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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence of Ankeny with Oberholtzer, Totten P. Heffelfinger, and other members of the Quetico-Superior Council in regard to raising funds for the Council.

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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Arnold, land commissioner of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company, concerning the proposed boundaries of the Quetico-Superior area.

Letters from Oberholtzer to the Association expressing appreciation for support and requesting continued aid. Included is data on both federal and state legislation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Winston and Senator Ball regarding the Superior National Forest Roadless Area bill.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Barnum, director of the International Relations Project, University of Minnesota, concerning a speech by Oberholtzer scheduled at the University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Beck, chairman of the President's Wildlife Committee, regarding Oberholtzer's request for support of the Quetico-Superior program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Winston and Blood, treasurer of the Quetico-Superior Council, relating to contributions and other financial business of the organization.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and board members regarding their service and Council problems.

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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Borden on the latter's projected trip to the border lakes.

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.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Bovey about the support Bovey gave to legislation in which the Council was interested.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and representatives of the Scouts re: the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Letters (unsigned and carbons) to U.S. Senator Brookhart requesting his support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Verendrye at Grand Portage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cabot (Boston, Massachusetts) regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his book on Labrador.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dr. Cady, secretary of the Coordinating Council of Nature Activities, American Museum of Natural History (New York City). There is information concerning Dr. Cady's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and her interest in the program.

Cahn was professor of zoology, University of Illinois. The file includes his study entitled "The Effects of Flooding and Fluctuating Water Levels on Aquatic Life", "Notes on the Situation Existing in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota" (The subject is wolf trapping, and the author may be Oberholtzer); and correspondence--chiefly between Oberholtzer and Cahn--regarding the latter's studies in the Quetico-Superior area, an invitation to him to become a member of the national advisory board, his studies of moose and other animals, and Oberholtzer's observations on the Council's work.

Correspondence--chiefly between Oberholtzer and Cain, Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests, Ontario. There is information regarding Oberholtzer's desire for data on the Quetico Provincial Park; protests against the floods in 1927 resulting from the operation of the Backus dams; canoe trips made by the W. P. Hapgood family; and Oberholtzer's requests for counsel on bringing about a Canadian-American agreement for an international forest on the border lakes.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Campbell, fur buyer, guide, and resort owner who lived at Flanders (Ontario), Lac La Croix, and Crane Lake. There is data on Campbell's interest in the Quetico-Superior program; Billy McGee; projected visit of a party of United States Senators to Lac La Croix in 1930; and Campbell's plans for developing his Lac La Croix resort.

Lists of members and endorsements of the Quetico-Superior program by Canadian organizations.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with W. G. Robertson, secretary-treasurer of the Association, regarding the group's endorsement of an international forest on the Minnesota-Ontario border.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Black, manager and secretary of the Association, regarding the role of Ontario citizens (1908) in fostering the Superior National Forest; cooperation (1925) when there was a threat of additional dams on the border lakes; and difficulties of the Ontario government in sanctioning officially the Quetico-Superior movement. Included, too, is a printed address by Black entitled "Forestry--Our Richest Adventure in Nation-Building."

A publication entitled Regulations Respecting Quetico Provincial Park Ontario; publications of the Canadian National Parks Association (W. J. Selby Walker, Calgary, Alberta, was executive secretary); and correspondence--chiefly of Oberholtzer with J. C. Campbell (publicity representative of the National Parks Branch) and Walker. There is information concerning the Quetico-Superior program, particularly on efforts to marshall Ontario opinion in favor of the cooperative project.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Caparn, landscape architect (New York City) regarding an invitation to the latter to serve on the national advisory board; endorsement of the Quetico-Superior program by the American Society of Landscape Architects; the Council's problems; and Caparn's support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Senator Capper regarding the Shipstead-Nolan Bill and the Ball-Thye bill.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Denver nature writer Carhart regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; publicity he gave the program; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; his conservation philosophy; and various Council problems. There are also newspaper clippings and articles by Carhart.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Mr. and Mrs. Carlson of Ranier regarding flooding of their property caused by the Backus dam; arranging Oberholtzer's island cabins for the accommodation of the Quetico-Superior Council staff members and guests; and the visit to the island of Sewell Tyng.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with representatives of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D. C.), the Carnegie Corporation, and others regarding the Council's attempt to secure funds from the Corporation and other foundations. At the beginning of the folder is an undated statement detailing the origins, accomplishments, and problems of the Council.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Carpenter (Chicago) regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the Council's problems.

Correspondence of Minneapolis public relations consultant with Oberholtzer, Winston, and others regarding her support of the Shipstead-Nolan Bill and her assistance in getting the organizational work of the Council done. There is also a newspaper clipping with data on her career.

Correspondence of Carr, a Minnesota state senator, with members of Minnesota's congressional delegation and Winston regarding the failure of the bill in the state legislature authorizing Minnesota to offer the federal government at a fair price lands lying within the Shipstead-Nolan area and recommending that the federal government extend its ownership over the entire Shipstead-Nolan area.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Carss, Minnesota Congressman, regarding Oberholtzer's suggestion (1928) that the federal government be asked to withdraw from the market temporarily the lands mentioned in the Shipstead-Newton bill; and opposition in Duluth to the Shipstead-Nolan bill. There is also a newspaper clipping regarding the death of Carss in 1931.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Chaffee, a Duluth attorney and member of the Quetico-Superior Council. There is information regarding Oberholtzer's scheduling of speaking engagements for Arthur Hawkes of Toronto; Sewell Tyng's preparation of a brief on behalf of Oberholtzer and others for submission to the International Joint Commission; efforts in 1927 to take precautions against floods on Rainyn Lake; Tyng's suggestion in 1927 for an organization to thwart further border lakes power projects that would be injurious, and the opinions of others on this subject; definition of the Quetico-Superior program, including the "park" concept for shorelands and forestry policies for inland areas; Hubachek's idea of an international park as a war memorial and proposals for organization; hearings of the International Joint Commission on border lakes levels; a review of the flooding suits by the state of Minnesota against the Backus companies; suits of private citizens against Backus for flooding; a tour for Congressmen in 1928; a forestry conference in Duluth (1927) at which the Quetico-Superior Council was formed; the Shipstead-Nolan bill and other legislation; the Minnesota Power and Light Company's power plans in the Superior National Forest area (Gabbro and Bald Eagle); Council fund raising; and other matters.

Correspondence between Chandler, a vice president of the Metropolitan National Bank (Minneapolis), and Oberholtzer regarding various plans for preserving the border lakes country; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and other matters concerning the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Chapman, professor of forestry, Yale University, regarding the actions taken by the Quetico-Superior Council to save the border lakes country; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; and Chapman's criticism of the Quetico-Superior project, especially his interpretation of the Council's attitude toward the state government and observations on his own role in Minnesota forestry. Included, too, are reprints of his articles and manuscript copies of his statements on the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Chase, state auditor and congressman, as well as letters from Chase to the Minnesota Reforestation Commission. There is information on recommended policies for managing the waters in the state; timber and land resources; the Gabbro and Bald Eagle projects of the Minnesota Power and Light Company; the Pigeon River dam project of the Pigeon River Lumber Company; Chase's candidacy for the governorship in 1930; and his successful race for Congress in 1932.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Chase, author and economist, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council. There are also newspaper clippings on Chase's career.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cheyney, professor of forestry, University of Minnesota, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his advice to the Council over the years.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Paul Leach of the staff of the Chicago Daily News and with Harry Justin Smith, managing editor of the paper, regarding projected stories about the border lakes, the activities of the Quetico-Superior Council, and other subjects.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Michael Straus of the Post's staff regarding the Quetico-Superior program and the support Straus gave to it.

Chiefly correspondence between members of the Quetico-Superior Council and residents of Chicago regarding support for the Quetico-Superior program. The following Chicagoans are represented: Paul L. Rittenhouse, Carl D. Thompson, James Pope, D. R. McLennan, Adlai E. Stevenson, T. W. Hinde, Otto F. Gerhardt, Eugene M. Stevens, Henry Dormeyer, Guy L. Robbins, Bert A. Massee, U. V. Herrmann, R. W. Childs, M. E. Pattison, Eugene F. McDonald, H. B. Conover, Fred Adair, William H. Babcock, Neil Gunn, and Hubachek.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with the Tribune regarding stories on the Quetico-Superior, and letters from readers to various persons concerning articles published in the Tribune.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Child, a Minnesota state senator, regarding the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; the state's flowage cases against Backus; and suggestions for a memorial to Charles Gilman.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Chiperfield, a Canton, Illinois, attorney who owned a summer house at Sand Point Lake near the Minnesota-Ontario border, concerning lake levels, Backus, and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Chown, passenger traffic manager, Canadian National Railways, regarding the Quetico-Superior Council's request for the latter's support and suggestions that the Railway develop a village in the Quetico-Superior area as a tourist attraction.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Christgau, U.S. Congressman from Minnesota, regarding the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; and Christgau's support of conservation measures.

Correspondence between Monitor staff members and Oberholtzer regarding publicity on the change of membership on the International Joint Commission and an article on the Quetico-Superior scheduled for publication in the Monitor.

Correspondence of Christianson--governor of Minnesota and U.S. Congressman--with Oberholtzer and others regarding the proposed extension of the Superior National Forest throughout the Shipstead-Nolan area; the state's suits for flood damage against Backus; and the state and federal Shipstead-Nolan bills. Included also is a printed copy of Christianson's third annual inaugural message to the Minnesota legislature.

Copy for circular letters regarding the Quetico-Superior program issued by the Council and Chester S. Wilson, commissioner of conservation in Minnesota.

Correspondence of Clark--regional executive of the Boy Scouts of America (Region Ten)--with Winston and Oberholtzer regarding support given by his group to the Quetico-Superior program, especially in regard to the Blatnik bill.

Correspondence of Clement, national president of the Izaak Walton League of America, with Kelly, Winston, and Oberholtzer regarding the airspace reservation for the Roadless Area of the Superior National Forest; the consolidation of federal ownership in the Shipstead-Nolan area; and Clement's long-term support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Cliff, member of the American Legion (Dept. of Minnesota) and Ortonville (Minnesota) attorney, with Winston, Oberholtzer, and others. There is information on the support given by Cliff and the Legion to the Quetico-Superior program, especially on the opposition to the program by Chester S. Wilson, state commissioner of conservation. There is material, too, on the abolition of the Legion's conservation committee.

