Natural Resources Department: Parks and Recreation Division: Finding Aids : MNHS.ORG


	Creator:	Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation.
	Title:	Subject Files.
	Dates:	1933-2021 (bulk 1950-2000).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, reports, studies, legal and financial materials, clippings, minutes, maps, photographs, histories, and related materials documenting the organization and operation of the division.
	Quantity:	16.55 cubic feet (17 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The files cover such topics as park management and finance, personnel training, historic sites and markers, conservation laws and legislation, natural resources information in the parks, Voyageurs National Park, earth sheltered housing, geographic information systems, Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, handicapped access, wild and scenic rivers, youth conservation work camps, relationships with other governmental bodies (state and federal) and nongovernmental associations and organizations, and land acquisition, transfer, and use. They also include divisional records, such as accident reports, park superintendent classification materials, annual park passes (1953-2021), camp ticket fees, contracts and easements, construction costs, facility designs, park manager annual reports, organization charts, biennial budget data, guidebooks and manuals, rules and regulations, attendance statistics, and state park annual activity reports.

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These records are organized into the following sections:


	1934-1988 (bulk 1950-1970)

	1933-1997 (bulk 1970-1990)

	1953-2021 (bulk 1980-2000)

	1942-2003 (bulk 1960s-1990s)

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 977-23; 2006-26; 2012-65; 2014-40; 2022-45

Processing Information:

Legacy Amendment logo

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, July 2022.

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 001735816

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112.H.6.6F

Accident reports in state parks, 1956-1970. 4 folders.

Chronological.

Interfiled individual accident reports from all of the parks.

American Forestry Association, 1958-1960.

Relating to a Hill Family Foundation grant to study wild lands (1958-1960) and a Minnesota Recreation Survey (1959).

Antiquities Act, 1959, 1962, 1970.

Concerns a 1906 act pertaining to the no cost sale of federal surplus property of historical significance to the states and proposed new legislation.

Camp tickets--Comparative study, 1951-1955. 1 volume.

Includes both full tabulations for each year, 1951-1954, and a comparison of 1952-1955.

Classification of State Park Superintendents, 1952-1955.

Correspondence and statistical data concerning a civil service point rating system used to determine each park superintendent’s class level.

Construction costs in state parks--Ledger entries, 1959-1971.

Arranged first alphabetically by park; then chronologically.

Details all construction done in each park and its cost.

Contracts, easements, etc., 1945, 1949, 1952-1965.

Telephone, sewer line, and right of way permits, and land leases for work in various state parks.

County Park Bill, 1957-1961.

Correspondence and legislation concerning a law to allow counties to purchase, lease, be gifted of, or condemn land for public parks.

Development and Operations, Report on, Minnesota State Parks, August 26, 1946. 1 volume.

Report from Harold W. Lathrop, Director, Division of State Parks, upon his retirement, to his successor, L. E. Fiero.

Fort Snelling Park Managers Training Program, 1964-1965.

Program run by the National Park Service at Fort Snelling, January 7-April 15, 1965, to train park managers for state park service. Includes agreement, training schedule, and reports on the progress of the program.

Fort Snelling State Park Association, 1961-1965.

Minutes, correspondence, meeting notices, officer lists, reports, and related materials documenting the association’s work to raise money for land acquisition following a 1961 legislative appropriation that was too small to acquire all the land needed for the park.

Great Lakes Shoreline Recreation Area Survey, 1957-1964.

A National Park Service survey, privately funded and done in conjunction with the states, completed in 1958. Documents Minnesota’s role in, and later use of, the survey.

Historic Sites and Markers Commission, 1941-1964.

Includes bylaws, scattered minutes, correspondence, and background materials.

Inter Agency Recreation Council, 1950-1960, 1967.

Representatives from the conservation, public institutions, highway, health, and social welfare departments and the Youth Conservation Commission; organized to correlate activities in the field of recreation. The council was the result of a Governor’s Advisory Committee on Recreation recommendation.

Land acquisition--Management committees, 1955-1969.

Scattered minutes and correspondence from several committees concerned with state park land acquisition.

Land exchange--State of Minnesota and U. S. Forest Service, 1961-1963.

