Arthur Oppel files, 1937-1949.

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Arthur Oppel files, 1937-1949.

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Reports, correspondence, and other materials relating primarily to forest insect control (especially spraying programs) and to Forestry Division training courses. Also present are drafts for biennial reports and for a brief history of forestry policy in Minnesota. These were apparently the files of Arthur Oppel, in charge of special projects for the division.

0.8 cu. ft. (31 folders).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316522

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Oppel, A. F. (Arthur F.).

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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...