What's New -- May 2024

Newly added accessions this month include the Jonathan Oscar Simmons III Papers and several new committees and councils of the Health Department.

Other collections with additions or added digital content include the Agricultural Society Century and Sesquicentennial Farm Applications; the John DeLaittre and Family Papers; several series of the Faribault State School and Hospital Records; the Honeywell Inc. Records; the Elizabeth Kenny Papers; several series of the Legislative Auditor's Records; the Shaun Maloney Papers; the Ramsey County, District Court, Civil Case Files; the Timothy J. Sheehan Papers; the James Wickes Taylor Papers; and the William W. Woodbury Music Book for Snare Drum.

In addition there are many newly encoded finding aids that are now available online for the first time.

New and Updated Finding Aids

Name/Abstract	File No.
Agricultural Society: An Inventory of Its Century Farm Applications	gr00094
Application forms for residents who wished to have their farms declared century farms, signifying that the farm had been in the same family for 100 or more years. This was begun as a joint project between the State Fair and the Farmer magazine; later the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation became the co-sponsor. Beginning in 2009, sesquicentennial (150 years) farms forms are included. Includes digital content.
Blue Earth County: Mankato: An Inventory of Its Ordinances and Resolutions	gr02933
Ordinances (1895-1897, 1921-1943, 1946-1948) and resolutions (1929-1942). The 1895-1897 ordinances include an Index to the 1891 Charter.
John DeLaittre and Family Papers: An Inventory of Their Papers	00362
Papers of a Minneapolis bank president relating to his career as a banker, government official, and corporate director; his involvement in banking industry groups; his management of family finances and trusts; iron mining on Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company lands in northern Minnesota; to Tettegouche, DeLaittre's wilderness retreat; and genealogical information and family histories, including: information regarding DeLaittre's father, banker and politician Karl DeLaittre; his grandfather, lumberman John DeLaittre; and extended family. Includes digital content.
Faribault State School and Hospital: An Inventory of Its Annual Inventories	gr00918
Room by room and classified inventories of equipment, furnishings, and supplies of all kinds. Includes digital content.
Faribault State School and Hospital: An Inventory of Its Employment Applications	gr00795
Record of applications for employment (1881-1912), listing date of application, applicant number, name and address, character of work desired, and comments and references; and applications for attendants or nurses (1896-1907). Includes digital content.
Faribault State School and Hospital: An Inventory of Its Individual School Records	gr00925
Teachers' records of activities in each class, including detailed progress reports on each individual pupil. Includes digital content.
Faribault State School and Hospital: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Patient Records	gr00624
Miscellaneous records containing information on individual patients. Includes digital content.
Faribault State School and Hospital: An Inventory of Its Payroll Records	gr00793
Records in several different formats generally giving the following information: names, job titles (character of work), vacation and sick days, days required and number of days actually worked, amount paid, date of first employment, rate of pay, board allowance, schedule numbers, deductions, net earnings, and remarks. Includes digital content.
Governor: Freeman, Orville L.: An Inventory of His Tapes and Films	gr02968
Audio discs, sound tapes, and television and motion picture film produced during Freeman's gubernatorial campaigns and tenure. They cover such topics as education, agriculture, conservation, tourism, business development, youth, senior citizens, health, taxes, and natural resources. Included is footage of Hubert H. Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy, and Estes Kefauver.
Health Department: An Inventory of Its Hearing Instrument Dispenser Advisory Council Meeting Files	gr02973
Minutes and agenda packets of a council established to advise the commissioner regarding hearing instrument dispenser certification standards; provide for distribution of information regarding hearing instrument dispenser certification standards; and review investigation summaries of competency violations and make recommendations to the commissioner as to whether the allegations of incompetency are substantiated.
Hennepin County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Published Records	gr02932
Mainly brochures and booklets documenting the various practices and functions of the court and its associated courts, including its Civil Filing Department and the municipal, juvenile, county, family, and conciliation courts.
Honeywell Inc.: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Society	00051
Business records, patent files, company-produced newsletters and periodicals, photographs, and sound and visual recordings of a Minneapolis-based multinational company widely known as a manufacturer of thermostats for residential and commercial heating systems, aeronautical devices and controls for military and commercial aircraft, and as a manufacturer of mainframe computers. Includes records of predecessor and subsidiary companies. Includes digital content.
Elizabeth Kenny: An Inventory of Her Papers	00201
Personal papers documenting the life and career of an Australian nurse who discovered a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis and devoted her life to the dissemination of the treatment throughout the U.S. and abroad, as well as research files of two Kenny biographers. Includes digital content.
Legislative Auditor: An Inventory of Its Investigation Reports and Reviews	gr01343