Chiefly correspondence between the Cloquet Lumber Company (H. S. Hornby, president) and Oberholtzer. There is information on the Cloquet fire of 1928; the Company's timber supplies; its attitude toward the proposals of Quetico-Superior advocates; and Oberholtzer's projected visits to the firm's operations.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cobb regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Publications regarding the Tropic Everglades National Park, Miami, Florida; and correspondence of Coe, chairman of the Tropic Everglades Park Association, with Oberholtzer concerning plans for the park.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Coffey, dean of the college of agriculture, University of Minnesota, and president of the University, regarding a land-utilization conference held in 1932; the appointment of Coffey to the executive committee of the Quetico-Superior Council; and the Council's problems, particularly with the Minnesota Conservation Commission.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Coffman, president of the University of Minnesota, regarding an invitation extended to the latter to serve on the national advisory board, his refusal, and his invitation to Oberholtzer in 1934 to attend a meeting of the "Land Use Committee."

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Ruth Gage Colby of St. Paul regarding her support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Cole, department of genetics, University of Wisconsin, regarding the latter's appointment to the Quetico-Superior Council's national advisory board; and the Council's financial and other problems.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Coleman's secretary regarding an invitation to Coleman (director of the American Association of Museums, Washington, D. C.) to serve on the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council, and his acceptance.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Collier, member of the American Indian Defense Association and then commissioner of Indian affairs. There is information on the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the work of the American Indian Defense Association; the appointment of Collier as commissioner of Indian affairs (1933); plans for the preservation of Grand Portage; an invitation to Oberholtzer to supervise Indian emergency conservation work in Minnesota and Wisconsin; and the Council's problems in fostering federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Colman, a Duluth real estate dealer, regarding support of the Quetico-Superior program by the National Board of Realtors; opposition to the program in Duluth and Colman's attempts to overcome it; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Colton, congressman from Utah and chairman of the committee on public lands, with Oberholtzer and others concerning the Shipstead-Nolan bill and other legislation.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Compton, Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his appreciation of the Quetico-Superior wilderness; his aid in bringing the Quetico-Superior program to the attention of Dwight D. Eisenhower; hearings before the International Joint Commission; and problems in extending federal ownership over the Shipstead-Nolan area and securing the airspace reservation for the roadless area in the Superior National Forest.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Comstock, professor of nature study, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), regarding her appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Although the file is labelled "Conservation Commission," it has materials on the conservation department as well. Included are newspaper clippings, copies of bills, reports, and correspondence. Among the members of the conservation commission and department who corresponded with Winston, Oberholtzer, and others are James T. Williams, William T. Cox, George W. Friedrich, Herman C. Wenzel, E. A. Foster, William L. Strunk, Chester S. Wilson, E. V. Willard, and Grover M. Conzet. There is information on the general program of the department of conservation for land, forest, water, and game resources; plans for the state's utilization of tax delinquent land for forestry; attitudes of the commission toward the Quetico-Superior program; a tour made by the commission through northern Minnesota in 1931; the boundary water flowage cases instituted by the state of Minnesota against Backus; Oberholtzer's writings for the Minnesota Conservationist; the issue of federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; the Grand Portage road; appointments within the department of conservation; the application of the Pigeon River Lumber Company to the Federal Power Commission for dam-building permits; reactions to reports of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; reactions to Amendment No. 1 to the state constitution, empowering the state to sell or exchange lands; taxation problems in relation to forest lands; and a proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company involving Kabetogama.

Correspondence regarding contributions to the Quetico-Superior Council and summaries of donations.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Cook (Moline, Illinois) regarding preparation and reproduction of an extensive brief for the Ontario Royal Forestry Commission; opposition to the program of the Quetico-Superior Council; and the desirability of securing from Harold Stassen a public endorsement of the program.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Cooper, professor of botany, University of Minnesota, and memoranda on the botanical and wildlife conditions in the Quetico-Superior area. There is also information on Cooper's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and aid extended by him at various times, especially in relation to the Chapman controversy, and on the attitude of Minnesota state government. Included, too, are copies of Cooper's correspondence with Aldo Leopold.

Memoranda, clippings, and correspondence (Oberholtzer with the Company and the Commercial News, Danville) regarding the manufacture of paper from cornstalks.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Cory, deputy minister of the interior, Ottawa, Canada, and other interior department officials chiefly regarding publications of the department.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Coventry, department of biology, University of Toronto, regarding the latter's service on the Quetico-Superior Council's Canadian board of advisors; efforts to get Canadian support for the program; opposition to the program in Minnesota; and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cowles, department of botany, University of Chicago, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Council's financial problems; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Cowling (St. Paul, Minnesota) regarding the latter's interest in the Quetico-Superior program; his visit to Oberholtzer's home near Ranier; and Harold Stassen's attitudes toward the Quetico-Superior program.

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other papers. Most of the correspondence is between Oberholtzer and Cox, who held the positions of director of the Upper Mississippi Game Wild Life Refuge (Winona, Minnesota), director of the Forest Service in Brazil, commissioner of conservation for Minnesota, and consulting forest engineer. Included is information on the appointment of Cox to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his interest in the Council's program; and the controversy within the conservation department that led to his dismissal.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cram, editor and publisher of the Davenport Democrat and Leader (Davenport, Iowa), regarding editorials on the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Cram, regional forester, department of lands and forests, Kenora, Ontario. There is information on logging conditions in the Quetico, and particularly on the long canoe trip made by Oberholtzer in the Quetico in 1942 for the purpose of inspection.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Creager, editor of the Milwaukee Journal and secretary of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and changes in the membership of the International Joint Commission.

Correspondence of Totten Heffelfinger and Oberholtzer with Crosby (Minneapolis, Minnesota) regarding fund raising for the Quetico-Superior Council and support of the program by the Izaak Walton League.

Newspaper clippings and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Crosby, a Duluth mining executive and civic leader. There is information on Crosby's career, fund raising in Duluth for the Quetico-Superior Council, opposition to the program by Duluth people, and the Grand Portage road.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Cussons, chair of the Minnesota Federation of Womens Clubs (St. Paul, Minnesota); regarding the Federation's support of the Quetico-Superior program and the Council's problems.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dafoe, managing editor of the Manitoba Free Press, Winnipeg. There is information regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program; the efforts of Backus to influence Canadians, especially Canadian officials, to support his view of utilizing the border waterways; alignment of the Pigeon Timber Company, Port Arthur, with Backus; arrangements of Dafoe with Arthur Hawkes to write a series of articles on the border lakes; the death of Hawkes; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; hearings before the International Joint Commission; and logging in the Canadian portion of the Rainy Lake watershed.

Newspaper clippings about the Dahlberg family and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dahlberg, president of the Celotex Company (Chicago) and owner of a home at Rainy Lake near Ranier. There is data on the floods of 1927 on Rainy; the beginning of the fight against Backus; the genesis of the Quetico-Superior Council; the appointment of Dahlberg to the Council's national advisory board; the trip of United States senators to northern Minnesota (1930); and the cornstalk paper project at Danville, Illinois.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dain (Minneapolis), regarding fund raising for the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Dr. Dalldorf of Connecticut and New York regarding the latter's visits to Rainy Lake, the progress of the Quetico-Superior program, and mutual friends.

Memoranda, lists, reports, and correspondence regarding (for the most part) flood damage suits by the state of Minnesota and Rainy Lake land owners against the Backus interests; Herbert Hoover's espousal of the conservationists' point of view in regard to the border lakes; and the origins of the Quetico-Superior Council. Among the correspondents are Oberholtzer, Hubachek, and Kelly.

Clippings concerning Damrsch's career as well as correspondence between Damrosch and Oberholtzer regarding the former's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dart, municipal judge, Proctor, Minnesota. There is information regarding regulation of water in Minnesota (dams, waterpower, etc.); power development plans of the Minnesota Power and Light Company; projected power sites on the Pigeon River and the North Shore of Lake Superior; proposed taxation of waterpower (state and federal); the Grand Portage road; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; opposition to the bill and to the Quetico-Superior program in general; the organization and purpose of the Northern Minnesota Taxpayers Association; conflict between Dart and George H. Lommen on the conservation issue (copies of their correspondence are included); taxation problems in northern Minnesota; formation of a Quetico-Superior committee in Duluth; Farmer-Labor politics; conflicts among party members over conservation and other issues; and the interest in defeating Pittenger for Congress.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dear (Port Arthur Beverage Company) regarding the Grand Portage road; Dear's support of the Quetico-Superior Council; Oberholtzer's trips to Canada in the interests of the program; difficulties in securing endorsements from Canadian officials; and other matters regarding the Council's program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Denley (Ely, Minnesota) regarding the latter's efforts to secure an appointment as game warden; the Gabbro water-power project; and political influences governing appointments to state positions. Included, too, is an article by Denley entitled "Tragedy in a Moose Family," published in American Game.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Denney, Izaak Walton League official from Duluth, concerning water-power projects on the Pigeon River, Gabbro, and elsewhere; the League's work against the Backus projects; schedule for speeches by Arthur Hawkes; securing support and funds for the Quetico-Superior Council; opposition to the program in Duluth and elsewhere; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the Buyck Portage Community Association; and the Grand Portage road.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Densmore (Red Wing, Minnesota) regarding their mutual interest in Indian studies; the latter's refusal to serve on the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; and the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the arrival of La Verendrye at Grand Portage. There are also newspaper clippings on Densmore's career.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Derickson (G. P. Derickson Company, Minneapolis) regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program and the friendship between the two men.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Albert Stoll, Jr. (conservation editor of the News) regarding plans for a tour of Isle Royale by a party of United States senators.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Detwiler, president of the Canadian Conservation Association (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario), regarding activities of the Association; history of the Quetico-Superior Council in the United States and Canada; and cutting operations in the Quetico-Provincial Park.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with De Vries, a Minneapolis physician who solicited funds on behalf of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Devaney, a Minneapolis attorney, regarding the flowage cases of the state of Minnesota and the Rainy Lake land owners against Backus; Governor Floyd B. Olson's attitude toward conservation; appointment of Devaney as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; and acquisition by the federal government of Minnesota lands within the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dickson, forest engineer (Ottawa, Canada), regarding the support of the Quetico-Superior program by the American and Canadian Legions; difficulties encountered in acquiring lands for the project in Minnesota; continuing efforts to secure international cooperation in furthering the program; H. H. Chapman's attitudes toward the program; and encroachments on the Quetico.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dion, a St. Paulite who was sixteen years old at the time he wrote his first letter to Oberholtzer. The letters have information on the support Dion gave to the Quetico-Superior movement through his Boy Scout troop, letters to persons who might help the program, and his visits to Oberholtzer at Rainy Lake.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dixon, Peabody Museum (Cambridge, Massachusetts), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dodds, secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Engineering Society (Ames, Iowa), concerning hearings on lake levels before the International Joint Commission; the organization of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; efforts of Adolph Meyer, an engineer employed by Backus, against the Quetico-Superior program; and Dodd's aid in the engineering aspects of the lake levels question.

