University of Wyoming
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.
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.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Lanfear Barbey Norrie at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
The collection was received from Christopher Norrie in 1977-1979.
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