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Marion Power Shovel Company | Historical Construction Equipment Association

By Thomas Berry

Collection Overview

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Box and Folder Listing

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[Group 1: Machinery Records],
[Group 2: Photographic Media],
[Group 3: Periodicals],
[Group 4: Artwork],
[Group 5: Publicity materials],
[Group 6: Business Records],
[Group 7: Plans and Drawings],
[Group 8: Audio-Visual Media],
[Group 9: Presentation Materials],
[Group 10: Miscellaneous],
[Group 11: Donald W. Frantz Collection records],
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Group 1: Machinery Records

Series 1: Sales literature

Subseries 1: Typed spec sheets

Subject 1: Dipper dredges, 1908-1914 and n. d.

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: Typed spec sheet for DD series dipper dredge with index, less:

Vacant numbers DD37/130/133/159/164/176/177/200-226/228/232-401;

DD227, lost from file; and,

DD586, which was assigned but never written

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 2: Elevator dredges, 1908-1914 and n. d.

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: Typed spec sheet for ED series elevator dredge, with index. Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 3: Revolving shovels, R series, 1911-1914 and n. d.

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: R-series typed spec sheet for full-revolving diesel, diesel-electric, straight electric, gas, gas-electric and steam-powered excavators, with index.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 4: Standard shovels

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: S-series typed spec sheet for standard shovels, with index.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 5: Revolving shovels, numbered

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: Numbered typed spec sheet for full-revolving diesel, diesel-electric, straight electric, gas, gas-electric and steam-powered excavators, with index.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 6: Miscellaneous, 1911-1912

Marion Steam Shovel Company sales literature: ES, RES, RSS, SBE and SS series typed spec sheet for 50 electric shovel, 30 electric shovel, revolving steam shovel, Scraper Bucket Excavator (dragline), and steam shovel.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subseries 2: Miscellaneous early spec sheets, 1901-1925 and n. d.

Subject 1: Unnumbered steam shovel specs, 1901-1925 and n. d.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 2: Unnumbered deepwater dipper dredge specs, 1906-1909

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 3: Unnumbered dipper dredge specs, 1901-1908 and n. d.

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 4: Unnumbered dipper excavator specs, 1908

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 5: Unnumbered ditching dredge specs, 1904-1906

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 6: Unnumbered seven foot elevator dredge specs, 1905

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 7: Unnumbered 1-3/4 cy traction dredge specs, 1902

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 8: Unnumbered railroad ditcher specs, 1904-1911

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 9: Unnumbered log loader specs, 1906

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Subject 10: Unnumbered condenser specs, 1902

Note: The above records were removed from very dirty binders. They are dirty and brittle, and need to be photocopied.

Group 2: Photographic Media

Group 3: Periodicals

Group 4: Artwork

Group 5: Publicity materials

Group 6: Business Records

Series 1: VCon Project Studies, 1972-c. 1984 and n. d.

Series 2: Stockholder Reports, 1939-1960

Series 3: Statistical Data, 1939-1971

Series 4: Editorial Almanac and Corporate Fact Books, 1972-1975

Series 5: Publication Indexes

Series 6: Parts Indexes

Series 7: Machinery Records

Subseries 1: Patent records, 1884-1919

Subject 1: Patents, 1884-1919

Subject 2: Patent agreements

Subject 3: Competitive and historical patents

Subject 4: Miscellaneous

Series 8: Speeches, Address and Presentations, 1946-1977 and n. d.

Series 9: Market reports, 1974-1981

Series 10: Competitor Analyses, 1977-c. 1980

Series 11: Customer Profiles, 1979-1983

Folder 1: Amax, Inc., 1980

Marion Power Shovel Company Customer Profiles discusses:

• Company history and organization, including subsidiaries including  Alumax, Inc. (joint venture with Mitsui & Company Inc. and Nippon Steel Corporation), Amax Coal Company, Inc., Amax Exploration, Inc., Anamax Mining Company (partnership with The Anaconda Company, and Anamax’s Eisenhower Mining Company partnership with Asarco Inc. to develop the Palo Verde copper deposit in Arizona), and Climax Molybdenum Company (there is a extensive list of subsidiaries under Organization);

• Financial data from 1974 through 1978;

• Molybdenum, nickel, tungsten and specialty metal mining; Henderson Mine, Empire, Colorado; Kitsault, British Columbia mine and plant reopening; Mt. Emmons (Grand Coulee)  molybdenum prospect, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington; Mt. Tolman molybdenum prospects; Port Nickel Refinery, Braithwaite, Louisiana; ownership of Canada Tungsten Mining Corporation and its scheelite (calcium tungsten) mill at Tungsten, Northwest Territories, and leach plant at Vancouver, British Columbia; Twin Buttes Mine, Arizona; Sauget, Illinois electrolytic zinc plant; lead mining partnership with Homestake Mining Company;

• Illinois Basin and Powder River Basin coal mining, including Delta mine, Leahy mine, Sun Spot mine and Wabash mine in Illinois; Ayrcoe mine, Ayrshire mine, Chinook mine, Minnehaha mine and Wright mine in Indiana; A-Gib mine, Ayrgem mine and Gibraltar mine in Kentucky; and Belle Ayr mine and Eagle Butte mine, Wyoming.

• Participation with CSR Ltd. and The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. in joint venture operating Mount Newman mine, western Australia;

• Carlsbad, New Mexico potash mine and mill;

• Forest products, oil and natural gas production;

• Corporate officers and directors;

• Statistics and production data (under General and Mine Information) and lists of equipment (stripping shovel, walking dragline, loading shovel and/or rotary drill, by mine and a general tabulation, under Machines) for mines;

• Status of coal reserves;

• Status of Marion and competitive machines and orders;

• Clippings;

• Parts and service sales statistics;

• Profiles of service vendors Brake Supply Company, Inc. Engineered Equipment Division; Burnside Foundry and Pattern Works; Contractors Service & Hard Facing Company Inc.; Excel Foundry & Machine Inc.; Hackman-Skeehan, Inc.; Highway Machine Company, Inc.; Mercury Foundry & Machine Company Inc.; and Taylor Brothers Welding Service;

• History of repairs made to Marion 182M, 192M, 201M and 204M loading shovel; 5761 stripping shovel; and 8750 and 8950 walking dragline in 1979-1980 (under Customer Service); and,

• Engineering history of above machines.

Series 12: Clippings and reprints, 1950-1997 and n. d.

Series 13: Advertising Department records, 1945-1978

Series 14: Miscellaneous

Group 7: Plans and Drawings

Group 8: Audio-Visual Media

Group 9: Presentation Materials

Group 10: Miscellaneous

Group 11: Donald W. Frantz Collection records

Browse by Group:

[Group 1: Machinery Records],
[Group 2: Photographic Media],
[Group 3: Periodicals],
[Group 4: Artwork],
[Group 5: Publicity materials],
[Group 6: Business Records],
[Group 7: Plans and Drawings],
[Group 8: Audio-Visual Media],
[Group 9: Presentation Materials],
[Group 10: Miscellaneous],
[Group 11: Donald W. Frantz Collection records],
[All]

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