Correspondence of Doellner--secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota Divison of the Izaak Walton League of America--with various persons regarding the State Waltonian Committee in Opposition to Changes of Canada-United States International Boundary Waters, and the search for ways to save the border country from exploitation by power and other interests.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dorr, member of the Committee on International Boundary Waters and the Superior Forest Committee of the Minnesota Conservation Council (Minneapolis, Minnesota) regarding the Council's work; formation of the Quetico-Superior Council; Backus' views on the water-power potential of the boundary waters; his efforts against the Quetico-Superior program; and hearings before the International Joint Commission. Included, too, is a statement of purpose of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Winston and Dorsey, a Minneapolis attorney, regarding the incorporation of the Minnesota Conservation Foundation and the Quetico-Superior Foundation, the latter of which was formed to take over some of the activities of the Quetico-Superior Council; and finances of the Minnesota Conservation Foundation.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and DuBois, widow of Senator DuBois from Idaho. There is information on her aid to the Quetico-Superior program, especially her support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence relating chiefly to transmittal of publications from the Quetico-Superior Council to the Chamber of Commerce.

A study of the "Newton Bill" made by a committee of the club headed by Hugh M. Roberts, and a letter from Oberholtzer to Roberts regarding the bill.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with various Duluthians regarding the Quetico-Superior program, especially the formation of a Duluth committee; and problems of the Grand Portage road.

Copies of editorials appearing in the two newspapers; letters by Oberholtzer to the editors commenting on the editorials and transmitting information; and a review of the Quetico-Superior program sent to the newspapers.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dunsmoor, a Los Angeles physician who spent summers at Rainy Lake, regarding the organization of the Quetico-Superior Council; and literature distributed by the Council.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dymond, Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto. There is information on the Quetico-Superior Council's failure to secure endorsement from the Province of Ontario; logging operations in Quetico Park; and moose in the Rainy Lake watershed.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Eastman, president of the American Library Association and librarian, Cleveland Public Library, regarding her appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence (chiefly that of Oberholtzer with various members of the Society) and other materials regarding the Society's support of the Quetico-Superior Council. Among the Society's correspondents are William S. Cooper, Herbert C. Hanson, and Paul B. Sears.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Edgar, president of the Quetico-Superior Minute Men (Chicago), as well as resolutions. There is information on financial and other support given by the Minute Men to the Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Miss Edgar, collector of folk songs, regarding her interest in the Quetico-Superior program and her plans for publication of the songs she collected. There is, too, some correspondence between Oberholtzer and William C. Edgar, her father, about the Quetico-Superior program and the Grand Portage celebration. Included, too, are newspaper clippings regarding the death of Marjorie's brother Randolph Edgar; the career and death of William C. Edgar; and Marjorie's work collecting folk songs.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Eggleston, David C. Bell Investment Company (Minneapolis), regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Letters from Oberholtzer to Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, regarding the latter's aid on behalf of the proposed airspace reservation over the roadless areas of the Superior National Forest and other aspects of the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Elsberg, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Highways regarding the Grand Portage road and maps furnished by Elsberg to Oberholtzer. Included, too, are a few letters exchanged by Oberholtzer and others with M. J. Hoffmann, Commissioner of Highways, 1939-1941.

A map and advertisement of the resort and canoe area around Ely, Minnesota; and correspondence, chiefly between Winston and Ray Hoefler, secretary of the Ely Commercial Club. The letters have information on the Club's support of the Quetico-Superior program and the reservation of a portion of the Superior state game refuge for migratory waterfowl shooting.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Emmett, official in the Manitoba Motor League (Winnipeg, Canada), regarding support by the League and the Canadian Automobile Association of the Quetico-Superior Council and problems of the Council with the Ontario government.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Empey, agent of the Westchester Fire Insurance Company (Hinckley, Minnesota), regarding the latter's writings on the taxation of forest and other lands, tax delinquency, and other economic problems in northern Minnesota. There are also copies of articles dealing with these problems.

Correspondence chiefly between Oberholtzer and Maurice Dwight Bell, president of the Club, regarding a request made by Oberholtzer for assistance in preparing engineering data for presentation to the International Joint Commission; the appointment by the Club of a committee to consider the problem of the border lakes; the role of Adolph Meyer, a Club member, as engineer for the interests opposing the Quetico-Superior Council; and Club support of other Quetico-Superior projects. Included, too, are the Club's constitution; the report of its Border Lakes Committee; and an announcement of the formation of Associated Consulting Engineers, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and officials of the Club regarding its support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill; hearings before the International Joint Commission; and damage suits brought by Rainy Lake land owners and the state of Minnesota against the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company. Included also are a membership list of the Club; a resolution by the Club supporting the Shipstead-Nolan bill, and a report by Oberholtzer commenting on the engineers' report prepared by the International Joint Commission.

Letters of Oberholtzer to members of the firm regarding purchases of wild rice, his purchase of a boat, mail delivery, and amendment no. 4 to the state constitution which was being considered in 1934.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Erickson of Ranier, Minnesota, regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program; the employment situation in Ranier and International Falls; the damage cases (flowage) against the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; water levels on Rainy Lake; amendment no. 4 to the state constitution; and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ericson, a member of the Minnesota Conservation Commission (Red Wing, Minnesota). There is information on the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; the attempt of the Minnesota Power and Light Company to secure amendments; and other matters.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Dr. Eusterman (Rochester, Minnesota), president of the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League of America. There is information on the observance of Wildlife Week; amendment no. 1 to the state constitution; attitudes of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior Council; a proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; and the airspace reservation.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Evans, a friend from Davenport, Iowa, regarding the latter's interest in the Quetico-Superior program; Sumner T. McKnight as a sponsor of the Quetico-Superior program; support by the American Legion; and political relationships among advocates of the program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and George A. Perham, secretary of the Chamber, regarding Oberholtzer's speech before the group and other matters.

Publications and correspondence (between Oberholtzer and Ernest F. Coe) regarding the Everglades National Park Bill; problems in administering and fostering the park; and the Wilderness Society. The headquarters of the Association was in Miami, Florida.

A report on reasons why a license for the use of power at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, should not be granted by Evison, executive secretary of the National Conference on State Parks. There is also correspondence between Evison and Oberholtzer regarding their interest in one another's programs; Evison's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the proposed Cumberland Falls project; the Federal Power Commission; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Lists and correspondence regarding meetings and memberships.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Eylar, president of the Hennepin County Sportsmen's Club, Minneapolis, regarding the support given to the program by the Club and by Eylar; the attitude of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program; and other matters.

Resolutions, newspaper clippings, articles, memoranda, correspondence, and other papers regarding federal acquisition of land in Minnesota for forestry purposes. There is data on federal and state legislation; the work of the National Forest Reservation Commission; the position of the Minnesota Conservation Commission; state forests; the Grand Portage road; the Gabbro project; a dam at South Fowl Lake; the withdrawal of Harold Ickes from the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; Governor Floyd B. Olson's position on further water-power development in the state; and the attitudes of other state and federal officials on federal and state forests and the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, briefs, reports, and other papers regarding applications to the Commission for permits to erect dams and/or to generate power on Minnesota waterways. Among the projects on which there is data are the application of the Pigeon River Lumber Company: locations on the Pigeon River; Minnesota Power and Light Company: Kawishiwi River, Gabbro, and Bald Eagle; and an unnamed company: South Fowl Lake, There is data, too, on the opposition of the Quetico-Superior Council and others to these projects.

Newspaper clippings regarding testimony given in a Federal Trade Commission investigation of the Minnesota Power and Light Company and other firms; and a letter regarding reports on the hearings.

"The Case for an International Memorial Forest Among the Ontario-Minnesota Border Lakes: As Prepared for Submission to the Premier of Ontario." Ferguson was the premier.

Resolutions, newspaper clippings, and correspondence (between Oberholtzer and Ferguson, for the most part). Ferguson was a St. Paul woman who was interested in every phase of the Quetico-Superior program. She worked with various organizations, soliciting their support, and contacted government officials and private persons on behalf of the program. Among the areas on which there is information are amendment no. 1 to the state constitution (1938); the Grand Portage road; federal acquisition of lands in Minnesota; the power development plans of the Pigeon River Lumber Company; and the attitude of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program.

Budgets, records of contributions and contributors, and other papers regarding the Council's finances.

Correspondence of Winston with Finke, executive secretary of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, regarding the attitudes of Harold Stassen and H. H. Chapman toward the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Finlayson, minister of lands and forests, Ontario (Toronto). There is information regarding early approaches to Finlayson to interest the Ontario government in the Quetico-Superior program and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Finley, New York Times, regarding the appointment of the latter to the national advisory board and other matters concerning the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Fiterman, a Minneapolis tax consultant, regarding federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; the attitude of members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program; Sewell Tyng's address on the program before the Saturday Lunch Club; and controversy over the construction of a dam at South Fowl Lake. Included also are copies of letters Fiterman wrote on behalf of the Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Fitzgerald of Reynolds-Fitzgerald, Inc. (Chicago) regarding Fitzgerald's purchase of property on Rainy Lake; his financial contributions to the Quetico-Superior Council; and other aid given to the Council in meeting its needs. There is information, too, on Oberholtzer's idea for the development of Ranier, Minnesota as a model recreational village; the Backus receivership; and the flowage cases against the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with various persons regarding the flood conditions on Rainy and Namakan lakes resulting from heavy rains and from the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company's alleged practice of holding water until the basins were flooded. There is data on Oberholtzer's protest to the International Joint Commission; the Commission's intervention; and the Company's explanation for the situation. Included also is Oberholtzer's report on the flood.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with various florists, horticulturists, and nurserymen soliciting their support for the Quetico-Superior program and their responses to his appeals. There is data particularly on their support of the Shipstead-Nolan billand their work against state legislation injurious to the program. Also included are copies of letters they wrote to others in support of the Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Foley, chairman of the Minnesota Conservation Commission, regarding proposals for improving the navigation of the Mississippi River; requests by the Pigeon River Lumber Company for an amendment to the Shipstead-Nolan Act that would permit the firm to proceed with plans for dam building; a claim by Foley that the Shipstead-Nolan Act granted a monopoly on water-power rights to the Minnesota Power and Light Company; the Grand Portage road; and federal acquisition of land in Minnesota. Also included are copies of Foley's correspondence with other persons; copies of bills; and a circular warning issued by the Winona Chapter of the Izaak Walton League regarding the flooding of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Game Refuge.

Miscellaneous papers regarding fish and game sanctuaries in the national forests; regulations of the United States Forest Service; forest fires; forest land areas; and logging in the Quetico.

