gr00550.xml Agriculture Department: Commissioner's Office: An Inventory of Its Correspondence 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 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture. Commissioner's Office. Correspondence. 1969-1977, 1994-2003. Materials in English. Correspondence created during the terms of commissioners Robert Carlson (1969-1970), Jon Wefald (1971-1977), Elton Redalen (1991-1995), and Gene Hugoson (1995- ). 5.5 cubic feet (5 boxes and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The files deal with all aspects of the department's duties and activities, including its relationship with members of the state legislature and responses supplied by the office to agricultural questions initially received by the governor's office. The latter particularly deal with the farm crisis, commodity prices, taxes, government assistance, and farm size and expansion.

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: Agricultural administration -- Minnesota. Agricultural assistance -- Minnesota. Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota. Agriculture -- Taxation -- Minnesota. Agriculture and state -- Minnesota. Farms, Size of -- Minnesota. Prices -- Minnesota. Persons: Carlson, Robert. Hugoson, Gene. Redalen, Elton. Wefald, Jon. Organizations: Minnesota. Governor (1999-2003 : Ventura). Minnesota. Legislature. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture. Commissioner's Office. Correspondence. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 980-27; 2006-38; 2008-50; 2011-56

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: 001708248

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 131.H.16.1B Commissioner Robert Carlson, 1969-1970. 116.I.7.6F General correspondence: A-N, 1971. 116.I.7.7B 0-W, 1971. A-Na, 1972-1973. 116.I.7.8F Ne-W, 1972-1973. 116.I.7.9B A-N, 1974-1977. 116.I.7.10F O-U, 1974-1977. Commissioner Elton Redalen, 1994-1995. Commissioner Gene Hugoson, 1995-2001, 2003. 3 folders. 131.H.16.1B Legislative correspondence, 1995-1998. 3 folders.

Correspondence with members of the Minnesota Legislature on agricultural issues.

Governor Jesse Ventura correspondence, 1999. 17 folders.

Letters addressed to Governor Ventura on agricultural issues referred to the Agricultural Department for reply. Responses are under Agriculture Commissioner Hugoson’s signature. A departmental tracking sheet is placed in the front of each folder.

Tracks 1, 3-11, 15, General. 11 folders. Tracks 501-529, Relating to farm crisis. Tracks 601-622, Relating to commodity prices. Tracks 701-719, Relating to taxes and government assistance. Tracks 802-807, Relating to size and expansion of farms. Tracks 1002-1052, Relating to various agricultural issues. 2 folders.