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Archives related to: Norrie, A. Lanfear
| title | Lanfear Barbey Norrie papers,1885-1971 (bulk 1919-1971) | repository | University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center |
| description | Collection includes correspondence (1919-1971); field notes; legal documents; files on mining companies; mining claims; photographs and negatives; maps; 5 paintings by Irwin D. Hoffman including portraits of William DeVillers and Hoffman's brothers Arnold and Robert D. Hoffman; 2 ledgers (1889-1893) of A.L. Norrie, father of Lanfear Norrie; artifacts related to mining; and miscellaneous other materials. Biographical Note: Lanfear Barbey Norrie, a mining engineer, graduated from Harvard in 1923. He prospected for minerals and owned mining properties chiefly in Canada. Norrie was a partner of Joseph T. Tower from the 1920s until Tower's death in 1931. Norrie's father, Ambrose Lanfear Norrie, developed iron mines in Michigan and was important in the founding of the town of Ironwood, Michigan. |
| extent | 14 cubic feet (30 boxes) + oversize |
| formats | Correspondence Business Papers Notes Photographs Financial Records |
| access | There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public. |
| record source | https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah06574.xml |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in repository. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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