SURVEYOR GENERAL OF LOGS AND LUMBER: DISTRICT 5 (DULUTH):

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber. District 5 (Duluth, Minn.).
	Title:	Records of District 5 (Duluth).
	Dates:	1883-1929.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Records of log marks, logging permits, timber sales, and log cutting and scaling in northeastern Minnesota.
	Quantity:	14.0 cubic feet
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Registration records (with indexes) of the ownership and transfer of log marks; logging permits; records of sale of timber lands and/or saw logs, of logging contracts, and of logging done; and log scale records.

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ARRANGEMENT

Some of the volumes include indexes.

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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 Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber. District 5 (Duluth, Minn.). Records of District 5 (Duluth). Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: None

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017037090104294

Appraisal Information:

The information in the Detailed Description of the Records was taken from the original inventory sheets for these materials. With a couple of exceptions (reflected in content annotations), the records have not been appraised or inspected.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LOG LEDGERS, 1890-1917. 5 volumes in 2 boxes.

Filled-in forms recording the logging done by each log mark owner each year. Each form notes the year, log mark, and page in entry book [whose identification is undetermined]. Thereunder, for each scale report, is noted the date (month/day), copy book page [possibly the letterpress Bills of Pine Logs Scaled, below], number of logs, total number of feet, to whom scaled, address (city), jobbers who did the logging, and township/range/section of land logged.

Location

108.H.12.2F-1

Volume A, 1890-1897.

Volume B, 1897-1901.

Index to Volume B.

Location

108.H.12.2F-2

Volume C, 1901-1909.

Volume D, 1909-1917.

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LOG MARKS, 1883-1929. 6 volumes and 1 folder in 3 boxes; 1 volume shelved loose.

Location

108.H.12.4F-2

Index to Log Marks A, 1883-1901.

One section for names of marks; one section for names of owners.

Location

106.F.3.10

Index to Log Marks B, 1901-1929.

One section for names of marks; one section for names of owners. Volume is falling apart.

Location

108.H.12.7B-1

Record of Log Marks, 1884-1900.

Location

108.H.12.6F-1

Volume A, 1883-1901.

Volume B, 1901-1906.

Location

108.H.12.6F-2

Volume C, 1906-1914.

Volume D, 1914-1918.

Volume E, 1918-1919. 1 folder.

Pages 1-26, removed from an otherwise blank volume.

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LOG SCALE RECORDS.

Location

104.K.15.5B

Bills of Pine Logs Scaled:

Letterpress.

September 1889–December 1897. 6 volumes.

Location

104.K.15.6F

December 1897–October 1902. 7 volumes.

Location

104.K.15.7B

November 1902–December 1904. 2 volumes.

Woods Scale Books, April 1905–May 1908. 3 volumes.

Location

104.K.15.8F

Woods Scale Books, May 1908–May 1909. 2 volumes.

Boom and Mill Scale Bills, April 1901–November 1908. 4 volumes.

Location

111.G.7.6F

Bill Book, 1884-1886. 1 volume.

Shevlin-Mathieu Lumber Company, Scale of Logs, 1907-1908. 4 volumes.

Keewatin Lumber Company, Scale of Logs, 1907-1908. 4 volumes.

[Box is part empty].

Location

104.K.15.9B

Rat Portage Lumber Company, Scale of Logs, 1907. 2 volumes.

Rainy River Lumber Company, Scale of Logs, 1907. 2 volumes.

Shevlin-Mathieu Lumber Company, Cutting Reports, 1908. 2 volumes.

Rainy Lake River Boom Company, Scale of Logs, 1901-1911. 10 volumes.

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LOGGING PERMITS AND BONDS, 1886-1917. 1 box, and 6 volumes in 2 boxes.

Location

104.K.15.10F

Logging Permits and Bonds, 1886-1890. 1 box.

Identification uncertain. The original box said “Secretary of State Files.” It might be SGLL Duluth District, or it might be State Land Office.

Location

108.H.12.3B-1

Logging Permits:

Volume B, 1890-1902.

Volume C, 1900-1904.

Volume D, Nos. 1215-1948, 1905-1909.

Location

108.H.12.3B-2

Volume E, Nos. 1926-2503, 1909-1913.

Volume F, Nos. 2504-2766, 1913-1914.

Volume G, Nos. 2767-3360, 1914-1917.

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RECORD BOOKS, 1884-1913. 8 volumes in 3 boxes and 1 partial box.

Location

108.H.12.4F-1

Record Books, 1884-1907. 3 volumes:

Handwritten copies of contracts for timber cutting, transfers of claims and liens, sales of timber lands and/or saw logs, and the like.

Volume A, 1884-1896.

Indexed.

Volume B, 1896-1900.

With separate index.

Location

108.H.12.4F-2

Volume C, 1900-1907.


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108.H.12.5B-2	Lien Books, 1891-1913. 6 volumes:
		1898-1907.
		1908-1913.
			Scrapbook. Most items are loose or stapled in.
Location
108.H.12.5B-1		1891-1896.
		1896-1898.
		1896-1903.
		1905-1906.

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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:: Forests and forestry -- Minnesota -- Mensuration.; Log brands -- Minnesota.; Logging -- Minnesota.; Logging -- Licenses -- Minnesota.; Pine -- Minnesota.; Timber lands -- Minnesota.

Functions:: Registering.; Surveying.

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