TRI-STATE WATERS COMMISSION

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Expand/CollapseOVERVIEW

Creator:Tri-State Waters Commission (U.S.).
Title:Records.
Dates:1937-1947.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence, financial and legal records, maps and plats, reports, minutes, statistics, plans and project summaries, meeting proceedings and programs, photographs, and related print and near-print materials documenting the activities of this commission established to study the use and control of that portion of the Red River of the North and its drainage basin lying within the boundaries of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Quantity:12.0 cubic feet (12 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These records remain in the order in which they were received; there is no apparent internal order. Duplicate materials may be found in them.


Return to top

Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Tri-State Waters Commission (U.S.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 289

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704206


Return to top

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
103.H.16.1BLedger, July 1, 1937-September 30, 1940.
Correspondence, 1947-1949.
Correspondence files, A-W.
Administration, 1940-1947.
Auditor, 1944-1946.
Budget Estimates, 1939-1947.
Central Store Requisitions, 1941-1946.
Printing Requisitions and Miscellaneous Invoices, 1941-1943.
Civil Service, 1940-1947.
Ledger Sheets.
Mailing Lists.
Manpower Agency, 1942.
North Dakota Payroll and Expense Vouchers, 1939-1947.
Property Inventory, 1943-1944.
Public Property, 1939-1943.
Purchasing, 1942-1943, 1946.
Retirement Fund, 1939-1947.
Income Tax Reports, 1940-1942, 1946.
Encumbrance Requisitions, 1939-1943.
Forms, 1937-1941.
Location
103.H.16.2FCorrespondence, A-H, 1941.
Correspondence, A-Z, 1942.
Correspondence, A-W, 1943-1944.
Location
103.H.16.3BMiscellaneous Data, 1936-1940.
Miscellaneous Proposed Project Lists.
Revised Summary Project Lists.
Status of Water-Supply Treatment and Conservation Projects, 1936-1937. 2 folders.
U.S. Geological Survey Stream Gaging Records.
Maps and Plats.
Average Monthly Precipitation of Stations Within the Drainage Basin of the Red River, 1935.
Precipitation and Run-Off Data.
Monthly and Annual Precipitation. 2 folders.
Maps and Charts. 2 folders.
List of Maps and Charts, June 1, 1939.
Sugar Beet Industry, 1932-1933.
Miscellaneous Population Tables Based on the 1940 Federal Census.
Miscellaneous Census Data Prior to 1940. 2 folders.
Location
103.H.16.4FA Report of the Minnesota Resources Commission by its Committee on Industrial Trends, undated. 2 volumes.
Volume of Maps and Charts to Accompany Above Report, undated.
Summary Report of the Committee on Social Security and Public Welfare, May 1937. 2 volumes.
Report of the Committee on Recreation, May 1937.
List of Maps and Charts, June 1937.
Report of the Committee on Education, May 1937.
Summary of State Laws Relaing to the Conduct of Trade, undated.
Report of the Tri-State Waters Commission, 1937-1943.
Report of the Minnesota State Planning Board, December 1936.
Manufacturing Payrolls by County and Type in Minnesota, 1938.
Minnesota Industry, Its Progress and Development, 1939.
Red River of the North Drainage Basin, July 1937.
Memorandum by the United States Geological Survey on Progress of the Roseau River Investigation, April 1931.
National Rivers and Harbor Congress, Project Applications, 1939-1940.
Reports on Sub-Basins in Minnesota, Red River of the North Drainage Basin, 1936.
Department of Business Research and Development, Functions and Program, undated.
Guide Book to Minnesota Industry, 1946.
Minnesota Payrolls by Industry and County, 1938-1939.
Interpretation of an Economic Analysis of the State of Minnesota, March 1945.
Housing in Minnesota During Reconversion, March 1946.
Reconversion Trends in Minnesota, February 1947.
Utilization of the Forest Resources of Minnesota, 1941.
Minnesota Resources Commission, First Biennial Report, 1945-1947.
Minnesota Department of Business Research and Development, Second Biennial Report, 1949-1951.
Tri-State Waters Commission, First Annual Report, December 15, 1938.
Tri-State Waters Commission, Second Biennial Report, December 15, 1940.
Tri-State Waters Commission, Third Biennial Report, December 15, 1942.
Location
103.H.16.5BFormal Appeal to Board of Engineers, 1940.
Baldhill Water Supply, July 1938.
Red Lake Report, June 1938.
Report of the Tri-State Waters Commission, 1937-1943.
Report of Water Conservation and Flood Control, Red River of the North, Adolph Meyer, Volume II, undated.
Water Resources Report on the Red River of the North, 1934.
First Annual Report of the Tri-State Waters Commission, December 1, 1938.
Proceedings of the Tri-State Flood Control Association, 1916, 1917, 1919.
Regional Planning, Part 5; Red River of the North, August 1937.
Water Needs of the Red River: An Appeal, 1942-1943.
Comparison of Reports by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers as Based on the North Dakota Water Plan of 1942 for the Comprehensive Development of the Water Resources in the Missouri River Basin.
Sheyenne-Baldhill Reservoir.
Sheyenne River, North Dakota Report, December 13, 1943.
Snake-Roseau River Reports and Correspondence, 1931, 1933, 1940.
Summary on the Report of the District Engineer on Survey of the Roseau River, Minnesota for Flood Control, 1940, 1943.
Grand Forks Meeting, November 4, 1942.
Inspection Tour, April 4, 1942.
Oklee, Minnesota Meeting, September 19, 1941.
Red Lake Area Inspection, 1937-1939.
Red River Hearing, July 30, 1942.
Resolution, February 8, 1939.
Status of Projects, September 20, 1938.
Valley City Meeting, January 3, 1942.
Miscellaneous loose material. 5 folders.
Location
103.H.16.6FList of Maps and Charts Pertaining to the Red River of the North Drainage Basin, June 30, 1939.
Minutes of the Meeting of the Tri-State Waters Commission, July 14, 1944.
Completed charts.
Organization Meeting of the Tri-Commission.
Blank forms.
Monthly Discharge Records of Rivers. 3 folders.
WPA Personnel.
Bulletins.
Federal Legislation Pamphlets.
Minnesota Laws, 1939, 1941, 1943.
Commission-Legislation.
Miscellaneous.
Location
103.H.16.7BRed River of the North Basin Precipitation and Run Off Data. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Legislation, Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous File. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Minutes of Meeting for the Red River of the North Drainage Basin Conference, 1935-1936. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Monthly Discharge Data of Rivers, 1916-1936. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Planning Technician's Conference, 1938. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Tri-State Waters Commission Membership Lists, By-Laws, and Minutes of Meetings, 1937-1946. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Miscellaneous Lists, Project Lists, and Data on Precipitation and Run-Off, 1882-1937. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Map Statistics. 1 volume.
