TOURISM OFFICE:

The files cover such diverse tourism and/or office related topics as advertising, arts and tourism, bed and breakfast industry, the annual governor's fishing opener, highway signage, legislative sessions, 1988 summer Olympic games, staff meetings, complaints, sale of highway maps, the travel information center, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1989 Capital for a Day, energy conservation, Omnimax Minnesota film, shoreland update project, and the Heartland region.

The files also document work on various task forces and committees, including the Border Lakes Tourism Task Force, Discover America Implementation Task Force, Governor's Council on Health Promotion and Wellness, Legislative Advisory Committee, and Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, and relations with numerous private and government tourism offices and organizations, including the Minnesota Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, Minnesota Broadcasters Association, Minnesota Folk Festival, Inc., Minnesota Resort Congress, Southern Minnesota Tourism Association, Sportfishing Congress, and United States Travel and Tourism Administration.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Office of Tourism. Director's Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 997-44

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017341060104294

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Materials concerning the Tourism Office and its predecessors are also found in the records of the Conservation, Economic Development, Energy, Planning and Development, and Trade and Economic Development departments, and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor offices.

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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:

Advertising -- Tourism -- Minnesota.

Bed and breakfast accommodations -- Minnesota.

Capitol for a Day.

Commercial associations -- Minnesota.

Consumer complaints -- Minnesota.

Energy policy -- Minnesota.

Fishing -- Minnesota.

Government advertising -- Minnesota.

Minnesota Heartland (Tourism region).

Motion pictures -- Minnesota.

Shorelines -- Minnesota.

State-local relations -- Minnesota.

Summer resorts -- Minnesota.

Tourism -- Government policy -- Minnesota.

Tourism and the arts -- Minnesota.

Tourist information centers -- Minnesota.

Winter resorts -- Minnesota.

Persons:

Todd, Hank R.

Organizations:

Discover America Travel Organizations, inc.

Minnesota Association of Convention and Visitors' Bureaus.

Minnesota Broadcasters' Association.

Minnesota Folk Festival, Inc.

Minnesota. Governor's Council on Health Promotion and Wellness.

Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Advisory Committee.

Minnesota. Legislature. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.

Minnesota. Department of Economic Development.

Minnesota. Department of Energy, Planning, and Development.

Minnesota. Department of Energy and Economic Development.

Minnesota. Department of Trade and Economic Development.

Southern Minnesota Tourism Association.

Sportfishing Congress.

United States Travel and Tourism Administration.

Meetings:

Olympic Games (24th : 1988 : Seoul, Korea).

Places:

Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)

Minnesota -- Maps.

Functions:

Planning.

Publicizing.

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