IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA. MINNESOTA DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Izaak Walton League of America. Minnesota Division, creator. | |
| Title: | League records. | |
| Dates: | 1926-1986. | |
| Abstract: | Minutes, correspondence, financial records, subject files, convention files, chapter files, printed material, and newspaper clippings relating to an organization concerned with the conservation of natural resources. | |
| Quantity: | 27.5 cubic feet (29 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection includes administrative records about individual chapters in Minnesota, in addition to records documenting the state body. The records largely document environmental subjects, including the conservation of natural resources (fish, game and wetlands), and the pollution of water and air. Other specific areas of concern addressed by the records are the struggle to keep the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) free from commercial exploitation, the establishment of the Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota, and ground water conditions in St.Louis Park.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate cited item and/or series here]. Izaak Walton League of America. Minnesota Division. League Records. Minnesota Historical Society. See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 10,544; 11,382, 11,460; 11,901; 12,057; 12,189; 12,338; 13,998; 15,075; 16,175
Processing Information:
Processed by: J. M. Wickre, October 1975 and Bonnie B. Palmquist, August 1988 and May 1995. Additions made by Meagan Kellom and Alex Kent, February 2011.
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 990017113550104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 151.F.17.4F | 1 | Membership, 1938-1973. 4 folders. | |||||||||
| Minutes, 1948-1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Financial materials, 1939-1965. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.5B | 2 | Printed materials, 1935-1977. | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous outstate chapters, 1939-1969. | |||||||||||
| Agassiz Chapter, Mahtomedi, 1973-1977. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis chapters, 1935-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| South Minneapolis chapter, 1940-1961. | |||||||||||
| Midway Chapter, St. Paul, 1937-1968. | |||||||||||
| Minnehaha (Women's) Chapter, 1953-1976. | |||||||||||
| Bills sponsored, 1941. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1936-1976. 6 folders | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.6F | 3 | Miscellaneous printed material, undated and [192-]-[194-]. 15 folders. | |||||||||
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| 151.F.17.7B | 4 | Miscellaneous printed material, [195-]. 7 folders. | |||||||||
| IWLA Endowment, Inc.: | |||||||||||
| 1949, 1958. | |||||||||||
| 1959, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Endowment: Miscellaneous Material, 1943-1975. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.8F | 5 | Chapter files: | |||||||||
| A-S, circa 1940-1954. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.9B | 6 | T-Z, circa 1940-1954. | |||||||||
| Correspondence, 1941-1946. | |||||||||||
| Subject files, 1941-1954: | |||||||||||
| A-G | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.10F | 7 | H-N. | |||||||||
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| 151.F.17.11B | 8 | O-S. | |||||||||
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| 151.F.17.12F | 9 | T-Z. | |||||||||
| Recent publications, 1956-1970. | |||||||||||
| Corporate record book (certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes), 1928-1945. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Financial records, 1945-[1947?]. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Telegrams, 1947-1953. | |||||||||||
| Nursery file. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.13B | 10 | Miscellaneous papers, circa 1928-1939. | |||||||||
| Correspondence collected by Thomas Hayden while preparing his thesis on the Izaak Walton League. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.17.14F | 11 | Subject files: | |||||||||
| 1955-1956: A-R. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.1B | 12 | 1955-1956: S-Z. | |||||||||
| 1957-1958: A-M. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.2F | 13 | 1957-1958: M-Z. | |||||||||
| 1959-1960: A-M. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.3B | 14 | 1959-1960: M-Z. | |||||||||
| 1961-1963: A-M. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.4F | 15 | 1961-1963: N-Z. | |||||||||
| 1964-1965: A-C | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.5B | 16 | 1964-1965: C-Z. | |||||||||
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| 151.F.18.6F | 17 | 1966-1967: A-N. | |||||||||
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| 151.F.18.7B | 18 | 1966-1967: N-Z. | |||||||||
| Voyageurs National Park, circa 1966-1971. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.8F | 19 | Correspondence, 1960-1967. | |||||||||
| Subject files, 1958-1969: | |||||||||||
| Articles of Incorporation, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Corporation matters, 1948-1964. | |||||||||||
| American Motors Award, 1964-1969. | |||||||||||
| BWCA clippings and correspondence, 1965-1969. | |||||||||||
| Billboards, 1964-1967. | |||||||||||
