QUETICO-SUPERIOR COUNCIL
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical
Society
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Quetico-Superior
Council. |
| Title: | Quetico-Superior Council
records. |
| Date: | 1906-1967. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, scrapbooks, publications,
memoranda, reports, speeches, financial records, and other materials (mainly
for 1927-1950) documenting an organization established in 1928 to work for the
preservation of wilderness values in the Rainy Lake and Pigeon River watersheds
of northern Minnesota and Ontario. Some of this area is now part of the
Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and
Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. |
| Quantity: | 48.0 cu. ft. (112
boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
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The papers consist of correspondence, publications, memoranda,
reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, articles, circular letters, budgets,
and other materials documenting the Council's history as well as the activities
of the men instrumental in formulating and executing the program. The Council
was organized in 1928 to work for the preservation of wilderness values in a
ten million acre area in northeastern Minnesota and Ontario comprising the
Rainy Lake watershed. Contemplating first threats to the area by dams that
changed water levels and indiscriminate logging as well as later problems of
road building, penetration by airplanes, and resorts, the Council waged a
preservation campaign encompassing many facets: state and federal legislation;
federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; agreements with Canada regarding the
area; an airspace ban; attempts to coordinate efforts by governmental agencies,
such as the United States Forest Service and the Minnesota Conservation
Commission publicity to secure broad public support and financing; and the
reconciliation of divergent points of view among individual conservationists
and organizations working for the same broad objectives.
Although there is material both preceding and following the dates, the
greater part of the papers document the period between 1927 and 1950. Acting on
behalf of the Council were dozens of men from the United States and Canada.
Important among those who worked to execute the program were Ernest C.
Oberholtzer, a conservationist, outdoorsman, and wilderness philosopher from
Ranier, Minnesota; Frank B. Hubachek, a lawyer from Minneapolis (later
Chicago); Charles S. Kelly, a lawyer from Minneapolis (later Chicago);
Frederick S. Winston, a lawyer from Minneapolis; Lawrence Burpee, a Canadian
historian and chairman of the International Joint Commission; Arthur Hawkes, a
Canadian journalist; Sewell Tyng, a New York lawyer; and Sigurd Olson, an Ely,
Minnesota, conservationist and writer.
The papers--particularly those emanating from Oberholtzer--contain
personal data as well as information on the Council's work, for many of the men
whose support he enlisted became personal friends and many personal friends
became interested in the cause of wilderness preservation. His broad interests
in wildlife, canoeing, Indian culture, and conservation organizations other
than the Council are reflected, as are the personal concerns of other men who
served the Council's cause.
Included is information on the President's Quetico-Superior Committee;
fund raising; publicity; Canadian parks and forests; Superior National Forest;
Minnesota state forests; state and federal legislation, particularly the
Shipstead-Nolan Act (1930); land acquisition and exchanges; use of the area for
resorts, outfitting, hunting, fishing, logging, and water-power developments;
lawsuits by Rainy Lake property owners and the state of Minnesota against the
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company for flood damages; and hearings before the
International Joint Commission respecting water levels.
There are also data on animal and plant life; the issues of an
airspace ban and road building in the wilderness reaches; controversy over the
relocation of trunk highway 61 at Grand Portage; Grand Portage history, the fur
trade dock reconstruction there, and Ojibwe Indian reservation land use;
relations with Minnesota, United States, and Canadian government agencies; and
organizations such as the American Forestry Association, the American Legion,
the Izaak Walton League of America, the Minnesota Emergency Conservation
Committee, and the Minnesota Wildlife Federation.
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| The filing system that existed when the collection arrived at the
Society was, for the most part, retained. The basic organization within each
section is alphabetical by author or subject. Within each individual file the
material is arranged chronologically. |
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| Related materials: Records of the U.S. President's Quetico-Superior
Committee are also in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript
collection. |
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| Preferred Citation: |
| | [Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Quetico-Superior Council Records. Minnesota Historical
Society. |
| | See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples. |
| Accession Information: |
| | Accession number: 9430; 9469; 9959; 10,303; 10,885; 11,555;
11,642 |
| Processing Information: |
| | Catalog ID number: 09-00038871 |
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Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the
location and box numbers shown below.
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Alphabetical Files:
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A: Miscellaneous. 2 Folders.
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Abbot, Willis J. ,
1928.
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Abbott, Lawrence F.,
1928.
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Abbott, Mark M.,
1949.
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Aberg, J. C.,
1938.
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Agriculture Committee, House of Representatives,
1947.
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Akerson, George,
1929-1930.
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Albinson, Dewey,
1937.
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Albinson, Elmer,
1940.
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Alder, Eugene C.,
1944.
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Alden, John M.,
1935-1936.
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Alderton, Cora C. (Mrs. W.M.),
1933.
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Aldrich, Darragh, (Mrs. Chilson Aldrich),
undated, 1929.
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Alexander, Jack,
1942.
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Allen, Byron G.,
1944-1945.
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Allen, Philip S.,
1931.
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American (The), Askov,
Minnesota,
1937.
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American Automobile Association, Washington, D.C.,
1930-1933.
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American Business Review,
1929-1930.
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American Civic Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.,
1934.
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American Humane Association, Albany, New York,
1938.
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American Indian Fund, New York City,
1948.
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Amery, Jack,
1950.
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Amidon, Paul S.,
1943.
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Amsterdam Printing,
1936.
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Anderson, Alric,
1936.
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Anderson, Emil,
undated, 1935-1936.
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Anderson, Leo S.,
1943-1947.
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Anderson, Otto L.,
1944.
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Anderson, Parker,
1933-1949.
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Anderson, Ray,
1933.
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Anderson, Rudolph,
1929.
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Andrews, K.,
1937.
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Annat, W.H.,
1944-1945.
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Anrode, Ralph,
1948.
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Appleton, E.,
1938.
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Arbogust, George E.,
1937-1941.
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Arenz, Samuel S.,
1930.
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Armour, Norman,
1937.
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Art-History Club, Red Wing, Minnesota,
1931.
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Atherton, G. R.,
1937.
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Atwood, W.W.,
1948.
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Audubon Association,
undated.
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Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis,
1930.
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Automobile Club of Minneapolis,
1927-1929.
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Aylward, David A.,
1944.
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Acquisition of Land, National Forest Reservation
Commission,
undated, 1933-1936.
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| | | The file contains data on appeals by individuals and groups to
the Commission, United States congressmen, and others in the interest of having
the Commission extend the Superior National Forest over the entire
Shipstead-Nolan area; opposition to these proposals; and the federal-state
relationships involved in the acquisition of land in Minnesota by the federal
government. The secretary of the National Forest Reservation Commission in
1936--the date of the greater part of the correspondence--was John E.
Burch. |
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Adams, Charles C.,
1928-1948.
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| | | Most of the correspondence is between Oberholtzer and Adams.
