CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Blackduck Office Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Division of Forestry. | |
| Title: | Blackduck Office Files. | |
| Dates: | 1941-1977 (bulk 1951-1959). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Files of the Forestry Division's Blackduck office. They contain correspondence, memoranda, reports and plans, statistics, and related material documenting all aspects of forestry programs and forest land management in the area. | |
| Quantity: | 1.5 cubic feet (1 box and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The subject files focus in particular on forest fire prevention and control, forest management work, cooperative forestry services, school forests, and administration of the office.
The daily reports of staff members C. A. Langord, Joseph Mockford (area forest supervisor), and Donald Lindsay (district manager) give some flavor of everyday forest management operations. There are also firefighters' time books from 1958, 1960, 1963.
ARRANGEMENT
In four subseries: subject files arranged by departmental file code, uncoded subject files, firefighters' time books, and staff daily reports.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Forestry. Blackduck Office Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 996-129
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017340740104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 131.H.15.3B | 1 | Subject files (coded), 1941-FY1977: | |||||||||
| DA (Disbursements): Disbursement correspondence, 1955. | |||||||||||
| F (Forester): Cooperation, 1951, 1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| L (Lands): Lands, 1955. | |||||||||||
| O (Operations): | |||||||||||
| Fire cooperation, 1950-1951, 1958. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fire protection: Fire plan, 1958-1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fire protection: Circular letters, 1951, 1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Circular letters, 1951, 1958-1959. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Correspondence, 1951, 1954-1955, 1959. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Daily fire conditions, 1955. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Fire cooperation, 1955, 1959. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Fire prevention, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Fires: Fire reports, 1941, 1947-1959. 12 folders. | |||||||||||
| Improvements, 1954-1956. | |||||||||||
| Improvements: Miscellaneous, 1947. | |||||||||||
| Orders: All circular letters, 1955. | |||||||||||
| Personnel (general), 1951, 1954, 1958. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Personnel: Circular letters, 1950, 1958. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Personnel: Miscellaneous, 1947. | |||||||||||
| Reports, 1951, 1954-1955. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Supervision, 1947, 1951, 1954-1955, 1959. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Supervision: Circular letters, 1951. | |||||||||||
| Tower and ranger district inspection, 1947. | |||||||||||
| SI (Silvicultural Inspections): School forests, 1954. | |||||||||||
| 5620-1 Fire Plans, FY1977. | |||||||||||
| 5640 Fire Suppression, 1964-1973. | |||||||||||
| Conservation work project: Waskish camp ground, 1958. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
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| 131.H.15.4F | 2 | Equipment inventory, 1955. 1 folder. | |||||||||
| Fire fighters' time books, 1958, 1960, 1963. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Daily reports, 1955, 1960, 1971. 8 folders: | |||||||||||
| Selected daily reports (similar to diaries) of Blackduck district personnel. | |||||||||||
| C. A. Langord (Appraiser), 1955. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Donald Lindsay (District Ranger), 1960. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Joseph Mockford (Area Forest Supervisor), 1971. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIAL
CATALOG 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:
- Fire weather.
- Forest fires -- Minnesota, North Central -- Prevention and control.
- Forest management -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Land use -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Public lands -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Langord, C. A.
- Lindsay, Donald.
- Mockford, Joseph.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of Conservation.
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