00402 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA. MINNESOTA DIVISION: An Inventory of Its Records Finding aid prepared by J. M. Wickre, October 1975 and Bonnie B. Palmquist, May 1995. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.
 Finding aid encoded by Stephanie Grabowski December 16, 1998.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Izaak Walton League of America. Minnesota Division. League records. 1926-1986. Minutes, correspondence, some financial records, subject files, convention files, chapter files, printed material, and newspaper clippings relating to an organization concerned with the conservation of natural resources. 25.5 cubic feet (27 boxes). See Detailed Description Section for box locations. ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLLECTION

This collection has not yet been fully processed. The files were received in many increments, which have not been integrated.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE COLLECTION

The collection includes administrative records and about individual chapters in Minnesota, in addition to records documenting the state body. The records largely document environmental subjects, including the conservation of natural resources (fish, game and wetlands), and the pollution of water and air. Other specific areas of concern addressed by the records are the struggle to keep the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) free from commercial exploitation and the establishment of the Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Conservation of natural resources -- Minnesota -- Citizen participation. Environmental protection -- Minnesota. Pollution -- Minnesota. Place: Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Organization: Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate cited item and/or series here]. Izaak Walton League of America. Minnesota Division. At the Minnesota Historical Society.See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 10,544; 11,382, 11,460; 11,901; 12,057; 12,189; 12,338; 13,998; 15,075

 Processing Information:

Processed by: J. M. Wickre, October 1975 and Bonnie B. Palmquist, August 1988 and May 1995

Catalog ID number: 08-00009248

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please not both the location and box numbers shown below.

