gr00644.xml Natural Resources Department: Parks and Recreation Division: An Inventory of Its Reading Files at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, September 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation. Reading files. 1970-1994. Materials in English. General correspondence, primarily outgoing, of the Park Development and Resources Section (1974-1987), and copies of outgoing letters of the Parks and Recreation Division in general and of individual staff members. 16.7 cubic feet (17 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Most heavily represented are division directors U. W. Hella (1970-1972) and Don D. Davison (1973-1986), recreation systems coordinator Milt Krona (1971-1986), administrative manager Wayland K. Porter (1975-1994), field operations supervisor Don Jueneman (1980-1983), and programs coordinator R. W. Hosfeld (1973-1982).

Also included are Park Planning and Research Department correspondence (1976-1981), governor's signature letters (1978-1982), and commissioner's letters (1974-1986).

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: Parks -- Minnesota -- Management. Parks -- Minnesota -- Planning. Recreation and state -- Minnesota. Recreation areas -- Minnesota. Persons: Davison, Don. Hella, U. W. (Udert W.), 1908-1996. Hosfeld, R. W. Jueneman, Don. Krona, Milt. Porter, Wayland. Organizations: Minnesota. Dept. of Natural Resources. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Parks and Recreation. Reading Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 977-23; 989-230; 2006-26; 2012-65

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001728597

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 103.E.19.2F Park Development and Resources Section general correspondence, 1976-1987. 16 folders. 103.E.19.3B General reading files: 1971.

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103.E.19.4F 1973. 111.G.5.3B 1974. 111.G.5.4F 1975. 103.E.19.2F Reading files of individuals: Merlin H. Berg, 1971. Curt Bernd, 1971. Dorothy Farrell, 1971. Norman Kordell, 1971. John Martin, 1971. 103.E.19.3B Ralph Welte, 1971. 103.E.19.5B Dave Flipp, 1976-1978. Frank Svoboda, 1978-1979. Bobbie Gallup, Visitor Services Coordinator, January-July 1992. Bill Weir, Regional Park Supervisor, November 1983-July 1984. R. W. Hosfield, Programs Coordinator, 1973-1982. 10 folders. Frank Knoke, Environmental Review and Land Acquisition Specialist, 1976-1979, 1983-1984. 6 folders. Milt Krona, Recreation Systems Coordinator, 1971, 1973-1986. 1971, 1973-1974. 4 folders. 103.E.19.6F November-December 1974.

Some overlap with the above 1974 files.

1975-1986. 21 folders. Don D. Davison, Director, Division of Parks and Recreation, 1973-1986. 1973-1974. 3 folders. 103.E.19.7B 1975-1979. 23 folders. 112.G.4.1B 1985-1986. 12 folders. 103.E.19.8F U. W. Hella, Director, Division of Parks and Recreation, 1970-1972. 1970, January 1972. 2 folders. 103.E.19.9B February-December 1972. DeBoer, Merle, Operations Specialist (1977-1979); Field Operations Coordinator (1980), November 1977-April 1980. 4 folders. Hains, Ron, Operations Manager, 1985-1986, 1990. 4 folders. Jueneman, Don, Field Operations Supervisor, 1980-1983. July 1980-1981. 4 folders. 112.G.4.2F 1982-October 1983. 7 folders. Porter, Wayland K., Recreation Planner (1975-1977), Recreation Coordinator (1978), Park Systems Supervisor (1979), Park Systems Manager (1980-1983), Administrative Manager (1989-1994), 1975-1994. November 1975–July 1980. 15 folders. 112.G.4.3B August 1980-October 1983. 6 folders. 1985. 1 folder. 1989-1991. 12 folders. 112.G.4.4F 1992-1994. 5 folders. Strohkirch, John, Parks Development Specialist, 1980-1993. June 1980-October 1983, 1985-1988. 13 folders. 112.G.4.5B 1989-1993. 10 folders. Bob Piotrowski, Park Development and Resource Coordinator, 1988-1994. 1988-1991. 5 folders. 112.G.4.6F 1992-February 1994. 3 folders. Park Planning and Research Department correspondence, 1976-1981. 1976. 2 folders. May-November 1977. January-September 1978. 3 folders. Thomas Polasik, Harry R. Roberts, Otto Christensen, September 1978-April 1981. 5 folders. Jim Dustrude, Kathleen Wallace, Ray Norrgard, October 1978-April 1980. 5 folders. Otto Christensen and Laurie Young, October 1978-March 1981. 4 folders. Greg Rosenow, Norman Holmberg, Linda Magozzi, October 1978-September 1979. 112.G.4.7B Michael Miller and Dennis Thompson, October 1978-May 1981. 4 folders. Governor’s signature letters, 1978-1982. 5 folders. Commissioner’s letters, 1974-1986. 16 folders.

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