gr00238.xml Conservation Department An Inventory of Its Contour Lake Maps on Aperture Cards at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, March 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation. Contour lake maps on aperture cards [microform]. 1930s-1970. Materials in English. Aperture cards containing contour maps of the state's lakes, drawn to provide basic information for scientific fish and wildlife management when used with biological, physical and chemical survey data. They are not designed to be navigational aids and not all hazards are mapped. Lake mapping was begun in the early 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps and has continued under various divisions within the U. S. Department of Agriculture and state Departments of Conservation and Natural Resources. 1.75 cu. ft. (3 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. ARRANGEMENT

Arranged numerically by a departmentally assigned code number.

OTHER FINDING AIDS

An index to the maps, in alphabetical order by county, then within each county alphabetical by lake name (followed by its numerical code) in pdf format. The index was prepared by the Administration Department in March 1981; Minnesota Historical staff did no comparison of the numbers in the index against the cards.

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.

Topics: Fishery management -- Minnesota. Lakes -- Minnesota -- Maps. Wildlife management -- Minnesota. Organizations: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Minnesota. Minnesota. Dept. of Natural Resources. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Document Types: Aperture cards. Microforms. Maps -- Minnesota. Contour maps -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation. Contour Lake Maps on Aperture Cards. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 2008-12

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: 007327196

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 118.H.5.7B-1 Nos. A-1 - A-69.

Missing: Nos. A-4, A-6, A-9, A-10, A-19, A-22, A-23, A-24, A-26, A-29, A-31, A-32, A-34, A-41, A-45, A-49, A-51, A-52, A-56, A-58, A-59, A-60, A-61, A-67.

Nos. B-0 - B-499; B-3000 - B-3005.

Missing: Nos. B-22, B-26, B-288, B-465, B-466, B-470, B-480, B-484, B-486, B-487, B-488, B-489, B-490, B-491, B-492, B-493, B-494, B-495, B-496, B-497, B-498, B-499, B-3001.

Nos. C-2 - C-424.

Missing: Nos. A-4, A-6, A-9, A-10, A-19, A-22, A-23, A-24, A-26, A-29, A-31, A-32, A-34, A-41, A-45, A-49, A-51, A-52, A-56, A-58, A-59, A-60, A-61, A-67.

118.H.5.7B-2 Nos. C-425 - C-1399.

Missing: Nos. A-4, A-6, A-9, A-10, A-19, A-22, A-23, A-24, A-26, A-29, A-31, A-32, A-34, A-41, A-45, A-49, A-51, A-52, A-56, A-58, A-59, A-60, A-61, A-67.

118.H.5.8F-1 Nos. C-1400 - C-2737; C-5000 - C-5044.

Missing: Nos. C-730, C-839, C-2200, C-2525, C-2533, C-2534, C-2549, C-2558, C-2559, C-2583, C-2616, C-2692, C-2716, C-2717, C-2728, C-2729, C-2730, C-2731, C-2732, C-2735, C-2736.

Nos. D-1 - D-292, D-831 - D-833.

Missing: Nos. D-2, D-5, D-9, D-12, D-20, D-30, D-38, D-46, D-47, D-48, D-59, D-62, D-63, D-64, D-65, D-66, D-68, D-70, D-71, D-72, D-73, D-74, D-79, D-80, D-81, D-82, D-83, D-84, D-89, D-90, D-91, D-93, D-97, D-99, D-108, D-123, D-125, D-129, D-164, D-180, D-197, D-232, D-251, D-257, D-258, D-259, D-267, D-274, D-277, D-279, D-289, D-281.