What's New -- September 2024

American Archives Month is October

October is American Archives Month! Coming up this month in the archives world we have Electronic Records Day on October 10th and #Ask an Archivist Day on October 16th.

Newly added accession this month include the Friends of the Sibley Historic Site (Mendota, Minn.); the King and Van Buskirk Family Papers; the Minnesota Inventors Congress Records; the Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation (Saint Paul, Minn.) Records; the Sibley County, Green Isle Community School Records; the Sherburne County City of Elk River Records; and the SweatShop (Saint Paul, Minn.) Records.

Collections with additions or added digital content include the American Association of University Women, Minnesota State Division Records; the James Boyd Hubbell Papers; the Project Minnesota/León Records; the Soldiers Home Hospital/Clinic Records; the Stillwater State Prison Photographs; and the Secretary of State Session Laws.

Name/Abstract	File No.
American Association of University Women. Minnesota State Division: An Inventory of Its Records	00503
Correspondence, minutes, financial data, scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera, reports, notes, and membership records of the Minnesota State Division and local branches of a national organization for college-educated women founded in 1881 to promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change.
Benton County: Juvenile Court: An Inventory of Its Juvenile Court Records	gr03088
Docket entries for individual delinquency and dependency cases, with a record of petitions, orders, and related documents filed, and other actions taken in the case. The three volumes cover similar date spans, with each providing some details not present in the others.
Benton County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes	gr03086
Records of court actions, orders, and filings in each estate case. Some guardianship, insanity, and mother's pension cases are also included.
Benton County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr03087
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.
Friends of the Sibley Historic Site (Mendota, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	01558
Records of the Friends of the Sibley Historic Site, and affiliated organizations dedicated to preserving the Sibley Historic Site in Mendota, Minnesota. Includes Board of Directors minutes, articles of incorporation, reports, planning and program materials, bylaws, correspondence, and related governance documents.
James Boyd Hubbell: An Inventory of His Papers	01560
Correspondence, diaries, accounts, and legal papers of Hubbell, a founder of the Northwestern Fur Company, documenting its creation and management (1865-1870); Dakota-white hostilities (1860s) on the upper Missouri River; Hubbell's unsuccessful prosecution of Indian depredations claims (1868-1903); and the removal of Minnesota Dakota bands to Fort Thompson, South Dakota (1860s). Includes digital content.
Kandiyohi County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Election Registers	gr03089
Election registers of the Kandiyohi County Auditor.
Kandiyohi County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr03090
Election returns (1960); fox and wolf bounty papers (1893-1899, 1939-1965), town and village officers register (1897-1930), abstracts of returns showing grain handled by elevators and warehouses (1909-1946), petitions (1909-approximately 1959), and subject files (1890-1977).
King and Van Buskirk family papers: An Inventory of Their Papers	01559
Predominantly family letters, as well as genealogical information, land records, and newspaper clippings regarding the intertwined King and Van Buskirk families, who were homesteaders in Nobles, Cottonwood, and Murray counties of southwest Minnesota. The collection was compiled by Carrie Alice King Olson and is largely comprised of letters sent to her and her parents, William Clancy King and Lillian Van Buskirk. Letters are also included from the extended and descendant members of the Olson, Lindquist, Johnson, Peter, and Brandon families.
Law Library: An Inventory of Its Annual and Biennial Reports	gr03085
Annual and biennial reports of the state librarian (1894, 1900, 1905-1908, 1911-1924) and Minnesota State Library (1946-1952) detailing staff assignments and projects in cataloging, reference, binding, and other related tasks; and including statistics regarding volumes purchased, donated and received by exchange; salaries, supplies, and expenses; project statistics; and future plans.
Law Library: An Inventory of Its Ledgers	gr03084
Ledgers recording receipts and expenditures in accounts for various publishers, printers, suppliers, and utilities.
Law Library: An Inventory of Its Loan Record Book	gr03083
A record of patrons' names and titles of materials borrowed, indicating dates loaned and returned. Includes an alphabetical index by patron name.
Lincoln County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Case File Transcripts	gr03082
Case file transcripts of the Lincoln County District Court.
Minnesota Inventors Congress: An Inventory of Its Organizational Records	01555
Records of an organization of amateur inventors based at Redwood Falls, Minnesota, that met each June to showcase participants' inventions. The heart of the collection is the Annual Expo files, which include information about hundreds of inventions and inventors.
Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation (Saint Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Organizational Records	01561
Constitution, bylaws, minute books, ledgers, correspondence, and other records of Minnesota's first Jewish congregation, a Reform synagogue in Saint Paul which traces its roots back to 1857.
Project Minnesota/León: An Inventory of Its Records	01284
Administrative records, minutes, correspondence, programs, newsletters and publications, photographs, and information about fundraising and events of a Minnesota-based nonprofit sister-state organization established in 1984 to foster cultural understanding and community development between Minnesota and the department of León, Nicaragua.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Admission and Discharge Records	gr03094
Daily records of admissions and discharges from the school.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Annual and Biennial Reports	gr03095
Annual and biennial reports submitted to the governor, the legislature, and the director of the Public Institutions Division of the Social Security Department regarding school conditions and needs of the institution.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Chaplain’s Files	gr03096
Files of full-time Catholic and Protestant chaplains for the school.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Correspondence	gr03097
Correspondence covering all aspects of the Training School's administration.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Farm Records	gr03098
Records documenting the institution's farm, which began operation in 1891 and closed in the mid-1960s.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Financial Records	gr03099
General ledger and corresponding journal, cash book, employee daily time record, and payroll register.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate Case Files	gr03100
Case files covering the years 1915-1963.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate Case Files and Commitment Papers	gr03101
Institutional case files and commitment papers for boys and girls considered to be delinquents by the state of Minnesota. Initially, inmates were homeless, neglected, and dependent children (mostly boys ages nine to fourteen). In 1895 a court conviction for crime (except murder) became a prerequisite, and beginning in 1911 the facility housed delinquent boys only. Includes digital content.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate History Records	gr03102
Variously titled as History Book, Record of Commitment and History of Inmates, and Statistical Record. Includes girls' histories for 1867-1908.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Medical Records	gr03103
Hospital registers and journals, consent for operation record, and mental evaluation record book.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Inmate Records	gr03104
Records containing information on individual inmates.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Parole Records	gr03105
Record of parolees and returns and parole calendars, both with detailed information on inmates paroled each month.
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.
Sherburne County: Elk River: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03091
Chattel mortgage books (1883-1913) and village board minutes (1890-1965) of the village/city of Elk River.
Sherburne County: Elk River Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03092
Chattel mortgage book (1889-1913), road record book (1877-1939), and town board meeting minutes (1907-1976).
Sibley County: Green Isle Community School: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03093
Board minutes and agenda packets and subject files of this central Minnesota charter school.
Soldiers Home: An Inventory of Its Hospital/Clinic Records	gr01845
Records of the Soldiers Home's hospital, clinic, pharmacy, and dietician. They include patient record books (1898-1935), a record of medication prescribed (1928-1933), weekly lists of patients (1945-1958), inventories of the hospital commissary (1937-1945), minutes of the hospital's patient/resident care committee (1977-1981), daily menus for meals served at the home (1938-1955), minutes of various committees (1987-2007), and related miscellany.
Stillwater State Prison: An Inventory of Its Photographs	gr01315
Black and white photographs mounted on linen and tied into two volumes, documenting the prison's construction (1910-1914) and numbered 1-151. The photograph albums cover all aspects of construction, both interior and exterior, and were taken by C.J. Hibbard & Co., commercial photographers from Minneapolis. Also includes black and white photographs of an unknown artist's rendering of an aerial view of the prison, grounds and interior shots, fires, and an open house. Includes digital content.
SweatShop (Saint Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Organizational Records	01557
Organizational records of Sweatshop, a health and fitness club founded by Gayle Winegar in 1981. Records include newsletters, press clippings, marketing, and administrative records. Collection also contains a set of materials regarding the organization's Real Swimsuit Calendar, issued in 1999.

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