Central subject files : Forester (F) files, 1909-1962.

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Central subject files : Forester (F) files, 1909-1962.

Subject files consisting of correspondence, memos, notes, reports, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials relating to proposed and enacted state and federal laws, bills, investigations, and appropriations; fire claims, arrests and prosecutions, roads and easements, attorney general opinions; cooperation with various state and federal agencies and individuals; materials used for lectures, movies, exhibits, photographs, and other means of educating the public; game refuges and animal protection; Itasca Park; and forest policies, originating from or received by the state forester, commissioner, or director of forestry (title change) or other members of the forestry division office.

26.75 cu. ft. (27 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705234

Related Entities

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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Itasca State Park.

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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...