CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Tower Office Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Division of Forestry. | |
| Title: | Tower Office Records. | |
| Dates: | 1924-1976. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Includes administrative files, correspondence, employees, internal publications, maps, and notebooks. Many of the files are attributed to Walter "Buck" Lee Holter, a District Forester and Ranger who worked at Tower Office from the 1920s to the 1970s, and may be his working and reference papers. | |
| Quantity: | 0.7 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| 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. Tower Office Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2026-17
Processing Information:
Processed by: Jemma Kloss, October 2025
Catalog ID number: 9989894740104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 139.E.9.1B | 1 | Administrative files, 1933-1963: | |||||||||
| Bids on supplies, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Department of Conservation: Division of Forestry Directory, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Directory of field personnel, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Equipment lists, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Fire control conference, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Histories of Forestry Service, undated. | |||||||||||
| Information for legislature claims. | |||||||||||
| Instructions for reporting injuries. | |||||||||||
| Instructions for road traverse. | |||||||||||
| Memorandum on S.F. 1491, H.F. 1681 bill. | |||||||||||
| Patrol school and fire school writings, 1933-1934. | |||||||||||
| Pioneers of forestry report, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Proposed salary ranges, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Reports of activities, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Rules and regulations, 1933. | |||||||||||
| Walter Holter promotion materials, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Water level marker memos, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1924-1973: | |||||||||||
| Personnel correspondence/mailings, 1924-1938. | |||||||||||
| Official correspondence, 1931-1969. | |||||||||||
| Internal education mailings, 1931-1934. | |||||||||||
| Holter correspondence and notes, 1932-1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Holter correspondence, 1933-1973. | |||||||||||
| Employees, 1933-1935: | |||||||||||
| Benefits materials, 1933-1935. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Benefit Association, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Prosperity Club. | |||||||||||
| Retirement Association, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Internal Publications, 1935-1976: | |||||||||||
| "Forestry News," Summer and Fall 1976. | |||||||||||
| "The Minnesota Conservationist" subscription contest results, 1935. | |||||||||||
| Newsletters, 1953, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Maps: | |||||||||||
| District Maps, undated, 1956-1967. | |||||||||||
| Map of St. Louis County, 1900. | |||||||||||
| Notebooks: | |||||||||||
| Walter Holter Tower District Notebook, 1926. | |||||||||||
| Tower District scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1928-1971. | |||||||||||
| Pulp scale tables notebook by Walter Holter, 1939. | |||||||||||
| Official Business Forest Service notebooks, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| [0.3 cubic feet empty] | |||||||||||
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 management -- Minnesota.
- Forest policy -- Minnesota.
- Forests and forestry -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Holter, Walter Lee.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources.
- Minnesota. Department of Conservation.
- Minnesota. Division of Forestry -- History.
- Places:
- Tower (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Maps
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