 151.F.17.4F 1 Membership, 1938-1973. 4 folders. Minutes, 1948-1964. 2 folders. Financial materials, 1939-1965. 151.F.17.5B 2 Printed materials, 1935-1977. Miscellaneous outstate chapters, 1939-1969. Agassiz Chapter, Mahtomedi, 1973-1977. Minneapolis chapters, 1935-1975. 2 folders. South Minneapolis chapter, 1940-1961. Midway Chapter, St. Paul, 1937-1968. Minnehaha (Women's) Chapter, 1953-1976. Bills sponsored, 1941. Miscellaneous, 1936-1976. 6 folders 151.F.17.6F 3 Miscellaneous printed material, undated and [192-]-[194-]. 15 folders. 151.F.17.7B 4 Miscellaneous printed material, [195-]. 7 folders. IWLA Endowment, Inc.: 1949, 1958. 1959, 1964. Endowment: Miscellaneous Material, 1943-1975. 151.F.17.8F 5 Chapter files: A-S, [ca 1940]-[ca.1954]. 151.F.17.9B 6 T-Z, [ca. 1940]-[ca. 1954]. Correspondence, 1941-1946. Subject files, 1941-1954: A-G 151.F.17.10F 7 H-N. 151.F.17.11B 8 O-S. 151.F.17.12F 9 T-Z. Recent publications, 1956-1970. Corporate record book (certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes), 1928-1945. 1 v. Financial records, 1945-[1947?]. 1 v. Telegrams, 1947-1953. Nursery file. Miscellaneous. 151.F.17.13B 10 Miscellaneous papers, [ca. 1928]-1939. Correspondence collected by Thomas Hayden while preparing his thesis on the Izaak Walton League. 151.F.17.14F 11 Subject files: 1955-1956: A-R. 151.F.18.1B 12 1955-1956: S-Z. 1957-1958: A-M. 151.F.18.2F 13 1957-1958: M-Z. 1959-1960: A-M. 151.F.18.3B 14 1959-1960: M-Z. 1961-1963: A-M. 151.F.18.4F 15 1961-1963: N-Z. 1964-1965: A-C 151.F.18.5B 16 1964-1965: C-Z. 151.F.18.6F 17 1966-1967: A-N. 151.F.18.7B 18 1966-1967: N-Z. Voyageurs National Park, [ca. 1966-ca. 1971]. 151.F.18.8F 19 Correspondence, 1960-1967. Subject files, 1958-1969: Articles of Incorporation, 1965. Corporation matters, 1948-1964. American Motors Award, 1964-1969. BWCA clippings and correspondence, 1965-1969. Billboards, 1964-1967. Bulletins, 1966-1968. Chapter officers list, 1968-1969. Chapter reports, 1969-1970. Committee, 1968-1969. Conservation education, 1962-1969. Conservation Foundation bulletins, 1968-1969. DDT pesticide file, 1968-1969. Expenses paid, 1969. 151.F.18.8F 19 Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, 1965-1968. East Grand Forks Chapter, 1968. Guide to Fun in Minnesota (fund raising project), 1965-1968. Raymond Haik, 1962, 1968. Hallock Chapter, 1968. Historical Committee, 1964-1968 Hunt America Time, 1968. IWLA Endowment, 1965-1966. Arthur Johannsen, 1966-1967. Keep America Beautiful, 1966-1968. Keep Minnesota Clean and Scenic, 1966. Land exchange, 1959, 1967. League of Women Voters, 1969. Legislative, 1969. 2 folders. 151.F.18.8F 19 Jake Licke, 1967-1968. Long Lake Camp, 1968-1969. M.E.A. Convention, 1968. Membership promotion, 1967-1968. Membership lists, 1968. Membership chairmen, 1967-1968. Miscellaneous, 1967-1968. 151.F.18.9B 20 Minnesota Department of Conservation News, 1968. Minnesota Conservation News, 1969-1970. National Wildlife Refuge, Sherburne County, 1963-1965. National IWLA Newsletter, 1969. National IWLA Activities bulletin, 1967-1969. 2 folders National IWLA: Miscellaneous, 1968-1969. Rebates: Defunct chapters, 1967-1969. Kenneth Rockvam, Second Vice President, 1968-1969. Park Rapids Chapter, 1968. Carl Pearson, State President, 1968-1969. Photographs. Pollution control, 1967-1968. Pollution hearings, 1967-1969. Pollution clean water letters, 1967-1969. Public Lands Law Review, 1967-1968. Summer job program, 1968-1969. Van Stauder (insurance agency), 1958. Willing Waltonian Program, 1960, 1966. Water resources, 1963-1966. Youth workshop at Whitewater, 1963. Youth Conference, Minong, Wis., 1963. Red Wing school pledges, 1968. 151.F.18.10F 21 Workshops, 1963-1972. 12 folders. Molly [Zylstral], 1969-1970. Legislative files, 1970. 2 folders. Conservation education, 1970. BWCA, 1970. Monthly BWCA contribution information sent to Glenview Office, 1970. "Save the BWCA" fund, 1970. Anti-Litter, 1967-1970. St. Croix River, Wild and Scenic River, 1966. National conventions, 1955-1958. Clippings, 1969-1970. 3 folders. T. N. Bergquist, 1959-1960. Miscellaneous, 1969-1970. Minutes (copies), 1972. 151.F.18.11B 22 Third Annual Convention, Minnesota Division of IWLA, 1926. State conventions, 1949-1960. (12 folders) Resolutions, 1960. Reports, 1960. 151.F.18.12F 23 State conventions, 1961-1967. 7 folders. State convention, 1968. Reports, 1968. State convention, 1969. Reports, 1969. Clippings, 1971. National convention at Minneapolis: Plans, ideas, etc., 1957-1960. National convention at Minneapolis, 1960. 152.I.2.8F 24 Articles of incorporation and bylaws. 1 notebook. Minutes, 1948-1951, 1953, 1957-1976. 1 folder, 10 notebooks. 152.I.2.9B 25 Minutes, 1976-1977. 1 notebook. Resolutions, 1956-1964, 1970-1981. 2 notebooks, 5 folders. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1975-1979. Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1972-1981. 6 folders.