Notices of public hearings, hearing reports, lists of attendees, and correspondence relating to land within and adjacent to the Superior and Chippewa national forests.

Land use program as related to recreation, 1958-1960, 1965.

Includes materials relating to the 1959 amending of the Recreation Act of 1926 and to the 1960 department recreation land use program.

Lathrop, Harold W., Director, Minnesota State Parks: Miscellaneous reports, undated, 1934, 1939.

Reports on state park management organization, history in the state parks, proposed development in the state parks (1934), and the bearing of the state’s Indian reservations on public recreation (1939).

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112.H.6.7B

Legislative Advisory Committee, 1951-1970. 2 folders.

Mainly concerns requests for state park appropriations, including emergency repairs at Itasca, forest tent caterpillar relief, water systems in several parks, storm damage, land purchases, and development projects. Includes correspondence and maps.

Legislative Building Commission, 1959-1972. 7 folders.

Concerns appropriations for state parks, including correspondence, clippings, and reports for the commissions 1968-1972 annual state parks’ inspection tours.

Legislative Interim Commission on Conservation Laws, 1958-1959.

Correspondence, statistical data on state park camping fees supplied to the commission, and a copy of the commission’s report recommending an increase in fees.

Legislative Research Commission, 1953-1956, 1962.

Mainly information on various aspects of the state parks supplied upon request of the commission.

Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Resources Commission [MORRC], 1959-1967, 1974.

Correspondence, progress reports, statistic sheets, and other materials requested by and supplied to the commission. Topics covered include land acquisition, development of new and existing parks, and the Omnibus National Resources and Recreation Act of 1963.

Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission, 1956-1958.

Covers proposed memorials and events in several of the state parks.

Nature Information Project in Minnesota State Parks, 1947-1963. 1 folder and 1 volume.

Documents a summer program, begun in Itasca and run in conjunction with the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Museum of Natural History, employing a naturalist in the parks to provide activities for visitors. Includes the 1947 proposal, correspondence, activity sheets used in the program, attendance figures, and reports.

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112.H.6.8F

Nature Information Project in Minnesota State Parks, 1947-1963. 1 volume.

Organization charts, Division of State Parks, 1954-1956, 1958, 1962, 1988.

Park managers: Annual reports, 1963-1966.

Compiled reports for the years 1963, 1964, and 1965; they include organizational data, surveys, and reports on activities and management in each of the parks. There is also one for Itasca covering 1946-1964.

Parks for America, 1959-1963.

Minutes, correspondence, and related materials documenting this program to encourage acquisition and re-establishment of parks at all levels of government.

Proposed demonstration projects, 1935. 3 volumes.

Reports, including maps and photographs, documenting the Proposed Central Minnesota Recreational Demonstration Project (March 1935), Proposed Nerstrand Woods Recreational Demonstration Project (August 1935), and Proposed Northeastern Minnesota Land Use Demonstration Project (1935).

Publicity Committee: Department of Conservation, 1956.

Meeting notices and minutes of two meetings.

Schmechel [John] Memorial, Redwood Falls, 1961-1962.

Correspondence, clippings, and landscape plot plan documenting a memorial grove of trees planted by Ramsey State Park employees, dedicated to Schmechel, park superintendent from 1945-1952 and employee since 1911.

Small Boat Act, 1956-1960.

Concerns federal regulation requiring running lights on all park boats.

State Aid Parkways, 1939-1964.

Legislation, resolutions, and correspondence concerning the designation of highways, mainly in the state parks, as State Aid Parkways.

State Claims Commission, 1958, 1961-1972.

Correspondence concerning claims relating to state park incidents.

State forests: Lists of superintendents, undated.

State Park Finance Fund: Certificates of indebtedness, 1955-1966.

Concerns certificates of indebtedness issued and sold through the State Board of Investment; the proceeds used for state park improvements.

State parks: Biennial budget data, 1943-1947, 1964-1965.

Transmittal and certification estimates.

State parks: Rules and regulations, 1952, 1955, 1961.

Various versions and revisions.

State trust fund lands, 1964-1969.

Mainly correspondence stating the division has no objection to the sale of lands as listed by the Division of Lands and Forestry.

