Central subject files: Planting (SP) files. 1914-1961.
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Minnesota. Division of Forestry
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The Pine Island Civilian Conservation Corp camp was established on June 21, 1933 and operated until August 1934. The site sat idle until January 1935, when it became a transient camp under the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and State Emergency Relief Administration. On May 15, 1936, it was placed under the United States Department of Agriculture's Resettlement Administration, as Project LD-MN4, the Northern Minnesota Pine Island Settler Relocation Project. The purpose of the project was to p...
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Napoleon Noel Nadeau was born December 25, 1889 in Marinette, Wisconsin. Following his graduation from Marinette High School, he attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison for three years where he studied and worked as a photographer. He was then employed by the Hibbard Studio in Minneapolis for seven years before opening his own photographic studio. In 1932, Nadeau was hired as department photographer for the Conservation Department and charged with both documenting the work o...
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