| Bulletins, 1966-1968. | |||||||||||
| Chapter officers list, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Chapter reports, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Committee, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Conservation education, 1962-1969. | |||||||||||
| Conservation Foundation bulletins, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| DDT pesticide file, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Expenses paid, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| East Grand Forks Chapter, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Guide to Fun in Minnesota (fund raising project), 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| Raymond Haik, 1962, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Hallock Chapter, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Historical Committee, 1964-1968 | |||||||||||
| Hunt America Time, 1968. | |||||||||||
| IWLA Endowment, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||
| Arthur Johannsen, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| Keep America Beautiful, 1966-1968. | |||||||||||
| Keep Minnesota Clean and Scenic, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Land exchange, 1959, 1967. | |||||||||||
| League of Women Voters, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Legislative, 1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Jake Licke, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Long Lake Camp, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| M.E.A. Convention, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Membership promotion, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Membership lists, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Membership chairmen, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.9B | 20 | Minnesota Department of Conservation News, 1968. | |||||||||
| Minnesota Conservation News, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| National Wildlife Refuge, Sherburne County, 1963-1965. | |||||||||||
| National IWLA Newsletter, 1969. | |||||||||||
| National IWLA Activities bulletin, 1967-1969. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| National IWLA: Miscellaneous, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Rebates: Defunct chapters, 1967-1969. | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Rockvam, Second Vice President, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Park Rapids Chapter, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Carl Pearson, State President, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Photographs. | |||||||||||
| Pollution control, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Pollution hearings, 1967-1969. | |||||||||||
| Pollution clean water letters, 1967-1969. | |||||||||||
| Public Lands Law Review, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Summer job program, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Van Stauder (insurance agency), 1958. | |||||||||||
| Willing Waltonian Program, 1960, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Water resources, 1963-1966. | |||||||||||
| Youth workshop at Whitewater, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Youth Conference, Minong, Wis., 1963. | |||||||||||
| Red Wing school pledges, 1968. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.10F | 21 | Workshops, 1963-1972. 12 folders. | |||||||||
| Molly [Zylstral], 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Legislative files, 1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Conservation education, 1970. | |||||||||||
| BWCA, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Monthly BWCA contribution information sent to Glenview Office, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Save the BWCA fund, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Anti-Litter, 1967-1970. | |||||||||||
| St. Croix River, Wild and Scenic River, 1966. | |||||||||||
| National conventions, 1955-1958. | |||||||||||
| Clippings, 1969-1970. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| T. N. Bergquist, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Minutes (copies), 1972. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.11B | 22 | Third Annual Convention, Minnesota Division of IWLA, 1926. | |||||||||
| State conventions, 1949-1960. (12 folders) | |||||||||||
| Resolutions, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Reports, 1960. | |||||||||||
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| 151.F.18.12F | 23 | State conventions, 1961-1967. 7 folders. | |||||||||
| State convention, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Reports, 1968. | |||||||||||
| State convention, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Reports, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Clippings, 1971. | |||||||||||
| National convention at Minneapolis: Plans, ideas, etc., 1957-1960. | |||||||||||
| National convention at Minneapolis, 1960. | |||||||||||
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| 152.I.2.8F | 24 | Articles of incorporation and bylaws. 1 notebook. | |||||||||
| Minutes, 1948-1951, 1953, 1957-1976. 1 folder, 10 notebooks. | |||||||||||
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| 152.I.2.9B | 25 | Minutes, 1976-1977. 1 notebook. | |||||||||
| Resolutions, 1956-1964, 1970-1981. 2 notebooks, 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1975-1979. | |||||||||||
| Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), 1972-1981. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes correspondence, Range River, Citizen's Committee and Alliance. | |||||||||||
| BWCA lawsuit. | |||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||
| Hayden, Thomas H. Thesis, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Court Case: IWL vs. George St. Clair, 1972-1974. | |||||||||||
| Snowmobiles, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Printed material. | |||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||
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| 147.I.16.10F | 26 | Minutes, June 1978-January 1983. 4 folders. | |||||||||
| Legislative Committee, 1971-1972. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1974-1983. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Franey, Ed: Correspondence, 1951-1972. | |||||||||||
| Peterson, Mattie: Correspondence, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Peterson was the Clean Water Coordinator. | |||||||||||
| State Conventions, 1973, 1977, 1981-1984. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Meetings, 1972-1973. | |||||||||||
| State resolutions, 1969-1979. | |||||||||||
| Position statements, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Workshops, 1981-1983. | |||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||
| Amax Exploration Inc. Test Program, 1974-1978. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Amax proposed a copper-nickel test shaft near Babbitt, Minnesota. Conflict over site monitoring ensued among the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Sierra Club, and the IWLA. Includes correspondence, reports, charts, statements, and newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||
| Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), 1971-1978. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, statements, and legal papers about management of the BWCA, the Oberstar Bill, The Seagull River Project, and the Superior National Forest. | |||||||||||
| Coastal zone management (Lake Superior), 1978. | |||||||||||
| Conservation Action Fund, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Cordova Funds/Midwest Regional Office, 1983-1984. | |||||||||||
| Dorer, Richard J., 1958-1973. | |||||||||||
| Dorer Forest, 1959-1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| The Minnesota Memorial Hardwood Forest was established in 1961 in southeast Minnesota and later renamed the Richard J. Dorer Memorial State Hardwood Forest. | |||||||||||
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| 147.I.17.1B | 27 | Drainage Task Force, 1972-1975. | |||||||||
| Garrison (N.D.) Diversion Project, 1973-1976. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| A project to divert Missouri River water to irrigate 250,000 acres of farm land in North Dakota. Because the return flow would enter the Red River, it could potentially change the water quality of the Red River in Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Ham Lake airport, 1968-1970. | |||||||||||
| Statements and correspondence in opposition to a proposed metropolitan airport to replace the existing airport in Minneapolis/St. Paul. | |||||||||||
| Knife Lake property correspondence, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Lock and Dam 26, 1976-1978. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, resolution, and newspaper clippings relating to a replacement of Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, Illinois and a new "superlock" at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. | |||||||||||
| Lower St. Croix River, 1971-1976. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to the establishment of standards and criteria for the management of the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. | |||||||||||
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| 147.I.17.1B | 27 | Mercury speech, March 1972. | |||||||||
| Notes for a speech on the effects of mercury contamination given by Dr. Paul Toren to the American Society for Testing and Materials, Northern Plains District, and the Minnesota Section of the Standards Engineers Society. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Open Space Project, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Mineral rights, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota River, 1969-1970, 1976. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, statements, and memoranda relating to the extension of navigation on the Minnesota River. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi River, 1971-1979. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes and correspondence relating to task forces for the development and use of the river, including the Great River Environmental Action Team, barge traffic, Pigs Eye, and related interests. | |||||||||||
| Northern States Power Company, 1970-1972. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, correspondence, and research of the IWLA's Environmental Task Force Committee and Citizens Advisory Plant Siting Task Force. | |||||||||||
| Twin Valley Dam, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to the proposed Twin Valley Lake project. | |||||||||||
| Upper Mississippi wilderness concept, 1974. | |||||||||||
