What's New -- February 2024
Newly added accessions this month include the Scott County Helena Township records (including new birth and death records); and the Patricia Frye Walker papers.
Collections with additions or added digital content include the Dakota County: West St. Paul: City Council minutes and agenda packets; the Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. video collection; the Minnesota Conservation Federation organizational records; position descriptions for Governors Rudy Perpich and Albert H. Quie added to the Personnel Department records; the Pharmacy Board minutes; the Secretary of State session laws; the St. Paul's On-the-Hill Episcopal Church (St. Paul, Minn) church records; the VSA Minnesota (Minneapolis) records; and the Wright County Board of County Commissioners records.
In addition there are many newly encoded finding aids that are now available online, including a new finding aid for the Floyd B. Olson papers.
New and Updated Finding Aids
| Name/Abstract | File No. |
|---|---|
| Aitkin County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Court Orders and Findings | gr02769 |
| Court orders and findings of the Aitkin County District Court. | |
| Aitkin County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books | gr02770 |
| 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. | |
| Attorney General: An Inventory of Its Investigations Concerning St. Cloud State Reformatory | gr02792 |
| Statements, testimony, correspondence, and examiner's report in investigations of contraband coming into Minnesota. | |
| Becker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Inquest Files | gr02771 |
| Inquest certificates, many accompanied by transcripts of the inquest proceedings. | |
| Becker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Record Books | gr02772 |
| Printed forms filled in with registers of inquest filings and/or copies of the coroner's inquest certificates. Three volumes (1887-1969) were kept by the district court; two volumes (1896-1907, 1933-1951), containing partially duplicative information, were kept by the county coroner. | |
| Becker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books | gr02773 |
| Real estate tax judgment books of the Becker County District Court. | |
| Community College System: An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports | gr02786 |
| Newsletters, news releases, reports, catalogs, and
various print and near-print materials documenting the activities of the community college system. |
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| Community College System, Chancellor’s Office: An Inventory of Its Weekly Bulletin | gr02787 |
| Mainly administrative information covering such topics as legislation, meetings, rulings and directives, personnel, and finance. | |
| Crow Wing County: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records | gr02762 |
| Annual and monthly reports of the Public Health Nursing Service (1957-1965); annual reports and financial statements of the Highway Engineer (1917-1970); annual reports (1963-1983, incomplete) and mine visitation reports (1938-1965) of the Mine Inspector; audit reports of the Welfare Board, Nisswa Village, and Cedarbrook Manor Nursing Home; zoning ordinance [ca.1972]; historical data on the Crow Wing County Child Welfare Board [1936]; town and school officers record (1915-1932) and county extension committee minutes (1924-1997). | |
| Crow Wing County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its School District Organization Files | gr02764 |
| School district organizational petitions for districts 70-98 and 106-108 (1901-1914), school district setting-off petitions (1964-1979), and school district dissolution/consolidation files (1960-1971, 1986, 1991). The latter are arranged by district number. | |
| Crow Wing County: Sheriff: An Inventory of Its Jail Registers | gr02763 |
| Volume 1 also contains a museum visitor register for the Crow Wing County Historical Society, 1937-1938. | |
| Dakota County: West Saint Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Minutes and Agenda Packets | gr02581 |
 Missing January-May 1977, 1986, and January-February 1987.
Volume 1 (1889-September 1895) includes city ordinances (Nos. 1-101; 1889-1917).Includes digital content. |
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| Dodge County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Case Files | gr02788 |
| Unnumbered civil and criminal files (approximately 1859-1877, 5 boxes); civil and criminal file nos. 1-2100 (approximately 1876-1892, 9 boxes); civil file nos. 2101-9591 (1892-1950, 54 boxes); and criminal file nos. 1-922 (approximately 1886-1949, 6 boxes). | |
| Dodge County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Case Files, Miscellaneous | gr02789 |
| Includes case files, transcripts (with no other case records), and miscellaneous records that were not filed in appropriate case files. Most of the case files relate to cases appealed from justice courts. | |
| Education Department: State Advisory Commission on School Reorganization: An Inventory of Its Reports of County School Survey Committees | gr02813 |
| Tentative and final reports (1948) of surveys of county school districts and recommendations for reorganization, per Laws 1947 chapter 421. Sixty-three counties conducted surveys. Some counties also submitted follow-up reports or other subsequent information. | |
| Faribault County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books | gr02766 |
| 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. | |
| Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.: An Inventory of Their Film and Video Collection | sv000162 |
 Films and videorecordings were used to attract new
Gamble-Skogmo franchisers and to promote new programs to current Gamble-Skogmo
dealers.Includes digital content. |
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| Governor: Perpich, Rudy: An Inventory of His Publications of the Governor's Office | gr02767 |
| A few miscellaneous publications created by and/or distributed by the governor's office. They include the program for Perpich's 1983 inaugural party; pamphlets reviewing Perpich administration accomplishments and promoting education, child welfare, drug programs, environmental protection, and economic development; annual Economic Report to the Governor; and a leaflet on Perpich and the governor's office. | |
| Governor: Perpich, Rudy: An Inventory of His Speeches, 1981-1990 | gr02768 |
 The master set of speeches and press conference remarks by Governor Perpich.