Included is data on the appointment of Adams to the national advisory board of
the Quetico-Superior Council; the difficulty in reconciling the conflicting
views of various conservationists; the Council's problem in raising money,
securing legislation, implementing the legislation, securing agreements with
Canada, and meeting opposition to the program expressed by northern Minnesotans
and Canadians, including representatives of the interests of E.W. Backus;
specific appeals to Congressmen urging passage of the Shipstead-Nolan Bill; the
Grand Portage road proposal; other road problems; the cooperation of Secretary
of the Interior Harold Ickes; the opposition of Governor Harold Stassen and
attitudes of other representatives of state government; efforts to persuade the
National Forest Reservation Commission "to authorize the vital extension of
Superior National Forest to include the whole of the Minnesota side of Rainy
Lake and the Pigeon River watersheds;" the appointment of Robert Marshall as a
representative of the Department of the Interior on the President's
Quetico-Superior Committee; and the death of Marshall. |
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Addams, Jane,
undated, 1928-1935.
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| | | Newspaper clippings concerning Addams' career; an invitation to
Addams by Oberholtzer to become a member of the national advisory board of the
Quetico-Superior Council; and her acceptance. |
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Adler, Felix,
1928.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Adler relating to an
invitation extended to the latter to become a member of the national advisory
board of the Quetico-Superior Council, and Adler's acceptance. Adler was Senior
Leader of the Society for Ethical Culture in the City of New York. |
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Agriculture, Department of,
undated, 1927-1947.
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| | | Correspondence between representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture (United States Forest Service and the Lake States
Forest Experiment Station) and representatives of the Quetico-Superior Council
(Oberholtzer and Winston). There is data on Oberholtzer's first proposals of a
Quetico-Superior program to the Department of Agriculture; the department's
reaction to the proposal; legislation (especially Shipstead-Nolan); action of
the National Forest Reservation Commission in enlarging the Superior National
Forest by including the Grand Portage and Kabetogama areas; the attitude of
Minnesota's state auditor Stafford King toward the Quetico-Superior program;
the distribution to counties by the State of Minnesota of a portion of money
paid by the federal government as tax compensation for national forest acreage
in the state and counties; and a request by Lyle F. Watts, Chief of the United
States Forest Service, to Oberholtzer, to have the Quetico-Superior Council
study the implications of airplane landings in the Superior roadless area. |
| | | Among the correspondents representing the United States
Department of Agriculture are Henry A. Wallace and W. M. Jardine. |
| | | A few publications are included in the file. Among them are
reports of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station on the pulp and paper
industry, wildlife problems in the lake states, timber supplies, and lumber
production. |
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Airplane ban,
undated, 1947-1949.
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| | | Chiefly correspondence relating to attempts to secure an
airspace reservation over the roadless area of the Superior National Forest.
Winston is among the correspondents who outlines the idea's opposition and
support. |
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Aitkin Commercial Club,
undated, 1930-1933.
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| | | Correspondence of Club representatives with the Quetico-Superior
Council members and others in regard to the group's advocacy of the
Shipstead-Nolan Bill, financing the Quetico-Superior Council, and other
problems, including a bill detrimental to the Council's program and favoring a
power proposal of the Minnesota Power and Light Company considered by the
Minnesota legislature in 1933. Among the correspondents representing the Club
and other Aitkin interests were B. W. Kelly, Henry D. McNeil, and F. P.
McQuillan. |
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Akers, Mrs. C. C.,
undated, 1930-1938.
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| | | Correspondence of Mrs. Akers with Congressmen and Oberholtzer.
There is data on her support of the federal and state Shipstead-Nolan bills;
her opposition to the Morin bill being considered by the Minnesota legislature;
and Oberholtzer's views on the attitudes of members of the Minnesota
Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program. Mrs. Akers was
co-chairman of the Conservation Committee (Minnesota Federation of Women's
Clubs, Fourth District, St. Paul) and a member of the Outdoor Life Club, St.
Paul. |
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Allen, Shirley W.,
undated, 1928-1944.
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| | | An article by Allen (publication not identified) entitled
"Congress Knows the Needs of Conservation," and articles by Oberholtzer
prepared for American Forests and Forest Life.
There is also correspondence between Oberholtzer and Allen concerning
the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior
Council; his support of the Shipstead-Nolan Bill (copies of his letters to
Congressmen are included); and the finances of the Council. Allen was professor
of forestry in the School of Forestry and Conservation, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. |
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Allinson, T. W.,
undated, 1928-1936.
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| | | The correspondence is chiefly between Allinson and Oberholtzer,
with a few copies of letters Allinson forwarded to Oberholtzer. There is data
on the interest of the Prairie Club, of whose Conservation Committee Allinson
was chairman, in the program of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Club's
financial contributions; its support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the Council's
representations before the International Joint Commission; the National Forest
Reservation Commission's role in extending the Superior National Forest;
requests for cooperation made to MacKenzie King, premier of Canada; the Club's
camping and canoeing trips into the border area; and the influence of the
Backus interests in opposing the work of the Quetico-Superior Council. |
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Alworth, Marshall,
undated, 1931-1933.
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| | | An unidentified obituary reviewing Alworth's career; and letters
written to him by F. Peavey Heffelfinger and Oberholtzer with information on
the origins of the Quetico-Superior Council; its program, financing, support,
and opposition; Alworth's work as a member of the Council's Duluth Committee;
and the state Shipstead-Nolan bill which was being considered in the Minnesota
legislature in 1933. |
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Alworth, Royal D.,
1931-1933.
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| | | Correspondence between Alworth and Oberholtzer, with information
on the support the former was giving the program in Duluth through the Duluth
Committee of the Quetico-Superior Council; and the state Shipstead-Nolan bill
pending in the state legislature in 1933. |
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American Forestry Association,
undated, 1927-1947.
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| | | Articles, leaflets, articles of incorporation and bylaws of the
Association, correspondence, and circular letters. Most of the correspondence
is between Oberholtzer on behalf of the Quetico-Superior Council, and Ovid
Butler, Executive Secretary of the Association. In addition, are letters by
Winston (Quetico-Superior Council) and G. H. Collingwood (the Association), as
well as copies of materials by such other authors as H. H. Chapman of Yale
University. The file contains data on the Grand Portage road; federal land
acquisition in the Quetico-Superior area, including the purchase policies of
the National Forest Reservation Commission, the methods by which lands were
acquired by the federal government, and federal appropriations made for this
purpose; the attitudes of the members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission
toward the acquisition of land within Minnesota by the Federal government; the
difficulties of William T. Cox, Minnesota's Conservation Commissioner; the
Association's support of the Quetico-Superior Council in securing passage of
the Shipstead-Nolan bill; a visit in 1931 to the border lakes by the U.S.
Special Senate Committee on Wildlife; the attempts of the Pigeon River Lumber
Company to secure from the Federal Power Commission permits for power projects
on the Pigeon River and opposition to these attempts by the Association in
concert with the Quetico-Superior Council; preparation of the Council's case
for submission to the International Joint Commission and the aid given by
Sewell Tyng; H. H. Chapman's criticism of the Quetico-Superior program;
attitudes of Canadians toward the project; endorsement of the project by the
American Legion; articles by Oberholtzer for American
Forests and American Forests and Forest Life;
Ovid Butler's service as a member of the national board of advisers of
the Quetico-Superior Council; Oberholtzer's membership in the Association; the
history and business of the Association, including annual meetings, finances,
and policies toward forest management and conservation. |
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American Game Association,
1925-1935.
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| | | Publications, circular letters, and other materials relating to
the American Game Association (Washington, D.C.) and the American Game
Protective Association (New York City). There is data on the organizations'
attitudes toward the Superior National Forest and the Quetico-Superior program;
conferences of the organizations; and the death of Carlos Avery, editor of the
American Game Protective Association. |
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American Legion,
undated, 1927-1950. 10 folders.
