Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

C. M. Marquardt Journal, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/18/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in November 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Biographical Note

C.M. Marquardt's journal was found at a Sandy, Utah estate sale. The Social Security death index shows a Carleton Marquardt (1910-1977) of nearby Salt Lake City. At the time he wrote in his journal in 1931, he would have been 20-21 years old and possibly a student in the field of mining.Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:<a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Marquardt">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Marquardt</a>.

Scope and Contents

Journal, 1931, of C. M. Marquardt recording observations (in text and drawings) made regarding the technical aspects of mining while visiting a series of iron mines in the summer of 1931.  Marquardt might have been studying mining at the time. Mines visited include the Ironton Mine; Newport Mine, near Puritan, Mi.; Montreal Mine, near Hurley, Wisc.; Wakefiled and Plymouth Mines; Puritan Mine; Susquehanna Mine; Sargen Mine, Minn.; Bennett Mine, Minn. and others.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Notebooks

Topical Term:

• Iron mines and mining--United States.
• Mines and mineral resources--United States.
• Mining schools and education

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