Indexed.
Daily Office Work Schedule, 1938-1939.
Climatological Data, 1941.
Upper Mississippi Valley Water Use Council, Proceedings of the Organization Meeting, January 26, 1945.
Report of the Water Resources of the Red River, September 10, 1934.
Location
103.H.16.8FFirst Annual Report, December 15, 1938. 2 folders.
Second Biennial Report, December 15, 1940.
Third Biennial Report, December 15, 1942.
Fourth Biennial Report, December 1944.
Miscellaneous Reports and Outlines.
Press and Other Miscellaneous Releases.
Quarterly Progress Reports of Executive Secretary.
Inspection Trips, 1937-1939.
North Dakota Water Commission, March 22, 1938.
Minnesota Members, March 28, 1938.
Washington Conference, May 21, 1938 and March 29, 1939.
Status of Projects as of November 4, 1938.
Summary of Chief of Engineers Annual Report, November 16, 1938.
Report of Corps of Engineers on Missouri River Diversion, December 1938.
Extract of Red River, January 10, 1939.
Comprehensive Plan, Fargo, January 20, 1939.
Upper Missouri Valley Association, March 16, 1939.
Why Support the Tri-State Waters Commission, April 1, 1939.
Summary of Impending Programs, 1937-1939, 1942.
Drainage Basin Meeting, June 2, 1939.
Why Continue to Support the Tri-State Waters Commission, January 29, 1941.
Summary of Projects, October 16, 1941.
Yankton Hearing, May 12, 1939.
Crosby, North Dakota Meeting, June 29, 1942.
Wahpeton Meeting, August 21, 1944; June 15, 1945.
Fargo Meeting, June 19, 1945.
Hillsboro, North Dakota Hearing, June 19, 1945.
National Rivers and Harbors Congress, undated, 1945.
35th Annual Convention, March 12-15, 1940.
Projects Committee Meeting, May 15-16, 1941.
Special Session, November 13-14, 1941.
36th Annual Convention, May 29-30, 1942.
Preliminary Meetings, May 14-June 10, 1937.
1st-15th Official Meetings, 1937-1943.
Location
106.H.16.9BCorrespondence, A-Z, 1940.
Correspondence, A-H, 1941.
Location
106.H.16.10FGeneral Ledger, July 1, 1937 - June 30, 1947.
Red River Valley Flood Damage Survey, 1943.
Little Minnesota Diversion Project, 1943.
Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux, 1936-1937.
Reservation Bridge, March 16; April 20, 1938.
Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux Project Correspondence, September 30, 1939.
Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux Project Endorsements, 1938.
Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux Project Program, September 30, 1939.
Public Works Administration Project Application, July 18, 1938.
Proposed Highway Project across White Rock Dam, January 28, 1942.
17th Official Meeting, July 14, 1944.
Forest River Flood Control Project, 1939, 1942.
Goose River and Pembina River Project, 1939, 1942.
Otter Tail Basin, 1936.
Park River Flood Control Project, 1939, 1941.
Red Lake-Red Lake River Project, 1939-1940.
Location
106.H.17.1BSoil Survey [Reconnaissance] of the Red River Valley Area, Minnesota, April 1939.
Erosion and Related Land Use Conditions in Winona County, Minnesota, Mark H. Brow and Iver J. Nygard, 1941.
A Compact Between the State of South Dakota, the State of North Dakota and the State of Minnesota, undated.
Annual Reports, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944.
Minutes of Meetings of the Tri-State Waters Commission, July 14, 1944.
Meeting of Federal and State Officials to Discuss the Upper Mississippi River and Its Problems, December 19, 1944.
Minutes of Meetings of the Upper Mississippi Valley Water Use Council, 1945-1946.
Drainage Basin Report, Missouri River and Minor Tributaries, North Dakota, April 1, 1939.
Report of the Sub-Committee Minnesota River Drainage Basin, December 29, 1938.
Red River of the North Drainage Basin Bibliography, undated.
Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux River, Flood Control and Water Conservation Project, March 1, 1941.
Composition of Population by Counties in the Red River of the North Drainage Basin, 1939.
Red River of the North Drainage Basin Population by Industries, December 1938.
Report on Red River of North, 1934.
Report of the Second Interstate Conference, November 25, 1935.
North Dakota State Planning Board, Water Resources Committee to National Resource Committee, Red River, Souris River and Devils Lake Drainage Basin Committee Meeting, October 21, 1938.
Report on Plans for Water Conservation, Flood Control and Drainage, Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minnesota, June 1938.
Average Monthly Precipitation Records for Stations Within, or Contingent to the Red River of the North Drainage Basin, 1935.
Pollution of the Red River of the North, Volume 1, 1931-1933.
Water Conservation Flood Control in Red River of the North, Adolph F. Meyer, Volume 2.
Reports on Sub-Basins in Minnesota, The Rid River of the North Drainage Basin, Volume 4, 1936.
Hydro Production Record and Water Power Development, Volume 7.
Location
106.H.17.2FMinutes of the Tri-State Authority, May 14, 1937.
Proceedings of the Tri-State Flood Control Association Meeting, January 10, 1917.
Photographs of Floods in 1939, 1941-1943, and of the Lake Traverse Project, 1940s.
Tri-State Waters Comission Miscellaneous Reports, 1940s.
Report of the Executive Secretary, June 18, 1945; July 6, 1946.
Miscellaneous Unfinished File, 1930s-1940s.
Forest River Flood Control Report, April 26, 1939.
Appendix A, Otter Tail Sub-Basin, Report of the Committee on a Permanent Water Plan for the Red River Basin, undated.
Appendix A-2, Report of the Committee on a Permanent Water Plan for the Red River Basin, Red Lake River Sub-Basin, March 1936.
Appendix A-3, Bois De Sioux River Sub-Basin, June 1936.
Appendix A-4, Buffalo-Wild Rice Sub-Basin, June 1936.
Appendix A-5, Snake-Roseau Sub-Basin, June 1936.
Report of Preliminary Sanitary Survey of Otter Tail River Drainage Basin, January 1936.
Report on Preliminary Sanitary Survey of Red Lake Drainage Basin, February 1936.
Red River of the North Drainage Basin Bibliography, undated.
National Resources Committee, Red River of the North, undated.
County Offices in the Red River of the North Drainage Basin, undated.
Minnesota Newspapers in the Red River of the North Drainage Basin, undated.
Monthly Discharge of Pine River Below Pine River Reservoir, undated.
Bois des Sioux Basin Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.
Red River of the North Drainage System Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.
Buffalo and Wild Rice Rivers Basin Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.
Otter Tail Basin-Minnesota Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.
Red Lake Basin-Minnesota Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.
Snake, Tamarack, Two Rivers, Roseau Basin Land and Water Area, Table No. 1, undated.

Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Flood control -- Minnesota.
Flood control -- North Dakota.
Flood control -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.).
Flood control -- South Dakota.
Interstate relations -- United States.
Lakes -- Minnesota -- Regulation.
Lakes -- North Dakota -- Regulation.
Lakes -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.) -- Regulation.
Lakes -- South Dakota -- Regulation.
Rivers -- Minnesota -- Regulation.
Rivers -- North Dakota -- Regulation.
Rivers -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.) -- Regulation.
Rivers -- South Dakota -- Regulation.
Water -- Pollution -- Minnesota.
Water -- Pollution -- North Dakota.
Water -- Pollution -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.).
Water -- Pollution -- South Dakota.
Water resources development -- Minnesota.
Water resources development -- North Dakota.
Water resources development -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.).
Water resources development -- South Dakota.
Places:
Red River of the North.
Minnesota -- Boundaries.
North Dakota -- Boundaries.
South Dakota -- Boundaries.

Return to top

To search within this finding aid,
expand all and use 'ctrl+f' (PC)
or 'cmd+f' (Mac)

Overview
Arrangement
Administrative Info
Detailed Description
Catalog Headings
Finding Aids, A-Z
New Finding Aids
Search Library & Archives Catalog
Search Collections
Library FAQ
Copy Services
Research Services
Take-Down Procedure
Library Facebook
Collections Management Toolkit