The Big Nickel: Inco at Home and Abroad

Name/Title

The Big Nickel: Inco at Home and Abroad

Entry/Object ID

2022.179.01

Tags

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Mining History, Mining Industry, Copper Mining, Nickel Mining, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury Basin

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of the International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO).

Context

The book discusses the history of the company, covering a span from when it was founded in 1902 until 1977 when the book was published. The book is broken down into chapters to cover a full corporate history, they are as follows: 1. Acknowledgements 2. Foreward 3. Introduction 4. The Birth of a Monopoly 5. Who Dug the Mines? 6. Inco in Guatemala 7. ... And in Indonesia 8. New Growth Strategies: The End of Motherhood 9. Scorched Earth 10. ...And Broken Bodies 11. Why Inco? 12. Appendix: Working in Thompson 13. Afterword 14. Notes

Collection

International Nickel Company of Canada, Mining History, Sudbury History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Between the Lines

Date(s) of Creation

1977

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

The Big Nickel: Inco at Home and Abroad

Description

Book discussing the history of the International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO).

Creator

Jamie Swift, The Development Education Centre

Date(s) of Creation

1977

Subjects

History, Mining, Nickel mining, Copper mining, Companies

Notes

"FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LIMITED NICKEL DIVISION - SUDBURY OPERATIONS" "JAN 24 1978" stamped on first page

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

1940

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 22, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Feb 22, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Falconbridge Limited

Owner/Agent

Falconbridge Limited

Role

Owner

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

Provenance Detail

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO) History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Mining History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 22, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 22, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 22, 2022