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| | | Newspaper clippings, resolutions, correspondence, and other
papers regarding the support of the Quetico-Superior program by the American
Legion. Winston and Oberholtzer were the leading correspondents for the
Quetico-Superior Council, and among the Legion members who are represented are
Earl V. Cliff, James Morrow, and Stafford King. The unit of the Legion which
led the support of the Council's program was the conservation committee.
Although the files relate largely to the work of the Legion's Minnesota
Department, there are many references to support given both by the national
group and the Canadian Legion. |
| | | Council leaders considered the Legion as one of the program's
most influential and persistent backers. Among the spheres in which it acted
were the following: the Backus dam crisis in 1927; the resolution in the
Minnesota legislature in 1929 on behalf of the federal Shipstead-Newton Bill;
the Shipstead-Nolan Bill in Congress; hearings before the International Joint
Commission on border lakes water levels and power projects in 1933 and later;
the state Shipstead-Nolan Bill in 1933; relations with Minnesota's Conservation
Commission, particularly in regard to the emphasis the Commission placed on
various aspects of the Quetico-Superior program and the Commission's attitude
toward federal acquisition of land in Minnesota (especially the Kabetogama and
Grand Portage purchase units); the National Forest Reservation Commission's
program of land purchases for the enlargement of Superior National Forest (1936
and later); the resultant conflicts in the Minnesota legislature as well as
with the Minnesota Conservation Commission; the Grand Portage road controversy
(1937 and later); Amendment One (1938) to the Minnesota constitution relating
to the exchange of state public lands for privately owned or federal lands;
controversy over the dismissal of Herman Wenzel as Conservation Commissioner
and suggestions for the appointment of David Winton to this position (1939);
and the airspace reservation (1949-1950). |
| | | There are numerous tributes in this file to the Legion for its
support after the Quetico-Superior was endorsed in 1929 by the American and
Canadian legions as a memorial to World War I servicemen and later as a
memorial to those who served in World War II. |
| | | Because Winston was a member of the Legion as well as of the
Quetico-Superior Council, the papers include some information on general Legion
activities, such as conventions and work of the conservation committee in areas
other than the Quetico-Superior. |
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Undated, 1927-1931.
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1932-1950.
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American Nature Association,
1927-1942.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with the managing editor of
Nature Magazine and others. There is data on
Oberholtzer's request for advice at the time the Quetico-Superior program was
being formulated and, later, during the difficulties over the Grand Portage
road; Quetico-Superior problems in other spheres; Oberholzer's articles for
Nature Magazine; and editorials appearing in the
magazine. |
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American Wildlife Institute, Washington, D. C.,
undated, 1937-1944.
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| | | The publications and letters (correspondence of Oberholtzer and
Winston) have data on the 1935 formation of the Institute "to make America
again a fit habitat for its animals, birds, and fishes, and for its people as
well"; the study of the Institute's publications by members of the
Quetico-Superior Council; and support of the Council's program by the
Institute. |
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Anderson, Brooke,
1928-1932.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Anderson, president of the
Campfire Club of Chicago, as well as with other club officials concerning
Anderson's service on the national board of advisers, club representation on
the Quetico-Superior Council, and the Shipstead-Nolan bill. |
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Anderson, Sam G.,
undated, 1927-1935.
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| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Anderson, and other
papers relating to the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program and the
aid given by two organizations of which he was a member: the Gopher Campfire
Club and the Minnesota Game Protective League. Included in the file is
information concerning Anderson's committee work for the Quetico-Superior
Council; the role played by the two organizations he represented; the
Shipstead-Nolan bill; hearings before the International Joint Commission; and
attitudes of members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission, particularly
toward the Kabetogama and Grand Portage purchase units. There is data, too,
about the Anderson Hill Wild Life Sanctuary (Hutchinson, Minnesota) and the Sam
G. Anderson Memorial Association, Inc., founded after Anderson's death in 1935
to preserve the sanctuary. |
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Anderson, William,
1928-1935.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Anderson, professor of
political science at the University of Minnesota. There is information on
Anderson's consent to serve on the national board of advisers; his proposal for
state acquisition of forest lands in Minnesota; and a proposal for questioning
nominees for public office concerning their position on the Quetico-Superior
project. |
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Anderson, William A.,
1931.
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| | | A statement regarding allegations that Anderson, candidate for
the position of mayor of Minneapolis, was anti-Catholic; and an exchange of
letters between Anderson when he became mayor and Oberholtzer concerning the
booklet Grand Portage and a celebration at that
place. |
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Anderson, William B.,
1931-1933.
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| | | Letters from Oberholtzer to Anderson, member of the Minnesota
Senate, regarding the dangers to the Quetico-Superior program in the Morin bill
sponsored by the power companies; and the problem of getting the Minnesota
legislature to enact the state Shipstead-Nolan bill without harmful
amendments. |
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Andersen, August H.,
1930-1936, 1948.
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| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Andersen concerning the
latter's sponsorship in Congress of a migratory bird bill; his support of the
Shipstead-Nolan bill; his election defeat; and, after his return to Congress,
his actions in regard to the Kabetogama and Grand Portage purchase units. |
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Andrews, Arthur C.,
1928-1947.
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| | | Newspaper clippings and correspondence between Oberholtzer and
Andrews of the Andrews Grain Company (Minneapolis) concerning the
Quetico-Superior program. There is data on the main objectives,
accomplishments, and problems of the Council; enlargement of the Superior
National Forest; the conflicts this problem brought; and the Grand Portage
road. |
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Andrews, Frances E.,
undated, 1930-1948. 4 folders.
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| | | Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Andrews, daughter
of Arthur C. Andrews, concerning the commemoration in 1931 of the 200th
anniversary of the arrival of Sieur de la Verendrye at Grand Portage;
commemorative projects, including the rebuilding of the old furtrade dock at
Grand Portage and the acquisition of the site of Fort Charlotte; Andrews' role
in these projects as chairman of the fund-raising committee; the Grand Portage
road difficulty; the Shipstead-Nolan Bill and other legislation; land exchanges
looking toward the consolidation of forests; federal-state conflicts over land
acquisitions by the federal government in Minnesota; Andrews' summers at Isle
Royale and her farm at Sarona, Wisconsin. |
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Ankeny, De Walt,
1929-1931.
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| | | Correspondence of Ankeny with Oberholtzer, Totten P.
Heffelfinger, and other members of the Quetico-Superior Council in regard to
raising funds for the Council. |
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ApRoberts, Robert,
undated, 1929-1935.
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| | | Memoranda and correspondence (chiefly between Oberholtzer and
ApRoberts) regarding the Rainy Lake flowage cases; the career of E. W. Backus;
attitudes in International Falls concerning Backus; the formation of the
Koochiching County Tax Association; water levels on Rainy Lake and elsewhere on
the border; a bill introduced by Senator Morin in the state legislature in 1931
relating to water rights and the removal of a provision in a 1923 law providing
that no state shore lands should be sold. Oberholtzer believed that Morin's
main purpose in sponsoring the bill was to enable the Minnesota Power and Light
Company to get state permission for the Gabbro project. |
| | | ApRoberts, whose home was in Minneapolis, was employed by the
property owners to investigate the overflow of their lands bordering Rainy
Lake. He was later employed in the office of the State Surveyor General of Logs
and Lumber and in the Department of Forestry. |
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Arnold, L. B.,
1934.
