What's New -- December 2023

Newly added accessions this month include the Prairie Star District Records; and the State Demographer's Office: Files of Tom Gillaspy.

Collections with additions or added digital content include the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and Family Records and Papers; the Beltrami County: Auditor: Tax Lists and Assessment Rolls and Beltrami County: Board of County Commissioners Records; the Corrections Department Select Advisory Committee: Senate Investigative Research Staff Files; the Geographic Board Records; the Hennepin County: Independent School District No 283, St. Louis Park Records; the Sarah R. Mason Research Papers on Chinese in Minnesota; the Miss C.H. Lippencott Seed Company Scrapbook Album; the Donald Moe Papers; the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee Records; and various records from Ramsey County including the St. Paul: Board of Education Records, the St. Paul: City Planning Board Maps and Drawings, and the St. Paul: Comptroller: Miscellaneous Records.

In addition there are many newly encoded finding aids that are now available online, including a brand new Alexander Ramsey and Family Papers finding aid.

Name/Abstract	File No.
Aitkin County: Lakeside Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02704
Clerk's books (1901-1967), treasurer's books (1909-1931, 1938-1978), road records (1904-1938), justice court civil and criminal dockets (1911-1935), Lakeside Cemetery Association treasurer's book (1920-1949), and miscellaneous records.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and Family: An Inventory of Their Records and Papers	00103
Family papers and business records of St. Paul pioneer businessman and philanthropist Amherst H. Wilder and his family, the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, and its three predecessor charities that were formed by the wills of his wife Fanny S. Wilder and his daughter Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby, and the will of Amherst H. Wilder. Includes digital content.
Beltrami County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Tax Lists/Assessment Rolls	gr00463
Tax lists and assessment rolls for the civil subdivisions of Beltrami County.
Beltrami County: Board of County Commissioners: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00347
Records documenting the duties and activities of the board.
Carver County: Chaska Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02690
Clerk's books (1858-1988) and meeting minutes (1989-2004); clerk's annual statement (1867), financial reports (1975-2004), and receipts and disbursements register (1980-2005); treasurer's register of orders, including poor relief record (1887-1916), record books (1916-1979), ledger/record (1867-1919), receipts and disbursements register (1970-2005), and annual statement (1869, 1900-1912); audit board (1901-1912, 1929) and board of supervisors (1876-1900) annual reports; annual town meeting minutes (1874, 1893-1913) and poll lists (1895-1911); road records (1877-1890); chattel mortgage record (1868-1911); election records (1867-1924, 1968-1970); lists of township residents (1999, 2002) and officers (1968-2004); and materials documenting the township's annexation to the City of Chaska (1998-2005).
Carver County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records	gr02686
Coroner's inquest register (1887-1946), certificate register (1942-1981), and certificates (1981-1992). There is some overlap of file numbers and dates between the inquest and certificate registers but the information in each is unique.
Carver County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books	gr02687
Judgment books of the Carver County District Court.
Carver County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	gr02688
Index to naturalization records (incomplete), 1862-1929; declarations of intention (first papers), 1862-1941; final papers, 1862-1906; petition and record (final papers), 1907-1943; lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, 1929-1943; and loose naturalization papers, A-Z, 1856-1893.
Carver County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decree Records	gr02689
Final decree records of the Carver County Probate Court. Some volumes contain other miscellaneous probate orders.
Corrections Department Select Advisory Committee: An Inventory of Its Senate Investigative Research Staff Files	gr02654
Includes committee minutes, correspondence, and background materials; subcommittee background materials; materials (including audio recordings) relating to the Minnesota Delphi Study of Correctional Institutions; and various informational reports, studies, and statistics relating to the correctional institutions studied. Includes digital content.
Dodge County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr02691
Directories of county, township, village, and school district officers (1912, 1917, 1931-1964; incomplete), tax list of power and light companies (1925-1949), and wolf bounty record (1893-1896).
Dodge County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Financial Records	gr02692
