Collection of Department of Forestry records, 1915-1969.

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Collection of Department of Forestry records, 1915-1969.

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Reports, instruction manuals, planning books, daily work logs, minutes, newsletters, maps, and photographs relating to the Forest Service of Minnesota. The photographs document camping and public camps, timber types, and fire-fighting equipment of the 1920s and 1930s.

5 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 8245516

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Minnesota Forest Service

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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...

Wilson, Don, 1906-2007

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