Task Force on Conservation, 1955-1956.

Includes a Minnesota Self-Survey form, conducted as to the instruction of Governor Orville L. Freeman, and filled out for the entire Conservation Department.

Transferred properties, 1957-1975. 6 folders.

Documents covering the transfer of the Alexander Ramsey State Park to the City of Redwood Falls (1957), Pine Tree State Park to Beltrami County (1966-1975), Pomme de Terre State Park to the City of Morris (1966-1967), Sleepy Eye State Park to the city of Sleepy Eye (1967-1968), and Toqua Lakes State Park to Big Stone County (1967, 1974), and lease of the Watson State Scenic Wayside to the City of Watson and Watson Lions Club (1959-1960, 1964).

Uniform Interstate Policy Committee, 1958-1963, 1966.

Minutes, correspondence, and related materials documenting this committee of professional members of the National Conference on State Parks from the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Voyageurs National Park, 1959-1967. 3 folders.

Correspondence relating to the department’s cooperation in establishment of the park, including an economic study of the area (1964) and land exchange (1966).

Youth conservation work camps, 1954, 1959.

Correspondence and background materials relating to the proposed camps.

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133.B.19.15B

Administrative staff meetings, 1992-1993.

AFSCME-MAPE contract negotiations, 1980-1984.

Annual spending plans, 1971-1973.

Arrest summaries, 1984-1985.

Attendance statistics, 1954-1983. 2 folders.

Budgets, 1972-1991. 7 folders.

Program budget, 1972-1973.

Six year capital improvement budget proposals, 1979. 3 folders.

Budgets, 1980-1983.

Budget Crisis, Executive Order No. 81-2, 1980-1981.

Capital program budget, 1989-1991.

Canoe rentals, 1989.

Centennial Conference, December 4, 1990.

Complaints, 1988.

Continued education photographs, September-October 1991.

Classification of Recreational State Parks, ORA 75, 1982.

Creating Satisfied Citizens/Customers workshop, 1988.

Directors of the state parks, names and addresses, January 1, 1986.

Earth sheltered housing, 1977-1982. 6 folders.

General information file, 1977-1982.

Camden State Park, 1978-1981.

Maplewood State Park, 1978.

Whitewater State Park, 1978-1980.

Wild River State Park, 1978-1980.

Edge of the Wilderness workshop, 1987.

Employee housing and rents, 1955, 1970.

Environmental Programming and Planning Language, 1995.

Expenditures and receipts, 1959-1961.

Listed by park.

Explore Minnesota, Coca-Cola promotion, 1983-1985.

Field operations specialist, 1983.

Full time equivalents and salary cap, 1989.

Geographic Information Systems [GIS], 1990-1997. 2 folders.

Hazardous Tree Seminar, November 1, 1988.

Heritage series booklets, 1976-1982. 4 folders.

Tower Soudan: The State Park Down Under, 1976.

Whitewater: The Valley of Promise, 1977.

State Parks of the North Shore, 1979.

State Parks of the St. Croix Valley, 1982.

History, 1933-1981. 5 folders.

Minnesota State Parks: Articles by Milt Krona, undated.

Minnesota’s Park Story, U. W. Hella, December 5, 1969.

The Minnesota State Parks System in the 1970s, John Helland, February 1979.

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133.B.19.16F

Notes, undated.

History of fees and charges, 1933-1981.

Housing policy, 1982-1988.

Job openings, 1985-1986.

Law enforcement, firearms, handcuffs, etc., 1982-1989.

Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources [LCMR]: Project 101 report, 1979-1981.

Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources [LCMR]: Work program, 1986-1987.

Maintenance standards, 1986.

Managers seminar, May 1984.

Master plan, 1976.

Meetings, 1986-1987.

Merger of Parks and Trails, 1985-1986.

Methods and Operations Policy Task Force [M & O], 1981.

Minimum operating standards, 1988.

Minnesota Future Resources Commission, January 1989.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1976-1987. 3 folders.

General file, 1976-1987.

Historic sites survey photograph record, March-May 1978.

State-wide historical interpretation programs, 1976.