Annual financial statements (1930-1965, incomplete), journals (1866-1914), order registers (1856-1900), and warrant registers (1900-1931, 1952-1975).
Dodge County: Superintendent of Schools: An Inventory of Its Teacher's Term/Annual Reports	gr02693
Missing 1888-1919, 1932-1934, and 1937.
Freeborn County: Juvenile Court: An Inventory of Its Juvenile Court Record Books	gr02694
Handwritten or typescript copies, or filled-in printed forms, for petitions, summonses, findings and orders, and other case documents for delinquency, dependency, and neglect cases, 1911-1960. Those for 1911-1923 also usually include a transcript or report of the hearing testimony. For 1964-1975 (case nos. 381-1574), there are registers of actions, which note documents filed and issued but give no case details.
Freeborn County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Insanity Record Books	gr02695
Petitions in insanity, reports of jury or board of examiners, and related orders and commitment documents. Also present in one volume are a few free-text documents pertaining to decedents' estates and guardianships.
Freeborn County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr02696
Copies or transcriptions of the complete texts of wills probated by the courts, accompanied by certifications of authenticity and of filing signed by witnesses and clerks of court. Original wills are found in the probate case files.
Geographic Board: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02465
Administrative records of the board and files on the board-sponsored Minnesota gazetteer project of the Work Projects Administration.
Hennepin County: Independent School District No. 283, Saint Louis Park: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02577
Records documenting the administration of this Hennepin County school district. Included are annual reports, board minutes, clerk's books, clerk's receipts and disbursements registers, high school graduate follow-up surveys, payroll registers, student activities general account ledger, student records, treasurer's books, treasurer's receipts and disbursement registers, and a 125th anniversary poster (2015).
Lake County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Files	gr02697
Include coroner's certificates, inquest hearing transcripts, and related papers. File numbers start with B253 in 1912 and end with 844 in 1969. These file numbers match the file numbers in the Coroner's Register and Record of Inquest volumes B-D (separately cataloged). The pre-1912 files do not have file numbers; however, vol. A of the Coroner's Register and Record of Inquest lists file numbers 1-252 for this time period.
Lake County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records	gr02698
Coroner's record "A" (1889-1912) and coroner's register and record of inquests (1893-1969).
Lake County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Records	gr02699
Judgment records (volumes A-E) of the Lake County District Court.
Lake County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr02700
For dentists, ministers, physicians, optometrists, and certificates in the basic sciences. Also includes bonds for registers of deeds and notaries public.
Lake County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees	gr02701
Final decrees of the Lake County Probate Court.
Lake County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Order Books	gr02702
Include final decrees of distribution.
Lake County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr02703
Copies or transcriptions of the complete texts of wills probated by the courts, accompanied by certifications of authenticity and of filing signed by witnesses and clerks of court. Original wills are found in the probate case files.
Lino Lakes Correctional Facility: An Inventory of Its Administrative Subject Files	gr02707
Administrative subject files of the Lino Lakes Correctional Facility, part of the state correctional facility system operated by the Corrections Department. The files, which include correspondence, reports, memos, statistics, and proposals, document policy and procedures, training, and programs on pre-release services, helping ex-offenders with employment, sex offender counseling, and vocational slotting. They include files detailing the facilities relation with EXCEL and HIRE, two non-facility programs. There are also statistics on inmates in minimum security (1987-1989).
Sarah R. Mason: An Inventory of her Research Papers on Chinese in Minnesota	00840
Research papers on Chinese, Hmong, and other Asians in Minnesota of Sarah R. Mason, an independent scholar who taught American history in Minnesota and at Zhung Shan University in south China, where she spent her childhood. Includes digital content.
Miss C.H. Lippincott seed company scrapbook: An Inventory of the Album	sv000592
1 album/scrapbook that was most likely compiled by seed company entrepreneur Carrie H. Lippincott herself and includes advertisements, business ephemera, testimonials, photographs, evidence of the geographic reach of her business, and personal remarks. Includes digital content.
Donald Moe: An Inventory of His Papers	01437
