ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE:

An Inventory of Its Correspondence and Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. Department of Economic Development. Commissioner's Office.
Title:Correspondence and Subject Files.
Dates:1971-1978.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence and subject files documenting the administration and duties of the commissioner's office, including those of the deputy commissioners.
Quantity:12.75 cubic feet (13 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Topics for which the files are particularly extensive include area redevelopment, legislation, personnel, trade missions, strikes, port authorities, tourism, industrial development, speeches, community development, energy, environment, affirmative action, and motion picture production.

There are also files documenting the department's relations with the Great Lakes Commission, Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission, National Association of State Development Agencies, Legislative Advisory Commission, and the Governor's Office.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

The records are organized in the following series: Deputy Commission A. M. DeYoannes, 1971-1976; Commissioner Lee A. Vann, 1975-1978; Deputy Commissioner James A. Lukazewski, 1976-1978; Commissioner Mark Dayton, 1977-1978; Deputy Commissioner Stephen Kane, 1977-1978.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Economic Development. Commissioner's Office. Correspondence and Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 984-115

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001710902


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseDEPUTY COMMISSION A. M. DEYOANNES, 1971-1976

Location
126.B.19.14FAdministration Department.
Advertising Agency, 1975-1976.
Affirmative action.
Area Redevelopment Administration. 9 folders.
Budget.
Duluth Office.
General.
Gordy Schuseman Reports.
Indian ARA Bill.
Legislation.
O'Reilly file.
Statute.
Testimony Before U.S. Congress.
Arrowhead Regional Development.
Blatnik, John.
Blood drive, 1975.
Boards and commissions legislation.
Business Assistance Act.
Civil Service and Unclassified Personnel Study Commission.
Commissioner's Advisory Committee.
Community recognition.
Compensation Review Board hearing, June 1973.
Complimentary letters regarding Department of Economic Development [DED].
Comprehensive Employment Training Act.
Congressional delegation.
Copper-nickel.
Correspondence. 17 folders.
DeYoannes, Personal.
Duluth.
Duluth Area Economic Development Coordinator.
Location
126.B.19.15BDED. 5 folders.
Inter-office memos, 1974-1975.
Objectives, 1971-1975.
Public Relations Program, l974. 2 folders.
Regional assignments.
Economic Development Administration. 4 folders.
Economic Development Operation.
Energy.
Gaylord (John) general file.
Governor's Office.
Great Lakes Commission. 2 folders.
Heltzer, James R. 2 folders.
Hockey Hall of Fame.
Horseshoe Hall of Fame.
Industrial development.
Interoffice memos.
Iron Range Resources Commission.
Legislation. 9 folders.
Legislative Advisory Committee.
Location
126.B.10.6FLegislature. 2 folders.
L and M Radiator, Inc.
Lock and Dam No. 26.
Marketing.
Metroland.
Migrant workers.
Mineral rights.
Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission.
Minnesota Resources Commission.
National Association of Commerce and Industry.
North Central Forest Experiment Station.
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Northwest Economic Development, Inc.
Office quarters correspondence.
Personnel Department correspondence. 3 folders.
Position control correspondence, 1972-1975.
Position descriptions, unclassified.
Privacy Study Commission.
Promotional items.
Publicity and Promotion Division, 1975.
Red Lake Bank (Red Lake) Tribal Skill Training Center.
Regional development commissions. 2 folders.
Research Division.
Revenue bonds.
Rural Development Act.
Small Business Administration.
Universal Atlas Cement Company.
United States Steel Company.
Upper Great Lakes, Wisconsin meeting.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseCOMMISSIONER LEE A. VANN, 1975-1978