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| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Arnold, land commissioner
of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company, concerning the proposed
boundaries of the Quetico-Superior area. |
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Arrowhead Sportsmen's Association,
1933.
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| | | Letters from Oberholtzer to the Association expressing
appreciation for support and requesting continued aid. Included is data on both
federal and state legislation. |
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Associated Press,
1929, 1932, 1940.
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| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Associated Press
representatives in Duluth, Minneapolis, and Washington, D. C., with data on a
mass meeting in Grand Marais focused on the Shipstead-Nolan bill; a report by
engineers filed with the International Joint Commission; the Grand Portage road
problem; and a convention entered into with Canada regarding border lakes
levels. |
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Austin, Mary,
undated, 1928-1934.
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| | | Newspaper clippings and correspondence between Oberholtzer and
Miss Austin, author of southwest stories, concerning her books, her acceptance
of an appointment to the national board of advisers, and her death in 1934. |
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Avery, Carlos,
undated, 1928-1930.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Avery, secretary-treasurer of
the American Game Protective Association and Minnesota's former game and fish
commissioner. There is data on Oberholtzer's regard for Avery's contribution to
the creation of the Superior National Forest; Avery's appointment to the
national advisory board; support of the Quetico-Superior Council's program by
the American Game Protective Association; efforts to pass the Shipstead-Nolan
bill, including the struggle to get a resolution recommending the measure
through the Minnesota legislature; opposition to the Quetico-Superior program
and to the Shipstead-Nolan Bill in particular by Backus, the Arrowhead
Association, the Duluth News-Tribune, Congressman
Pittenger, and persons in Ontario; the Council's finances; game in the
Quetico-Superior area; preparation by Oberholtzer of a paper for a National
Game Conference and of an article for American
Game. |
| | | Newspaper clippings at the end of the file relate to the death
of Avery in 1930 and give details concerning his career. |
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Ayer, H. D.,
1931-1934.
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| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Ayer, proprietor of the
"Indian Trading Post" at Mille Lacs, Minnesota. There is information on sugar
making and Ayer's support of the Quetico-Superior program. |
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Ayres, Philip W.,
undated, 1927-1945.
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| | | Publications and correspondence of Oberholtzer with Ayres,
forester of the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Boston,
Massachusetts). There is data on the Society's program; appointment of Ayres to
the national advisory board; support given by the Society to the
Quetico-Superior Council; and preparations for hearings before the
International Joint Commission and the National Forest Reservation
Commission. |
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B: Miscellaneous. 1 folder.
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Babcock, William H.,
1933.
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Babson's reports,
1930.
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Bachelder, Richard H.,
1944.
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Bacher, E.L.,
1938.
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Baker, J.W.,
1931.
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Baker, Morris T.,
1930.
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Baker, M.V.,
1931.
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Baldwin, Harry,
1935.
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Baldwin, Roger N.,
1932.
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Baldwin, Mrs. Roger N.,
undated.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 5 | |
Bangs, Tracy R.,
1931.
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Bank, A.M.,
1929.
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Barfknecht, Paul J.,
1939.
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Bartlet, L.T.,
1932.
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Bayliss, Kern,
undated.
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Bean, Frank A.,
1946.
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Beard, Dorothy,
1949.
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Beatty, Robert O.,
1948.
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Beatty, William B.,
1932.
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Beatty, William H.,
1936, 1938.
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Bede, J. Adam,
1931.
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Beebe, Earl F.,
1933.
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Behrens, O.W.,
1931.
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Belair, Al,
1945.
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Belin, Henry,
1931.
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Belknaf, Elston L.,
1945.
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Bell, E.A.,
1929.
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Bell, Frank,
1934.
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Bennett, James G.,
1936, 1944.
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Berg, Louis E.,
1934.
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Berlinger, Robert,
1938.
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Better Homes and Gardens,
1936.
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Bigelow, C.H., Jr.,
1931.
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Bigelow, Edward F.,
1928.
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Bird, W.L.,
1929.
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Black, S.R.,
1945.
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Blair, Frank D.,
1930.
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Blair, George W, .
1928, 1930.
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Blair, W.A.,
1930.
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Bodanat (?), H.,
1929.
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Blase, R.L.,
1934.
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Blayney, Lindsey,
1933, 1935.
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Blenman, William,
1932.
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Blummer, Annie,
1929.
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Bodin, Oscar,
1929-1930.
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Borah, William E.,
1927.
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Border Publishing Company,
1933.
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Borglum, Gutzon,
undated.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 5 | |
Boyd, Walter W.,
1938.
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Bradley, Otto F.,
1931.
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Brady, Mrs. J.A.,
1949-1950.
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Bragg, Raymond B.,
1950.
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Branch, James,
1949.
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Braucher, Howard S.,
1928-1929.
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Breasted, James H.,
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Breckenridge,
1949.
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Brennan, A.R.,
1927.
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Brentano's Book Shop,
1928.
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Brewer, Jay P.,
1935.
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Briggs, Allan,
1937.
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Britton, F.E.,
1947.
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Broadmore, Bill,
1935.
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Brockman, W.E.,
1930.
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Brown, Earle,
1932.
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Brown, Edwin,
1927.
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Brown, Whitney,
1929.
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Brunsvold, O.M.,
1937.
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Bryan, Silas M.,
1930, 1933.
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Buck, A.E.,
1929.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 5 | |
Buckler, Richard T.,
1938.
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Buckley, Dement and Company,
1931.
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Buhse, Mrs. Walter W.,
1937.
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Bulow, William J.,
1931.
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Bumpus, Hermon C.,
1928.
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Burke, W.T.,
1946.
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Burnham, Harry S.,
1944.
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Burnham, John,
1930.
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Burnley, Martha,
undated.
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Burnquist, J.A.A.,
1941, 1944.
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Burntside Lodge,
1931.
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Burwell, Louise,
1937.
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Business Forum,
1928.
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Buttles, Ben E.,
1939.
|
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Backus, E.W.,
undated, 1908-1934. 2 folders.
|
| | | An undated map showing the booms of the International Lumber
Company in Rainy River at International Falls; newspaper clippings with data on
timber limits of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company in Canada;
incorporation (1908) and history of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company;
investigation of Backus' tax situation; receivership of the Minnesota and
Ontario Paper Company in 1931; subsequent legal and financial problems; and the
death of Backus in 1934. |
| | | There are also memoranda, correspondence, and other papers with
information on an agreement signed by Backus as president of the Rainy River
Improvement Company at the time (1908) Congress approved plans for the
construction of a dam in the Rainy River between International Falls and Fort
Frances; an application by Backus as president of the Fort Frances Pulp and
Paper Company, to build dams at the outlets of several lakes above Rainy Lake;
court cases against the Minnesota and Ontario Power Company, for flooding lands
because of a dam in Rainy River; protests from Oberholtzer and others to
officials of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company regarding flood conditions
created by the firm's dams; objections of the firm to the Shipstead-Nolan bill;
the financing of the Backus enterprises; sale of Minnesota school lands to
Backus; the receivership of the company (1931); and statements prepared for
submission to the International Joint Commission on behalf of the
Quetico-Superior Council and on behalf of the Backus interests. |
| |
Bacon, Robert L.,
1930.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and New York congressman
Bacon regarding the Shipstead-Nolan bill, Bacon's support of it, and objections
to it by Minnesotans in Congress and in the state government. |
| |
Bade, William F.,
undated, 1928-1932.
