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Minnesota Public Interest Research Group. MPIRG records, 1970-1982, 1992.

Title: MPIRG records, 1970-1982, 1992.

A draft proposal (1970), reports, newsletters (1981), photocopied newspaper clippings (undated and 1981-1982), articles, correspondence, and legal records documenting the actions of a public interest group funded by college students in Minnesota. The organization's activities include research, professional lobbying, agency representation, litigation, and public education.

ArchivalResource: 1.1 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508479 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Energy Division. Administrative hearings files, 1980-1981.

Title: Administrative hearings files, 1980-1981.

Pleadings, correspondence, interrogatories, and testimony concerning Northern States Power Company's certificate of need application to increase the storage capacity of the spent fuel pool at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Facility.

ArchivalResource: 0.9 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615647 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Public Service Division. Litigation files, 1975-1983.

Title: Litigation files, 1975-1983.

Selected litigation files documenting enforcement and defense of public service rules, regulations, and laws. The files include pleadings, correspondence, hearing transcripts, briefs, testimony, exhibits, and applications.

ArchivalResource: 13.4 cu. ft. (14 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122417091 View

MPIRG records., 1970-1982, 1992.

Title: MPIRG records. 1970-1982, 1992.

A draft proposal (1970), reports, newsletters (1981), photocopied newspaper clippings (undated and 1981-1982), articles, correspondence, and legal records documenting the actions of a public interest group funded by college students in Minnesota. The organization's activities include research, professional lobbying, agency representation, litigation, and public education.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00166.xml View

Northern States Power Company (Minnesota). [Pamphlets. Financial history.].

Title: [Pamphlets. Financial history.].

ArchivalResource: v. 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701748767 View

Coalition to Advocate Public Utility Responsibility (Minn.). Organization records, 1970-1977.

Title: Organization records, 1970-1977.

Historical information; correspondence; proxy information, depositions, and other legal papers; and newspaper clippings compiled by Alpha Smaby and documenting her efforts to secure election on behalf of the coalition (CAPUR) to the board of directors of the Northern States Power Company (NSP).

ArchivalResource: 0.75 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122569155 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Environmental Quality Board Division. Litigation files, 1975-1984.

Title: Litigation files, 1975-1984.

Litigation files concerning high voltage power line routes and power plant siting for Northern States Power Company and Minnesota Power ? environmental impact of residential developments; and barge fleeting permits on the Mississippi River.

ArchivalResource: 2.7 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560614 View

Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation. Upper St. Croix River Project files, 1967-1978.

Title: Upper St. Croix River Project files, 1967-1978.

Correspondence, reports, memos, financial and legal documents, maps, planning documents, legislation, and grant materials kept by David Flipp, Upper St. Croix River Project coordinator. The Upper St. Croix Scenic Riverway is a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and is jointly administered by the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin and the National Park Service. These files document Minnesota's role in the project to acquire and develop the Upper St. Croix River within system guidelines, which allow both limited recreational development and preservation of the area's natural scenic qualities.

ArchivalResource: 1.7 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122358075 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Energy Division. Litigation files, 1980-1983.

Title: Litigation files, 1980-1983.

Pleadings and correspondence from Prairie Island Project, Inc. vs. the Minnesota Energy Agency, and Sherco-Kilowatt Organization, Inc. vs. the Department of Energy, Planning, and Development, Northern States Power Company, et al.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86126176 View

Minneapolis (Minn.). Office of the Mayor. Fraser (Donald M.) subject files, 1979-1994.

Title: Fraser (Donald M.) subject files, 1979-1994.

Correspondence, proclamations, reports, and related materials detailing the mayor's management of city government. General topics covered include the arts, municipal bonds, child care, churches, professional sports, employment, daycare, energy, housing, emergency shelters, drug abuse, labor, recycling, handicapped, historic properties and landmarks, light rail transport, pollution, skyways, taxes, taxicabs, technology, and gay rights.

ArchivalResource: 37.1 cubic feet (36 boxes and 2 partial boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122659129 View

United Handicapped Federation. United Handicapped Federation records, 1973-1993.

Title: United Handicapped Federation records, 1973-1993.

Organizational records documenting the history of a social action organization that represented the physically and mentally handicapped in the Twin Cities metropolitan area (Minn.). Records include correspondence, minutes, financial records, a constitution and by-laws, rosters, grant proposals, legal documents, reports, subject files, brochures, newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 12.3 cu. ft. (13 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122373652 View

Pamphlets relating to nuclear power plants in Minnesota, 1967-

Title: Pamphlets relating to nuclear power plants in Minnesota, 1967-

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the use of nuclear power to generate electricity, particularly Northern States Power Company's nuclear generating plants at Monticello and Prairie Island, radioactive waste disposal, and safety measures and training.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471497123 View

Minnesota. Governor (1971-1976 : Anderson). Miscellaneous records, [1975].

Title: Miscellaneous records, [1975].

