ATTORNEY GENERAL:
An Inventory of Its Case Files Concerning International Boundary Flowage at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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Minnesota. Attorney General.
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| Title: | Case Files Concerning International Boundary Flowage. |
| Dates: | 1908-1942. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, printed reports, legal documents, land tables and descriptions, maps, photographs, and other materials relating to several suits brought by the state of Minnesota and private parties against the Minnesota & Ontario Power Company, its successor the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, and the Rainy River Improvement Company for land damage due to flooding along the Rainy River. Includes docket nos. 1796, 2053, 2054, 3105, and 3577.
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| Quantity: | 3.0 cubic feet (3 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
The files mainly document flooding caused by dams at International Falls and Kettle Falls, and the involvement in this controversy of the International Joint Commission, the Quetico-Superior Council, and the latter's president, Ernest Oberholtzer. Included are copies of IJC lake level hearings for Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods, and related engineers' reports.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Attorney General.
Case Files Concerning International Boundary Flowage. Minnesota Historical Society.
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examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 980-15; 982-62; 983-143
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017133950104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 127.E.1.2F | 1 | Correspondence: |
| | | Case Files 1796, 2053, and 2054, 1914-1920. |
| | | Case Files 1796, 2053, 2054, 3105, and 3577, 1921-1932. |
| | | Quetico-Superior Council, 1928-1938. 2 folders. |
| | | U.S. Engineer Corps, War Department, 1928-1929; International Joint Commission, 1928-1934. 1928-1934. |
| | | Robert Ap Roberts, 1930-1934; Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company, 1930-1934; Cobb, Hoke, Benson, Krause, & Faegre, 1932-1937. 1930-1937. |
| | | Chester S. Wilson, 1932-1942. |
| | | Pending, 1939-1942. |
| | | Boundary Flowage Regulation, 1939-1942. 2 folders. |
| | | Boundary Flowage Regulation, Miscellaneous, 1938-1940. |
| | | Boundary Flowage Settlement, 1939-1942. |
| | | Boundary Flowage Settlement, Miscellaneous, 1939. |
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| | Pleadings, dismissals: Case Files 1796, 2053, and 2054, 1914-1917. |
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| 127.E.1.3B | 2 | Pleadings, dismissals: Case Files 3105 and 3577, 1922-1929. |
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| | Summons: Case Files 1796, 2053, and 2054, 1914-1917. |
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| | Miscellaneous materials and clippings: Case File 3105, 1920-1928. |
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| | Briefs, memos, et cetera: Case File 3577, 1929. |
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| | Actions by private parties, 1914-1928. 2 folders. |
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| | Miscellaneous memos, statements, land descriptions, reports, et cetera, 1916-1933. |
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| | Statements, briefs, and memos before International Joint Commission, 1925-1933. |
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| | Statements, briefs, and memos, miscellaneous, 1936-1941. |
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| | Rainy Lake Reference Report, approximately 1925. |
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| | Rainy Lake Level Affidavits, 1925. |
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| | Superior National Forest hearings, reports, et cetera, 1928-1933. |
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| | Land lists, 1939; miscellaneous clippings, 1928-1941. 1928-1941. |
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| | Engineer’s reports in flowage cases, 1932. |
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| | Water levels of border lakes, 1932-1936. |
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| | Boundary Waters historical file, 1908-1941. |
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| | Personal property taxes: International Lumber Company, Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company, 1915-1921. |
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| | International Joint Commission testimony and statement, 1932, 1941. |
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| | Quetico-Superior Council briefs, 1933, 1942. |
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| | Progress report of water conservation projects, 1937. |
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| | Lands on International Boundary Waters, 1941. |
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| 127.E.1.4F | 3 | Boundary Waters maps, 1941. 2 folders. |
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| | Boundary Waters regulation photographs, 1941-1942. |
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| | Transcript of testimony on appeals, U.S. District Court: U.S.A. vs. Various Tracts of Land in Roseau and Lake of the Woods Counties, in the State of Minnesota, 1931. 1 volume. |
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| | Preliminary report to International Joint Commission relating to official reference regarding levels of Rainy Lakes and other Upper Waters: Tables, 1929. 1 volume. |
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| | State Lands. Report to the Minnesota State Legislature on the results of classification of state lands, 1928. 1 volume. |
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| | International Joint Commission documents. 6 volumes. |
| | | Lake of the Woods levels: Text. report of consulting engineers, 1916. |
| | | Lake of the Woods Conference. Final report, 1917. |
| | | | A duplicate of this, and final reports for other years, are cataloged in the MHS book collections. |
| | | Lake of the Woods Watershed Map, 1916. |
| | | Hearings, St. Paul, February 24, 1941. 1 volume. |
| | | | Volume 1. |
| | | Hearings, Hibbing, June 19, 1941. |
| | | Hearings, Fort Frances, Ontario, June 25-26, 1941. 1 volume. |
| | | | Volume 3. |
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 -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Forests and forestry -- Minnesota, North Central -- Flood damage.
- Lakes -- Minnesota -- Regulation.
- Water levels -- Lake of the Woods.
- Water levels -- Rainy Lake (Minn. and Ont.).
- Persons:
- Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977.
- Organizations:
- International Joint Commission.
- Minnesota & Ontario Power Co.
- Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company.
- Quetico-Superior Council.
- Rainy River Improvement Company.
- Places:
- Canada -- Boundaries -- Minnesota.
- International Falls (Minn.)
- Kettle Falls (Minn.).
- Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.)
- United States -- Boundaries -- Canada.
- Document Types:
- Maps.
- Photographs.
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