|
| | | Newspaper clippings and correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bade,
director of the Palestine Institute at the Pacific School of Religion,
Berkeley, California. There is data concerning Bade's archeological work in
Palestine; his service as a member of the Quetico-Superior Council's national
advisory board; and his support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill. |
| |
Badger, Lester R.,
1930-1945.
|
| | | Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Badger, a member
of the conservation commission of the American Legion (state) and secretary to
Governor Edward Thye, regarding the Legion's support of the Quetico-Superior
program, including land acquisition by the federal government within the
boundaries of the Superior National Forest. |
| |
Bagley, Kilmer S.,
undated, 1936.
|
| | | Correspondence of Bagley, [UNK] A.D. Thomson and Company
(Duluth), with Winston and others regarding the proposed transfer to the United
States Forest Service of the Kabetogama and Pigeon River state forests; and
support of the proposal by the American Legion. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 5 |
Bagley, William R.,
undated, 1928-1949. 2 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Bagley, a Duluth
physician who was president first of the Duluth Chapter of the Izaak Walton
League and then president of the Minnesota Division of the League. There is
data on the opposition to the Quetico-Superior program in the Arrowhead region,
particularly from congressmen Pittenger and Bernard, Lake County, Cloquet,
Minnesota Power and Light Company, Arrowhead Association, Naniboujou Club, and
the Duluth Herald. There is also information on
opposition in the Minnesota legislature to the memorial requesting Congress to
pass the Shipstead-Newton bill; other opposition to the bill; support of the
Quetico-Superior program by the Izaak Walton League; plans of the Minnesota
Power and Light Company for projects at Gabbro and Bald Eagle Lake; attitudes
of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program;
the Grand Portage road; and consideration by the National Forest Reservation
Commission of extending Superior National Forest into the Kabetogama and Grand
Portage state forests. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 6 |
Baily, Irving W.,
1928-1929, 1931.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bailey of the Bussey
Institution for Research in Applied Biology, Boston, regarding Oberholtzer's
belief in the Quetico-Superior program, Bailey's good wishes for the project,
and family news. |
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Bailey, Richard R.,
undated, 1934-1936. 2 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Baily, a member
of the Minnesota Conservation Commission and supporter of the Quetico-Superior
program. Most of the correspondence, as well as a few resolutions and newspaper
clippings, center on the detrimental effects produced by the dams of the
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company at Kettle Falls and International Falls;
state suits pending against the company for damages done to state lands by the
overflow from the dams; conflicts within the Minnesota Conservation Commission
and among others over the purchase of lands in Minnesota by the federal
government, especially lands marked for the enlargement of the Superior
National Forest (Kabetogama and Grand Portage state forests). There is also
information on discussions regarding the Minnesota Conservation Commission's
sphere of authority; the work of the National Forest Reservation Commission;
the establishment of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; Bailey's
alleged interest in lands within the Kabetogama and Grand Portage state
forests; and proposals for the state purchase of lands around Bass Lake, Itasca
County, for public purposes. |
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Bakeless, John,
undated, 1927-1946. 2 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence, for the most part between Oberholtzer and
Bakeless, Oberholtzer's personal friend, writer, and member of the
Quetico-Superior Council's national advisory board. There is information
regarding publication of articles about the Quetico-Superior program--Bruce
Bliven in the New Republic, Bakeless in
The Forum, Arthur Hawkes in the
Toronto Star, and others; conferences between
Bakeless and Hubachek; early steps in organizing the Quetico-Superior Council;
a contention by E. W. Backus that unemployment in his paper manufacturing
enterprises was caused by water shortages; opposition to the Shipstead-Nolan
bill by Backus and others; appointments to the International Joint Commission;
a defense of Backus by Frank D. Throop, publisher of the Davenport Democrat, Davenport, Iowa; investigation of
the border lakes by United States Senate and House committees; and vacations
spent by Bakeless in the Quetico-Superior area. |
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Baker, John H.,
1935-1938.
|
| | | Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Baker, executive
director of the National Association of Audubon societies, New York City. There
is information on the support given to the Quetico-Superior program by the
Audubon Societies; the problems the Council faced in carrying out its plans,
especially in its efforts to secure extension of the Superior National Forest
to coincide with the boundaries of the American side of the Quetico-Superior
area; conflicts between the Council's objectives and the views of some members
of the Minnesota Conservation Commission; and aid given to the Council in this
area by Governor Floyd B. Olson. |
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Baldwin, Steve and Sarah,
undated, 1929.
|
| | | An advertisement for "Baldwin's Camp Cascadia," Fort Frances,
Ontario; and correspondence between Oberholtzer and the Baldwins on the
dissemination of information about the Quetico-Superior program. |
| |
Ball, Joseph H.,
undated, 1947-1948.
|
| | | Correspondence between Winston and Senator Ball regarding the
Superior National Forest Roadless Area bill. |
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Bang, Paul E.,
undated, 1931-1936.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bang, landscape forester
(Minneapolis) concerning the latter's work in the Indian Service, Robert
Marshall's appointment to the President's Quetico-Superior Committee, and his
interest in the progress of the Quetico-Superior program. |
| |
Banning, Margaret Culkin,
undated, 1928-1933.
|
| | | Advertisement of A Story of the North
Shore by William E. Culkin; newspaper clippings regarding Banning's
writings, speeches, and activities; and correspondence, chiefly between
Oberholtzer and Banning regarding on her appointment to the Quetico-Superior
Council's national advisory board, the Grand Portage road controversy, and the
Shipstead-Nolan bill. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 6 |
Barker, Leavitt R.,
undated, 1930-1934.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barker, a Minneapolis
attorney, regarding arrangements for the latter's canoe trip into the
Quetico-Superior and the effects of the operation of specified dams upon animal
and fish life. |
| |
Barnard, H.E.,
1929-1930.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barnard, director of the
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (Washington, D.C.),
regarding the correspondents' interest in one another's work. |
| |
Barnes, Guy F.,
1931-1933.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barnes, an employee in
the United States General Land Office at Pierre, South Dakota, regarding the
progress and problems of the Quetico-Superior Council and Barnes' support of
the program. |
| |
Barnum, Cyrus P.,
1934-1935.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barnum, director of the
International Relations Project, University of Minnesota, concerning a speech
by Oberholtzer scheduled at the University. |
| |
Barnum, George G.,
1928-1935.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barnum of Duluth noting
holidays spent on Isle Royale, Oberholtzer's wish to have Barnum support the
Quetico-Superior Council, and mutual friends. |
| |
Bartsch, Paul,
undated, 1928-1944.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bartsch, Smithsonian
Institution on the latter's acceptance of an appointment to the national
advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; and the Council's problems. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 6 |
Bayliss, Mrs. Willard,
undated, 1927-1935.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bayliss regarding her
appointment to a committee formulating the Quetico-Superior Council's program;
her work for the Council through the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs;
opposition by Minnesotans to the memorial from the Minnesota legislature
endorsing the Shipstead-Newton-Nolan bill; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill. There
is also a newspaper clipping on her death in 1935. |
| |
Beard, Daniel Carter,
undated, 1928-1930.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Beard, director of the
Dan Beard Outdoor School (Flushing, New York) and national Boy Scout
commissioner, regarding Beard's appointment to the national advisory board of
the Quetico-Superior Council. |
| |
Beck, Thomas Hambly,
undated, 1934.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Beck, chairman of the
President's Wildlife Committee, regarding Oberholtzer's request for support of
the Quetico-Superior program. |
| |
Becker, Robert,
1927-1948.
