MINNESOTA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Waterfowl Association, creator. | |
| Title: | Minnesota Waterfowl Association records. | |
| Dates: | 1967-2019. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Includes the records of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association, an organization dedicated to preservation, protection, and enhancement of Minnesota's wetlands and related waterfowl habitat. The records include: Habitat Project files (1967-2019); Board materials (1967-2002); published materials, including newsletters, brochures, and reports (1967-2016), and audio and visual records (undated, 1967, 2002). | |
| Quantity: | 30 cubic feet (30 boxes and 1 oversize folder, unboxed), 2 master audio files: WAV (155 MB), 2 user audio files: MP3 (23 MB), 12 master video files: MOV (194.3 GB), and 10 user video files: MP4 (8 GB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Minnesota Waterfowl Association (MWA) at first was founded in Albert Lea, Minnesota in 1967. Originally known as the Southern Minnesota Lake Improvement Association, the organization sought to preserve disappearing and deteriorating lake, river, and marsh habitat for waterfowl. The organization later expanded statewide, and developed education and fundraising programs, led waterfowl conservation projects, and lobbied the Minnesota State Legislature for conservation funding and environmental regulation protections of waterfowl habitat. Two key lobbying efforts included helping to establish the Minnesota State Waterfowl Stamp Program (1977) and the Minnesota Wetlands Heritage Act (1991). The organization also obtained State financing through the Legislative Commission of Minnesota Resources (LCMR), helping to fund numerous conservation projects statewide. In total, the organization led over 600 conservation projects in 50 Minnesota Counties during their 52 year history. In September 2019, MWA dissolved due to declining membership, dwindling fundraising, and loss of revenue.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Waterfowl Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,733
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audio reels and videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into mov and wav files.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Leif Kopietz, October 2020.
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, September 3, 2021.
Digital audiovisual transferred from the master audio reels and videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (September, 2021).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 9989779239604294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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| 150.D.3.3B | 1 | Minutes, 1967-1997. 22 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.3.4F | 2 | Minutes, 1998-2008. 25 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.10F | 28 | Minutes, 1999-2010. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Board book, 1975. | |||||||||||||
| Fundraising, approximately 1974-2003. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Robert J. Lick Scholarship Fund, 1978-1989. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Awards, 1982-1999. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.D.3.5B | 3 | Secretary files, 1995-2001. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
| Committees and working groups, approximately 1999-2002. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.D.3.6F | 4 | Bylaws, 1981, 1998. | |||||||||||
| Chapter offices and bylaws. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Lake membership and committees. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
PUBLICATIONS
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| 150.D.3.6F | 4 | Newsletters, 1967-2016. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Living a dream book manuscript, 2002. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.9B | 27 | Print resources. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Programs, flyers, and brochures. | |||||||||||||
| Press packet, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Organizational history and facts, undated, 1980s. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.10F | 28 | Annual reports, 1978-1993. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
AUDIOVISUAL
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| 150.D.3.7B | 5 | Slideshows, 1960s-1970s. 3 slide carousels. | |||||||||||
| Slides, 1980s-1990s. 7 slide boxes. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs, 1970s-1990s. 1 box and 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.D.3.8F | 6 | Photograph albums, 1990s. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Audio recordings: | ||||||||||||
| Save the game lakes, approximately 1960s. 1 master audio file (26 minutes, 50 seconds): WAV (135 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (18.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Narration about disappearing waterfowl habitat and conservation efforts. Accompanied a slide show not included in this collection. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Bear Lake Comeback, M.W.A., Inc. | |||||||||||||
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| Southern Minnesota Waterfowl Association, five advertising spots, 1969 1 master audio file (3 minutes, 59 seconds): WAV (20.1 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (4 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Advertising spots about joining the waterfowl association and to donate to the conservation efforts. | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Video recordings: | |||||||||||||
| Bud Grant presents: Illegal duck harvest and goose creeping, approximately 1988. 1 master video file (49 minutes): MOV (11.1 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (487.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Bud Grant introduces two stories and ask viewers to donate to the helicopter fund in order to help protect waterfowl from illegal hunting practices. | |||||||||||||
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| Waterfowl protection helicopter fund, 1990. 1 master video file (7 minutes, 15 seconds): MOV (1.7 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (71.6 MB). | |||||||||||||
| News release of the purchase of a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter and two air boats to assist with the protection of waterfowl. Fundraising campaign in part by the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. | |||||||||||||