Most are large-type versions, often with annotations and strikeouts, apparently constituting his speaking
texts. There is a separate subset of texts, drafts, speechwriters' memoranda, and miscellaneous background
materials for his annual state of the state address, including a considerable file of letters from past or
current drug users, solicited for his 1990 state of the state speech.Includes digital content. |
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| Minnesota Conservation Federation: An Inventory of Its Organizational records | 01533 |
| Administrative and other records of a Saint Paul-based nonprofit organization created to coordinate conservation efforts in Minnesota and to promote outdoor recreation in the state. | |
| Floyd B. Olson: An Inventory of His Papers | 01532 |
 Correspondence, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, campaign literature, clippings scrapbooks,
a few photographs, and similar material, chiefly for the period when Olson was Farmer-Labor Party governor of
Minnesota (1930-1936). Much of the material concerns Governor Olson's death from cancer in 1936. |
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| Personnel Department: An Inventory of Its Records | gr02761 |
 Published reports, manuals, schedules, handbooks, technical
reports, bulletins, rules and regulations, and various print and near-print
materials documenting the department's activities. Includes digital content. |
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| Pharmacy Board: An Inventory of Its Minutes | gr02338 |
 The minutes focus on recording names of those taking
and those passing the exams for pharmacist licenses. Also noted are those
granted Minnesota licenses by reciprocity, warnings issued to drug stores and
pharmacists for improper sales practices, and citations for license revocations.
Includes digital content. |
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| Public Service Commission: An Inventory of Its Motor Transportation Hearing Transcripts | gr02795 |
| Transcripts of hearings held before the Public Service Commission, the Office of Hearing Examiners, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. They pertain largely to the regulation of rates and services of trucking companies and freight lines. A few files pertain to related carriers, such as bus companies, tour companies, taxicabs, or moving companies. | |
| Public Service Department: An Inventory of Its Minutes of the Public Service Commission | gr02775 |
| Bound copies of minutes, resolutions, and orders of the Public Service Commission and its predecessor, the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. | |
| Public Service Department: An Inventory of Its Orders Relating to Gas, Electric, and Telephone Companies | gr02793 |
| Original commission orders in gas, electric, and telephone company hearings, largely pertaining to changes in rates. Some orders, however, pertain to cost and depreciation bases, mergers, customer servicing issues, and similar matters. The commission order is generally accompanied by a hearing examiner's report and facilitative orders, and often by findings of fact, settlement stipulation, or other related documents. | |
| Public Service Department: An Inventory of Its Railroad Historical Data | gr02794 |
| Compilations of data on Minnesota railroad companies and railroad history; a card index to Minnesota railways; a looseleaf index to station plats, rights of way, profiles, and related material transferred to the Highway and Revenue departments; and miscellany. | |
| Public Service Department: Telephone Division: An Inventory of Its Annual Reports of Telephone Companies ("T" Files) | gr02774 |
| Annual reports of Minnesota telephone companies providing data on incorportation, management, and ownership; annual revenues and expenses; debt and equity status; operating and service statistics and changes; and personnel and wages. | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Indexes to Common Council Proceedings and Journals | gr02781 |
| Indexes to Common Council proceedings (journals) and to various documents recorded or cited therein. They consist of indexes to the printed Council proceedings (1854-1858; 1897-1903); to Assembly and Board of Alderman journals (1891-1897); to communications, Assembly files, and Board of Alderman files (1897-1914); to streets and avenues (1903-1916); and to Council hearings (1915-1916). | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Files of Council Member William Wilson | gr02782 |
| Press releases (1982-1992) and affirmative action files (1971-1991) of city council member and president William Wilson. The affirmative action materials include general correspondence files (1981-1988), ordinances/resolutions, particularly involving civil service (1980-1985), news clippings (1981-1988), and materials from Wilson's service on the council's Finance, Management and Personnel Committee (1980-1990). There is also a substantial set of material documenting his service on the city's Firefighter Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (1971-1991), including correspondence, reports, minutes, and sample firefighter examinations. | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Journals (Minutes) | gr02783 |
| Journals (some labeled "minutes" or "proceedings") of the City Council and of its predecessors, the Common Council (1854-1891) and the two branches of the Common Council that existed during 1891-1914, the Assembly and the Board of Aldermen. The journals include a record of council proceedings, ordinances, resolutions, and orders. | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Ordinances | gr02784 |
