 1908-1910, of Rufus R. Goodell, a prominent businessman in Houghton, Michigan. Includes business correspondence to and from Goodell in a letterpress book.
Dates
- 1908-1910
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Rufus R. Goodell was born in Monson, Maine in 1842. He was a member of a Union regiment which fought in Tennessee during the Civil War. He moved to the Lake Superior country and Houghton, Michigan immediately after the war, and engaged in exploring for minerals. Much of his Copper Country fame is via his association with the St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company as an agent for the firm. He took over the post in 1869, just nine years after the Portage Canal was opened to shipping traffic, granting water access to Houghton and the Ripley smelter.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (1 microfilm roll)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection, 1908-1910, of Rufus R. Goodell, a prominent businessman in Houghton, Michigan. Includes business correspondence to and from Goodell in a letterpress book.
General Physical Description note
0.02 cubic feet1 microfilm roll
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,9/21/2011
- Title
- Frances Hoffman Collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- 9/21/2011
- 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