VIRGINIA AND RAINY LAKE COMPANY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Virginia and Rainy Lake Company, creator.
	Title:	Virginia and Rainy Lake Company records.
	Dates:	1901-1965.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Minutes of meetings (1905-1939), maps and platbooks, deeds, abstracts, and title and tax records of a lumber company operating in Saint Louis and Koochiching counties of northern Minnesota. There are also a minute book (1910-1926), a stock certificate book (1910), and a platbook (1911) of the St. Croix Lumber & Manufacturing Company (Winton, Minn.).
	Quantity:	7 cubic feet (6 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Virginia and Rainy Lake Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 11,652; 12,081

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, December 1998

Catalog ID number: 990017351640104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
152.F.6.9B	1	Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1932-1965.


Maps and earlier accessions:
	1. Map of St. Louis County, Minnesota, showing land department holdings of the Duluth and Iron Range RR Co., and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ry. Co., 1921.
		Fragile.
	2. Map of St. Louis and Koochiching Counties, Minnesota, Virginia and Rainy Lake Co., 1928.
	3. Map of Ranier and Vicinity, Koochiching County, Minnesota, 1928.
		Published by V&RL Co.
	4. Map of Ranier and Vicinity.
		Duplicate of no. 3; MHS accession number 11,533.
	5. List noting location and number of Virginia and Rainy Lake Co. lumber camps.
		MHS accession no. 11,652.


		Miscellaneous deeds and abstracts, 1901-1935.


		Opinions on land in St. Louis and Koochiching Counties.


		Index to deeds.


		Warranty deeds, Nos. 255-177, 764. 10 folders.


Location	Box
145.B.20.10F	1B	Warranty deeds, Nos. 177, 959-519, 889. 7 folders.


		Miscellaneous legal instruments and land documents, 1904-1931.


		Memoranda concerning land and timber ownership, undated, 1912.


		Abstracts of title, Ranges 15-18. 6 folders.


Location	Box
152.F.6.10F	2	Abstracts of title, Ranges 18 (part)-24. 11 folders.


Location	Box
144.D.6.5B	3	Virginia and Rainy Lake Co.:
			Minutes, approximately 1905-1939.
				Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws.
			Stockholders ledger, approximately 1908-1935.
			Plat books:
				Koochiching County.
				St. Louis County.
					In poor condition; handle carefully.
			Corporate seal.


St. Croix Lumber and Mfg. Co, Winton, Minnesota.
	Minutes of meetings, approximately 1910-1926.
		Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws.
	Stock certificates, 1910.
	Plat book, 1911.


Location	Box
142.C.12.2	4	Virginia and Rainy Lake Co. Title and tax record books, approximately 1908-1930. 2 volumes.


Location	Box
142.C.12.3	5	(Virginia and Rainy Lake Co.). Book of Surveyor's maps. 1 volume.
			Mostly copies of U.S. Surveyor General's maps, without notations or marks added by the company, of land in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

RELATED MATERIAL

Photographs and post cards have been transferred to the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collections.

Other records of the Virginia and Rainy Lake Company are found in the Potlatch Corporation: Historical records of northern Minnesota lumber companies collection in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Business enterprises -- Minnesota.; Logging -- Minnesota.; Lumber trade -- Minnesota.; Lumbering -- Minnesota.; Manufactures -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: St. Croix Lumber & Manufacturing Company (Winton, Minn.), author.

Places:: Koochiching County (Minn.); Saint Louis County (Minn.)

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