Location
126.B.20.1BSubject Files, Set 1:
Concerning activities with companies, associations, projects, the federal government, and other agencies.
Arrowhead Regional Development Commission.
Bakeries/Labor Contract, May 1977.
Blank, Dr. Uel.
Byam (Wally), Caravan Club, 1977.
Chamber of Commerce.
Clean Air Act.
Coastal Zone Management, 1976-1977.
Cobler, Russ and Associates: Minnesota Imagery Project.
Communications Services, Inc. Control Data.
Cuba Trade Mission (Alamar Associates), 1977.
Election analysis.
Economic Development Administration. 2 folders.
Energy.
Dalton Motors, ARA loans.
Data Card Corporation.
Development Digest, The.
Duluth, Metro Economic Development Association.
Duluth Port Authority.
Environmental Quality Council.
Equitable Life Assurance.
Farmfest 1976.
Forest fire situation, 1976.
Gas line, Dome. 2 folders.
Grand Portage Radisson Inn.
Iron ore mining strike.
J.F. and P. Associates.
License plates.
Ludwig (C.C.) Award.
Metro Profile correspondence.
Metropolitan commissions.
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation.
Minnesota Business Ambassadors, 1976.
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Execs, 1976-1978.
Minnesota-Dakotas Retail Hardware Association v Minnesota.
Minnesota Great Lakes Commission.
Minnesota Horizons, 1977.
Minnesota Industrial Development Association.
National Association of State Development Agencies, 1976. 2 folders.
National Geographic, 1975-1976.
News Front, 1977.
Northwest Airlines pilot's strike.
Pre-reduced pellet plant.
Product liability insurance.
Red River Valley Sugar Project.
St. Paul Port Authority Bus Tour, 1977.
SBA Advisory Council, 1976-1977.
Sebeka Paper Project.
Shore, Inc., 1973-1976.
Small Business Administration.
Small Business Task Force.
Location
126.B.20.2FSmall Business Task Force.
Snowmobile legislation, 1977.
Solar Energy Research Institute.
Southwest Regional Development Commission.
Speech requests.
Spirit Mountain Motel Complex.
Split Infinitive.
Sport and Travel Show schedule, 1977.
Stadium.
Staff activity reports, 1977.
Staff meetings, 1975-1977. 2 folders.
State Planning Agency.
Successor Bill.
Survey responses.
Vann (Lee), Commissioner appointment.
Tax Study Commission.
Tourism, 1976-1977. 2 folders.
Tourism Department hearings, 1977.
Tourism Research Proposals, December 1977.
Transportation Department.
Travel.
Travel agency policy.
Trenda, Dorn (ARA).
Trkla (Nick), Consultant.
Twin City Broadcasters, Inc.
Twin Cities Purchasing Management Association.
Two Harbors/DM and IR.
Ulmer, George.
U.S. Commerce Department.
U.S. Interior Department.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.
Valley Fair.
Vann (Lee A.) interview.
Vann (Lee) business/civic activities.
Vann (Lee) testimony, January 24, 1977.
Vexilar.
Vikingland.
Vocational Education Conference.
Vocational education.
Voyageurs National Park.
World Trade Week, May 1976.
Yugoslavia Trip, Governor.
Zoo.
Location
126.B.20.3BSubject Files, Set 2:
Concerning activities with the Governor’s Office, other state agencies, and the legislature, and activities within the department.
Advertising Request for 1978 Session.
Advisory Commission, 1975-1976.
Arnold ( Senator Norbert), 1976. 2 folders.
Attorney General.
Budget hearings.
Concerned Minnesota Leaders.
DED/Economic Security Department coordination.
DED inter-office memos.
Division Work Programs.
Economic Summit Conference.
Executive Council.
Governor Cabinet meetings, 1977-1978.
Governor’s correspondence and letter referrals. 2 folders.
Governor's luncheons. 2 folders.
Heltzer (Jim) testimony.
Industrial Development Division, 1976-1978. 2 folders.
Legislative Advisory Committee proposals, 1977-1978.
Legislative Auditor.
Legislative matters, 1978-1979.
Legislative sessions, 1976-1978. 3 folders.
M.B.O.'s, Lee Vann, 1977.
Minnesota Franchise Act.
Miscellaneous correspondence.
Negative/industrial development.
Northern Minnesota Small Business Development Center.
Personnel, 1975-1977.
Personnel Board.
Publicity.
Purfeerst, Clarence.
Reports to Governor and Legislature, 1978.
Research Division, 1977-1978.
State of Minnesota correspondence and miscellaneous, 1975-1977.
Tax Study Commission testimony, 1977.
Vann (Lee) correspondence regarding appointment.
Location
126.B.20.4FSpeech and Appearance Files, 1975-1978. 11 folders.

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Expand/CollapseDEPUTY COMMISSIONER JAMES A. LUKAZEWSKI, 1976-1978

Location
126.B.20.4F January-April 1976. 4 folders.
Location
126.B.20.5B May 1976-February 1978.

