OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical
Society
Ryan, Carol
Crawford.
Star Island Research Files.
1915-1999.
Materials in English.
Research files (1976-1999), Star Island Oral History Project
files (1976-1995), ONPAWE Lodge diary (1915), and Star Island Protective League
records (1918-1991) relating to a vacation community located on an island in Cass
Lake in northern Minnesota.
1.4 cubic feet (4 boxes)
P2732: See [Detailed Description](a9) for
shelf locations.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Star Island is a 1,163-acre island in Cass Lake, located about twelve miles east of
Bemidji, Minnesota. Most of the island is part of Chippewa National Forest, but
since 1909 privately-owned cabins have been built along the island’s shoreline,
primarily as summer residences for families from Minnesota, Kansas, and
Nebraska.
RELATED MATERIALS
Oral history interviews of the Star Island Oral History
Project are available in the Minnesota Historical Society oral history
collection.
A more complete set of the Star Island Protective League's annual newsletter, The loon, 1937-1976, is available on microfilm (M310) in
the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collection.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics
should search
the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Flansburg family.
Topics:
Leisure -- Minnesota -- History.
Vacation homes -- Minnesota -- History.
Organizations:
Star Island Oral history
Project.
Star Island Protective League
(Cass Lake, Minn.).
Places:
Cass Lake (Cass County and Beltrami County, Minn. :
Lake)
Minnesota -- Social life and customs.
Star Island (Minn.)
Document Types:
Photographs.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ryan,
Carol Crawford. Star Island Research Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,342
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 007366741
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
P2732
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Star Island history research files:
Research notes, photocopies of research materials, and correspondence
gathered by Carol C. Ryan while researching the history of Star Island for
her thesis, Summering: everyday life in a vacation
community, 1909-1985, and her book, Star
Island: a Minnesota summer community.
Field notebooks,
July-October 1985.
2 volumes in 2 folders.
Abstract,
1987.
Artifacts,
undated.
Boats and boating,
undated and 1977.
Camp Kawajiwin,
undated.
Cass Lake times,
undated.
Chippewa National Forest,
undated.
Community personalities,
undated.
Conclusions,
undated.
Correspondence with islanders,
1981, 1983, 1999.
Electricity to the island,
1976.
Everyday life,
undated.
Fishing,
undated.
Forestry correspondence regarding proposed road,
undated.
Includes copies of correspondence with forestry officials and
congressmen, 1931-1937.
Forest Service history of Star Island,
undated.
General history,
undated and 1982.
Going to the lake,
undated.
History and geography,
undated.
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Housing charts,
1987-1999.
Includes lists of owners of cabins from 1909.
Inn and lodge on the island,
undated.
Insertions in book,
undated.
Letters and newsletters,
1980s-1990s.
Loon pieces,
undated.
Maps,
undated.
Marina at Cass Lake,
undated.
Pictures and Loon material,
undated.
Pictures from thesis,
undated.
Photographs,
undated.
Plats of the island,
undated.
Pollution and water levels,
undated.
Promotional materials,
undated.
Reunion,
1986.
Road,
undated.
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Second homes,
undated.
Song of Star Island,
undated.
Special events,
undated.
Star Island history,
undated.
Star Island Lodge,
undated.
Star Island Protective League,
undated.
Town of Cass Lake,
undated.
Wildlife and plants,
undated.
Windigo,
undated.
Youth activities,
undated.
Star Island Oral History Project files:
General,
1976-1995.
Starr, Ralph: Interview notes,
undated.
Unistar/William Anderson family interview notes,
1985.
Utley, Grant: Interview transcript,
1977.
Wagler, Mary Starr and Jack Starr: Interview transcript,
1976.
ONPAWE Lodge diary,
1915.
Typescript.
Kept by the Claude Copley Flansburg family at their cabin on Star Island,
with an introduction dated 1991.
Star Island Protective League records:
Minutes,
1918-1953, 1976-1978.
2 folders.
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Correspondence,
1950-1970.
The loon,
1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967-1976,
1987, 1991.
5 folders.
Annual newsletter of the Star Island Protective League. 1940, 1942, and
1944 issues are photocopies.