Form letters used by the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Foshay, Minneapolis businessman, regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Fraser, deputy game commissioner (Fort William, Ontario), regarding their mutual enthusiasm for the Quetico; opposition to the Quetico-Superior Council's work in Ontario; and Oberholtzer's request for Fraser's help.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and French, a friend from Davenport, Iowa, regarding Oberholtzer's request that French call the water-levels problem to the attention of Senator A. B. Cummins and his compliance; the summer homes of Horace G. Roberts and others on Rainy Lake; Oberholtzer's early conflicts with the Backus interests over the water-level matter; Oberholtzer's proposal for a Quetico-Superior park; the organization of the Quetico-Superior Council; the visit in 1930 of a group of United States Senators to northern Minnesota; Oberholtzer's proposal for developing Ranier, Minnesota into a model recreational village; logging regulations for Rainy River; the floods of 1941; and other matters.

Miscellaneous papers regarding the formation of the organization; the airspace reservation; and support of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Fujita of the Chicago Evening Post regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior Council's work.

Correspondence of Winston with Furlong, chairman of the Forest Industries Information Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota. There is information on the exchange of data between the Committee and the Quetico-Superior Council. Included is a copy of Forest Facts: Minnesota, issued by the Committee.

Miscellaneous papers regarding a case heard at Two Harbors and Duluth concerning title and use of portages, and other matters.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and others with Gale (Minneapolis) regarding the latter's financial aid to the Quetico-Superior Council; his assistance in securing contributions from others; his comments on the program when he became a congressman; and the Grand Portage road. There is also a newspaper clipping with information on Edward C. Gale.

Letters of Oberholtzer to Gale, novelist, regarding her appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; and newspaper clippings concerning her career.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and members of the Club regarding the organization's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with author Garland regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and passage of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and George, U.S. Senator, and member of the National Forest Reservation Commission, regarding the extension and consolidation of the Superior National Forest.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Dr. Ghostley, International Falls, Minnesota, regarding the entertainment given by Backus to the Eighth District Federated Clubs, and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Gilbert, architect, concerning the latter's suggestions for furthering the work of the Quetico-Superior Council and his appointment to its national advisory board. There is also a newspaper clipping regarding his death in 1934.

Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Gilman, a Minneapolis conservationist and sportsman. There is data on the latter's writings; his support of Oberholtzer's views; his observations on lake levels; and the problems of the Quetico-Superior Council, especially opposition to the Shipstead-Nolan bill. Gilman died in 1930 or 1931, and from 1931 most of the correspondence is with Mrs. Gilman and others regarding proposed memorials and publication of his poems.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Gjesdahl, farm and timberland dealer (International Falls, Minnesota), regarding Senator Thomas Schall's views on the Quetico-Superior program; newspaper criticism of Oberholtzer; and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Congressman Goodwin, who was in charge of the Nolan bill during Nolan's absence, concerning the bill; his reelection to Congress from Minnesota; and other matters.

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Gordon, conservation director of the Izaak Walton League of America and president of the American Game Association, regarding the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council; financing the Council's work; efforts to attract support from both sides of the border; legislation, especially the Shipstead-Nolan bill; a tour by congressmen of northern Minnesota; the Gabbro-Bald Eagle project of the Minnesota Power and Light Company; water-power projects in other parts of the United States; and the American Game Association.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Gould, Minnesota's commissioner of game and fish, regarding the interest of the latter and his friends in the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between staff members of the Quetico-Superior Council and various government agencies, chiefly regarding publications of interest to the Council.

Maps, articles, newspaper clippings, transcripts of newspaper stories, memoranda, and correspondence regarding the Grand Portage road; the Grand Portage and Kabetogama state forests; land-use policies for the Grand Portage Indian reservation; and celebration in 1931 of the two hundredth anniversary of La Verendrye at Grand Portage.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Grant, professor of geology, Northwestern University. There is information on the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his geological work in the area; and his support of the Shipstead-Nolan billand other measures important to the Council. Included, too, are letters to Grant from Congressmen whose aid he solicited on behalf of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Graves, school of forestry, Yale University, regarding the financial problems of the Quetico-Superior Council; Graves' appointment to the Council's national advisory board; and his aid on behalf of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Greeley, chairman of the Committee on Conservation of Forests and Wild Life of the Camp Fire Club of America, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his writings about the northern border area; financial contributions of the Club to the Council; and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Greeley of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association (Seattle, Washington) regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council, and the Council's financial problems. There is also a reprint of an article from American Forests entitled "Greeley Holds Domain Report Inadequate."

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Green, professor of nature education, Pennsylvania State College (State College, Pennsylvania), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Council's financial troubles; and other problems. There is also an outline of "A Proposed Program for Nature Study and Conservation Education for Pennsylvania."

Newspaper clippings, correspondence (chiefly of Oberholtzer and Winston with Green of Hovland, Minnesota), and other papers regarding the Grand Portage road. Green recommended a route for the new road approved by the Quetico-Superior Council.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Gregory, a Minneapolis newspaperman, and a copy of an article the latter wrote about the Quetico-Superior area. There is data on the area, the efforts to preserve it, and publicity Gregory gave to the Council's work.

A diagram (photostatic copy) of the "Gabbro Reservoir Project" of the Minnesota Power and Light Company, as well as an exchange of letters between Oberholtzer and Griggs (president of the First National Bank, Duluth, Minnesota) regarding Oberholtzer's article in Outdoor America concerning the Gabbro project.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Dr. Griggs, member of the Ecological Society of America and the National Research Council, and professor of biology at the University of Pittsburgh. There is information on Grigg's interest in the airspace reservation and other matters of concern to the Quetico-Superior wilderness.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Griswold, successively editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce, vice president of the Fox Film Corporation, and vice president of Business Week. There is information regarding Griswold's articles on the Superior National Forest and the Quetico-Superior program; his appointment to the national advisory board; Backus' contribution to the Herbert Hoover fund and the status of Backus in Washington; the Council's financial problems; and other matters.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with E. S. Hall, Red Wing Advertising Company (Red Wing, Minnesota) and his son Edward. There is information on Edward's visits with Oberholtzer; Edward's occasional magazine, Old Man River; Hall's help in the area of state legislation affecting the Quetico-Superior program; attitudes of members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the program; and proposed extension of the Superior National Forest.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Hamilton, a St. Paul employee of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, regarding Hamilton's interest in the popularization of peace stamps, the observance of Magna Charta Day, and the Quetico-Superior program. Included, too, are leaflets regarding Magna Charta Day and peace stamps.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Handberg and other papers with information on Handberg's resort at Crane Lake, Minnesota (Northwoods Lodge); effect of the dam at Kettle Falls on the lake levels in the Namakan chain; the Shipstead-Nolan bill and suggested amendments; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; the purposes of the Buyck Community Farmers' Club (Buyck, Minnesota); the movement towards state forests; the work of various northern Minnesota groups on behalf of and in opposition to the Quetico-Superior program; the damage cases (flooding) against the Backus companies; logging, road building, and other incursions on the wilderness; and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Hapgood of the Columbia Conserve Company (Indianapolis, Indiana) and other papers. There is data on Hapgood's Rainy Lake property and business interests; the organization of the Quetico-Superior Council and its functions; Hapgood's contributions to the Council; requests to Backus to keep the lake levels at a safe point; legal action by Rainy Lake land owners against the Backus interests for flooding; policies of the Indian Bureau (U.S.); and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Harger of Seymour, Connecticut regarding the latter's financial contributions to the Quetico-Superior Council and his requests for information about the program.

Correspondence between Winston and Dr. Hargraves (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota), president of the Minnesota division of the Izaak Walton League, regarding the League, an invitation to Hargraves to serve on the board of the Quetico-Superior Foundation, and his interest in the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Harkin, commissioner of national parks in the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada. There is information on the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council and on various plans to secure the cooperation of Ontario government officials. Included, too, is a published annual report by the commissioner on the national parks of Canada.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Hawes, vice chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Wild Life Resources, regarding information on the Quetico-Superior program furnished to Hawes by Oberholtzer. There is also a copy (printed) of an address by Hawes entitled "Migratory Bird Stamp" and delivered before the Izaak Walton League convention in Chicago.

Newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence. The correspondence is chiefly between Oberholtzer and Hawkes, an English-Canadian journalist whose interest in the Quetico-Superior area dated from the early twentieth century. There is data on Hawkes' role in encouraging the establishment of the Superior National Forest in 1908; his lectures, tours, and articles on behalf of the Quetico-Superior program; his friendship with Oberholtzer; his attitudes toward Backus and industrial development; the formation, financing, and management of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Quetico -- its legal status, exploitation and development; problems in dealing with Ontario government officials concerning hearings before the International Joint Commission on lake levels; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and Hawkes' death in 1933.

Correspondence among members of the Quetico-Superior Council, of which Heffelfinger, a Minneapolis grain merchant, was a member, and between Heffelfinger and others on behalf of the Council. There is data on Heffelfinger's work as chairman of the finance committee, as well as on legislation and other facets of the program.

Chiefly correspondence of Heffelfinger, Minneapolis grain merchant, with various individuals in his roles as finance chairman and chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Petitions, correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, maps, and resolutions regarding the relocation of trunk highway 61, known as the Grand Portage road. Among the groups and agencies involved in the discussions about where the road was to run were the Quetico-Superior Council, the Minnesota Highway Department, the Committee for Preservation of Historical Interest and Scenic Beauty of Lake Superior North Shore and Grand Portage Area, the Chippewa Indians of Grand Portage, and the United States Indian Office. There is information about a few other subjects in addition to Highway 61, particularly on proposals for power developments on the Pigeon River.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Hollands of Fort Frances, Ontario regarding the proposed exportation of Seine River power to International Falls, Minnesota; speaking engagements for Arthur Hawkes; water levels; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and other matters.

Correspondence between Winston and Hood, a Duluth lawyer and member of the executive committee of the Quetico-Superior Council, regarding meetings of the committee and other matters.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Horn of the Federal Cartridge Corporation, Minneapolis. Included is information on his work with the Minnesota Emergency Conservation Committee; Chester Wilson's attitude toward the Quetico-Superior program; and a proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Hough (Chicago), publicity director of the Izaak Walton League of America, as well as several of Hough's articles. There is information on his support of the Quetico-Superior program; Backus' statements during hearings before the International Joint Commission in 1925; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Houghton of the American Game Association and the Campfire Club of America regarding federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; financial contributions by Houghton's organizations to the Quetico-Superior Council; and progress of the Council's work.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Howe, dean of the school of forestry, University of Toronto, regarding the selection of a Canadian advisory board for the Quetico-Superior Council; logging in the Quetico; difficulties with Ontario government officials; and other matters.

