CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:

An Inventory of Its Forestry Area and District Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Division of Forestry.
	Title:	Forestry Area and District Records.
	Dates:	1919-1981.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Daily reports, maps, photographs, fire plans, subject files, correspondence, and related records of various area and district regions including: Aitkin, Cloquet, Brainerd, Deer River, Little Fork, Cloquet Valley State Forest, Effie, and Duluth.
	Quantity:	2.7 cubic feet (3 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Also included are files concerning the supervision of the Civilian Conservaiton Corps. The Forestry area and district names, numerical designations and administrative boundaries have often changed over the years. Area and district names and numbers cited in the inventory are as indicated on the records.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Forestry. Forestry Area and District Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2022-9

Processing Information:

Processed by: Charles Rodgers and Perry Schussler, October 2021

Catalog ID number: 9989808339604294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
118.A.4.3B	Area 2 (Aitkin):
		Daily reports of Clifford H. Carlson, August 1948.


Location
118.E.3.2F-1	Area 3 (Cloquet):
		Area maps, approximately 1930s. 1 oversize folder.
		Fire plan maps, undated.
		Site maps, 1930s-1960s. 1 oversize folder.
			Site maps for the Alborn, Cloquet, Cloquet Valley, Cotton, Cromwell and Floodwod Ranger Stations; site maps for the Argus, Arrowhead, Cloquet, Cromwell, Floodwood, Independence, Jay Cooke, Makinen, Toivola, and Work Farm Lookout Towers; site maps for telephone lines.


Location
118.A.4.3B	Area 4 (Brainerd):
		Photographs: Firefighting activities and forest scenes, undated.


		Area 11 (Deer River):
			District fire plans, 1960s.


		Area 15 (Little Fork):
			Maps: State owned lands, 1950s.


	Area 17 (Cloquet Valley Ranger Station):
		Subject files, undated, 1932-1981:
			Blister rust eradication, 1933-1940. 6 folders.
			Boulder Lake fire, 1936-1937.
			Camp grounds, 1933-1936.
			Circular letters, 1933-1938.
			Cloquet Valley State Forest, 1935-1938.
			Correspondence, 1930-1976.
			Easements and leases, 1933-1939.
			Deer trapping and banding, 1937-1940.
			Finland Camp planting, undated.
			Fire maps, 1936.
			Fire reports, 1960-1981. 7 folders.
			Forest development survey progress plats: Cloquet Valley State Forest, 1940-1941.
			Game management, 1935-1938.
			Improvements, building, telephone lines, 1933-1938.
			Insect control, 1934-1936.
			Pequaywan Lake fire, 1936-1937.
			Polo-Markham fire, 1936-1937.
			State forest: Hay and other leases, 1934-1935.
			Summer home sites, 1934-1939.
			Trespass: State timber, 1932-1936.
		Files concerning Civilian Conservation Corps supervision, 1932-1941:
			The files primarily concern CCC Camp S-51 (Brimson; Cloquet Valley State Forest).
			Camp nursery: Maintenance and operation, 1935-1937.
			Forest development survey forms, 1940-1941.
			Forest field maps, 1934-1937. 10 folders:
				Township 53 North, Range 13 West.
				Township 53 North, Range 14 West.
				Township 54 North, Range 12 West.
				Township 54 North, Range 13 West.
				Township 54 North, Range 14 West.
				Township 54 North, Range 15 West.
				Township 55 North, Range 12 West.
				Township 55 North, Range 13 West.
				Township 55 North, Range 14 West.
				Township 55 North, Range 15 West.
Location
118.A.4.4F			Game management:
				Correspondence, 1939.
				Fish investigations, 1936-1937.
				Game food and cover planning, 1936-1939.
				Game food harvest, 1935-1937.
				Game food nursery, 1937-1938.
				Land classification forms, 1940.
				Lake survey records, 1937-1939.
				Stream improvement and survey, 1936-1937.
				Stream temperature records, 1935-1937.
			Lineal survey: Instructions and miscellaneous data, 1937-1939.
			Planting:
				Instructions, circulars, miscellaneous, 1934-1940. 2 folders.
				Cone collection correspondence, 1935-1940.
				Cone collection records, 1937-1940.
				Fall planting records, 1933-1938. 6 folders.
				Spring planting records, 1934-1941. 8 folders.
				Planting summary, spring and fall 1941.
				Pre-planting survey forms and data, 1940-1941. 2 folders.
				Seed cone collection, fall 1941.
				Surveys, 1936-1941. 5 folders.
				Survival records, 1933-1941.
			Reconnaissance:
				Circulars and instructions, 1933-1938.
				Correspondence, 1937-1939.
				Management plans, 1932-1936.
			Timber stand improvement: Circulars and instructions, 1937.
			Timber stand improvement: Records, 1934-1939.
			Wildlife management: Deer drive census instructions and miscellaneous, 1934-1937.