|
| | | A pamphlet by Becker entitled My Best Tip
for a Fishing Trip; correspondence between Oberholtzer and Becker,
fishing editor of the Chicago Tribune, on plans
for organizing the Quetico-Superior Council and publicity Becker gave the
enterprise; the requests by Oberholtzer for Becker's continued support; and the
problems the Council faced. |
| |
Becker, William L., Jr.,
1928-1933.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Becker (St. Paul)
regarding meetings of the International Joint Commission and levels of the
border lakes. Included also is a report by William Dorr, chairman of the Border
Lakes Committee, Minnesota Conservation Council. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 7 |
Beebe, William,
1928-1934.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Beebe, director of the
Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society (New York City),
on Beebe's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior
Council. There are also newspaper clippings regarding Beebe's career. |
| |
Beeman, Harry H.,
1930-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Beeman, an attorney from
Fort William, Ontario regarding the opposition of Backus, Congressman
Pittenger, and others to the Quetico-Superior program. |
| |
Bell, Fred G.,
1929-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bell, chairman of the
executive committee of the American School of Wild Life Protection (McGregor,
Iowa), regarding Bell's interest in the Quetico-Superior program and the work
of his own organization. |
| |
Bell, James Ford,
1931-1944.
|
| | | Correspondence of members of the Quetico-Superior Council with
James Ford Bell, Jr. (Red Owl Stores, Minneapolis) on Bell's work with the
finance committee and other elements of the Quetico-Superior Council; and with
James Ford Bell (General Mills, Minneapolis) regarding his aid on behalf of the
program, especially with the Minnesota legislature and Canadians. |
| |
Bell, Maurice Dwight,
undated, 1931-1940. 2 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bell, Minneapolis
consulting engineer and president (1932) of the Engineers' Club of Minneapolis,
as well as copies of letters from Bell to others on behalf of the
Quetico-Superior Council. There is data concerning Bell's financial
contributions to the Council; his efforts to influence newspapers, friends, and
professional associates to favor the program; his work with the Engineers' Club
in securing endorsement and technical services for the project; the work of the
Border Lakes Committee of the Club; the attitudes of the Quetico-Superior
Council toward water power development on the border lakes; the work of Adolph
Meyer as engineer for the Backus interests; the Minnesota state flowage cases
against the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; hearings before the
International Joint Commission; and the activities of Duluthians on behalf of
the Council's program. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 7 |
Bender, Walter H.,
undated, 1931-1948.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bender, a Milwaukee
attorney, regarding the latter's financial contributions to the Council; the
Minnesota Power and Light Company's interest in the Superior National Forest,
including Gabbro and Bald Eagle; and objectives of the Council. |
| |
Bennett, James O'Donnell,
1927-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Bennett (Chicago Tribune), concerning the appointment of Bennett
to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the program
of the Council. |
| |
Bennett, Russell H.,
1928-1932.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bennett, a Minneapolis mining
engineer and a member of the Quetico-Superior Council's finance committee,
concerning committee affairs, his personal contributions; and the cooperation
of the Engineers' Club of Minneapolis in furthering the program. |
| |
Benson, Arnon N.,
1930.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Benson, secretary-manager
of the Minnesota Motor Trades Association (Minneapolis), concerning progress of
federal legislation on the Quetico-Superior program, Benson's enthusiasm for
the project, and the publication of an article about the area in the
Automotive Journal. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 7 |
Benson, Elmer A.,
1936-1938.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Benson while he
was United States Senator and Governor of Minnesota. There is information on
efforts to secure from the National Forest Reservation Commission authorization
for extending the Superior National Forest throughout the Shipstead-Nolan area;
problems of the federal government in acquiring lands in the area; and the
Grand Portage road difficulties. |
| |
Benson, Henry N.,
undated, 1926, 1929-1936.
|
| | | Correspondence, for the most part between Oberholtzer and
Benson, Minnesota's attorney general. There is information on a delayed suit by
the state against the Backus interests for flowage of state lands; the handling
of the case by Chester S. Wilson of the attorney general's office; Benson's
personal interest in the cases and in the general problem of water levels on
the border lakes; hearings before the International Joint Commission;
provisions of a treaty between Canada and the United States regulating the
level of the Lake of the Woods; the sale of state timber and state school lands
to lumbermen; mineral reservations on lands sold to the federal government;
Benson's support of the Shipstead-Nolan Bill; the Minnesota Power and Light
Company's application to the Federal Power Commission for projects at Gabbro
and Bald Eagle lakes within the Superior National Forest; attempts to secure an
enlargement of the Superior National Forest; and state constitutional amendment
no. 3, concerning the exchange of state lands for federal lands. |
| |
Berkman, Carl E.,
1928-1933.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Berkman, a Chisholm,
Minnesota, attorney. There is data on the Lake of the Woods damage cases
resulting from flooding caused by the construction of dams on the Winnipeg
River in 1898 and actions instituted by the Rainy Lake settlers. |
| |
Bessette, Fred W.,
undated, 1936.
|
| | | Chiefly statements by Bessette (Orr, Minnesota), secretary of
the Kabetogama-Grand Portage Forest Protective Association, which opposed
federal acquisition of these forests in particular and the program of the
Quetico-Superior Council in general. |
| |
Betten, H.L.,
1928-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with representatives of the
Associated Sportsmen of California regarding the appointment of Betten as the
organization's representative on the Quetico-Superior Council; requests for
Betten's aid on Council matters; and an article by Betten on wild fowl. |
| |
Bills and proposals,
undated, 1909-1950.5 folders.
|
| | | A file of bills, clippings, statements, and resolutions on state
and federal legislation, including the Shipstead-Nolan bill. There is data on
measures relating to the roadless area; Oberholtzer's 1927 proposal to the
Secretary of Agriculture; the Grand Portage road; treaties between the United
States and Canada; water levels on the border lakes; wildlife; forests; hunting
and fishing; federal and state land acquisitions; and Indian affairs. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 7. | |
Undated, 1925-1929.
|
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 8. | |
1930-1950.
|
| |
Binder, Carroll,
1937-1949.
|
| | | Letters from Oberholtzer and Winston to Binder, a newspaperman
on the staffs of the Chicago Daily News and the
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, regarding the foreign
relations groups Binder as in contact with and the positions taken by the
Minneapolis newspapers on the Quetico-Superior program. |
| |
Blair, Cecil C.,
undated, 1931-1937.