Correspondence--chiefly between Oberholtzer and Hubachek--and other papers with information on the beginning of the two men's association; the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council; relations of the founding group with the Izaak Walton League; fund raising; definition of the Council's program; the Shipstead-Nolan bills, state and federal; Hubachek's financial contributions to the Council; the services performed by Charles Kelly, Hubachek's law partner; hearings before the International Joint Commission; receivership of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; the Pigeon River power project; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; a proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; the airspace ban; and road construction in the Quetico-Superior area.

In addition to the Hubachek-Oberholtzer correspondence, there are copies of letters to others written by both men, including correspondence between Winston and Hubachek.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Humphrey--mayor of Minneapolis and U.S. Senator--regarding problems of the Quetico-Superior Council with the Minnesota state administration in 1944; suggestions for a conservation plank in the platforms of the Farmer-Labor and Democratic parties in Minnesota; the airspace reservation; and federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Hurlburt, Koochiching County Attorney, regarding the latter's representation of the interests of the Rainy Lake land owners whose properties were flooded; the influence of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company in International Falls, Minnesota and elsewhere; the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council; the brief prepared by Sewell Tyng for the argument before the International Joint Commission regarding water levels; consideration by the Minnesota State Federation of Labor of the allegation that unemployment would result from a ban against more dams on the border; water levels; tours of northern Minnesota by Congressional committees; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; taxation in Koochiching and other northern Minnesota counties; relative costs of steam and waterpower; the labor situation at the Backus mills in International Falls, Minnesota; Minnesota politics; the state damage cases against the Backus companies (flooding); the provisions in the state Shipstead-Nolan bill favoring the Minnesota Power and Light Company; and Hurlburt's own political ambitions.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Hurley, a Pine City, Minnesota lawyer, regarding the latter's membership on the conservation committee of the American Legion; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; and the Blatnik bill.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ickes, a Chicago lawyer and later secretary of the interior. There is information on Oberholtzer's early efforts, before the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council, to secure control over water levels at Rainy Lake; Rainy Lake floods over the years; reports on Harold's son Raymond Ickes, who stayed with Oberholtzer at Rainy Lake on several occasions; investigations of border lake water levels and utilization of the information by the International Joint Commission; the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council and Ickes' early support of it; his later displeasure with the Council's policies; his opinions of several conservationists, including Gifford Pinchot and the sons of Theodore Roosevelt--Theodore and Kermit; the role of Arthur Hawkes in conservation movements; state and federal legislation, including the Shipstead-Nolan bills; federal land acquisition in the Shipstead-Nolan area; Floyd B. Olson's support of the Quetico-Superior program; the formation and work of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; the selection of Robert Marshall to represent the department of the interior on the President's Committee; and other subjects.

Memoranda, reports, proceedings, correspondence, and other papers regarding actions taken or considered by the Commission about water levels, dams, and other factors on the boundary waters and efforts of persons interested in the Quetico-Superior program to secure favorable decisions from the Commission. There is data on gathering information for presentation to the Commission. Among the correspondents were Oberholtzer and the following members of the Commission: William H. Smith, John H. Bartlett, Lawrence J. Burpee, and A. O. Stanley.

A published record of a court case (Minnesota Supreme Court) of the towns of Kinghurst, Max, and Grattan in Itasca County, Minnesota, against the Company (Backus and others) regarding building roads and railroads across the towns' roads.

Newspaper clippings and correspondence (chiefly between Oberholtzer and representatives of the organization) regarding plans for a garden on the international boundary between the United States and Canada and suggestions for locating the garden within the Quetico-Superior area.

Chiefly memoranda and reports regarding the history and objectives of the Quetico-Superior Council, various peace memorials in the United States, and the desirability of dedicating the Quetico-Superior area as an international peace memorial forest.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Irwin of the Save Ontario Forest League, Toronto. Included is data on the League; logging and other exploitation of the Quetico; the attitudes of the American Forestry Association toward the Quetico-Superior program; friends and opponents of the program; and the airspace reservation.

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other papers regarding plans for federal land purchases on Isle Royale and for making it a national park; wildlife on and near the island; the tourist business on the island; logging threats; and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with League officials, notably S. B. Locke, conservation director, and Kenneth A. Reid, general manager. There is information on the national, state, and Minneapolis units; attitudes of Minnesota state officials, particularly members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission, towards the Quetico-Superior program; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; state forests; state and federal conservation legislation; and the relationships between the League and the Quetico-Superior Council. Included also are publications of the League.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Jaques, artist and writer noted for his books (with his wife Florence) on the north country. There is data on his article published in Natural History and the reprints made for the Quetico-Superior Council; canoe trips he made with Oberholtzer; his support of the Quetico-Superior program; and other matters.

Articles and correspondence, the letters being exchanged by Oberholtzer and James, executive secretary of the American Civic Association, Washington, D. C. There information on the history and objectives of the Quetico-Superior program; power projects on the Potomac River and other questions that concerned the American Civic Association; the appointment of Miss James to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; and conferences and meetings.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Jensen, president of the Friends of Our Native Landscape, Ravinia, Illinois. There is information on the latter's objections to the Quetico-Superior program and Oberholtzer's responses to the criticisms.

Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Johnson, editor of Outdoor America, regarding Oberholtzer's preparation of articles for the magazine. Included, too, are proofs of articles by Oberholtzer.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Johnson, Minnesota state legislator, regarding the latter's support of the Shipstead-Newton resolution in the house in 1930; the state and federal Shipstead-Nolan bills; the Hastings-Morin bill; and Johnson's attempts to secure appointment as customs collector for the port of Duluth, Minnesota.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Johnson (Minneapolis) regarding the latter's work as a member of the finance committee of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Jones of the Architects' Small House Service Bureau (Minneapolis) and professor of architecture, University of Minnesota, regarding Jones' support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Jordan, educator and pacifist, regarding the latter's interest in the work of the Quetico-Superior Council and his appointment as an honorary member of the national advisory board. There are also newspaper clippings with data on his career and his death in 1931.

The materials relate both to the Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Minneapolis Junior Association of Commerce. There are memoranda, resolutions, publications, and correspondence--chiefly of Winston and Oberholtzer with officials of the two groups--with information on the Quetico-Superior program and the groups' support of it.

Newspaper clippings, newsletters, articles, and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Kaupanger, secretary of the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League of America and later secretary of the Minnesota Emergency Conservation Committee. There is information on the history of efforts to save the wilderness character of the Quetico-Superior area, both before and after the organization of the Quetico-Superior Council; the creation of Superior National Forest; efforts, including those of Backus and the Minnesota Power and Light Company, to utilize the forests and waterways; articles submitted to Kaupanger for publication in the Waltonian; the celebration at Grand Portage in 1931 of the two hundredth anniversary of La Verendrye's arrival; attitudes of members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program, power projects, and other matters affecting conservation; legislation, state and federal; attitudes toward federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area and toward the relinquishment of state forests; the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; the proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Land Company; the airspace reservation; and relations between the League and the Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kehr, a Washington, D.C., writer, regarding the latter's work on a book about the Great Lakes region.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Kellogg, secretary of the National Research Council, concerning Kellogg's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Council's financial problems; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill. There are also newspaper clippings regarding Kellogg's death in 1937.

Kelly, a member of the law firm of Hubachek and Kelly (Chicago), was one of the key persons in the Quetico-Superior movement. The file, which consists chiefly of his correspondence with Winston and Oberholtzer and copies of each other's correspondence is rich in data on the movement. There is information on the origins, development, financing, and administration of the Council; the roles played in Council affairs by Kelly, Hubachek, Winston, Frances Andrews, Sewell Tyng, Arthur Hawkes, Robert Marshall, Sigurd Olson, Lawrence Burpee, and others; gathering technical data on water levels, floods, etc.; the relationship of the Council to the Izaak Walton League; the work of the International Joint Commission; state forests; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; the airspace reservation; the Grand Portage road; water-power development and logging in the Quetico-Superior area; opposition to the Quetico-Superior program by Backus and his successor in the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; opposition by the Minnesota Power and Light Company, the Minnesota Arrowhead Association, the Duluth newspapers, the Pigeon River Lumber Company, and others; conflicts of members of the Council with H. H. Chapman, Harold Stassen, and Chester Wilson; relations with state and federal agencies, especially the Minnesota Conservation Commission, the National Forest Reservation Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and the United States Forest Service; suits against Backus for flooding; state and federal legislation, especially the Shipstead-Nolan and Blatnik bills; formation of the Minnesota Conservation Foundation and the Quetico-Superior Foundation; the organization and functions of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; and the cultivation of Canadian support for the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kelsey of the National Park Service, the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission, and the Appalachian Mountain Club. There is data on Kelsey's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his investigation of the Apostle Islands and Menominee national park projects; his trip to the Quetico-Superior area and his enthusiasm for it; and the Council's problems, including finances.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kemper, executive secretary of the American Institute of Architects (New York City), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and efforts to secure the endorsement of the Institute for the program.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with King, Minnesota's state auditor, regarding the state's case against the Backus interests (flooding); the power plans of the Minnesota Power and Light Company; state forests; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; state and federal legislation; the attitudes of members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program; hearings before the International Joint Commission; the water-power project of the Pigeon River Lumber Company; and the proposed land exchange between the state and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kingman of the Wells-Dickey Company (Minneapolis) regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior Council through fund raising.

Published materials and correspondence between Oberholtzer and firm members regarding transportation furnished to congressional parties visiting the boundary waters, the Quetico-Superior program, and the arrest of C. R. Rhodes for allegedly transporting outlaw trappers.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kirby of the St. Paul Machinery Manufacturing Company regarding the Backus plan for damming the boundary waters; and fund raising for the Quetico-Superior Council.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kiwanis members regarding Oberholtzer's speech before the group in Duluth, requests for Kiwanis support of the Quetico-Superior Council, and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with Congressman Knutson regarding his bill for enlarging tree planting in national forests; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; Amendment 4 to the state constitution; and federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Correspondence chiefly between Oberholtzer and Koehler (St. Louis, Missouri) regarding the latter's financial contributions and other support of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kunz, president of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (New York City), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Published advertisement of Kutina Lodge (Big Deer Lake, Effie, Minnesota); correspondence between Oberholtzer and Kutina regarding the latter's interest and support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Congressman Kvale regarding the latter's interest in the Quetico-Superior program; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; and other matters.

Correspondence among labor leaders and miscellaneous papers. There is information on a resolution supporting the International Joint Commission's actions to secure maximum power on boundary waters; hearings on the matter before the Minnesota Federation of Labor; conditions in the paper industry in relation to labor; a proposed trip to Russia by labor leaders; attitudes towards the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the appointment of William E. McEwen, editor of the Labor World, to the Minnesota Conservation Commission; and his death in 1933.

Correspondence of Peavey Heffelfinger and other members of the Quetico-Superior Council with Lachmund (W. M. Prindle Company, Duluth,) regarding the Council's efforts to gain support in Duluth and to enlist the aid of Congressman Pittenger.