Petition opposing proposed NSP power plant site in Wood Lake area, submitted by Concerned Citizens for the Preservation of the Environment, Inc.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313800668 View

Munger, Willard. Willard Munger papers, 1959-1999 (bulk 1980s-1990s).

Title: Willard Munger papers, 1959-1999 (bulk 1980s-1990s).

Papers of longtime northeast Minnesota legislator dealing with packaging and recycling legislation, air and water pollution, energy, mining, land use, and the Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Included are background publications and reports, news clippings, correspondence, and bill summaries and engrossments.

ArchivalResource: 8.0 cu. ft. (8 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313870274 View

Reddy Kilowatt Records

Title: Reddy Kilowatt Records

The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.

ArchivalResource: 30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ebcfae16-b777-4fa1-954e-983591b24b87 View

Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association. MECCA records, 1958-2004.

Title: MECCA records, 1958-2004.

Administrative files (including bylaws, meeting minutes, financial information, member directories, and newsletters), subject files, visual materials, and task force files of an environmental citizens' action group, also known as MECCA, organized in 1968. The collection also includes meeting minutes, financial reports, tax forms, and a few select topical files of the Midwest Environmental Education & Research Association that were kept by Robert F. Nelson, a a founding member of MECCA.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (10 cubic feet), 1 oversize folder, and microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523419 View

Northern States Power [graphic], 1920-1926.

Title: Northern States Power [graphic] 1920-1926.

Interior and exterior views of power plants, including construction of the Aldrich Station and Riverside Station addition in Minneapolis. Also views of the Garfield Station, Clinton Sub Station, Hiawatha Station, Oak Park Station and Nicollet Island Station, Minneapolis; and High Bridge and Chestnut St. stations in St. Paul.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000083.xml View

Minnesota. Dept. of Public Service. Certificate of need applications, 1975-1978.

Title: Certificate of need applications, 1975-1978.

Application of Northern States Power Company and Minnesota Power and Light Company for permission to construct a high voltage transmission line. Also proposed rules of the Minnesota Energy Agency concerning the contents of the applications for certificate of need and criteria for coal and oil storage facilities. The files include exhibits, transcripts, and related documents.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313863450 View

Northern States Power Company (Minnesota). Records of predecessor companies, 1856-1983 (bulk 1879-1948).

Title: Records of predecessor companies, 1856-1983 (bulk 1879-1948).

Accounting, engineering, and other records of certain Minnesota predecessor companies of Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), a Minneapolis-based electric and natural gas utility established in 1909 as the Washington County Light and Power Company and later known as the Consumers Power Company (1909-1916). Also includes maps, drawings, and some 200 small books of technical notes, memoranda, and hydrological data documenting the activities of water power companies at the Falls of St. Anthony, as well as some information about NSP-owned nuclear and coal-fired power plants in Minnesota. Accounting records include journals, ledgers, cash books, and other financial records and data documenting the generation of electrical power; the construction of dams, a power house, and other facilities; water leases, rents, and rebates; the sale of gas; lumber milling and sales; and the receipt and storage of wheat at a grain elevator. Firms documented include the Consumers Power Company; the Minneapolis Mill Company, St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, and the related Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company; and the St. Paul Gas Light Company. Most of the material centers on hydroelectric and other operations at the Falls of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Engineering records consist mostly of technical data pertaining to water levels; the construction, operation, and maintenance of water power company facilities and installations; the generation of electricity; and the leasing of "mill power" to flour mills in the Milling District. There are some maps and drawings of canals and other infrastructure at the Falls of St. Anthony, and there is some information about the company's coal-fired generating plant at Becker, Minnesota and its nuclear power plant at Monticello, Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 17.0 cu. ft. (23 boxes, including 265 v., and 1 v., unboxed).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313845319 View

Litigation files., 1961-1992.

Title: Litigation files. 1961-1992.

Pleadings, briefs, hearing transcripts, reports, depositions, background materials, correspondence, and other material documenting cases involving enforcement of federal and state environmental protection standards and related matters. Most of the cases also involved the participation of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency [MPCA].

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00442.xml View

Davis, Kellogg & Severance (Saint Paul, Minn.). Law firm records, 1878-1941.

Title: Law firm records, 1878-1941.

Case files, 1878-1941 (88 ft.) and letterpress books, 1898-1925 (97 vols.) of the St. Paul law firm of Davis, Kellogg and Severance, founded in 1887 by Cushman K. Davis, Frank B. Kellogg, and Cordenio A. Severance. The records, concentrated in the period 1900-1920, reflect the firm's specialty as counsel for numerous corporate clients in Minnesota and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: 106 cu. ft. (106 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122613912 View

Minnesota Association of Cooperatives. Association records, 1943-1996.

Title: Association records, 1943-1996.