Includes correspondence, Range River, Citizen's Committee and Alliance.

 Lawsuit. Subject files: Hayden, Thomas H. Thesis, 1972. Court Case: IWL vs. George St. Clair, 1972-1974. Snowmobiles, 1975. Printed material. Newspaper clippings. 147.I.16.10F 26 Minutes, June 1978-January 1983. 4 folders. Legislative Committee, 1971-1972. Correspondence, 1974-1983. 4 folders. Franey, Ed. Correspondence, 1951-1972. Peterson, Mattie. Correspondence, 1974.

Peterson was the Clean Water Coordinator.

 State Conventions, 1973, 1977, 1981-1984. 6 folders. Meetings, 1972-1973. State resolutions, 1969-1979. Position statements, 1978. Workshops, 1981-1983. Subject files: Amax Exploration Inc. Test Program, 1974-1978. 5 folders.

Amax proposed a copper-nickel test shaft near Babbitt, Minnesota. Conflict over site monitoring ensued among the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Sierra Club, and the IWLA. Includes correspondence, reports, charts, statements, and newspaper clippings.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1971-1978. 8 folders.

Correspondence, statements, and legal papers about management of the BWCA, the Oberstar Bill, The Seagull River Project, and the Superior National Forest.

 Coastal zone management (Lake Superior), 1978. Conservation Action Fund, 1976. Cordova Funds/Midwest Regional Office, 1983-1984. Dorer, Richard J., 1958-1973. Dorer Forest, 1959-1986. 2 folders.

The Minnesota Memorial Hardwood Forest was established in 1961 in southeast Minnesota and later renamed the Richard J. Dorer Memorial State Hardwood Forest.

147.I.17.1B 27 Drainage Task Force, 1972-1975. Garrison (N.D.) Diversion Project, 1973-1976. 2 folders.

A project to divert Missouri River water to irrigate 250,000 acres of farm land in North Dakota. Because the return flow would enter the Red River, it could potentially change the water quality of the Red River in Minnesota.

 Ham Lake airport, 1968-1970.

Statements and correspondence in opposition to a proposed metropolitan airport to replace the existing airport in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

 Knife Lake property correspondence, 1974. Lock and Dam 26, 1976-1978. 2 folders.

Correspondence, resolution, and newspaper clippings relating to a replacement of Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, Illinois and a new "superlock" at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

 Lower St. Croix River, 1971-1976.

Correspondence relating to the establishment of standards and criteria for the management of the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

 147.I.17.1B 27 Mercury speech, March 1972.

Notes for a speech on the effects of mercury contamination given by Dr. Paul Toren to the American Society for Testing and Materials, Northern Plains District, and the Minnesota Section of the Standards Engineers Society.

 Metropolitan Open Space Project, 1972. Mineral rights, 1976. Minnesota River, 1969-1970, 1976. 2 folders.

Correspondence, statements, and memoranda relating to the extension of navigation on the Minnesota River.

 Mississippi River, 1971-1979. 5 folders.

Minutes and correspondence relating to task forces for the development and use of the river, including the Great River Environmental Action Team, barge traffic, Pigs Eye, and related interests.

 Northern States Power Company, 1970-1972. 2 folders.

Minutes, correspondence, and research of the IWLA's Environmental Task Force Committee and Citizens Advisory Plant Siting Task Force.

 Twin Valley Dam, 1985-1986.

Correspondence relating to the proposed Twin Valley Lake project.

 Upper Mississippi wilderness concept, 1974. 147.I.17.1B 27 Upper Mississippi Basin, 1975. Upper Mississippi River Wild and Scenic Rivers, 1979-1980. Water resources, 1970-1972, 1977. 2 folders. Wild and Scenic Rivers (St. Croix), 1968-1977. Wild Rice River/Twin Valley Dam, 1978-1983. IWLA/Agassiz Chapter, 1975-1977. IWLA Brochures, 1963-1975.