Minnesota Legislature, state park bills and resolutions, 1990.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1984-1989.

Minnesota Volunteer articles, 1972-1981.

Natural Resource Specialist 7-Management Park Staff Specialist [Wisconsin], July 17, 1986.

Naturalists positions, 1984-1987.

News releases, 1984-1986.

North Shore labor pool, 1983-1984.

The NR Park Supervisor Series: A Class Clarification, June 1989.

Outdoor Recreation Act [ORA], 1975.

Out of state travel, 1977-1987.

Park classification, 1977-1983.

Park Enforcement Manual, August 1979.

Park Manager Conference, 1973-1974.

Park Manager Workshop, 1976.

Park manager history, 1990. 2 folders.

Park planning, 1977-1987.

Park policies, 1975-1982.

Park specialists, 1981.

Part-time positions converted to full-time, 1989-1990.

Personnel rosters, 1976-1991.

Photographs, undated.

Planners Conference, May 23, 1986.

Planners Task Force, 1986-1987.

Professional services, 1984-1985.

Project 80: Report by U. W. Hella, February 17, 1972.

Project 80: General file, 1970-1976.

Public Use of State Parks and Other Recreational Areas, Proposed Rules Revision, November 28, 1988.

Public Relations Communications Training Workshop, April 1980.

Regional Resource Specialist, position description, 1984-1990.

Reservations, 1983-1987.

Reserve Mining Company-DNR hearing presentation maps, January 22, 1976.

Rules and regulations, miscellaneous, 1967-1985.

Service award pins, 1962-1974.

Sexual Harassment Workshop, 1989.

Share time program, 1984-1986.

Signs, undated.

St. Louis County land sale, 1975.

St. Paul office restructuring, 1977.

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112.H.6.9B

State Park recreation plan, 1970. 3 folders.

Step Project Review, Marketing State Parks, 1985.

A Survey of Minnesotans on Their Attitudes, Perceptions and Use of Minnesota State Parks, December 1988.

Temporary worker positions, 1980-1981.

Training Conference, November 1989.

Upper St. Croix Development Coordinator, 1976-1978.

Users survey, 1974.

Violation reports, 1987.

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Location

112.H.6.9B

Albrecht (Nancy) files:

Benefits Based Management, Making It Happen, workbook, 1994.

Minnesota State Parks Centennial Conference, 1990.

Understanding and Working with the Political Process, 1989.


		Annual Park Passes, 1953-2021. 4 folders.
			With the individual passes, the files also contain a sheet describing the State Park Permit chronology listing specific state parks featured on passes from 1983-2010 and examples of resident, senior resident, and non-resident passes (1982-1985 only). In 2001, the passes changed from a January-December pass to an annual pass starting from the month of purchase.
			1953-2013
			2014-2021

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106.C.17.1

DNR Centennial 1911-2011, 2011. 1 poster.

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112.H.6.9B

Fort Snelling, 1995-1997. 2 folders.

Gitchi-Gami Trail, 1999-2000.

Great River Road (104), 1998.1999.

Guidebooks/Manuals:

Interpretive Operations Manual, June 1986. 2 folders.

Park Development Manual, April 1984.

Park Maintenance Manual, Spring 1982.

Publications Manual, June 1984.

Strategic Planning Reference Guide, 1993.

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112.H.6.10F

LCMR files (old) (106), 1995-1997.

Maps (park), 1960s-1980s.

Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) (105, 106), 1983-2000.

PR [Parks and Recreation] Number Set: PR number index, undated.

PR 101: Operations Budget, 1999-2001.

PR 102: CAPERA, 1991-1997.

PR 103: PEP [Project Evaluation Process], 1994-1995.

PR 104: Fire Rings, 1993.

PR 105: Picnic Tables, 1995-1997.

PR 106: Field Services, undated.

PR 107: Handicapped Accessibility:

ADA, 2000.

Website Accessibility, 1998-2000.

PR 108: LCMR-Media Rare-Energy Project, 1997-1999. 2 folders.

PR 109: LAWCON, 1998-2000.

PR 110: Camper Cabins, 2001.

PR 111: Vault Toilets, 1995.

PR 113: Hosteling Int, 1995.

