Records of Leslie R. Beatty, 1911-1941 (bulk 1930s).

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Records of Leslie R. Beatty, 1911-1941 (bulk 1930s).

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Files kept by Leslie R. Beatty, an employee of the Minnesota Forest Service (1911-1930) and Department of Conservation (1931-1942). The majority of the materials detail his work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) programs. Included are daily reports by rangers Beatty (1911-1917) and Fred W. Bessette (1912-1914) detailing forestry work, primarily in the Orr, Minnesota area; a descriptive list of the 62 CCC companies operating in Minnesota (October 22, 1934); notepads kept by Beatty documenting his daily activities and travel and personnel at the various CCC/ECW camps (undated, 1935, 1941); an article by Beatty describing ECW projects in the state's forests during 1933 through 1936; and CCC photographs (1938-1940).

0.8 cu. ft. (1 box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317257

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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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...

Beatty, Leslie R., 1891-1969.

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Minnesota Forest Service

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

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Bessette, Fred W.

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