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| 147.I.17.1B | 27 | Upper Mississippi Basin, 1975. | |||||||||
| Upper Mississippi River Wild and Scenic Rivers, 1979-1980. | |||||||||||
| Water resources, 1970-1972, 1977. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Wild and Scenic Rivers (St. Croix), 1968-1977. | |||||||||||
| Wild Rice River/Twin Valley Dam, 1978-1983. | |||||||||||
| IWLA/Agassiz Chapter, 1975-1977. | |||||||||||
| IWLA Brochures, 1963-1975. | |||||||||||
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| 131.A.2.6F | 28 | Creekside chapter files, 1978-1983. | |||||||||
| Includes minutes, bylaws, articles, resolutions and exemption document. | |||||||||||
| St. Louis Park ground water problem: | |||||||||||
| Notes and worksheets, 1977-1981. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1977-1983. | |||||||||||
| Working Committee, 1979-1984. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| 1979-1980 material, 1979-1980. | |||||||||||
| News clippings and newsletters, 1978-1983. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Supplemental information environmental assessment Oak Park Village, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Submitted to the Minnesota Environmental Quality Council from the City of St. Louis Park. | |||||||||||
| Soil and ground water investigation. Coal tar distillation and wood preserving site, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Phase I report. Barr Engineering Company, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Study of ground water contamination in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Final report and appendices. Minnesota Department of Health, 1981. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Section IV existing ground water conditions, circa 1977. | |||||||||||
| Soil boring and chemical analysis of the northern portion of Oak Park Village, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Prepared for the City of St. Louis Park by the National Biocentric, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Figures and tables related to soil boring, circa 1978. | |||||||||||
| References, circa 1978. | |||||||||||
| Request for proposal to conduct a geological and hydrological study of the contamination resulting from discharge of industrial chemicals from the site of a former creosote works, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Health, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Environmental assessment Oak Park Village, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Submitted to the City of St. Louis Park by National Biocentric, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Water quality criteria articles, circa 1979. | |||||||||||
| St. Louis Park ground water contamination study. Draft final report. Hickok & Associates, 1981. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 131.A.2.7B | 29 | Recommended plan for a comprehensive solution of the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in the St. Louis Park Area. Foreword, technical summary. Environmental Research & Technology, Inc., 1983. | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous reports regarding St. Louis Park ground water issue, 1981-1984. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| St. Louis Park creosote site, 1970s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Appendix B. Figures B4-4 - B4-7, B5-2 - B5-5, circa 1978-1983. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Figure B5-5. Benzene extractable hydrocarbon and phenolic concentration above background concentrations. Cross-sections C-C and D-D. | |||||||||||
| Figure B5-4. Benzene extractable hydrocarbon and phenolic concentration above background concentrations. Cross-sections A-A and B-B. | |||||||||||
| Figure B5-3. Total benzene extractable hydrocarbon and phenolic concentrations. Cross sections C-C and D-D. | |||||||||||
| Figure B5-2. Total benzene extractable hydrocarbon and phenolic concentrations. Cross sections A-A and B-B. | |||||||||||
| Figure B4-7. Surficial stratigraphy. Cross sections C-C and D-D. | |||||||||||
| Figure B4-6. Surficial stratigraphy. Cross sections A-A and B-B. | |||||||||||
| Figure B4-5. Graphic boring logs. Cross sections C-C and D-D. | |||||||||||
| Figure B4-4. Graphic boring logs. Cross sections A-A and B-B. | |||||||||||
| Storm water study: Public improvement No. 72-43 (Republic Creosote area), St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Orr, Schelen, Mayeron & Associates, Inc., 1973. | |||||||||||
| Recommended plan for a comprehensive solution of the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contamination problem in the St. Louis Park Area. / Environmental Research & Technology Inc., 1983. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Reilly Tar & Chemical Corporation case, 1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes files regarding State of Minnesota v. Reilly Tar & Chemical Corporation et al. Civil No. 4-80-469. | |||||||||||
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:
- Conservation of natural resources -- Minnesota -- Citizen participation.
- Environmental protection -- Minnesota.
- Groundwater -- Minnesota -- Saint Louis Park.
- Pollution -- Minnesota.
- Place:
- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
- Organization:
- Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota).
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