PR 114: PCA [Pollution Control Agency], 1999-2000.

PR 115: Touchstone Energy, 2000.

PR 116: Wetlands, 1995.

PR 117: Highway Signs, 1986-1993. 2 folders.

PR 119: Funding History, 1999.

PR 120: C.R. 19-20 Lake Bemidji, 1998-2000. 2 folders.

21PR 121: Grey Cloud Island, 1999-2000.

PR 122: Agreements, 1990s.

PR 124: Bridges and Roads, 1996-1997.

PR 125: Building Inventory, Facility Assessment, 1993-1996. 2 folders.

PR 126: Dam Safety, 2001.

PR 127: Hiring Process, 2000.

PR 129: Trails, 1988-1994.

PR 130: Building Specs. and Costs, 1998.

PR 131: Battle Point Park, 1997.

PR 132: Central Office/Office Space, 1994-2000.

PR 133: FEMA, 1999.

PR 134: ISTEA/TEA 21, 1999.

PR 135: Scenic Byways (Federal MN/DOT program), 1999.

PR 137: Banning Sewer, 1999-2000. 2 folders.

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107.G.1.8F

Abandoned railroad right of way, 1988.

Acres and units of state parks, 1975.

Aesthetic Environment Program: Antirecession, 1977.

Agreements, 1970-1992. 2 folders.

Agreements: Minnesota Historical Society, 1966-1979.

Agricultural lease policy, 1982.

All terrain vehicles, 1974-1985.

Annual reports for interpretive programs, 1975-1980.

Archaeology, 1978-1985.

Attendance: State parks, 1980-1981.

Backpacking, 1971-1976.

Barge fleeting, 1982-1983.

Beaches, 1979-1984.

Big Fork River proposed park, 1990.

Bike guidelines, 1972.

Bikeways, 1972-1979.

Budget, 1978-1984.

Campground development, 1958-1974.

Campground: Policy and standards, 1964-1982.

Camping associations, 1963-1978.

Camping studies, 1967-1974.

Canoe information, 1972-1977.

Canoe outfitters, 1985.

Chippewa National Forest management plan, 1970-1985.

Citizens' Panel on the Impact of Agricultural Activities on Shore Land Areas, 1983.

Citizen participation, 1979-1980.

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107.G.1.9B

Civil War and Sioux Uprising Centennial, 1959-1962.

Civilian Conservation Corps, 1980-1986.

Classification study: State parks, 1975.

Clippings, 1975-1985. 7 folders.

Collector's permits, 1969-1973.

Commissioner's Council meetings, 1987-1991.

Commissioner’s Office: Public hearing transcripts, 1973. 3 folders.

In the matter of the proposed adoption of rules and regulations of the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources governing the Minnesota wild and scenic rivers system pursuant to the authority of Laws of Minnesota, 1973, Chapter 271. Hearings were held in St. Paul, December 26, Duluth, December 27, and Mankato, December 28.

Criteria for state park development, 1957-1972.

Critical areas acts, 1973-1979.

Development policies, 1982-1983.

Dog sleds (mushers), 1980.

Dog trails, 1978.

Drainage methods: Aesthetic, 1978.

Edge of the wilderness area, 1987.

Corps of Engineers: Planning review, 1975-1980.

Environmental assessments and review, 1971-1981.

Environmental Quality Council, 1967-1978.

Facilities inventory: Parks, 1970.

Facility designs:

Adirondack shelter typical drawings, undated.

Kitchen typical drawings, undated.

Picnic shelters typical drawings, undated.

Signs, 1974-1976.

Drawings: Toilet accommodations, 1968-1974.

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107.G.1.10F

Drawings: Trailer dumping station, 1970.

Drawings: Typicals, undated.

Picnic table typical drawings, undated.

Public access, trail, and canoe signs typical drawings, undated.

Various toilet specifications drawings, undated.

Miscellaneous and various state parks typical drawings, undated.

Forest management, 1964-1983.

Goals and objectives, 1969-1984.

Gooseberry Falls State Park, 1970-1987.

Governor's action plan/issues, 1984-1987.

Group camps, 1978-1985.

Handicapped facilities, 1972-1977.

