Manuscripts by Subject - Agriculture - #10441

Title: Medora Grazing Association Records

Dates: 1935-1984

Collection Number: 10441

Quantity: 3 feet

Abstract: Consists of minutes, correspondence, subject files, audit reports, annual reports, membership lists, plans, leases, and articles of incorporation. Records relate primarily to
administration, negotiation of grazing leases and permits, and management of pasture lands.

Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the MedoraGrazing Association Records from Margaret Just, Secretary Treasurer of the Medora Grazing Association, in November of 1984. Additional items were donated in January 1993.

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BOX/FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1:
1 Minutes of Meetings, 1938-1945
2 Minutes of Meetings, 1953-1962
3 Minutes of Meetings, 1963-1968
4 Minutes of Meetings, 1969-1975
5 Minutes of Meetings, 1976-1981
6 Minutes of Meetings, 1981-1984
7 Lease Agreement with US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1962
8 Range Management , 2233.23, Title 2200 (multiple copies)
9 Range Management, US Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Title 2200, Chapters 2210-2260
10 Special Notice to Members concerning meeting, multiple copies, 1961,1962
11 Amendments to Plan of Management; Manual changes, (multiple copies), 1964,1967
12 Grazing on National Forests; Title 5300-Livestock Trespass, 1967
13 Beacon Segment & Sidney Connell - minutes, 1965
14 Correspondence from US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1967
15 Tour - Medora Grazing Association, 1980

Box 2:
1 Land Acquisition Plan for Missouri Slope Land Adjustment Project, 1938
2 Artesian Wells, 1950
3 Sheyenne Valley Grazing Association, 1950s
4 Applications for Preference, Members on Executive Board, 1940-1950s
5 New Office file numbers
6 Correspondence - Margaret Just, 1980
7 Land Classification Sheet - blank, (multiple copies)
8 Applications for Secretary-Treasurer of Association, 1950s
9 Applications for Secretary-Treasurer of Association, 1970s
10 Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1936
11 Newspaper Clippings
12 Membership lists, 1940s
13 Legislative Bills introduced, 1947, 1961
14 Township Directors, Elections, 1957-1961
15 Common Grazing Pasture Information, 1952
16 Upper Limit Raise, 1965-1966
17 Grazing Agreement, 1938
18 Electric Service, West Plains Electric Co., REC, Dickinson, 1972-1977
19 Articles of Incorporation, 1937-1946
20 Petitions and Resolutions, 1940s
21 Permits Issued, listing of stock, 1960s
22 Minutes, 1970
23 Minutes, 1969
24 Minutes, 1968
25 Minutes, 1967
26 Minutes, 1963-1966
27 Letters and other information, 1970s
28 RARE 11 Conference, 1977-1978
29 Service Correspondence, 1971-1978
30 Forest Service, Billed for & percentage, 1969-1970
31 Forest Service, 1967-1968
32 Seismic Prospecting, 1977-1978
33 Summaries before the audit, 1977
34 Audits, 1960-1970s
35 Commensurate Data, 1963, 1965
36 School Land Survey, 1964
37 Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act; Bills on Wilderness Areas & Fences, 1950s
38 Sale of Federal Land, 1955
39 Applications for Purchase & Trading of Lands, 1949-1950
40 Park Service Management Plan, 1976
41 Park, 1940-1950s
42 North Dakota Grazing Association, 1967
43 Budgets, 1940-1950s
44 Land Use Adjustment, Billings County
45 Preference and Membership Lists, 1952
46 Plat Maps
47 Signs - Grazing Areas, 1960s
48 Billings County Leases, 1940s
49 Golden Valley County Leases, 1940s
50 Grazing Lands, 1933-1952
51 Slope County Correspondence, 1940's
52 McKenzie County Correspondence, 1940s
53 Statement of Facts; Operations Statements, 1940s
54 Attorney's Correspondence, 1940s, 1960
55 Questionnaires mailed to Permittees, 1972

Box 3:
1 Contracts, 1951
2 Membership Rights and Privileges, 1959-1961
3 Tax Receipts & Assessments, Billings County, 1960-1980
4 Income Tax Returns--Exempt Cooperative Association, 1940-1976
5 Lease Agreements, US Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service, 1940-1975
6 Farm Census, 1975
7 Lawyers and Resolutions, 1950s
8 Prairie Dog Management Plan, 1981
9 Division of Wildlife Services - US Department of Interior, Correspondence, 1965-1972
10 Field Tours, 1969-1970
11 Letter to new members, Disclosure Statement, 1970
12 Weighing Livestock, 1970
13 ND Highway Dept. Correspondence, 1963-1965
14 Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety & Health Act, 1970
15 Instruction Book for old Calculator and Royal Typewriter
16 ND Unemployment Compensation Division, 1968
17 Small maps of Billings, Golden Valley & McKenzie Counties
18 Flagg, Dean, State Veterinarian, 1960s
19 Hay Permits, 1960-1970
20 Land Classification, 1960s
21 State Land Department Development Application Forms, 1967
22 Fires, 1960s
23 Bureau of Land Management, Miles City, Montana & Dickinson, 1955-1981
24 Audit Reports, 1945-1962
25 Audit Reports, 1963-1981
26 Income Tax Returns--Exempt Cooperative Association, 1969-1981
27 Lease Agreement - US Dept. of Agriculture; Articles of Incorporation, 1949
28 Ledger Pages, 1938-1944
29 Resettlement Administration, Land Utilization Division, Farm and Ranch Survey, 1937-1938
30 Articles of Incorporation & Maps (folder along side)

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