ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: AREA REDEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Area Redevelopment Administration. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1960-1980. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Reading file of outgoing letters of ARA staff members; community development corporations grant files, including grant applications, annual reports, plans, correspondence, and financial records; subject and correspondence files; technical assistance project files; and background files on counties, municipalities, and Indian reservations. | |
| Quantity: | 5.8 cubic feet (6 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The technical assistance project files include correspondence, feasibility studies, and applications for federal assistance by government units and private corporations. Projects included plans for historical museums, sewage facilities, industrial parks, and general industrial and community development.
The subject and correspondence files cover the programs and activities of the ARA and other programs and organizations with which it was involved, including the Highway Department, Iron Range Rehabilitation Commission, North Star Research and Development Institute, Northern Great Lakes Resource Development Committee, and Small Business Administration. There are also files dealing with budget, Indian affairs, legislation, military procurement, speeches, Business Development Department Commissioner William B. Farrell, Hubert H. Humphrey, Attorney General Walter F. Mondale, Special Assistant Attorney General Robert S. Nickoloff, and ARA Duluth Area Coordinator Kaarlo J. Otava.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Area Redevelopment Administration. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 986-84; 989-167
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017280690104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 128.L.19.6F | 1 | Chronological file (reading file), 1962-1974: | |||||||||
| Copies of outgoing letters sent by staff members; in reverse chronological order. | |||||||||||
| April-December 1962. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| J. W. Clark, ARA administrator; and Hal E. Rudstrom, ARA fieldman and acting administrator. | |||||||||||
| 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Jon Albrightson, special assistant attorney general. | |||||||||||
| July 1969-April 1971. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Thomas Feeney, deputy commissioner and ARA director. | |||||||||||
| May 1971-December 1972. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Armando M. DeYoannes, ARA director. | |||||||||||
| July 1973-July 1974. | |||||||||||
| William O'Reilly, ARA director. | |||||||||||
| Incoming letters, 1973-1975. | |||||||||||
| In reverse chronological order. | |||||||||||
| Community Development Corporations (CDC) grant files, 1976-1979. 9 expansion folders: | |||||||||||
| Include grant and funding applications, annual reports, financial statements, audit reports, economic development plans, and correspondence. In alphabetical order by CDC. | |||||||||||
| Four Rivers. | |||||||||||
| H.E.L.P. (Help Encourage Local Progress). | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 128.L.19.7B | 2 | Midwest Minnesota. | |||||||||
| People's Community Enterprises. | |||||||||||
| Region II. | |||||||||||
| Savanna-Nemadji. | |||||||||||
| Synergistic. | |||||||||||
| Westbank. | |||||||||||
| Western Five. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 107.I.13.10F | 3 | ARA subject and correspondence files, 1960-1968: | |||||||||
| Agency Commissioners, 1965-1967. | |||||||||||
| Arrowhead Economic Development District, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Biennial report material, 1960-1964. | |||||||||||
| Biennial report, July 1, 1975-June 30, 1977. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Budget, 1962-1963. | |||||||||||
| Counties, eligible, 1961. | |||||||||||
| Counties, non-eligible, 1962-1964. | |||||||||||
| Crow Wing County Economic Development Administration (EDA), 1967. | |||||||||||
| Economic Development Administration (EDA), 1967. | |||||||||||
| EDA reports on regions and counties, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Economic Development Districts -- Arrowhead, Northwest, and Central, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Farrell, Commissioner William B., 1963-1966. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence of the commissioner of the Business Development Department. | |||||||||||
| Guidelines to the ARA, 1963-1964. | |||||||||||
| Hibbing Precision Industries, Inc., 1967. | |||||||||||
| Highway Department, 1961-1966. | |||||||||||
| Holly Sugar Corporation, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Humphrey, Hubert H., 1963-1966. | |||||||||||
| Indian Affairs, 1961-1968. | |||||||||||
| Industrial development corporations, 1963-1965. | |||||||||||
| Interior Department, 1961. | |||||||||||
| Inventors' Congress, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Iron Range Rehabilitation Commission, 1961-1968. | |||||||||||
| Keith, Lt. Governor A. M. (Sandy), 1965. | |||||||||||
| Legislation, 1961-1965. | |||||||||||
| Litton Industries, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Marinas, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Memo, Inc., 1961. | |||||||||||
| Mesabi Drill and Tool, Inc., 1967. | |||||||||||
| Military procurement, 1962-1966. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota P. & O. Manufacturing Company, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Mondale, Attorney General Walter F., 1961-1964. | |||||||||||
| Nickoloff, Robert S., 1963-1965. | |||||||||||
| Special assistant attorney general, Hibbing. | |||||||||||
| North Star Research and Development Institute, 1963-1968. | |||||||||||
| Northeastern Minnesota Planning Conference, 1962-1964. | |||||||||||
| Northern Great Lakes Resource Development Committee, 1965-1968. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Northern States Regional Land and People Conference, 1963-1968. | |||||||||||
| Otava, Kaarlo J., 1961-1965. | |||||||||||
| ARA coordinator for Duluth Area. | |||||||||||
| Overall Economic Development Program (OEDP), 1961-1966. | |||||||||||