Correspondence and subject files, organizational records, executive director's files, miscellaneous files, and printed material reflecting the organization, membership, and activities of a trade association established in 1946 to promote the interests of cooperative associations. Members include regional and local supply and marketing associations, rural electric power generators, telephone companies, dairy producers, credit unions, farm credit services, insurance providers, transport companies, housing communities, and consumer cooperatives.

ArchivalResource: 129.80 cubic feet. (132 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313848276 View

MECCA records., 1958-2004.

Title: MECCA records. 1958-2004.

Administrative files (including bylaws, meeting minutes, financial information, member directories, and newsletters), subject files, visual materials, and task force files of an environmental citizens' action group, also known as MECCA, organized in 1968. The collection also includes meeting minutes, financial reports, tax forms, and a few select topical files of the Midwest Environmental Education & Research Association that were kept by Robert F. Nelson, a founding member of MECCA.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00820.xml View

Central Council of District Clubs (Saint Paul, Minn.). Organization records, 1928-1940.

Title: Organization records, 1928-1940.

Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and miscellany of this federation of Ramsey County civic clubs, organized in 1932 to coordinate civic activities and promote citizen interest and action in local, state, and national affairs.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122298930 View

Issel, Carl. Carl Issel papers, 1923-1959.

Title: Carl Issel papers, 1923-1959.

The papers include photographs and postcards, correspondence to Stella Cook from Issel during WWI, newspaper clippings, a newspaper, and an unused baby book from Minot (N.D.) merchants.

ArchivalResource: .25 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71800034 View

Hill, Hibbert. 1900-. Hibbert Mosse Hill and Rachel Hanna Hill family papers, 1830-2004 (bulk 1900-1996).

Title: Hibbert Mosse Hill and Rachel Hanna Hill family papers, 1830-2004 (bulk 1900-1996).

Family and professional papers of Hibbert Mosse Hill, a noted civil engineer who spent most of his career with the Northern States Power Company, and his wife, Rachel Hanna Hill. Hibbert's papers contain professional articles and speeches on civil engineering and aquatic biology while Rachel's papers contain her diaries (1980s) and poetry. The collection contains photographs of the Hill's three daughters and other family members from both sides of the family including James Johnston Hill and Hibbert Winston Hill.

ArchivalResource: 4.8 cubic feet (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313871078 View

King, Allen Stewart, 1900-1979. Allen S. King papers, 1915-1979.

Title: Allen S. King papers, 1915-1979.

Correspondence, speeches, clippings, photographs, printed items, and memorabilia documenting the career of Allen S. King, employee (1922-1954) and president (1954-1965) of Northern States Power Company (NSP). There is information on King's education, personal and business activities in Fargo and Minot, North Dakota (1923-1951), appointments to various positions within NSP, and career and activities in Minneapolis (1951-1979).

ArchivalResource: 4.0 cu. ft. (4 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616331 View

Save the Saint Croix (Hudson, Wis.). Save the Saint Croix records, 1962-1968.

Title: Save the Saint Croix records, 1962-1968.

Minutes, correspondence, reports, hearing testimony, printed material, newspaper clippings, and related material of an organization formed to preserve the scenic and recreational value of the St. Croix River by opposing (unsuccessfully) construction of what became the Northern States Power Company's coal-fired Allen S. King generating plant on the river.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 cu. ft. (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122357881 View

Meter, Kenneth. Newspaper clippings regarding Northern States Power Company, 1970-1974.

Title: Newspaper clippings regarding Northern States Power Company, 1970-1974.

Photocopied newspaper clippings from Minnesota and national sources (Aug. 1970-May 1974), compiled by a Minnesota anti-nuclear power plant activist, relating mainly to the nuclear power activities of Northern States Power Company, but also imparting information on nuclear energy plants in other parts of the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560079 View

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Division of Water Quality. Hearing files, 1946-1975.

Title: Hearing files, 1946-1975.

Transcripts, accompanied by exhibits, legal briefs, and related materials, of hearings conducted on water pollution issues by the Water Pollution Control Commission and its successor (after 1967), the Pollution Control Agency.

ArchivalResource: 7.75 cu. ft. (8 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86125999 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Pollution Control Division. Litigation files, 1953-1987 (bulk 1970-1980).

Title: Litigation files, 1953-1987 (bulk 1970-1980).

Files regarding pollution control cases heard before Minnesota district, United States district, and state and United States supreme courts that involved participation on behalf of the state by the special assistant attorney general for the Pollution Control Agency.

ArchivalResource: 33.0 cu. ft. (33 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122509436 View

Minnesota. Attorney General. Pollution Control Division. Subject files, 1970-1987.

Title: Subject files, 1970-1987.

Files on miscellaneous matters involving administrative rules or procedures, pending or potential litigation, non-litigated negotiations or stipulation agreements, and other matters of interest to the division, particularly as regards pollution management measures required in granting operating permits for various types of plants, specific instances of air or water pollution, and development of statewide plans for air and water quality management and for a comprehensive waste management program.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 cu. ft. (10 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122417129 View