| Handwritten and typescript copies of Common Council ordinances numbers 209-3222 (1880-1914), proposed ordinances (1854-1888), and revised ordinances (1858-1880). | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Proceedings | gr02780 |
| Formal proceedings (printed and bound) of the St. Paul City Council and its predecessor, the St. Paul Common Council, including ordinances, resolutions, and orders. Missing 1984. A few volumes are in poor condition. | |
| Ramsey County: St. Paul: City Council: An Inventory of Its Resolutions | gr02785 |
| Handwritten and typescript copies of resolutions passed by the common Council. Resolutions for April 1875-April 1879 are missing. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Case File Transcripts | gr02814 |
| Primarily transcripts and depositions for civil case files and a few criminal case files. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files | gr02815 |
| Civil case files numbers 1-6599. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Case Files | gr02816 |
| Criminal case files nos. 1-665. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books | gr02821 |
| Judgment books of the Rock County District Court. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes | gr02822 |
| Volumes A-I. Volumes A-F are labeled "record" on the spine. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Indexes | gr02823 |
| Personal name indexes, declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, and applications to take oath of allegiance. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books | gr02824 |
| Real estate tax judgment books of the Rock County District Court. | |
| Rock County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records | gr02825 |
| For dentists, ministers, physicians, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, veterinarians, nurses, and certification in the basic sciences. One volume also contains a record of bonds and oaths for local government officials. | |
| Rock County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution | gr02826 |
| Final decrees, 1887-1979 (reels 1-7), summary proceedings, 1953-1959 (reel 8), and miscellaneous orders, 1877-1984 (reel 8), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees. | |
| Rock County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books | gr02827 |
| 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. | |
| Scott County: Helena Township: An Inventory of Its Birth and Death Records | gr02817 |
| Birth and death registers (1871-1911); birth records (1908-1940) and death records (1916-1940); birth and death certificates (1908-1915, 1941-1953); and burial or removal permits (1941-1953). None of the records are indexed. Arranged in chronological order by year. | |
| Scott County: Helena Township: An Inventory of Its Records | gr02818 |
| Road records (undated, 1859-1942), clerk's and treasurer's books, registers of receipts and disbursements (1873-2006), and related records of Helena Township. | |
| Secretary of State: An Inventory of Its Session Laws at the Minnesota Historical Society | gr00487 |
| Acts of the Minnesota Legislature as passed in each year's legislative session. Laws of a permanent nature are subsequently incorporated in the Minnesota Statutes that are coded laws. The Laws of Minnesota also include uncoded laws, including appropriations, proposed constitutional amendments, local laws, and effective date sections. | |
| St. Paul's On-The-Hill Episcopal Church: An Inventory of Its Records | 00122 |
 Church histories, publications, correspondence and
miscellaneous papers, minutes of the vestry and congregation, financial records,
photographs, audiocassettes, membership information, youth group records, and
records of women's organizations of the third Protestant Episcopal church
founded (1856) in Minnesota. Includes digital content. |
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| State Land Office: An Inventory of Its Appraisals of State Land | gr02779 |
| A record of appraisals made on state trust fund land prior to its being offered for sale. | |
| Veterans Affairs Department: An Inventory of Its World War II Denied Bonus Appeal Records | gr02819 |
| Appeals of denied applications for military service bonus payments to both veterans and beneficiaries of deceased Minnesota veterans of World War II. | |
| Veterans Affairs Department: An Inventory of Its World War II Denied Bonus Beneficiary Records | gr02820 |
| Denied applications for military service bonus payments to beneficiaries of deceased Minnesota veterans of World War II. | |
| VSA Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records | 01333 |
| Organizational records created by VSA Minnesota, which
provides artistic programs and services for children and adults with disabilities. Collection
includes project and program files, including files on single projects, such as the Native American
Very Special Arts Festival, as well as ongoing programs such as the Arts Ambassador Program and the
Artist-in-Residence Program. Collection also includes Board of Directors records; audio/visual materials;
digital files, videos, and images; photographs; select Jaehny Awards of artwork designed by artists with
disabilities; artist files; and selected print resources published by VSA Minnesota and other affiliated
organizations. Includes digital content. |
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| Patricia Frye Walker: An Inventory of Her Papers | 01344 |
| Personal papers of medical doctor, medical director, and educator Patricia Walker.
