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Frances Hoffman Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-878

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

Contact:
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US