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| Call of the Wild with Rich Massy and Tom Nelson, 1991. 1 master video file (29 minutes, 33 seconds): MOV (6.7 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Four part pilot series about the great outdoors and wildlife in western Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Pioneer Public TV, KWCM Channel 10 120 W. Schlieman, Appleton, MN 56208. | |||||||||||||
| Outdoors Minnesota with Jerry Carlson and Tom Brandt featuring Woodie Camp, 1994. 1 master video file (29 minutes, 33 seconds): MOV (6.7 GB). | |||||||||||||
| The association introduces kids to waterfowling by teaching them how to hunt, hunting ethics, and conservation practices. | |||||||||||||
| Copyright 1994 Outdoors Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Prairie Pothole Day, September 8, 2001. 1 master video file (6 minutes, 59 seconds): MOV (1.6 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (75.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
| The Prairie Pothole chapter of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association hosts a day of fundraising and educating in order to continue their work of restoring Minnesota waterfowl habitat. | |||||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||||
| Waterfowl calling A to Z, November 10, 2002. 1 master video file (6 minutes, 59 seconds): MOV (1.6 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (75.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Concerns calling for beginners, advance, and competition with instructors from the Minnesota Duck and Goose Callers chapter. | |||||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota waterfowl symposium, 2002: | |||||||||||||
| Part 1. 1 master video file (1 hour, 54 minutes): MOV (26.1 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.3 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Welcome and introductions, North American perspectives, Minnesota perspectives, Iowa perspectives. | |||||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||||
| Part 2. 1 master video file (1 hour, 12 minutes): MOV (16.6 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (794.4 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: History of Heron Lake, Heron Lake watershed, agriculture, private lands and waterfowl, drained wetlands inventory. | |||||||||||||
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| Part 3. 1 master video file (1 hour, 32 minutes): MOV (21 MB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.1 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Mallards and Teal in Minnesota, scaup population status/research needs, Canada geese in southwest Minnesota, Canada geese in Iowa. | |||||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||||
| Part 4. 1 master video file (1 hour, 58 minutes): MOV (26.9 MB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.4 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Wetlands in southwest Minnesota, integrating shorebird conservation, grassland conversion on the prairie, migration habitat plan, habitat corridor project. | |||||||||||||
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| Part 5. 1 master video file (1 hour, 33 minutes): MOV (21.3 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.1 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Disturbance factors, role of fish in shallow lakes, new emphasis on shallow lake management. | |||||||||||||
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| Part 6. 1 master video file (1 hour, 41 minutes): MOV (23.1 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (1.1 GB). | |||||||||||||
| Container note: Minnesota waterfowl hunter survey, canvasbacks at Heron Lake, question and answer session. | |||||||||||||
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PROJECTS
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| 150.D.3.10F | 8 | Arranged by date, 1984-1986. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.1B | 9 | Arranged by date, 1986-1988. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.2F | 10 | Arranged by date, 1988-1989. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.3B | 11 | Arranged by date, 1989-1991. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.4F | 12 | Arranged by date, 1991-1994. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.5B | 13 | Arranged by date, 1994-1996. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.6F | 14 | Arranged by date, 1997-1999. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.7F | 15 | Arranged by date, 2000-2002. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.8F | 16 | Arranged by date, 2003-2008. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.9B | 17 | Arranged by date, 2009-2019. | |||||||||||
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| 150.D.4.10F | 18 | Arranged by lake, approximately 1980s-2002. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.1B | 19 | Arranged by lake, approximately 1980s-2002. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.2F | 20 | Arranged by lake, approximately 1980s-2002. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.3B | 21 | Early projects, 1967-1984. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.4F | 22 | Early projects, 1967-1984. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| Programs and multi-year projects, approximately 1980s-2000s. 15 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.5B | 23 | Programs and multi-year projects, approximately 1980s-2000s. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.6F | 24 | Legislative Commission of Minnesota Resources (LCMR) projects, 1996-2003. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.7B | 25 | Legislative Commission of Minnesota Resources (LCMR) projects, 1996-2003. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.8F | 26 | Legislative Commission of Minnesota Resources (LCMR) projects, 1996-2003. | |||||||||||
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| 150.E.1.9B | 27 | Legislative Commission of Minnesota Resources (LCMR) projects, 1996-2003. | |||||||||||
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| 10.E.2.1B | 29 | Hoffs Slough, Wright County. | |||||||||||
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| 106.I.2.7 | 1 | Minnesota Waterfowl Projects map, 1967-2016. 1 map in 1 oversize folder. | |||||||||||
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANY
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:
- Habitat conservation -- Minnesota.
- Nature conservation -- Minnesota.
- Waterfowl -- Conservation -- Minnesota.
- Wildlife conservation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Project files.
- Sound recordings.
- Video recordings (physical artifacts).
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