Handicapped program, 1974-1982.

Helicopters over state parks, 1976.

U.W. Hella, 1971.

Heritage Trust Fund, 1988-1991.

Hiawatha-Appleblossom Scenic Drive, 1971.

Hiawatha Heritage Trail, 1963-1968.

Hiawatha Pioneer Trail, 1968-1969.

Historic building locations, 1982.

Historic sites: Minnesota, 1961-1973.

Historic sites in state parks, 1961-1981.

Historical markers within state parks, 1964-1967.

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107.J.2.4F

History: State parks, undated, 1964, 1981-1982. 2 folders.

Horseback riding in state parks, 1985.

Hostels, 1981-1982.

Indian burial grounds, 1976-1977.

Innovation Board, 1987-1990.

Interpretation program: State park natural history, 1960-1964.

Interpretive information, 1976-1980.

Interpretive plan, 1977-1980.

Interpretive planning, 1969-1980.

Interpretive services program, 1978.

Interpretive Regional Naturalist meeting minutes, 1975-1980.

Islands of Peace Park (Fridley), 1976-1978.

Izaak Walton League of America: Resolutions, 1969-1981.

Robert D. Johnston: Memoirs of Career with the Department of Natural Resources/Division of Parks and Recreation, circa 1983.

Knife Lake Dam, 1973.

Lake Byllesby Dam, 1982.

Lake improvement program, 1973-1977.

Land, 1980-1981.

Land acquisition, 1972.

Land acquisition fact sheets, 1969-1971.

Land acquisition inventory, 1953-1975. 2 folders.

Land acquisition statistics, 1974-1978.

Land exchange, 1969-1973.

Land gifts, 1983.

Land Lease Task Force, 1974-1975.

Land manual, 1976.

Land policy, 1982.

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107.J.2.5B

Land suitability, 1983-1984.

Land and Water Conservation Fund [LAWCON], 1979-1982.

Land use planning, 1969-1973.

Leech Lake Indian Reservation, 1972-1973.

Legal, 1978.

Legislative files, 2001-2003.

Include correspondence, reports, printed items and related records.

Budget cuts, Fiscal Year 2002-2003.

Capital budget, 2002.

Fact sheets, 2002-2003. 2 folders.

General information, 2002 LCMR park study, 2003.

Lesser used parks, 1977-1983.

Long Lake Conservation Center, 1972-1975.

Lower Minnesota River recreation and wildlife habitat protection, 1973.

Lower Mississippi River wilderness, 1976.

Marketing plans, 1986-1987.

Mendota Heights Park, 1972.

Metro parks, 1963-1983.

Metro plans, 1976.

Met Council plans: Legislative funds, 1974-1978.

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107.J.2.6F

Metropolitan River Corridors Study Committee, 1985-1987.

Minnehaha State Park (Minneapolis park system), 1983.

Minnesota Council of State Parks, 1968-1969.

Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Resources Commission, 1966.

Minnesota Power and Light Company, 1977-1981.

Minnesota Power and Light Company: North Shore, 1980-1981.

Minnesota Recreation and Park Association, 1969-1978.

Minnesota Resources Commission, 1963-1972. 2 folders.

Minnesota River, 1976-1977.

Minnesota River Boating and Trails Association, 1968-1969.

Minnesota River management plan and designation, 1976-1977.

Minnesota Science Museum, 1980.

Minnesota State Fair, 1973-1976.

Minnesota wild and scenic rivers, 1965-1976.

Mission, undated.

Mississippi headwaters plan, 1980.

Mississippi River Parkway Commission, 1957-1976. 2 folders.

National Park Service: Potential park areas in northern Minnesota, 1959.

Naturalist news, 1975-1977.

Natural Resources Department: Bureau of Engineering, 1973-1981.

Natural resources legislation, 1969-1984.

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107.J.2.7B

Needs report, 1979.

North Shore: Coastal zone management, 1978-1989.

North Shore: Gravel problem, 1977-1978.

Park week, 1978.

Personnel, 1952-1970.

Photographs: State parks, undated.

Policy statement: Power and utility construction in state parks, 1967.

Power plants, 1972.