Reports of investigations of misuse (usually theft) of public funds or other state resources by state agency employees, undertaken by the Legislative Auditor's Office at the request of agency administrators or staff members. From 1987 to some time after 2003, the reports are labelled "special reviews" and were conducted by the Financial Audit Division. If evidence of misuse of state resources was found, it was reported to the Attorney General, the appropriate county attorney, and the Legislative Audit Commission. Also includes preliminary reviews or assessments on state funded agencies or programs.
Legislative Auditor: Financial Audits Division: An Inventory of Its Audit Reports	gr00705
Audit reports conducted annually by the Financial Audit Division to assess the state's major financial operations and determine whether the state's financial statements comply with generally accepted accounting principles.
Legislative Auditor: Program Evaluation Division: An Inventory of Its Program Evaluation Reports	gr00239
Published reports that describe state programs or the operations of state agencies, analyze management problems, evaluate outcomes, and recommend alternative means of reaching program goals.
Shaun Maloney: An Inventory of His Papers	P2623
Correspondence, clippings, articles, interviews, and other materials documenting the union activities of Maloney, union leader and activist in Minnesota. Includes digital content.
Meeker County: County Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books	gr02937
Civil judgment books (1971-1982) and a default judgment book (1971-1981).
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files	gr02938
Files numbered 1-12040. Files prior to 1897 include criminal case files.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Case Files	gr02939
Files numbered 1-421 (some prefixed by A) and B1-B250. Criminal files prior to 1897 are interfiled with the civil case files.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes	gr02940
Minutes of the Meeker County District Court.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index	gr02941
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Order Books	gr02942
Spine title: "Court orders and findings."
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books	gr02943
Real estate tax judgment books of the Meeker County District Court.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Register and Record of Justices' Certificates of Conviction	gr02944
Register and record of justices' certificates of conviction of the Meeker County District Court.
Meeker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr02945
Records or registers for dentists, optometrists, physicians, township and county officers, basic science certificates, and clergy ordination certificates.
Meeker County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution	gr02946
Final decrees, 1880-1982 (reels 1-15) and miscellaneous orders, 1857-1893 (reel 15), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees.
Meeker County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr02947
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.
Norman County: Audit Board: An Inventory of Its Records	gr02934
Volumes 2-5; the location of Volume 1 is unknown.
Norman County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Town and School Officers Record	gr02935
Annual lists of township, village, and school district officers; plus a record of taxes voted, 1912-1923.
Norman County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books	gr02936
Record of real estate found to be tax delinquent; includes names of owners, description of the property; year or years for which taxes are delinquent; total tax and penalty; costs; and total amount of judgement.
Ramsey County: Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files	gr02949
Civil case files of the Ramsey County Court of Common Pleas, formed in 1867 because the Ramsey County District Court was overloaded with cases and the Minnesota Constitution did not allow for the appointment of a second judge. The jurisdiction of the two courts was identical.
Ramsey County: Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Records	gr02950
Criminal case files of the Ramsey County Court of Common Pleas, formed in 1867 because the Ramsey County District Court was overloaded with cases and the Minnesota Constitution did not allow for the appointment of a second judge. The jurisdiction of the two courts was identical. Includes digital content.
Ramsey County: Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books	gr02951
Two series of judgment books of the court of common pleas. The relationship between them has not been determined, but one series (1867-1876, 5 volumes) appears to focus on monetary judgments, while the other (1870-1876, 1 volume) pertains largely to real and personal property and divorce cases.
Ramsey County: Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	gr02952
Final papers, volume 1, covering naturalizations for September 1868 to January 1876, with three stray entries for April 1890. The final (second) papers for each individual include the applicant's name and oath of allegiance; affidavits of witnesses regarding residence; the place and (sometimes) date of the declaration of intention; and the court order approving the application for citizenship.
Ramsey County: Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Registers of Civil Actions	gr02953
Civil actions registers of the Common Pleas Court of Ramsey County.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Business Certificates and Indexes	gr02954
Certificates of business name filed with the Ramsey County district court, and the indexes to the certificates. Certificates were required of firms doing business under names other than the owners' names.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files (Territorial)	gr02955
File Nos. 15-2969.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files	gr02956
File Nos. 1-78050.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records Books	gr02957
Records and registers of coroner's inquests, giving identifying data and information on the circumstance and nature of the death of each body examined by the county coroner.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Registers of Actions and Indexes	gr02958
