AUDITOR: LAND DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Timber Files, Miscellaneous
at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Minnesota. State Auditor. Land
Department.
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| Title: | Timber files,
miscellaneous. |
| Dates: | 1897,
1913-1970. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Various records documenting the Land Department's duties and
activities involving timber. |
| Quantity: | 0.6 cubic feet (1 box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Included are files concerning statistics on timber harvest, value, and sales;
reforestation; the Kabetogama Land Exchange Project; timber trespass, scaling, and
appraisal; tax-forfeited lands and timber sale in Hubbard County; and sale of
stumpage. Also historical data on the timber department.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minnesota. State Auditor. Land Department. Timber Files, Miscellaneous.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001705014
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 111.C.12.6F | | R. L. Horr Lawsuit, 1924. |
| | | State of Minnesota v R. L. Horr (Ramsey County District Court File No.
151548), in which the state unsuccessfully demanded additional payment for
timber cut on state land. Horr was connected with E. W. Backus'
International Lumber Company. |
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| | Hamre-Hogenson Case, 1929. |
| | | Correspondence regarding State of Minnesota v Hamre-Hogenson Holding Co.,
concerning the status of merchantable timber on tracts of land in Clearwater
County. |
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| | Abstract of Cutting, 1915-1921. 4 folders. |
| | | Statistics, by permit number, of types of timber cut during each harvesting
season, with a summary of totals for 1915-1921. |
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| | Timber Statistics, 1920-1930. |
| | | Summary statistics on timber offered, sold, and actually cut in each year; by
year and by individual permit number. |
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| | Report on Sales and Cut of Timber on State Lands, 1914-1924. |
| | | Statistical report, with associated statistics. |
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| | Koochiching County Timber Value Data, 1913-1925. |
| | | Tables showing value of different species of timber harvested under each
timber permit for each year. |
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| | Sales of Timber Under Provisions of Section 10, Chapter 276, Laws of
1925, 1930-1931. |
| | | Lists of timber sold under each harvesting permit (Nos. 5103-5343), giving
permit number, land parcel(s), date of sale, purchaser, class of timber, and
amount paid. Section 10 permitted the state auditor to sell small amounts of
dead, down, dying, or diseased timber on state land without formal approval
by the Timber Board. |
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| | Timber Tax Matters, 1927. |
| | | Tables showing timber sales, by species, giving estimates, actual cuts, and
values for several counties, 1917-1925, with associated correspondence. |
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| | Correspondence and Statements Regarding Minnesota's Forestry and
Timber Land Management Policies, 1920s. |
| | | Numbered, with an item list. |
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| | Minnesota Reforestation Commission Questionnaire and
Replies, 1928. |
| | | Detailed responses by State Auditor Ray P. Chase to the commission's
questions regarding the management of timber holdings on state land. |
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| | Memoranda Regarding Kabetogama Land Exchange Project, circa 1944-1945. |
| | | Preliminary report (1944) on the project by Chester S. Wilson, with
associated summaries of the land involved and its value. |
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| | Miscellany Regarding State Lands, 1897. |
| | | Mainly dealing with claims. |
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| | Timber Department, 1931-1933. |
| | | Inventory of furniture, equipment, supplies, and records in the state timber
office (January 1933); correspondence regarding timber trespass, dead and
down timber, reforestation, sale of timber on state land, and timber scaling
and appraisal; and historical and summary information on the duties and
activities of the timber department. |
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| | Notice of Sale of Stumpage, 1935-1954. 8 folders. |
| | | Becker County, August 1937. |
| | | Cass County, September 1936. |
| | | Cook County, September 1935-August 1950. |
| | | Itasca County, September 1935-September 1954. |
| | | Koochiching County, September 1935-August 1948. |
| | | Lake County, March 1939-May 1948. |
| | | Lake of the Woods County, September 1951-August 1952. |
| | | St. Louis County, September 1935-September 1950. |
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| | Hubbard County Tax-Forfeited Land and Timber Sale
Notices, 1942-1970. |
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:
- Forests and forestry -- Minnesota --
Measurement.
- Forests and forestry -- Valuation --
Minnesota.
- Public lands -- Minnesota -- Hubbard County --
Management.
- Reforestation -- Minnesota.
- Timber -- Minnesota.
- Timber -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Kabetogama Land Exchange
Project.
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