|
| | | Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Blair (Globe
Elevator Company, Duluth) concerning the latter's activities as head of a
Duluth committee formed to work for the Quetico-Superior program. There is
information on the formation of the committee; fund raising; hostility toward
the program, especially in relation to the Minnesota Power and Light Company's
Gabbro and Bald Eagle projects; hearings before the International Joint
Commission; and the Grand Portage road. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 8 |
Blake, Tiffany,
1928-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Blake, an editorial writer
for the Chicago Tribune. There is information on
an editorial by Blake on the Quetico-Superior program; a pending appointment in
1929 of a new member of the International Joint Commission; and fund raising
for the Council. |
| |
Blane, Mrs. M.L.,
1949-1950.
|
| | | Correspondence on routine matters between Winston and Marguerite
Blane, secretary to R. P. Wentworth, who was information director of the
Quetico-Superior International Peace Memorial. |
| |
Blatnik, John,
undated, 1946-1948.
|
| | | Statements and correspondence between Oberholtzer and
Congressman Blatnik regarding opposition to the Quetico-Superior program;
Blatnik's support of it; and the Blatnik bill on the roadless area. Included in
the file are letters written by others in support of the Blatnik bill. |
| |
Black, Robson,
1938-1946.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Black, secretary of the
Canadian Forestry Association (Montreal), regarding a proposal for a joint
meeting between the Canadian Forestry Association and the American Forestry
Association focused on the Quetico-Superior program; and an article by
Oberholtzer prepared for Forest and Outdoors. |
| |
Bliss, Ed,
1932-1933.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bliss, general merchant and
dealer in raw furs, Mine Centre, Ontario. There is information on Billy McGee,
a friend of Oberholtzer's who lived near Mine Centre, and data concerning the
Quetico-Superior program Oberholtzer forwarded to Bliss. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 8 |
Bliss, H.C.,
1943-1944.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bliss, a member of the
Canadian Conservation Association who lived in Toronto, regarding continued
interest in a "final treaty" with Canada dealing with the Quetico-Superior and
the interest of both men in protecting the wilderness area from incursions such
as unauthorized logging dams. |
| |
Bliven, Bruce,
1927-1948.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bliven of the
New Republic concerning articles and editorials in
that magazines on the border lakes and the Quetico-Superior program; floods on
the border lakes and Backus' alleged responsibility for them; the attitude of
Backus toward complaints about the water levels; suits against him by the state
of Minnesota and private land owners; his plans for developing new power sites
and the opposition to the projects by Oberholtzer and others; the role of the
International Joint Commission as arbiter of problems on the border lakes; a
treaty (1925) between the United States and Canada concerning the Lake of the
Woods; denial by the Federal Power Commission of an application by the Pigeon
River Lumber Company to erect a series of power dams on the Pigeon River; the
Grand Portage road; state opposition to federal land acquisition in the
Quetico-Superior area; an account by Oberholtzer (September 20, 1943) of a
five-day canoe trip into the northern part of the Rainy Lake watershed. |
| | | In addition to the Oberholtzer-Bliven correspondence there are
letters to Bliven from others giving reactions to statements in the
New Republic regarding the articles on the border
lakes. |
| |
Blood, A.M.,
1949-1950.
|
| | | Correspondence between Winston and Blood, treasurer of the
Quetico-Superior Council, relating to contributions and other financial
business of the organization. |
| |
Board of Advisers,
undated, 1937-1938.
|
| | | Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and board members
regarding their service and Council problems. |
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Bok, Edward,
undated, 1928-1930.1 folder.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bok's representatives
concerning his service on the National advisory board; and newspaper clippings
on his career as an editor and philanthropist and his death in 1930. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 9 |
Borden, John,
Undated, 1931.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Borden on the latter's
projected trip to the border lakes. |
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Borgeson, A.C.,
undated, 1933-1937.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Borgeson, an engineer from
Chisholm (Minnesota) who supported the Quetico-Superior program, regarding the
attempts of the Minnesota Power and Light Company to get permits for power
projects within the Superior National Forest (Gabbro and Bald Eagle);
difficulties in getting state support for federal land acquisition in the
Quetico-Superior area; legislation; and other problems. |
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Bovey, Charles C.,
1930-1935.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bovey about the support Bovey
gave to legislation in which the Council was interested. |
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Bowing, Amelia L.,
undated, 1933-1948.
|
| | | Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Mrs. Bowing,
chairman of the conservation committee of the Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs; letters written by Mrs. Bowing to others on behalf of the
Quetico-Superior program; and resolutions concerning the program submitted to
or adopted by the Federation. There is data not only on the support given by
the Federation and Mrs. Bowing individually, but on the many problems facing
the Quetico-Superior Council. Prominent among the latter was the question of
federal land acquisition in the Shipstead-Nolan area. |
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Bowler, B.H.,
1934-1950.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Bowler, a
Minneapolis attorney and member of the Saturday Lunch Club. There is
information about the support given to the Quetico-Superior program by Bowler
and the Club, as well as about on the Grand Portage road and the 1941 floods at
Rainy Lake. |
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Boy Scouts of America,
1928, 1936.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and representatives of the
Scouts re: the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program. |
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Branch, James A.,
1936.
|
| | | Chiefly correspondence between Charles Kelly of the
Quetico-Superior Committee and Branch, an Atlanta (Georgia) attorney,
concerning support for the extension of Superior National Forest through the
National Forest Reservation Commission and Branch's appointment to the national
advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council. A letter by Senator Walter F.
George is included. |
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Bray, Frank Chapin,
undated, 1933-1937.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Bray, New York lecturer
and author, regarding the latter's articles and speeches about the
Quetico-Superior Council's problems and his appointment to the national
advisory board. |
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Bray, Newton J.,
undated, 1928-1934. 3 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence of Bray--member of the Cook County board of
commissioners, town clerk of Hovland Township, and president of the book County
Historical Society--with Oberholtzer, Frances Andrews, and others. There is
data on the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of La Verendrye's
arrival at Grand Portage (1931); plans for rebuilding the old dock at Grand
Portage and for commemorating Fort Charlotte as part of the anniversary
observance; the position of Lake and Cook counties as well as Hovland Township
on the Shipstead-Nolan Bill and other legislation concerning the
Quetico-Superior area; newspaper debates and mass meetings on the same
subjects; the opposition of Congressman Pittenger to the Shipstead-Nolan Bill;
the plans of the Pigeon River Lumber Company to build power dams on the Pigeon
River; a proposed United States Senate Committee visit to the border lakes;
taxation and mineral reservation problems related to federal acquisition of
lands within Minnesota; and other federal land acquisition problems. |
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Breck, Edward,
undated, 1928-1929.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Breck, president of the
Anti-Steel-Trap League of the United States, concerning the League; and Breck's
appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council. |
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Brennan, A.R.,
1927-1929.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Brennan, president of the
Journal Publishing Company, (Prince Edward Island, Canada), regarding plans for
organizing the Quetico-Superior Council; an article by Arthur Hawkes on this
question; and news about mutual friends of Brennan and Oberholtzer. |
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Brisley, W.L.,
undated, 1931-1950. 6 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence of Brisley--secretary of the Duluth
Quetico-Superior Committee, secretary of the conservation committee of the
American Legion (Minnesota Department), Occident Terminal Company in
Duluth--with Oberholtzer and others. There is data on the work of the Duluth
Committee in supporting the Quetico-Superior Council; the financial problems of
the Council; hostility to the Council by persons in Lake County, Cloquet, and
Duluth; opposition by the Minnesota Conservation Commission; power projects of
the Minnesota Power and Light Company (Bald Eagle and Gabbro); objects to road
building in Kabetogama; the Grand Portage road; applications of the Pigeon
River Lumber Company for power permits authorizing Pigeon River developments;
state flowage cases against Backus; the state Shipstead-Nolan Bill; problems of
federal land acquisition in Minnesota, particularly in relation to the
Kabetogama and Grand Portage state forests; and support by the American Legion
of the Council's program, and the difficulties in retaining that support. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 9 | |
Undated, 1931-1932.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 10 | |
1933-1950.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 10 |
Brookhart, Smith W.,
1930.
