Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Copper Range Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-080
Abstract
The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's southern communities and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to endure past the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) and the Copper Range Motor Bus Company (1925-1955). Materials in the Copper Range Company Records document the history of the...
Dates:
1851 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1970
Hanchette & Lawton Case Files on the Copper Miners' Strike
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-854
Abstract
The Copper Miners' Strike of 1913-1914 in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was marred by several acts of violence, notably the Italian Hall disaster and the Seeberville shootings. Swaby L. Lawton of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton represented the Quincy Mining Company during the strike and the Copper Range Company during the appeals against the conviction of deputes for the Seeberville shootings. This collection consists of the files of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Hancock...
Dates:
1913 - 1915
J. Robert Van Pelt Copper Range Company Research Collection
Collection — Box 1-17
Identifier: MS-028
Abstract
Dr. John Robert ("Bob") Van Pelt was Michigan Tech's sixth president, serving the campus from 1956 to 1965. After he stepped down, Van Pelt began work on a history of the Copper Range Company (whose board he had joined in 1961). The manuscript was unfinished when the Copper Range Company was acquired by Louisiana Land and Exploration in 1977. The collection contains files related to Van Pelt's incomplete manuscript about the history of the Copper Range Company. The bulk of the material...
Dates:
1840s-1977
Redridge Dam Records (ADDED TO MS-080)
Collection
Identifier: MS-762
Abstract
Records, circa 1951-circa 1979, concerning the disposition of the Redridge dam and emergency repair efforts. Includes correspondence, documents from both the Copper Range Company and Stanton Township and photographs.
Dates:
N/A
St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company Collection (ADDED TO MS-080)
Collection
Identifier: MS-115
Abstract
Collection, 1853-1978, of the St. Mary's Canal Mineral Land Company of Boston, Massachusetts, a land holder with mineral rights on property along the Lake Superior copper region. Includes correspondence, financial records, land deeds and holdings, field journals and reports. Material in this collection complements material in the Copper Range Company Collection.
Dates:
N/A