		Area 21 (Cloquet):
			Fire plan, October 1982.
			Photograph (1980s) of staff and aerial photographs (1948) of the Payne and Sax-Zims fires.


	District 3 (Cloquet):
		Maps of Ranger William W. Maki, undated.
			Color-coded; there is no key to the color coding.
		Subject files, of Ranger Percy Vibert, 1919-1923:
			Arrests, 1920.
			Arrests and prosecutions, 1921-1922. 2 folders.
			Brush burning, 1919-1920.
			Burning permits, 1919, 923. 2 folders.
			Commissions, 1920-1921. 2 folders.
			Cooperation: Lumber companies, 1921, 1923. 2 folders.
			Cooperation, mining companies, 1919.
			Cooperation: Railroads, 1919-1920, 1922. 3 folders.
			Cooperation: Rangers, 1921.
			Cooperation: Township telephone lines, 1920-1922. 2 folders.
			Correspondence, 1921. 2 folders.
			Education, 1922.
			Firebreaks, 1919.
			Fire reports, 1919-1921.
			Forestry Service meetings, 1919.
			General fire reports, 1919-1921.
			Information, 1923.
			Inventory, 1920-1923. 3 folders.
			Lumber company patrol, 1920.
			Ranger meetings, 1919.
Location
118.A.4.5B			Ranger personnel, 1919, 1921-1922. 3 folders.
			Slash and brush disposal, 1922.
			Slash burning complaints, 1919.
			Timber cuttings, 1919, 1921, 1923. 3 folders.
			University of Minnesota: Department of Agriculture, 1919.
			Wales Forest Protective Association, 1923.
			Wales Forest Protective Association district map, 1931.


		Effie Ranger District No. 3 (Area 11-Deer River):
			Management plan, 1964.


		Rock Cut District No. 6 (Area 11-Effie):
			Management plan, 1964.


		District 6 (Deer River):
			Correspondence, memos, timber cutting reports, 1930s-1960s.
			Fire summary and labor vouchers, 1933.
			Organization manual, undated.


District 15 (Cloquet):
	Maps, undated.
		Coded to indicate land classification: yellow: county-state; pink: state trust; blue: Indian; W: swamp; S: school.


District 19 (Duluth):
	Correspondence of District Ranger John Fritzen, 1929-1933. 2 folders.
	Personnel information, 1922-1926.
		Includes rosters of district and temporary staff. Also, voucher dollar amounts for firefighting labor, fire reports and equipment lists, and tree planting information.
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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:: Conservation of natural resources -- Minnesota.; Forest conservation -- Minnesota.; Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Prevention and control.; Forest management -- Minnesota.; Forest rangers -- Minnesota.; Forests and forestry -- Minnesota -- Maps.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Brainerd.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Deer River.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Cloquet Valley State Forest.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Cloquet.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Effie.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Duluth.; Land use -- Minnesota -- Little Fork.; Logging -- Minnesota.; Public lands -- Minnesota.; Reforestation -- Minnesota.; Soil conservation -- Minnesota.; Wildlife management -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Minnesota District.; Minnesota. Department of Conservation.; Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources.

Places:: Cloquet Valley State Forest (Minn.)

Document Types:: Maps.; Photographs.

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