CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:

An Inventory of Its Hibbing District Office Maps and Plans at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Creator: Minnesota. Division of Forestry.
Title:Hibbing District Office Maps and Plans.
Dates:1924-1941.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Maps, site plans, and building plans, mainly of Civilian Conservation Corps camps and projects.
Quantity:3.0 cubic feet (1 box; and 5 oversize folders, unboxed).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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They include a large set of lake survey maps, accompanied by narrative summaries of lake investigation projects (1936-1941); building plans for Hibbing Office headquarters and residence buildings; standard plans for office and outbuildings; site plans for several district administrative facilities, campgrounds, and lakeside summer sites; fire statistics and related data (1927-1941, 1955-1959); and maps of the George Washington Memorial State Forest (1939).


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Forestry. Hibbing District Office Maps and Plans. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 427; 432; 996-72

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017200070104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
126.G.3.51Lake investigation surveys, 1936-1941. 3 folders:
Conducted by Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S53 (first individual listed is the person mapping the lake; the second individual listed is the person drawing the map). Additional lake investigation surveys are found among loose oversize and extraoversize folders.
Folder 1. AK:
Narrative summaries of lake investigation projects, 1940. 2 sheets.
Lake No. 24, blueline, 1939.
E.G. Kukachka/E.E. Lahti.
Bathtub Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/H.J. Schiltz.
Big Bear Lake, blueprint, 1936.
?/?
Bower Lake, blueprint, 1936.
?/?
Braun Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Buck Lake, blueline, 1938.
Kukachka/Lahti.
Clearwater Lake, blueline, 1939.
S.L. Goryanc/Lahti.
Gansey Lake, blueline, 1939.
Goryanc/Lahti.
Johnson Lake, blueline, 1941.
J.A. Murphy/A. Petri.
Kleffman Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Folder 2. LR:
Lake in Section 2, blueline, 1941.
Murphy/Petri.
Lake in Section 11, blueline, 1941.
Murphy/Petri.
Little Bear Lake, blueprint, 1936.
?/?
Lake Lowery, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
McCarthy Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
O'Leary Lake, blueline, 1938.
Kukachka/Lahti.
O'Malley Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Perch Lake, blueprint, 1936.
?/?
Pickerel Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Rat Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Folder 3. SW:
Shannon Lake, blueline, 1941.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Sherry Lake, blueline, 1938.
Kukachka/Lahti.
Shoepack Lake, blueline, 1941.
Murphy/Petri.
Spring Lake, blueline, 1941.
Murphy/Petri.
Stuart Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Wamp Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
West Lake, blueline, 1941.
Murphy/F. Crnkovich.
Area 5 organization charts and fire graphs, undated. 6 sheets:
Fire statistics for years 1937-1941. 3 sheets.
Organization chart, undated. 1 sheet.
Great Northern Railway fire patrol beats, undated. 1 sheet.
Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway fire patrol beats, undated. 1 sheet.
Hibbing office residence building plans, 1938-1939. 12 sheets:
Minnesota Forest Service ranger headquarters 12 x 20 garage, Building 186. Blueprints, 1938. 2 sheets.
24 x 32 Residence, Hibbing, 1938/1939. 1 sheet.
24 x 32 Residence cabin, 1938. 7 sheets.
Ranger station proposed stair revision, 1938. 1 sheet.
Minnesota Forest Service ranger headquarters retaining wall, 1938. 1 sheet.
Standard log office building plans, 1929:
Blueprints, 1929. 7 sheets in folder.
Includes specifications.
Standard warehouse plans, 1936:
26 x 40 warehouse, blueprints, 1936. 5 sheets in folder.
Standard plans. 2 items in folder:
14' x 18' Lookout Cabin, 1934.
Blueprint.
18' x 16' Warehouse or Boathouse, 1934.
Blueprint.
Administrative site plans, 1937-1939. 10 sheets (blueprints) in folder:
Showing locations of buildings, roads, etc.
Deer Lake Farm, undated.
Deer Lake Farm, 1937.
Deer Lake Tower, 1943.
Eveleth Tower, 1939.
Rock Cut Ranger Station, 1939.
Scenic Tower, proposed patrol cabin site, 1938.
Thistledew Ranger Station, 1945.
Thistledew Ranger Station, 1949, rev. 1952 (blueline).
Thistledew Tower Site, 1937.
Blueline.
Thistledew Tower, 1937, rev. 1939, 1945.
Public campground blueprints, 1937. 6 sheets in folder:
Busties Lake, 1937.
Lost Lake, 1937.
Owen Lake, 1937.
Perch Lake, 1937.
Camp grounds.
Perch Lake, 1937.
Recreation camp.
Pickerel Lake, 1936.
Summer site surveys, 1924-1940. 11 sheets:
Beatrice Lake, 1935.
Big Bear Lake, 1936.
Owen Lake, 1924, 1933, 1940.
Perch Lake, 1931. 3 sheets.
Side Lake, 1938.
South Sturgeon Lake, 1940.
Winnie Dam, 1938.
Big Bear Lake emergency conservation work, 1935. 1 sheet.
Annotated map by G.B. Youatt, 1935.
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106.J.4.11Landing field blueprints, 1935-1936. 2 sheets in folder:
Emergency landing field for Camp S53, 1936.
Drawn by J.N. Sullivan.
Proposed site of golf course and airplane landing field in French Township, St. Louis County, 1935.
LocationFolder
106.J.4.12Lake investigation surveys, 1936, 1940. 7 sheets in folder:
Beatrice Lake, colored original, 1936.
By E.N. Bjorgum.
Dewey Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Island Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Libby Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Long Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
McCormick Lake, blueline, 1940.
Kukachka/Schiltz.
Rock Lake, blueline, 1940.
?/?
LocationFolder
106.J.4.13Lake investigation surveys, 1936-1939. 8 sheets in folder:
Big Bear Lake, blueprint, 1936.
Bjorgum/T. F.Perpich.
Big Bear Lake, colored original, undated.
?/?
Perch Lake, blueprint, 1936.
?/?
Side Lake, blueline, 1936.
?/?
South Sturgeon Lake, 1937.
Bjorgum/Sullivan.
Stingy Lake, blueline, 1939.
Kukachka/Lahti.
Sturgeon River, blueline, 1937.
Sullivan/Sullivan sheet 1 of 2.
Sturgeon Lake and environs, 1937.
Sullivan/Sullivan sheet 2 of 2.
LocationFolder
106.J.4.14Camp layout blueprints, 1936, 1938. 2 sheets in folder:
Camp S51, Co. 719, Lake Sullivan, 1938.
Side Lake Camp, 1936.
LocationFolder
106.J.4.15George Washington Memorial State Forest Maps, 1939. 4 sheets.
Map showing number of fire starts and acres burned for each township in the state: 5 year period: 1955-1959.
Blueline. Drawn in 1960.

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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:
Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Minnesota -- Maps.
Forest districts -- Minnesota -- Buildings -- Designs and plans.
Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Statistics.
Lake surveys -- Minnesota.
Lakes -- Minnesota -- Maps.
Railroads -- Fires and fire prevention -- Minnesota.
Recreation areas -- Minnesota -- Maps.
Organizations:
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Minnesota.
Places:
George Washington Memorial State Forest (Minn.).
Document Types:
Architectural drawings (visual works).
Maps -- Minnesota.
Site plans -- Minnesota.

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