Quincy Mine Hoist Association Collection, 1917-2009.

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Quincy Mine Hoist Association Collection, 1917-2009.

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Collection, 1917-2009, from the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Includes photographs, negatives, clippings, postcards, correspondence, blueprints, publications and other printed ephemera related to Quincy Mining Company as well as the establishment of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Also includes slides of the paintings by James K. Lawton of various Quincy Mining Company buildings hanging in the museum. James Lawton is the nephew of Charles Lawton, a Quincy Mining Company mine superintendent from 1905 to 1946.

2.98 cubic feet; 8 boxes.

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078281

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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