IRON RANGE RESEARCH CENTER ARCHIVES

Photographic Collections

Holdings include over 2,000 photographic collections containing more than 300,000 Iron Range images dating from the late 1800’s to the present. Collection subjects include but, are not limited to, agriculture, architecture, business and businesses, community life, immigration, industry, logging, mining, people, schools, and main street scenes. Many of the photographs from our collections have been made available online. We have also contributed the following photographic collections to the Minnesota Digital Library:

• The Civilian Conservation Corps Photograph Collection
• Oliver Iron Mining Company Collection
• William R. Opie Collection
• Carl Pederson Collection

Collection Access and Usage

The Iron Range Research Center Photographic Collections are covered by U.S. copyright law, additionally, each collection may have its own additional set of rights and restrictions stipulated in the original donation agreement. Some collections can only be accessed and viewed. Other collections can be accessed and reproduced for private or public use in research, publications, or advertising. As a result, all material from the collections to be used for publication or commercial purposes, regardless the format of the image delivered, is governed by our Historical Materials License Agreement. Please consult the Archivist in regards to specific collection conditions. Click Here for detailed pricing and contact information.

Underground lunch room, featuring iron miners and laborers eating lunch, 1939. Pickands Mather Mining
Company Photographic Collection, accession number 2001.3917.