Preservation plan, 1985.

Project 80 reports, 1972-1973.

Proposed park properties, 1968-1969.

Scientific and natural areas, 1971-1973.

State parks' annual activity records/reports, 1942-1961, 1971-1981. 13 folders.

1942-1980. 12 folders.

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107.J.2.8F

1981. 1 folder.

State park attendance, 1940-1977.

State park history, 1940-1976.

State park history: Development projects, 1940-1976.

State park profiles (Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Resources Commission), undated. 2 folders.

State parks: Trails, 1977-1985.

Support a park correspondence, 1982-1983.

Ten-year capital improvement plans, 1961-1985.

Tree records, 1976.

Tamarac on the St. Croix, 1972-1981.

Trails, 1969-1981.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1960-1968.

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107.J.2.9B

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1967-1972.

U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, 1960-1973.

Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, 1968-1970.

Upper Mississippi River, 1979.

Upper Mississippi River master plan, 1981.

Upper St. Croix Management Commission, 1979-1985.

Urban Mississippi River corridor, 1972-1978.

Volunteers in Parks program, 1973-1981.

Voyageurs National Park [VNP], 1964-1984. 29 folders.

1975-1984.

Boundary Waters Landowners Association, 1972.

Brochures, statements, 1964-1966.

Chapter No. 852 establishing VNP, 1971.

Citizens Committee, 1967-1968.

Clippings, brochures, 1968-1983. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1968-1984. 2 folders.

Deed to United States of state acquired lands, 1972.

Fact book, 1971.

Prepared by the Minnesota Resources Commission for the Minnesota State Legislature.

Governor Andersen's news release, 1972.

Governor Andersen's tour of park area, 1972.

Hearing, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1970.

Land acquisition by U.S. or exchange with U.S., 1965.

Land classification list, 1984.

Legislative processes study: 1891-1973.

Maps, 1960s-1970s.

Master plan, 1968-1969.

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107.J.2.10F

National Park Service correspondence, 1970-1980.

National Park Service: International Falls Office, 1971.

Planning Coordinator Maurice Chandler (State Planning Agency), 1973.

Planning workshop, 1971.

Public Law 91-166-91st Congress, 1971.

Questions and answers, 1971.

Resolutions, 1965-1968.

A Summary Report Voyageurs National Park Proposal: An Administrative Report Not a Publication, October 1967.

Volunteer magazine material, 1971.

Wilderness study, 1979-1980.

Voyageurs National Park Association, 1956-1980. 2 folders.

Water management studies, 1978.

Water quality, 1978-1980.

Water and sewage sampling and testing program, 1971.

Weeds, 1974-1978.

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1968-1974.

Women in natural resources, 1987.

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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:: Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Fees -- Minnesota.; Civil service positions -- Minnesota -- Classification.; Conservation of natural resources -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota.; Earth sheltered houses -- Minnesota.; Geographic information systems -- Minnesota.; Historic sites -- Minnesota.; Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota.; Natural areas -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Minnesota -- Facilities -- Designs and plans.; Parks -- Minnesota -- Finance; Parks -- Minnesota -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Parks -- Minnesota -- History.; Parks -- Minnesota -- Management.; Parks -- Minnesota -- Planning.; Parks -- Accidents -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Barrier-free design -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Fees -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.; Parks -- Public use -- Minnesota.; Public lands -- Minnesota.; Recreation areas -- Minnesota.; Wild and scenic rivers -- Minnesota.; Work camps -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.; Minnesota. Department of Conservation.; Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources.; Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation -- Positions.; United States. National Park Service.

Places:: Voyageurs National Park (Minn.)

Document Types:: Clippings (information artifacts) -- Minnesota.; Maps -- Minnesota.

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NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT: PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION:

OVERVIEW

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ARRANGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

ALPHABETICAL SERIES I, 1934-1988 (BULK 1950-1970)

ALPHABETICAL SERIES II, 1933-1997 (BULK 1970-1990)

ALPHABETICAL SERIES III, 1953-2021 (BULK 1980-2000)

ALPHABETICAL SERIES IV, 1942-2003 (BULK 1960S-1980S).

CATALOG HEADINGS