Correspondence of Laing, a Minneapolitan who was secretary of the Minnesota division of the Izaak Walton League of America, with Oberholtzer and others regarding the attitudes of the League and H. H. Chapman toward the Quetico-Superior program; the consolidation of federal holdings in the Superior National Forest; the airspace ban; trip of a Congressional committee into the Quetico-Superior area; and the Blatnik bill and other legislation.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Morris B. Lambie, executive secretary of the League, regarding Oberholtzer's appearance before the organization's convention; his article published in Minnesota Municipalities; state legislation concerning the granting of power permits; the Quetico-Superior Council's investigation into costs of steam and waterpower; criticism of Oberholtzer by a League member; the federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; and the attitude of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and congressman Leavitt, Montana, regarding the latter's support of the Shipstead-Nolan bill, federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area, and other legislation. There is also a mimeographed copy of a report entitled "Explanation of the Provisions and Purposes of the Administration Emergency Relief Bills."

Correspondence of Lenander--engineer and real estate dealer who lived first in Bancroft, Iowa, and then in Minneapolis, Minnesota--with Hubachek, Kelly, Oberholtzer, and others; newspaper clippings; and photographs. There is data on a conflict between Backus and citizens of Fort Frances, Ontario over power arrangements; the Rainy River Improvement Company's dam at Kettle Falls; the dam of the Minnesota and Ontario Power Company at Koochiching Falls on Rainy Lake; plans for booms in Rainy River made by Backus companies; suits by Rainy Lake settlers against Backus for flood damage; early struggles of persons interested in the boundary lakes to secure protection against floods and systematic control over water levels; hearings on this subject before the International Joint Commission; steps leading to the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council; state and federal legislation, including the Shipstead-Nolan bill; taxation problems of counties within the Minnesota area proposed for inclusion in the Quetico-Superior reserve; state forestry; and Oberholtzer's suggestion for developing Ranier, Minnesota as a model recreational village.

Correspondence (chiefly between Oberholtzer and Leopold, consulting forester and member of the wildlife management department at the University of Wisconsin); circular letters; and articles. There is information on wildlife; a game survey conducted by Leopold for the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute; Leopold's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; opposition to the Council in Duluth and elsewhere; the Council's financial problems; attitudes of Minnesota state officials toward the movement; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Chiefly correspondence of Iowa congressman Letts with Oberholtzer and others regarding the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Lieber, Indiana director of conservation, and with Beatrice Ward, secretary of the National Conference on State Parks, Washington, D. C. There is information on the appointment by the National Conference of Lieber as the group's representative on the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his aid during the enactment of the Shipstead-Nolan bill. There is also a clipping of a newspaper article by Lieber on state parks.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Lightner, Minnesota state legislator from St. Paul, regarding the legislature's resolution memorializing Congress to pass the Shipstead-Newton bill; suggested water-power legislation for the state; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; objections of the Quetico-Superior Council to suggested amendments to this bill; and the state's suit against Backus for flooding lands.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Lincoln, chiefly concerning outdoor books Lincoln was writing and his requests that Oberholtzer contribute to a cooperative work. Also included are newspaper clippings of articles by Lincoln.

Correspondence chiefly between Oberholtzer and Lindahl, hotel and general store operator from Mineral Center, Minnesota, regarding the Grand Portage road.

Letters by Oberholtzer to Lindsay and replies by his wife regarding Lindsay's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his death in 1932. There are also newspaper clippings concerning his career and death.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Lipman, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Brunswick, New Jersey, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the Council's financial problems; and the Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Lloyd of Lloyd's Tourist Emporium (Fort Frances, Ontario) regarding the latter's interest in the Quetico-Superior program, especially in the hearings before the International Joint Commission on Rainy Lake water levels and the role of Fort Frances representatives at the hearings.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Locke, librarian in the Toronto Public Library, regarding an invitation to the latter to become a member of the Quetico-Superior Council's national advisory board, and his refusal.

Correspondence, resolutions, and other materials regarding the positions Lommen, state legislator from Eveleth, Minnesota, took toward the Quetico-Superior program. There is information on the resolution from the Minnesota legislature addressed to Congress in regard to the Shipstead-Newton bill; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; Lommen's study of recreational values in the border lakes region undertaken for the International Joint Commission; and other matters concerning the Quetico-Superior program.

Telegrams and letters addressed to Longworth as speaker of the United States House of Representatives asking for his attention to the Shipstead-Nolan bill. An extensive letter from Oberholtzer discusses the proposed amendment by Congressman Pittenger.

Chiefly correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Lundeen, congressman from Minnesota, regarding his elections to Congress; and his support in the matters of federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area and the Grand Portage road.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Lyman, United States Corps of Engineers, Duluth, regarding water levels on Rainy Lake, floods, and an application by the Pigeon River Lumber Company for a water-power project on the Pigeon River.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and MacKenzie, first a member of the law faculty of the University of Toronto and then president of the University of New Brunswick. There is information on efforts to secure cooperation in the Quetico-Superior program from officials of the province of Ontario; MacKenzie's aid in this area, as well as in securing publicity and arranging meetings on behalf of the program. Included, too, is Oberholtzer's report of May 25, 1942, prepared for the International Joint Commission and entitled "In the Matter of a Convention between the United States and Canada... Providing for Emergency Regulation of the Level of Rainy Lake and of Other Boundary Waters in the Rainy Lake Watershed."

Correspondence between Winston and Magie (Hibbing, Minnesota) concerning, for the most part, the activities and needs of the Friends of the Wilderness. There is also data on the airspace reservation and federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Correspondence of various members of the Quetico-Superior Council with March-Mount, a member of the information and education staff of the United States Forest Service (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), regarding her support of the Quetico-Superior program. There are also articles by and about her.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Marquand regarding the former's plan for writing and the latter's professional writing activities. There is also information on the progress and problems of the Quetico-Superior Council. Included, too, are copies of two articles by Marquand published in the Saturday Evening Post.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Marshall, director of forestry in the United States Office of Indian Affairs and then chief of recreation in the United States Forest Service. There is data on the federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; Minnesota state forests; attitudes of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward state forests and the Quetico-Superior program; land use policy for the Grand Portage Indian reservation; forest conditions on the Red Lake Indian reservation and other data regarding American Indians; wilderness planning; Marshall's membership on the President's Quetico-Superior Committee and the group's work; organization of the Wilderness Society; application of the Pigeon River Lumber Company for permission to develop power on the Pigeon River; the Grand Portage road and other problems of the Quetico-Superior Council; the death of Marshall in 1939; and his bequests. There are also articles about Marshall.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Marshall, state legislator from Minneapolis, regarding the state Shipstead-Nolan bill.

Correspondence of Mrs. Martin, secretary in the Minneapolis, Minnesota office of the Quetico-Superior Council, with Oberholtzer during his absences, and with others. In addition to data on the operation of the office, there is information on the Quetico-Superior program, particularly the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and on Martin's experiences in Washington, D.C., as an employee of the United States Tariff Commission. A few newspaper clippings are included.

Correspondence between Martinovich, columnist for the Eveleth Clarion (Minnesota) and Winston in regard to publicity given to the Quetico-Superior program by Martinovich; and data on the program, wild rice, and other conservation questions. Included, too, are clippings of several of Martinovich's columns.

Correspondence between McCarthy, fish dealer (Ranier, Minnesota), and Oberholtzer regarding the fishing industry on Rainy Lake, state regulations governing fishing, levels on Namakan Lake, the Shipstead-Nolan bill, and federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and McCullough, Minnesotas Game and Fish Commissioner, with a few resolutions and notes. There is information on legislation regarding water levels and fish and game; the history of the Superior State Game Refuge; changes in the boundaries of the Refuge; hunting licenses; the American Game Conference in 1930; and the Minnesota tour of the U.S. Special Senate Committee on Wild Life Resources.

An article by Oberholtzer about the Quetico-Superior program entitled "A Cinderella of the North." There is also correspondence of Oberholtzer with John A. McGuire, editor of Outdoor Life (Denver, Colorado), and his son Harry McGuire, also on the magazine's staff, regarding the Shipstead-Nolan bill; Oberholtzer's writings for the magazine; publicity given by the magazine to the Quetico-Superior program; and John McGuire's service on the national advisory board.

Correspondence with McLean, postmaster and storekeeper at Grand Portage, Minnesota with Clara Martin, Oberholtzer, and others regarding the Indians at Grand Portage; marketing their goods; the reconstruction of the Northwest Fur Company dock at Grand Portage; the La Verendrye celebration there; Dewey Albinson and other visitors to Grand Portage; the Grand Portage road; creation of state forests; and the government of Cook County.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with McPeek (Ranier, Minnesota) and with Gladys McPeek, her daughter (New York City). There is information on the Birch Point Association (Ranier); damages to Rainy Lake property caused by flooding; the Shipstead-Nolan bill; the failure of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; the death of Mrs. McPeek; and other matters.

Correspondence of Mendenhall, a Duluth businessman, with Oberholtzer and Winston regarding support of and opposition to the Quetico-Superior program in Duluth and other northern Minnesota communities; the federal and state Shipstead-Nolan bills; the Ely-Buyck road; the power projects of the Minnesota Power and Light Company; Amendment 1 to the state constitution; state forests; the Grand Portage road; federal acquisition of land in the Shipstead-Nolan area; and the appointment of a collector for the port of Duluth.

Newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence of Oberholtzer with Canadian naturalist Jack Miner and his son Manly. There is information on Jack Miner's lectures and writings; his wild bird sanctuary at Kingsville, Ontario; his appointment as honorary vice president of the Quetico-Superior Council; his interest in the Council's work; and the attitudes of Ontario toward its wilderness areas.

News releases of the Quetico-Superior Council; newspaper clippings from the Journal, and correspondence, chiefly of Oberholtzer with Jefferson Jones and other staff members. The materials relate to the paper's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Star staff members and other materials regarding publicity and support given by the paper to the Quetico-Superior program.

News releases and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Frederick E. Murphy of the Tribune. There is data on publicity as well as on financial aid given to the Quetico-Superior program by the paper and its staff.

Legal papers, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, and other papers regarding the financial structure of the firm; suits against it and related companies for flooding; the long contest over dam building and water levels on border waters; the receivership of the company; and the Minnesota and Ontario Bridge Company.

Reports, news releases, circular letters, printed publicity, resolutions, and correspondence. The correspondence is chiefly between Oberholtzer, on behalf of the Quetico-Superior Council, and Fred D. Vibert and S.V. Saxby, on behalf of the Association. There is data on the history and program of the Association, especially in regard to the Quetico-Superior area; the establishment of state and national forests in Minnesota; the organization of the "Save the Superior Forest Committee"; and relations of the organization with the Minnesota Conservation Council, the Quetico-Superior Council, and other groups.

