Photographs of state parks, monuments, and recreational areas, 1926-1953 (bulk 1930-1939).

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Photographs of state parks, monuments, and recreational areas, 1926-1953 (bulk 1930-1939).

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Assorted sized black and white photographs mainly documenting buildings, scenery, personnel, special events and developments, particularly pool and road construction, in the state parks and related recreational and historical areas. Sizable groups of photographs are present for Alexander Ramsey, Baptism River, Camden, Charles A. Lindbergh, Father Hennepin, Fort Ridgely, Gooseberry Falls, Interstate, Itasca, Jay Cooke, Lake Shetek, Minneopa, Old Mill, Scenic, Sibley, St. Croix, and Whitewater state parks. Of special interest are photographs of Dakota Conflict monuments at Birch Coulee, Camp Release, Fort Ridgely, Lake Shetek, Milford, and Wood Lake; markers commemorating the 1894 Hinckley forest fire victims, Senator Magnus Johnson, and the sites of Fort St. Charles, the town of Buchanan, Samuel Pond's 1834 mill, and the Wasioja Seminary; the Charles A. Lindbergh and Ignatius Donnelly houses; restoration of historic Fort Ridgely; several Civilian Conservation Corps' camps; the 1937 historical pageant at Camden State Park; Washkish Township; and Basswood Lake. There are also photographs of Minneapolis Park System superintendent Theodore Wirth, Parks and Recreation Division director H. W. Lathrop, National Park Service assistant director Connie Wirth, Josephine Brower, and Theodore Wegmann.

3.0 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316180

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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United States. National Park Service

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U.S. National Park Service has managed the Morristown National Historical Park since 1933. From the description of Morristown National Historical Park resource management records, 1933-1994 (bulk 1938-1970). (Morristown National History Park). WorldCat record id: 71014733 The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created...

Minnesota Works Progress Administration

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The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in July, 1935, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal agency responsible for operating a wide variety of "socially useful" work-relief programs. The WPA was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939 and was transferred, along with several other relief agencies, to the newly created Federal Works Agency. After the United States entered World War II, the FWP was renamed the Writers' Unit of the WPA's War...

Wasioja Seminary (Wasioja, Minn.)

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Lac qui Parle Mission (Minn.)

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Lathrop, Harold William, 1901-1961

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Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949

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Johnson, Magnus, 1871-1936

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Johnson was a member of the Minnesota legislature (1914, 1916, 1918); U.S. senator (1923-1924); U.S. congressman (1933-1934); candidate for governor of Minnesota (1922, 1926, 1936). He was active in the Progressive movement, the National Nonpartisan League, and the Farmer-Labor party. From the description of Magnus Johnson papers, 1923-1941. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122474163 ...

Wegmann, Theodore

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Minnesota District

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Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

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Farmer, editor, author, and orator. From the description of Ignatius Donnelly papers, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009547 American politician and author. From the description of Letter, 1863, Washington, D. C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812376 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531076 From the description of ...