Her papers include her records regarding the American Refugee Committee (ARC); research on tropical diseases,
women's health, refugee health, and ethics; records from her tenure as director of the Center for International
Health in Saint Paul, Minnesota; and documentation of her participation on numerous task forces, committees,
panels, and other collaborative endeavors geared towards improving the health and health care for immigrants
and refugees. Includes digital content. |
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| Winona County: Dakota (Village): An Inventory of Its Records | gr02803 |
| Includes village minute book, clerk's record of receipts and disbursements, building permits, ordinances, election records, and other financial records. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files | gr02776 |
| Files numbered 1-19750; miscellaneous case files; and assignment case files. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Case Files | gr02777 |
| Files numbered 1-2760. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records | gr02778 |
| Coroner's certificates or inquest reports (1882-1980), and registers of coroner's inquests (1887-1983). | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Default Judgment Books | gr02790 |
| Volumes E and F contain judgments from district and probate courts. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Indexes to and Registers of Civil Actions | gr02791 |
| Register of actions covering case file numbers 239-22203 (May 1858-September 1960). For each case, the register notes each action taken or document issued or filed, and the date. The plaintiff and defendant indexes cover cases from 1854-June 1960. Each index entry usually includes the case number, plaintiff and defendant names, and date the action was commenced. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Dockets | gr02796 |
| Also includes a register of estrays (1858-1862) and a register of dentists (1858-1920). | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records | gr02797 |
| Declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records. | |
| Winona County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records | gr02798 |
| Records or registers for chiropodists, optometrists, physicians, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, veterinarians, massage licenses, and basic science certificates. | |
| Winona County: Juvenile Court: An Inventory of Its Records | gr02799 |
| Juvenile record books (1909-1974), index to juvenile cases (approximately 1913-1983), and adoption record (1959-1973). | |
| Winona County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution | gr02800 |
| Final decrees, 1883-1971 (reels 1-24), decrees of distribution of exempt estates, 1921, 1930-1960 (reel 25), and miscellaneous orders, 1872-1889, 1952-1954 (reels 26-27), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees. | |
| Winona County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Insanity Records | gr02801 |
| Petitions in insanity (1912); reports of jury or board of examiners in mental illness, inebriety, and epilepsy cases (1948-1959), and related documents (1912). | |
| Winona County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books | gr02802 |
| 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. | |
| Winona County: Winona (City): An Inventory of Its Published Records | gr02804 |
| City charter (1887) and ordinances (1887, 1908, 1946); municipal plan (1968); zoning code (1960); a parking and traffic study (1985), and brochures issued by the city Housing and Redevelopment Authority and Port Authority. | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal (City) Dockets | gr02805 |
| Criminal dockets from the Municipal Court of the City of Winona. | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Default Judgment Records | gr02806 |
| Default judgment records of the Municipal Court of the City of Winona. | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Indexes to Civil Registers of Action | gr02807 |
| Defendants' and plaintiffs' indexes. They index the Register of actions (Civil dockets) (cataloged separately). | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Records | gr02808 |
| Judgment records of the Municipal Court of the City of Winona. | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Register of Actions (Civil Dockets) | gr02809 |
| Register of actions (civil dockets) of the Municipal Court of the City of Winona. | |
| Winona County: Winona: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its State Dockets | gr02810 |
| These dockets cover arraignments for crimes committed in violation of state laws. For most of the cases that were not dismissed by the municipal judge, bail was set and the case was remanded upward to the district court. Information in the docket entries is similar to that found in judgment books. Volumes are labeled "Municipal Court Examination." | |
| Winona County: Winona: Police Department: An Inventory of Its Records | gr02811 |
| Arrest records (1873-1970), registers of tickets issued (1952-1963), and a survey of the department (1974). | |
| Winona County: Winona: An Inventory of Its City Water Works Records | gr02812 |
| Water connection (1893-1894) and rental (1905-1907) records, giving names and addresses of customers; receipt and disbursement journals (1906-1937). | |
| Wright County: Board of County Commissioners: An Inventory of Its Records | gr01569 |
| Includes minutes; agenda packets; resolutions; annual reports of county departments; Great River Regional Library annual reports and financial statements; and correspondence with federal and state officials, county residents and other persons concerning county policies, planning, projects, and major activities of the county. | |
| Wright County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certification Records | gr02765 |
| Registers of ordinations, optometrists, chiropractors, dentists, osteopaths, physicians, veterinarians, basic science certificates, and massage licenses. | |
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