PLANNING BOARD:
An Inventory of Its State Maps at the Minnesota
Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Minnesota State Planning
Board.
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| Title: | State Maps. |
| Dates: | circa
1934-1936. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Representative sample of maps produced by the Planning
Board, possibly in cooperation with the Works Progress Administration [WPA]. Topics
covered include urban population, creameries, forest areas, state parks, horses and
mules, farms, state institutions, railroads, bus lines, climate, electricity, soils,
and percentage of American born population. |
| Quantity: | 1.0 cubic feet (14 items in 1
box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minnesota State Planning Board. State Maps. Minnesota Historical
Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 008332777
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The majority are mounted on particle board and measure 17 inches by 22 inches.
Each map is of the entire state unless otherwise specified.
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| Location | |
| 126.G.3.7 | | No. 23. Percentage Urban Population. |
| | | Percentage of each county’s population living in an urban area. |
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| | No. 38-A. Creameries. |
| | | Number of creameries and where they were located. |
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| | No. 89. Forest Areas and State Parks, 1934. |
| | | Location of each national and state forest, state park and ranger
district. |
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| | No. 95. Present Forest Areas, 1934. |
| | | Forested areas of the state as of 1934. |
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| | No. 103. Original Forest Areas. |
| | | Areas of the state originally forested; showing coniferous and hardwood
forests, and prairie. |
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| | No. 112. Number of Horses and Mules, U.S. Farm Census. |
| | | Number of horses and mules per county in 1890, 1910, and 1930. |
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| | No. 113. Number of Farms, 1890-1930, U.S. Farm Census. |
| | | Number of farms in each county in 1890, 1910, and 1930. |
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| | No. 144. Population of State Institutions, 1870-1935. |
| | | A chart depicting the number of people in each of the state’s institutions
from 1870 through 1935. Categories listed: Insane and Inebriate; Feeble
Minded and Epileptic; Criminalistic, Reformatory, Prison and Reformatory for
Women; Blind, Deaf, Crippled Children; Delinquent Minors; Dependent Children
(Owatonna); and Tuberculosis (State Sanatorium). |
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| | No. 198. Distance from Railroads. |
| | | Areas in the state five to ten or more miles away from a railroad line. |
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| | No. 208. Bus Lines, 1932. |
| | | Location of bus lines as of 1932. |
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| | No. 272. Climatological Data: Last Killing Frost. |
| | | By region, time when the last killing frost of the spring occurs. |
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| | No. 325. Average Size of Farms, U.S. Farm Census (By
Counties), 1930. |
| | | Average size of a farm in each county. |
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| | No. 341. Area Within Thirty Miles of a Municipal Plant Generating
Electric Current, 1934. |
| | | Areas of the state within thirty miles of a municipal electrical power
plant. |
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| | No. 350. Broad Classification of Soils. |
| | | Fourteen different types of soil and their location in the state. |
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| | No. 373. Birthplace of American Born Population of Minnesota 1930 by
Geographic Divisions. |
| | | Map of the United States documenting the population of Minnesota that was not
born in the state but was born in the United States. Also includes other
state population data from 1930. |
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:
- Bus lines -- Minnesota.
- City dwellers -- Minnesota.
- Climatology.
- Creameries -- Minnesota.
- Electric power distribution -- Minnesota.
- Farms -- Minnesota.
- Forest management -- Minnesota.
- Horses -- Minnesota.
- Land use -- Minnesota.
- Mules -- Minnesota.
- Parks -- Minnesota.
- Planning -- Minnesota.
- Population.
- Public institutions -- Minnesota.
- Railroads -- Minnesota.
- Soils -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- United States. Works Progress
Administration (Minn.).
- United States. Work Projects
Administration (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota.
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