Minutes of the group containing references to federal acquisition of land in Minnesota, especially regarding the Kabetogama and Grand Portage state forests; the operation of dams at International Falls and Kettle Falls; and damages to state lands by flooding.

Articles, newspaper clippings, circular letters, correspondence, and other papers documenting the relations of the Quetico-Superior Council with the Committee. The national organization had its headquarters in New York City and the local group in Minneapolis. They were organized to promote "genuine activity in all fields of wild life conservation." Most of the correspondence is Oberholtzer's, on behalf of the Council, with Mrs. C. N. Edge, chair of the New York group, O.L. Kaupanger, secretary of the Minnesota group, and Charles L. Horn, chairman of the Minnesota group. There is information on publicizing the Quetico-Superior program; criticisms of the Minnesota conservation department; wildlife; tax delinquent lands; county, state, and national forests; federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; improvement of the Mississippi River (navigation and pollution); pollution of Rainy River; application of the Reserve Mining Company to use the waters of Lake Superior; a proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; conflicts with members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission; conflicts with H.H. Chapman; questioning of candidates for political office on attitudes toward conservation; and the airspace reservation.

Advertisements for the magazine, issues of the magazine, a letter regarding an article scheduled for publication, and another regarding the Quetico-Superior Council's subscription.

Printed leaflets, circular letters, and correspondence regarding the Society's program, the La Verendrye celebration at Grand Portage, and Solon J. Buck's pamphlet about Grand Portage. Among the correspondents were Buck, secretary of the Society, Lewis Beeson (same office), Winston, and Oberholtzer.

Memoranda, correspondence, newspaper clippings, copies of bills and resolutions, circulars, and other materials on Minnesota legislation affecting the Quetico-Superior program. Some information on federal legislation is also included.

Memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, circular letters, and correspondence regarding the problems arising between the Quetico-Superior Council and the Company over dams on Gabbro and Bald Eagle lakes. In addition to data on this question, there is information on the Company's operations; the resignation of Fred D. Vibert from his position as executive director of the Minnesota Arrowhead Association; and his engagement as agricultural and industrial agent of the Company. The correspondence is varied. Some of the letters were exchanged by Oberholtzer and Company officials, supplemented by copies of letters exchanged by others. There is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1927-1932), as well as photographs and diagrams of Company properties.

Publications, reports, and correspondence (chiefly between Oberholtzer and Board members) regarding the formation and work of the Northern Lakes States Regional Committee, as well as other groups; Board studies of land use, reforestation, lake levels, and other subjects; and transmittal of information and meetings between members of the Board and of the Quetico-Superior Council.

A scrapbook, press publicity, radio publicity, correspondence, wildlife stamps, circular letters, articles of incorporation, leaflets, constitution, financial reports and memoranda. There is information chiefly on National Wildlife Restoration Week, observed in Minnesota and the rest of the nation. There is also information on the program of the Minnesota Federation, the General Wildlife Federation, and the National Wildlife Federation; participation of constituent organizations in the work of these groups; legislation relating to wildlife; the Quetico-Superior Council's program; and support of the Council by the Minnesota Federation. Among the correspondents are Winston, who directed wildlife week in Minnesota; Frederick F. Jordan, national director of the event; and Carl D. Shoemaker, representing the General Wildlife Federation.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Mixter, a member of the firm Day & Zimmerman (New York City), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the Council's financial difficulties.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Elizabeth and other members of the Monahan family regarding his speeches, various facets of the Quetico-Superior program, and his personal relationships with members of the family.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Moore, secretary of the Council on National Parks, Forests and Wild Life (New York City). There is information on cooperation of the two organizations in executing the Quetico-Superior program; progress reports on many facets of the Council's program; Moore's appointment to the national advisory board; the creation of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; H.H. Chapman's attitude toward the Quetico-Superior Council; and other matters. Moore's letters after 1932 were addressed from England.

Newspaper clippings and correspondence of Oberholtzer with Morgan, president of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. There is information about Morgan's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the program of the College; and other matters.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Morison, Harvard University, regarding the Quetico-Superior, the Kensington runestone, and the personal friendship between the two men.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Morris (New York City), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board and the Quetico-Superior Council's financial problems.

Advertisements for the camps, located in Ontario near Mine Centre, and correspondence of Oberholtzer and Winston with the George Mudge family about the rental of cottages and the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between members of the Quetico-Superior Council and members of the Club regarding the Quetico-Superior program; and between members of the Council and various other individuals regarding the Club's change of position from one of support to one of opposition.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Frank E. Mullen, director of agriculture for the Company, regarding a radio address by Oberholtzer in 1933 and other data on the Quetico-Superior program.

A published report (1932) of the Commission; minutes; schedules; and correspondence. There is information on lands recommended for purchase by the federal government for forestry purposes, including those in the American portion of the Quetico-Superior area. Most of the correspondence is between Oberholtzer and John E. Burch, secretary of the Commission.

Leaflets describing the work of the Association; publications issued by the Association; and correspondence--chiefly of Winston and Oberholtzer with George Bird Grinnell and other members of the Association. In addition to wide-ranging data on the work and purposes of the Association, there is information on H.H. Chapman's attitude toward the Quetico-Superior program; support of the Quetico-Superior Council by the Association; articles prepared by Oberholtzer for publication by the Association; and attitudes of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the Quetico-Superior program.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and members of the Service regarding the Grand Portage road; acquisition by the Service of lands on Isle Royale; and a visit to the border lakes by Service representatives.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Board members regarding the creation of the Quetico-Superior Committee; the nature of the Quetico-Superior program; the attitude of the Minnesota Conservation Commission toward the program; and suggested correlation of the Quetico-Superior group's work with the State Planning Board and the National Resources Board.

Correspondence between NYA and Quetico-Superior Council officials regarding distribution of Quetico-Superior literature and conservation education.

Bulletins issued by the Federation. See also: Minnesota Wildlife Federation.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Richard W. Westwood, the magazine's managing editor, regarding an editorial on the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Neal of the W.E. Neal Slate Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota) regarding the Grand Portage road; publicity for the Quetico-Superior program; and support given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

A resolution adopted by the Munising (Michigan) Develeopment Club supporting reforestation in the Lake States by the federal government; and correspondence about the resolution between Nebel of the Club and Oberholtzer.

Resolutions of the Outdoor Life Club and the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs supporting the Quetico-Superior program; and correspondence--chiefly between Oberholtzer and Dr. Nelson of St. Paul, Minnesota regarding the resolutions and other support given by the groups.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and members of the Department regarding publications issued by the Department, Adirondack State Park, and New York's survey of water-power resources.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Newgord of the Ely (Minnesota) Commercial Club regarding support by the Club and Newgord of the Shipstead-Nolan bill; opposition by the Minnesota Power and Light Company; logging in the Quetico; and other matters.

Copies of newspaper and magazine articles relating to almost every facet of the Quetico-Superior program.

A newspaper clipping; copies of the Newton bill regarding the border lakes; and correspondence--chiefly between Oberholtzer and Minnesota Congressman Newton. There is data on Newton's efforts to protect the Quetico-Superior area; a visit by the House Public Lands Committee to the border waters; opposition to the Shipstead-Newton bill by Lommen, a Minnesota state legislator, and others; the progress of the Shipstead-Newton bill in Congress; Newton's resignation as congressman and his appointment as secretary to President Herbert Hoover.

Advertisement of lands for sale by the John F. Nichols Company, Minneapolis, in the Arrowhead region; memorandum on an interview with Nichols regarding his holdings in the Superior National Forest; and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Nichols regarding the "Barr Fishway."

A campaign card issued on behalf of Congressman Nolan; copies of the Nolan billfor the protection of the border lakes; Nolan's speech on behalf of inland waterways, including sponsorship of a nine-foot channel for the Mississippi; a newspaper clipping regarding Nolan's conservation record; and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Nolan, regarding strategy for pushing the Shipstead-Nolan bill through congress; the state Shipstead-Nolan bill; and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Nolte of Little and Nolte (Duluth) regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program before the board of realtors and in other instances, and his solicitation of the post of collector of customs, Duluth.

A memorandum entitled "Concerning Recommendations Made by Joint Commission in Final Report on Lake of the Woods, May 18, 1917"; correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Senator Norbeck, regarding a migratory bird bill and the Shipstead-Nolan bill; and a letter (1937) from Mrs. Norbeck to Oberholtzer after the Senator's death.

Newspaper clippings and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Norris regarding Oberholtzer's efforts to interest the senator in preservation of the wilderness character of the Quetico-Superior area; the response from Norris; his concern about the regulation of power companies; and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and C.D. Lang, editor of The Northern Fur Trade (Winnipeg, Canada), regarding the journal's support of the Quetico-Superior program.

Minutes and reports regarding economic, governmental, and social problems of northeastern Minnesota.

A campaign leaflet issued on behalf of Norton during a contest for the Minnesota legislature; and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Representative Norton regarding his support of the Shipstead-Newton bill and other legislation.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and representatives of the journal regarding the aid given by the publication in soliciting funds and giving publicity to the Quetico-Superior Council.

A biographical sketch of Edmond Louis DeLestry, editor of the magazine, and correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and DeLestry, regarding the journal's record in supporting conservation measures, including the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence relating to Oberholtzer's Nueltin Lake trip.

Newspaper clippings regarding Nutt's service as treasurer of the Republican Party and his resignation from this position, and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Nutt regarding his appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the Council's problems.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Nyman, a member of the White and Odell Agency (Minneapolis,) and of the executive committee of the Quetico-Superior Council. There is information on fund raising, legislation, Canadian cooperation, and other facets of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Oates, a Chicago lawyer, regarding the latter's interest in purchasing an island in Rainy Lake and Oberholtzer's transmittal of information about the work of the Quetico-Superior Council.

The Oberholtzer papers comprise a separate section, which follows the alaphabetical sequence.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with O'Hearn, manager of the Flour Exchange Building, regarding rental of the Quetico-Superior Council's office; and copies of leases for the office.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Olmsted, landscape architect, Brookline, Massachusetts, and Oberholtzer's former teacher at Harvard University, regarding the problems of the Rainy Lake watershed; Olmsted's concern with the subject; his membership on the national advisory board; his financial contributions; hearings before the International Joint Commission; and the two men's exchange of views regarding the Quetico-Superior Council's problems and progress.

Correspondence of members of the Quetico-Superior Council with Olson, governor of Minnesota, as well as newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items. There is information on the President's Quetico-Superior Committee; state legislation relating to Minnesota lands in the Quetico-Superior area; the celebration at Grand Portage of the anniversary of La Verendrye's arrival; appointments to the Minnesota Conservation Commission; and attitudes toward federal acquisition of land in Minnesota.