Information provided may include docket number, title of case (i.e., name of the accused), nature of the criminal accusation, date prosecuted and/or tried, what court, disposition of the case, nature and extent of punishment, costs and fines, and remarks (usually whether the fine was paid or jail sentence served).
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Default Judgment Books	gr02959
Default judgment books of the Ramsey County District Court.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Indexes to Civil Actions	gr02948
Two sets of personal and corporate name indexes to Ramsey County District Court civil case files: Set A (1849-1908) and Set B (1849-1898).
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judge Hanft's Charges to Juries	gr02960
Copies of charges to juries by Judge Hugo O. Hanft in civil and criminal cases noting specifically instructions to jurors on what factors to consider in deciding their verdicts. These charges may or may not be in the pertinent case files, which, if extant, are in the custody of the Ramsey County District Court (for civil files) and either in the Ramsey County District Court (for criminal files after 1936) or in the Minnesota State Archives (for criminal files dating through 1936).
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books	gr02961
Judgment books of the Ramsey County District Court.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Dockets	gr02962
Judgment dockets of the Ramsey County District Court.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Record : Decrees of Court	gr02963
These contain entries similar to district court judgment books, but relating mainly to judgments affecting real property, including divorce settlements.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index	gr02964
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Ordination Credentials	gr02965
Letters and certificates of ordination for clergymen of various denominations. Each certificate notes when, where, and by whom (an individual, body, or denomination) a candidate for the ministry was ordained. Occasionally, the record will cite the ordinand's training.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registers of Civil Actions	gr02966
Registers of actions covering civil case files 1-76,437.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr02967
Registers of physicians, optometrists, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, massage licenses, and basic sciences certificates.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Special Term Minute Books	gr02969
Special term minute books arranged by judge. Includes judges Gustavus Loevinger, Ronald E. Hachey, Clayton Parks, Albin S. Pearson, Carlton McNally, John W. Graff, Arthur A. Stewart, and Leonard J. Keyes.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Territorial Civil Registers	gr02970
These contain more complete entries than normally found in registers, and are more akin to entries in docket books.
Ramsey County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Territorial Minutes	gr02971
A record of documents filed and actions taken with regard to each case brought before each day's session of the court, as well as such administrative actions as appointment of juries.
Ramsey County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Record Books	gr02972
One volume containing a detailed record of documents filed with and actions taken by the probate court in each case (1849-1855); and two volumes of letters of administration, letters testamentary, and letters of guardianship (1856-1871).
Timothy J. Sheehan: An Inventory of His Papers	01546
Accounts, correspondence, and diaries kept by Sheehan as sheriff of Freeborn County, Minnesota (1871-1883), Indian agent on the White Earth Reservation (1885-1889), and deputy United States marshal at St. Paul (1890-1907); muster-out rolls for the 5th Minnesota Infantry, Company C, in which Sheehan served as Lieutenant and later as Captain; returns of provisions and equipment for various Civil War regiments; and related miscellany.
Jonathan Oscar Simmons III: An Inventory of His Papers	01542
A collection of maps, account books, and related manuscript materials related to the career of Jonathan Oscar Simmons III, a land speculator, developer, hotelier, businessman, vigilante, surveyor, lawyer, civil servant and homeopath working in and around Little Falls, Minnesota from 1854 to the late 1870s.
James Wickes Taylor: An Inventory of His Papers	01541
Microfilmed correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, scrapbooks, research note cards, and miscellaneous papers relating to James Wickes Taylor, author, publicist for railroads and for development of the Canadian Northwest, special agent of the U.S. Treasury Department (1859-1869), U.S. secret agent during the Red River Rebellion (1869), and American consul at Winnipeg (1870-1893). The collection includes closed original documents and materials from which the microfilm was made.
Trade and Economic Development Department: An Inventory of Its Records of the Commissioner's Office Staff	gr02974
Correspondence, memoranda, and subject files of members of the commissioner's office staff, pertaining to departmental operations, policymaking, legislative and budget matters, public relations activities, and assorted specific economic development projects and issues.
William W. Woodbury: An Inventory of His Music Book for Snare Drum	01543
Snare drum arrangement of several selections for a band at Fort Snelling (early 1860s). Includes digital content.

New and Updated Catalog Records

Minnesota. Department of Health. Olmstead Plan Specialty Committee records, 2016-2017

Includes meeting files and committee charter (2016-2017); and a report entitled Putting the Promise of Olmstead into Practice: Minnesota's Olmstead Plan (2016).

What's New -- May 2024

New and Updated Finding Aids

New and Updated Catalog Records

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