| Park Region Timber Company, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| Planning grant application for development districts, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Progress reports, 1964-1968. | |||||||||||
| Reports, 1964-1967. | |||||||||||
| Roseau Research and Redevelopment Corporation, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Seminar, Aug. 1966. | |||||||||||
| Small Business Administration, 1961-1968. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Speeches, 1963-1965. | |||||||||||
| Sugar Hills, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Sun Plant Products, Inc., 1967. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 107.I.14.1B | 4 | Technical Action Panel (TAP), 1963-1968. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| University of Minnesota Geological Department, 1962-1968. | |||||||||||
| Whitney, Commissioner J. Kimball, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Commissioner of the Economic Development Department. | |||||||||||
| ARA county background files, 1961-1968. 2 partial boxes: | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by county. Not all counties were eligible for ARA funding. | |||||||||||
| Aitkin - Saint Louis. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 107.I.14.2F | 5 | Swift - Wright. | |||||||||
| ARA municipality background files, 1961-1968. 23 folders: | |||||||||||
| Bemidji. | |||||||||||
| Benson. | |||||||||||
| Brainerd. | |||||||||||
| Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| Chisholm. | |||||||||||
| Deerwood. | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lakes. | |||||||||||
| Duluth. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes Port of Duluth and Duluth Arena-Auditorium. | |||||||||||
| Ely. | |||||||||||
| Eveleth. | |||||||||||
| Grand Rapids. | |||||||||||
| Grand Portage. | |||||||||||
| Hibbing. | |||||||||||
| Mankato. | |||||||||||
| Mora. | |||||||||||
| Proctor. | |||||||||||
| Remer. | |||||||||||
| Tower-Soudan. | |||||||||||
| Virginia. | |||||||||||
| Walker. | |||||||||||
| Waubun. | |||||||||||
| ARA Indian Reservation background files, 1962-1967. 4 folders: | |||||||||||
| Fond Du Lac. | |||||||||||
| Nett Lake. | |||||||||||
| Red Lake. | |||||||||||
| White Earth. | |||||||||||
| ARA technical assistance completed/closed project files, 1976-1980. 2 partial boxes: | |||||||||||
| Include correspondence, feasibility studies, and applications for federal assistance by government units and private Minnesota corporations. Projects included plans for historical museums, sewage facilities, industrial parks, and general industrial and community development. | |||||||||||
| A.I.R. research, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Aitkin, City of, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Amtrak, 1978. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Appleton, City of, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Arco Village Water Project, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Austin, City of, 1978-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Baudette, City of, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Bemidji Interim Sewage Treatment Plant, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Breckenridge/Region 4, 1977. | |||||||||||
| CB (Citizens Band) Tourist Information, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Coal Proposal - Minnesota Energy and Environmental Research Inc., 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Coon Rapids Development Company, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Duluth Cement Feasibility Study, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Foley, City of, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Harley's Rockpicker, 1978-1980. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 107.I.14.3B | 6 | Hibbing, 1979. | |||||||||
| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1978-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Ironton Well Construction, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Karlstad, City of, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Montevideo Truck Hoist, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| New Prague, City of, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| North Country Vocational Cooperative Center, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Prairie Island, 1978-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Red Lake Indian Reservation Sawmill, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Renville Agri-Energy, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| St. Francis, City of, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Savanna Nemadji Community Development Corporation, McGregor, 1979. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Scott Equipment, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Silver Bay Request for Proposal, 1978-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Staples, Turkey Stove (Swanville), 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Technotec, 1976-1977. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Virginia, City of, 1978-1979. | |||||||||||
| Walnut Grove, City of, 1978-1980. | |||||||||||
| World Trade Association, Inc., 1980. | |||||||||||
| Community Assistance Division correspondence, 1978. 2 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:
- Armed Forces -- Procurement.
- Community development -- Minnesota.
- Community development corporations -- Minnesota.
- Feasibility studies -- Minnesota.
- Federal aid to vocational education -- Minnesota.
- Indians of North America -- Economic conditions.
- Rural development -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Farrell, William B.
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
- Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021.
- Nickoloff, Robert S.
- Otava, Kaarlo J.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission.
- Minnesota. Department of Highways.
- Minnesota. Department of Economic Development.
- North Star Research and Development Institute (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- United States. Small Business Administration.
- Functions:
- Subsidizing.
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