CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:

The majority of the materials detail his work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) programs. Included are daily reports by rangers Beatty (1911-1917) and Fred W. Bessette (1912-1914) detailing forestry work, primarily in the Orr, Minnesota area; a descriptive list of the 62 CCC companies operating in Minnesota (October 22, 1934); notepads kept by Beatty documenting his daily activities and travel and personnel at the various CCC/ECW camps (undated, 1935, 1941); an article by Beatty describing ECW projects in the state's forests during 1933 through 1936; and CCC photographs (1938-1940).

The CCC photographs are mostly identified, dated, and mounted on album pages compiled by or for Beatty. They show CCC camps, including S-81 at Kabetogama, S-95, S-97, Big Falls, Cusson, and Side Lake; personnel; equipment; buildings, particularly lookout towers, forestry stations, and the central office complex in Grand Rapids; general landscaping and improvement work done at picnic areas, campgrounds, and lakeshores in the state forests; conservation dams built on public lakes and streams, including the Kettle Falls Dam; and a variety of other CCC/ECW activities such as winter logging, snow plowing, and firefighting and prevention. Several photographs of Beatty are included. A photograph album also includes photographs of Beatty and fellow forest rangers, patrolmen, and their families participating in forest rangers' meetings, classes, and reunions. Locations include Ash Lake, Badura Nursery, Crane Lake, Elbow Lake, Ely Lake, Highway 23 before and during construction, Kabetogama lookout tower and ranger station, Loon Lake, Nett Lake, Orr ranger station, and Trout Lake hunting camp. A scrapbook includes news clippings concerning Minnesota forestry service activities, achievements and conferences, and CCC activities.

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Access Restrictions:

Originals are closed. Access and use requires the permission of the State Archivist.

These files are located off site in Remote Storage. Advance arrangements are required in order to view the files.

Please consult reference staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Forestry. Records of Leslie R Beatty. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2003-20; 2019-57

Processing Information:

Processed by: Debbie Sher, September 2002

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Soceity, August 2019

Catalog ID number: 990017379340104294

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Beatty's "A Forest Ranger's Diary" is cataloged as part of the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

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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:

Dams -- Minnesota -- Design and construction -- Photographs.

Fire lookout stations -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Forest conservation -- Minnesota -- Orr.

Forest districts -- Minnesota -- Buildings -- Photographs.

Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Forest rangers -- Minnesota -- Diaries.

Forests and forestry -- Minnesota.

Logging -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Ranger stations -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Recreation areas -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Roads -- Minnesota -- Design and construction -- Photographs.

Shorelines -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Snow removal -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Persons:

Beatty, Leslie R., 1891-1969.

Bessette, Fred W.

Organizations:

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Minnesota District -- Photographs.

Minnesota Forest Service.

Minnesota. Department of Conservation.

Places:

Ash Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Crane Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Elbow Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Ely Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Grand Rapids (Minn.)

Kabetogama State Forest (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Kettle Falls (Minn.).

Loon Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Nett Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs.

Orr (Minn.)

Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.)

Trout Lake (Saint Louis County, Minn.) -- Photographs.

Document Types:

Field notes.

Photograph albums.

Photographs -- Minnesota.

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