|
| | | Letters (unsigned and carbons) to U.S. Senator Brookhart
requesting his support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill. |
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Broome, Harvey,
1947-1949.
|
| | | Letters from Oberholtzer to Broome, vice president of the
Wilderness Society regarding the Broomes' visits to Oberholtzer's island
(Mallard) in Rainy Lake, as well as to other parts of the border. |
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Brown, John H.,
1928-1934.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Brown, an International Falls
attorney and judge, concerning the rights of settlers injured by Rainy Lake
overflow; Oberholtzer's acquisition of Mallard Island in Rainy Lake; taxation
in Koochiching County; fishing regulations on the border lakes; recommendations
on game preserves by the President's Committee on Wild Life; and mutual
friends. |
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Browne, Edward E.,
1930.
|
| | | Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Browne,
congressman from Wisconsin, regarding the latter's interest in the border lakes
and the former's request for support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill. |
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Bruce, Ralph,
1931-1932.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bruce, head of the grain
department of Archer-Daniels-Midland (Minneapolis), regarding fund raising for
the Quetico-Superior Council. There are also newspaper clippings concerning
Bruce's death in 1932. |
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Bruette, William A.,
1931, 1944-1945.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bruette, New York member of
the American Bison Society, regarding the definition of the Quetico-Superior
area as a park, federal acquisition of Minnesota lands, and other problems. |
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Buckingham, Nash,
1928, 1947.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Buckingham, executive
secretary of the American Wild Fowlers (Washington, D.C.), regarding the
program of the group; appointment of a representative of the organization to
the board of the Quetico-Superior Council; and Council problems. |
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Budd, Ralph,
1929, 1931.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Budd, president of the Great
Northern Railway Company, regarding the celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the arrival of La Vérendrye at Grand Portage. |
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Bundeson, Herman N.,
1929-1931.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bundeson, Cook County
(Illinois) coroner and president of the American Public Health Association,
regarding Bundeson's appointment to the national advisory board of the
Quetico-Superior Council. |
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Burgess, Thornton W.,
1928-1932.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Burgess, director of the
Radio Nature League (Springfield, Massachusetts), regarding Burgess'
appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the
migrations of woodland caribou; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and opposition to the
Council's program. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 10 |
Burke, P.A.,
1937-1939.
|
| | | Correspondence of Winston with Burke, chairman of the St. Louis
County Democratic Committee (Duluth), re: the contemplated inclusion of the
Kabetogama area in the Superior National Forest. |
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Burpee, Lawrence J.,
undated, 1928-1946. 4 folders.
|
| | | Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Burpee, Canadian
historian and Canadian secretary of the International Joint Commission, as well
as copies of speeches, news releases, and newspaper clippings. There is data
concerning the exchange of information on conditions in the Quetico-Superior
area; International Joint Commission meetings and reports; testimony, reports,
and briefs submitted to the International Joint Commission by interested
parties; origin of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; Oberholtzer's
articles and lectures; Burpee's articles, lectures, and books; work toward a
Canadian-United States treaty regarding the Quetico-Superior area; a report
spread by enemies of the Quetico-Superior program alleging that Oberholtzer
misappropriated Council funds; the Council's denial; flowage cases of the state
of Minnesota against the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; problems in the
use of the word "park" in reference to the Quetico-Superior area; Canadian
memberships on the Quetico-Superior Council and efforts to increase support,
particularly in Ontario; Canadian politics as they affected the
Quetico-Superior program. |
| | | There are also copies of Burpee's letters to others concerning
the Quetico-Superior program. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 10 | |
Undated, 1928-May 1938.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 11 | |
July 1938-1946.
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Butcher, Devereux,
1944-1949.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Butcher, executive secretary
of the National Parks Association (Washington, D.C.). There is information on
opposition to the Quetico-Superior program by Minnesota state officials;
exploitation of the Quetico; and publicity for the Quetico-Superior program in
the National Parks Magazine. |
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Butler, Ovid,
1946-1948.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Butler, executive
director of the American Forestry Association, regarding data submitted on
behalf of the Quetico-Superior Council to the Ontario Royal Forestry
Commission, and other matters. |
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Butterworth, William,
1928-1934.
|
| | | Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Butterworth, president of
Deere and Company (Moline, Illinois) and president of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States. There is information on the invitation to Butterworth to
become honorary vice president of the Quetico-Superior Council (declined), and
his interest in the program and the area. |
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Buyck Community Farmers' Club,
undated, 1927-1931.
|
| | | Leaflets concerning the Club (Buyck, Minnesota) formed to
develop the Vermillion River Valley Basin; correspondence regarding
Oberholtzer's interest in the project; and a review of J. J. Opsahl's concept
of the project. |
| |
Byam, J.G.,
undated, 1928-1949. 6 folders.
|
| | | Byam, a vice president of the First National Bank of
Minneapolis, was treasurer of the Quetico-Superior Council. Included in this
file are expense accounts of members of the Council, budgets, invoices, copies
of telegrams (often with charges marked), and correspondence. The
correspondence has information on the progress of the Council's work, as well
as on contributions and expenses. |
| Location | Box |
| P34 | 11 | |
Undated, 1928-1939.
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| Location | Box |
| P34 | 12 | |
1940-1949.
|
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C: Miscellaneous. 1 folder.
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Calkins, G. Nathan,
1948.
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Cabot, Richard C.,
1928.
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Camalier, Renah F.,
1933.
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Campbell, Sam,
1938.
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Campfire Club of Chicago,
1938.
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Campton,
1931.
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Canadian Border Lodge.
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Canadian Legion,
1929-1930, 1944.
|
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Carl, A. M.,
1930.
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Carleton, Frank H.,
1949.
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Carlstedt, Althea M.,
1933.
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Carlson, Byron,
1935.
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Carlson, Walter,
1929, 1931.
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Carroll, Paul S.,
1949.
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Case, Charles M.,
1931.
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Castle, W. R.,
1938.
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Cessna, Ralph W.,
1937, 1944.
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Chalmers, C. H.,
1935.
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Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis,
1938.
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Chandler, Malcolm,
1945.
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Chisago City Public Schools,
1937.
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Christgau, J. W.,
1937.
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Christian Science Monitor,
1937.
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Christnagel, W. E.,
1931.
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Chute, William Y.,
1932.
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Clague, Frank,
1930.
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Clark, Glenn,
undated.
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Clark, Homer,
1937.
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Clark, Irving,
1947.
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Cleveland, Margaret,
1940.
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Clure, A. M.,
1947-1948.
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Cobb, Hoke, Benson, Krause, and Faegre,
1933.
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Cochran, H. H.,
1949-1950.
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