Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides, circa 1883-1973.

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Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides, circa 1883-1973.

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Collection of photographs, negatives, and lantern slides documents Forestry Division activities and facilities, as well as life in northern Minnesota as it relates to natural resources and disasters.

2.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8036242

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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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...