gr00663.xml Auditor: Land Department: An Inventory of Its Land Examiners Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, October 2012 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. State Auditor. Land Dept. Land Examiners Records. 1905-circa 1919. Materials in English. Records documenting activities of land examiners employed to survey, scale, and appraise state lands and the timber thereon in various parts of northern Minnesota. Includes examiners' letters to the state auditor reporting on the progress of their work, as well as, the status of timber permits, harvesting, and trespass in the area (1905-1914); memorandum of timber to be cut during the 1912-1913 season; reports of scale, Duluth District (1912-1913), and correspondence and other materials relating to timber cutting, timber sales, log marks, cutting permits, and timber suits. Also a lists of names, some or all being Republican committee and party members from various counties and precincts (circa 1919). 0.6 cubic feet (1 box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. 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: Forests and forestry -- Minnesota -- Measurement. Forests and forestry -- Valuation -- Minnesota. Public lands -- Valuation -- Minnesota. Timber -- Minnesota. Organizations: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Auditor. Land Dept. Land Examiners Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: None

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 007590121

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 116.F.14.4F Letters from land examiners, 1905, 1910-1914. 13 folders. Thomas Fitzgerald, July 1905, January 1910-June 1914. 3 folders.

Includes a few letters from others.

 J. H. and J. W. Beagle, July 1910-October 1912, October 1913-June 1914. 2 folders. Miles McAlpin, 1913-1914. H. W. Johnson, November 1913-May 1914. Andrew Myles, 1910-1914. 3 folders. B. F. Case, November 1910-April 1913. O. S. Keay, February 1910-May 1911, January-February 1914. Miscellaneous, 1913-1914. Memorandum of timber to be cut season 1912-1913; also memo of Foley permits 4 and 18-49-25. Surveyor general, Duluth District: Reports of scale, season of 1912-1913. Miscellaneous correspondence on timber cutting and logs marks, 1913-1914. Miscellaneous data on timber sales, cutting permits, and timber suits, circa 1919. Republican party lists, circa 1919.

Lists of names, some or all being of Republican committee and party members from various counties and precincts.

Separated from the earlier listed miscellaneous data on timber sales, cutting permits, and timber suits; relationship to those records is undetermined.

 Missing, October 2012 Land examination reports, 1909. 1 bundle.

O. H. Case and party.