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Expand/CollapseCOMMISSIONER MARK DAYTON, 1977-1978

Location
126.B.20.6FSubject Files: Set 1:
Documents on activities with companies, associations, projects, the federal government, and other miscellaneous agencies.
Area Redevelopment Administration.
Bike trail information.
Communities in Minnesota speeches/visits.
Community Development Corporations.
Consumer Services Energy Proposal.
Dayton (Mark) miscellaneous correspondence.
DED, Tourism Division.
Dome pipeline.
Economic Advisory Committee.
Energy.
Energy emergency.
Governor's tourism luncheon.
Land Exchange Board.
Luncheons at Governor's Residence.
National Solar Energy Research Institute.
Northwest Airlines strike.
Panama Canal Delegation from Minnesota.
Pipestone Manufacturing Company's unemployment compensation tax rate appeal.
President's environmental message.
Selection of DED Commissioner.
Soleta, William Robert.
State Government Productivity LEAP Report.
Treasury Small Business Advisory Committee.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.
Urban development.
White House Conference on Economic Growth.
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126.B.20.7BCorrespondence, February-December 1978.
Concerning activities with companies, associations, projects, and federal and state government.
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126.B.20.8FSubject Files: Set 2:
Agriculture.
Agricultural labor relations.
Agribusiness.
Big Marine Lake.
Bilingual education.
Bocce Ball Program.
Business tax credit.
Container deposit legislation.
Corporate liaison.
Correspondence, Mark B. Dayton.
Crookston Gasohol Project.
Crow Wing River.
Early Childhood Screening Program.
Energy Agency.
Energy Future Conference.
Energy legislation.
Energy legislation, federal.
Energy message.
Governor's correspondence.
Governor's Manpower Office.
Governor's Trail Proposal.
Great Lakes Basin Commission.
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126.B.20.9BHerbicides.
Human Services Office.
Indian Affairs.
Lake Minnetonka.
Land Exchange.
LAWCON.
Livestock Sanitary Board.
Luce Line Trail.
McCarthy Beach State Park.
Mineland reclamation.
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Miscellaneous memos.
Missouri River Basin Commission.
Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Natural Resources Department.
Natural Resources Department, Commissioner.
Nutrition Policy Conference.
Pollution Control Agency.
Pollution Control Agency, Legislation.
Power line.
Red River Valley.
Robo letters.
Root River Trail.
Saint Croix.
Senate Economic Development Committee.
Shade Tree Program.
Solar Energy Conference.
Solar energy legislation.
Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Commission.
Speech file.
Spirit Mountain.
Stevens, J. P.
Sugar beet cooperatives.
Tax credit For charitable contributions.
Up North Crafts, Inc.
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission.
Voyageurs National Park.
Water resources.
Water Resources Board.
Zoo Board.
Location
126.B.20.10FMiscellaneous Files.
Clean-up Campaign.
Crane Lake.
LAC request.
Peat.
Serbian VP Dinner.

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Expand/CollapseDEPUTY COMMISSIONER KANE, 1977-1978

Location
126.B.20.10FAdministration Division.
Affirmative action correspondence.
Area and Community Development Division.
Audio-visual show production.
Community Assistance Division.
Council for the Economic Status of Women.
Equal Business Opportunity Division.
Flood control and coordination.
Governor's Council on Motion Picture Production.
Independent Republicans.
Industrial Development Division.
International Trade Division.
International trade missions.
Kane (Stephen A.) chronological file.
Media relations.
Minnesota Minority Business Opportunity Committee.
Miscellaneous file.
Motion picture correspondence, miscellaneous.
Promotion planning (Robert C. Bruce Productions).
Publicity Division.
Rachner, Jane.
Research Division.
Screen Actors' Guild.
Severson (Sonja) chronological file.
Small Business Division.
Tourism Division.
Working Environment Task Force.

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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:
Affirmative action programs -- Minnesota.
Community development -- Minnesota.
Energy policy -- Minnesota.
Environmental policy -- Minnesota.
Industrial policy -- Minnesota.
International trade.
Motion pictures -- Minnesota.
Port districts -- Minnesota.
Strikes and lockouts -- Minnesota.
Tourism -- Government policy -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Dayton, Mark, 1947-
DeYoannes, A. M. (Armando M.), 1911-
Kane, Stephen.
Lukazewski, James.
Vann, Lee A.
Organizations:
Great Lakes Commission.
Minnesota. Department of Economic Development -- Administration.
Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Advisory Committee.
Minnesota. Governor.
National Association of State Development Agencies (U.S.)
Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission (U.S.)
Places:
Minnesota -- Economic conditions.

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