NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Photographs and Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Division of Forestry. | |
| Title: | Photographs and Miscellaneous Records. | |
| Dates: | 1916-2006. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | A collection of photographs, scrapbooks, proclamations and resolutions that documents Forestry Division activities and facilities, as well as life in northern Minnesota as it relates to natural resources and disasters. | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (2 partial boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Forestry. Photographs and Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2022-9
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 9989808740004294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 120.J.2.10F | Photographs, undated, 1916-2006. 8 folders: | ||||||||||
| Primarily black and white photographs of various sizes. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic. | |||||||||||
| Activities, undated 1937-1963. | |||||||||||
| Depict firefighting, cleanup work, trails and road construction, dredging, hauling logs, and other topics. | |||||||||||
| Buildings, undated, 1916-2006. | |||||||||||
| Include CCC camp building interior and exterior scenes (barracks, recreation hall, hospital, kitchen, mess hall), including CCC Company 717, CCC Company 1761, and the Side Lake CCC camps. Also, scenes of garages, log cabins, warehouses, the Side Lake forestry service station, the Pillager ranger station, and the towers at Badoura and Nimrod. | |||||||||||
| Fiftieth anniversary of the Minnesota Forestry Service, 1961. | |||||||||||
| Forest scenes, undated, 1938-1961. | |||||||||||
| Depict forest fire damage, logging roads, trails, tree stands, damaged trees, campgrounds, Schaffer Lake, and other topics. | |||||||||||
| Governor’s Christmas trees, 1963-1966. | |||||||||||
| People, undated, 1935-2006. | |||||||||||
| Most of the individuals are identified. Include work scenes, training scenes, meetings, and group scenes of forestry service supervisors and staff. Also, a group picture of the Camp Finland (CCC Company 721) company members, Vivian Morris Johnson (the first woman to staff a fire tower in Minnesota), District Ranger John Fritzen, and Bud Grant (Minnesota Vikings football coach) and state senator Bob Lessard with confiscated (?) deer antlers. | |||||||||||
| Vehicles and equipment, undated, 1956-1981. | |||||||||||
| Primarily depict pickup trucks and heavy equipment at work in the forest, or on roads and trails. | |||||||||||
| 114.A.2.2F-2 | Scrapbook, approximately 1920. 1 oversize folder. | ||||||||||
| Primarily includes samples of signs and placards posted in the forest concerning fire prevention, camp fires, and hunting. Also, blank report and work plan forms, stickers, brochures and other printed matter regarding fire prevention and other forestry topics. | |||||||||||
| Proclamations and resolutions, 1961-2004. 1 oversize folder. | |||||||||||
| Primarily includes governor proclamations, and Minnesota House and Senate resolutions concerning forestry week and forestry day, and the 75th anniversary (1986) of the Minnesota Forestry Service. Incomplete. | |||||||||||
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 extinction -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Forest rangers -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Forests and forestry -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs.
- Logging -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Lumber camps -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Lumbering -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Signs and signboards -- Minnesota.
- Trees -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of Conservation.
- Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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