Advertising circular of the Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Winton, Minnesota; correspondence between Oberholtzer and Olson, a member of the Council and wilderness expert; Olson's correspondence with others; and his articles. There is information on wilderness philosophy, logging, and other matters relating to the Quetico-Superior area; the Grand Portage road; federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; the airspace reservation; relations with Canadians interested in the Quetico-Superior program; and other matters.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Osborn, Michigan governor, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his interest in the program.

Correspondence, chiefly between Oberholtzer and Mrs. Paige of Minneapolis, a representative in the Minnesota legislature who supported the Quetico-Superior program, regarding legislation; federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; committee appointments in the Minnesota legislature; meetings of Minnesota's Public Domain Committee; and her financial contributions to the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Palmer, a lawyer at International Falls, Minnesota, regarding the town's municipal affairs; Koochiching County taxation; attitudes of labor and other International Falls groups toward Backus and his companies; the opposition of Backus to the Quetico-Superior Council; Palmer's support of the Council; suits against Backus for flooding; and other matters.

Chiefly correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Mrs. Palmer of St. Paul, Minnesota--active member of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs and chairman of the organization's conservation committee--regarding the support of the Quetico-Superior program by that organization, by her personally, and by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. There is material dealing with many facets of the Quetico-Superior program, including the Grand Portage road. The correspondence with Mr. Palmer of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad deals with the Grand Portage road chiefly. There are also resolutions by several organizations supporting the Quetico-Superior program; a paper by Mrs. Palmer on women and conservation; programs of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; and the Palmers' correspondence with others.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Parker, director of the Municipal Museum, Rochester, New York, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Mrs. White, executive director of the National Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild (New York City), regarding her appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council, and the appointment of Dr. John H. Finley, president of the Guild. There is also information on the Council's progress and problems.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Pearson, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies (New York City), regarding his appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and the Council's problems. There is also a copy of a radio address by Pearson entitled "Our Wild Bird Resources."

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and others with Perham, editor of Range Facts (Virginia, Minnesota), regarding the latter's support of Amendment 4 to the state constitution and his desire for an interpretation of the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer and Hubachek with Perry, novelist (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), regarding the latter's projected novel on the Rainy Lake watershed; his interest in the Quetico-Superior program; and other matters.

Correspondence and other papers with information on Peterson's campaign for the position of attorney general of Minnesota, and his election; his endorsement of the Quetico-Superior program; his pledge to bring to trial the long-pending flowage cases; state legislation; and problems of the Council, particularly with the members of the Minnesota Conservation Commission.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Pidgeon of Wabigoon, Ontario, regarding logging in the Quetico; the attitudes of the Canadian government officials toward the program; and other matters.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Pierson, president and general manager of the Mississippi River Scenic Highway System, regarding Pierson's ideas for converting the Superior National Forest into a park; the Save Superior National Forest Committee; and differences of opinion among men involved in the conservation movement.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Pinchot regarding the latter's appointment as an honorary member of the Quetico-Superior Council; his advice to Council members; his financial contributions; his campaign for the governorship of Pennsylvania in 1930; and his speech in Minneapolis in 1932. There is also an article, "When the Dry Fly Was New," and an extract from his speech before the Hennepin County Republican Club, January 25, 1932.

Miscellaneous papers regarding Congressman Pittenger's opposition to the Quetico-Superior program. Included are articles; campaign literature (among the literature is an undated platform of the Farmer-Labor party); memoranda; Pittenger's bill regarding northern Minnesota lands; his remarks in the Congressional Record; copies of his correspondence; and other items.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Pollak, a New York attorney, regarding his support of the Quetico-Superior program; his inability to appear for the Council before the International Joint Commission; and his appointment to the national advisory board.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Preudhomme, Winnipeg city solicitor, regarding the problem of the Rainly Lake watershed; the formation of the Quetico-Superior Council to cope with it; attempts to enlist the aid and cooperation of Canadians; Oberholtzer's Canadian visits; speeches of Arthur Hawkes; the journal Trails of the Northwoods and its opposition to the Quetico-Superior program; hearings before the International Joint Commission; the receivership of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; and other matters.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Price, regional forester, United States Forest Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There is information on federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; state forests; logging in the Quetico; the work of an interim commission appointed by the legislature to investigate matters relating to forestry, taxation of timberlands, etc; the airspace reservation; and suggestions for a Canadian-American treaty regarding the Quetico-Superior. There are also miscellaneous items, among them a paper by Price entitled "The Quetico-Superior Program As It Relates to the Superior National Forest" (December 28, 1947).

Copies of news releases, circular letters, and other publicity regarding various facets of the Quetico-Superior program. Included is information on Arthur Hawkes.

Publications, reports, articles, newsletters, memoranda, minutes, resolutions, and other papers regarding a committee first appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to "consult and advise with the various federal departments and agencies concerned and with the state of Minnesota" in regard to the Quetico-Superior. Among the original members appointed were Oberholtzer, Sewell Tyng, and Charles Kelly.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Mabeth Hurd Paige, Mrs. Woodward Colby, and others regarding a women's committee proposed for aiding the Quetico-Superior Council by fund raising, and the luncheon held in 1938.

Radio talks given by O.L. Kaupanger, Ovid Butler, John Collier, Karl E. Mundt, E. V. Willard, Howard Zahniser, Lester A. Colby, L. F. Kneipp, Frederick C. Lincoln, Carl D. Shoemaker, and others. Included also are the proceedings of the Radio Conservation Council, November 19, 1934. There is information on many facets of conservation.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ramsdell, landscape architect, as well as other papers, regarding Ramsdell's view on the impact of changed water levels on the Rainy Lake watershed; Frederick Law Olmsted's views on this question; Ramsdell's support of legislation favorable to the Quetico-Superior and his opposition to detrimental bills; and his other services to the Quetico-Superior Council.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Reckford, general manager of the Izaak Walton League of America (Chicago, Illinois), regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior Council and support by the League.

Correspondence of various members of the Quetico-Superior Council with Reid, general manager of the Izaak Walton League of America (Chicago), regarding the Blatnik bill and other measures affecting the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Reiff, a member of the Minnesota Conservation Commission, regarding legislation and the proposed consolidation of the Superior National Forest through purchases by the federal government.

Correspondence chiefly of Oberholtzer with Reis, a lawyer (Madison, Wisconsin), regarding his counsel during the Quetico-Superior Council's conflict with the Minnesota Power and Light Company.

Resolutions of various groups supporting the Quetico-Superior program.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Reuther of the United Automobile Workers (Detroit, Michigan) regarding Oberholtzer's request for support and advice from Reuther, and Reuther's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council.

Letters to Richards, a Minneapolis attorney, by members of the Quetico-Superior Council regarding his aid in raising funds for the Council and the legend of the Rainy Lake mermaid.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Richards, banker in Fort William, Ontario, regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program; his efforts to enlist the cooperation of his townsmen, Canadian government officials, and others; logging on the Canadian side of the Rainy Lake watershed; water-power development and roads in the same area; speeches favoring the Quetico-Superior program by Arthur Hawkes; Backus; the Pigeon River Lumber Company; and other subjects.

Correspondence chiefly between Oberholtzer and Richards, a mining engineer (Virginia, Minnesota), regarding the latter's visit to Oberholtzer at Rainy Lake; a resolution from the Virginia city council favoring a specific land purchase in Minnesota by the United States Forest Service (the Missabe Purchase Unit); and other subjects.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ricker, president of the Wild Flower Preservation Society (Washington, D.C.), with data on the latter's service as a member of the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his support of the program.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ridsdale, secretary of the American Nature Association and the American Tree Association (Washington, D.C.), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; the work of his organizations; and financial problems of the Council.

A pamphlet entitled "Conservation or Confiscation," distributed by the Minnesota Conservation Council Committee on International Boundary Waters; an article, "A Playground for Nations"; and correspondence between Oberholtzer and Riis, president of the Superior National Forest Recreation Association (Rockford, Illinois), containing exchanges of views on the Quetico-Superior problem.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Ringland, executive secretary of the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation (Washington, D.C.), regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council; his counsel to Oberholtzer; and the work of his own organization.

Correspondence of Roberts, manager of the Mesaba Fuel Company, Chisholm, Minnesota, regarding the Grand Portage road.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Roberts, a Davenport, Iowa businessman, owner of a home on Rainy Lake, and a personal friend of Oberholtzer. There is information on damages inflicted on Rainy Lake homes by flooding; protests, lawsuits, and other defensive actions by the property owners; organization of the Quetico-Superior Council; Roberts' financial contributions to the Council; differences of opinion among supporters of the Council's program; legislation; reports on Backus' activities; personal relationships between Oberholtzer and Roberts; and news of mutual friends. Included, too, is the correspondence of Roberts with congressmen and others, forwarded to Oberholtzer.

Correspondence of Winston and Oberholtzer with Robertson, Izaak Walton League official (Side Lake, Minnesota), regarding the Grand Portage road; the floods of 1941 on Rainy Lake; League activities; federal acquisition of land in Minnesota; the proposed land exchange between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company; and the airspace reservation.

Chiefly correspondence of Oberholtzer with Robinson, an Izaak Walton League official (Hibbing, Minnesota), regarding the latter's support of the Quetico-Superior program through the League.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Roessel, an attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, regarding the application of the Minnesota Power and Light Company to the Federal Power Commission for the Gabbro and Bald Eagle projects.

Chiefly correspondence between Oberholtzer and Rogers, advisor to the receivers of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, regarding timber cutting on King William Narrows between Crane and Sand Point lakes; the receivership; and the operation of the Kettle Falls dam.

Reports, executive order, newspaper clippings, and other papers concerning Roosevelt's creation of the President's Quetico-Superior Committee, the work of that body, and the Grand Portage road. There is also correspondence of Oberholtzer with the President and M. H. McIntyre, assistant secretary to the President.

Correspondence of Oberholtzer with Roosevelt concerning the latter's appointment as honorary vice president of the Quetico-Superior Council, the Shipstead-Nolan bill, and other matters. There are also copies of articles by Theodore Roosevelt.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Roosevelt of the New York Times regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his aid in publicizing its work.

Correspondence between Oberholtzer and Russell, author, regarding the latter's appointment to the national advisory board of the Quetico-Superior Council and his attitude toward hunting and fishing. There is also a review of Russell's book, Bare Hands and Stone Walls.

Correspondence of Winston with members of the organization regarding his support of the group and other matters. There are also publications and circular letters requesting support of the group's work.

Correspondence of Totten Heffelfinger and Oberholtzer with Rutledge of the Toronto Financial Post regarding the latter's sympathy with the Quetico-Superior program.