Campaign files, investigation files, committee agendas and transcripts, legislative files, research, audiovisual, and other materials created during the twenty year legislative career of Donald Moe, former Minnesota State Representative and Senator. Includes digital content.
Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02361
Minutes, background materials, including a public forum audio recording, and the final report of this citizens' review committee created by Governor Albert Quie on September 21, 1979 to assess the design and operational safety of Minnesota’s Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear power plants. Includes digital content.
Planning Agency: Administrative Services Division: An Inventory of Its 701 Planning Assistance Program Records	gr02708
Correspondence, grant applications, and reports relating to comprehensive planning projects undertaken by local units of government supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Home Finance (later Housing and Urban Development).
Planning Agency: Commissioner's Office: An Inventory of Its Legislative Initiative Files	gr02709
Correspondence, memos, comments, and drafts of legislation submitted to the Planning Agency for approval/disapproval for jacketing. Also letters documenting the Governor's signature and the Secretary of State's filing of various pieces of legislation, and the agency's pre-enrolled bill review tracking logs. The latter track each bill from its review through the governor's signature.
Planning Agency: Human Services Division: Health Planning Section: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	gr02710
Correspondence, reports, minutes, contracts, and newspaper clippings dealing largely with health-related legislation; state and regional health facilities, committees, and organizations; and medical education. Subjects of particular interest include the Foundation for Health Care Evaluation, the Health Department, national health insurance, hearing impaired, home health care, Indian health, metropolitan hospitals, Higher Education Coordinating Commission, Metropolitan Health Board, regional health systems agencies, and Minnesota Hospital Association.
Planning Agency: State Demographer Office: An Inventory of Its Files of Tom Gillaspy	gr02683
Includes correspondence, subject files, and reports of State Demographer Tom Gillaspy.
Prairie Star District: An Inventory of Its Records	01530
Includes files and historical information on member congregations, fellowships, and societies; board and administrative records; project, program, and committee files; press packets and newsletters; resource and directory books; annual meeting records; sermons; photographs; and video recordings. Includes digital content.
Alexander Ramsey and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	01528
Correspondence, diaries, real estate records, scrapbooks, school records and other materials documenting the career and family of Minnesota Republican politician Alexander Ramsey, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1844-1847) and Senate (1863-1875); Minnesota territorial (1849-1853) and state (1860-1863) governor; mayor of Saint Paul (1855-1857); secretary of war (1879-1881); and chairman of the Utah Registration and Election Board (1882-1886). Includes papers of Ramsey's wife Anna, his daughter Marion Furness, and his granddaughters Laura and Anna Furness.
Ramsey County: St. Paul: Board of Education: An Inventory of It's Records	gr02685
Includes record of real estate abstracts (1850s-1880s), St. Paul school survey: Summary of conclusions and recommendations pamphlet (undated), and school building data (1950s-1960s).
Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Planning Board: An Inventory of Its Maps and Drawings	gr00034
City zoning maps (1922, with amendments through 1975); drawings by architect C. H. Johnston of the Minnesota State Centre and War Memorial and the Veterans Memorial Building (undated); Cass Gilbert plan adapted to Capital grounds only (undated); a drawing of the St. Paul city business district, showing location of buildings (with notes on age and height), parking lots, and open spaces (1947); land value maps of the downtown business district for every ten years from 1874 to 1934 (1952); a school property book (1958); school property plats (1965); and maps and drawings of city street layout and proposed freeway construction (1958-1972).
Ramsey County: St. Paul: Comptroller: An Inventory of It's Miscellaneous Records	gr02684
Registers of miscellaneous documents and records of the Ramsey County St. Paul Comptroller's Office.
Swift County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Insanity Records	gr02705
Reports of examiners in insanity, and related orders and commitment documents.
Swift County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr02706
Copies or transcriptions of the complete texts of wills probated by the courts, accompanied by certifications of authenticity and of filing signed by witnesses and clerks of court. Original wills are found in the probate case files.

What's New -- December 2023

New and Updated Finding Aids

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