DONALD J. OMODT:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Omodt, Donald J., creator. | |
| Title: | Donald J. Omodt papers. | |
| Dates: | 1875-2006 (bulk 1987-2002). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Personal papers of a long-time sheriff of Hennepin County, Minnesota, including his research files on Minnesota counties and courthouses, files on the Hennepin County Courthouse, and on fur trader David Faribault; historical data on the National Sheriffs' Association; campaign files (1966, 1970, 1974), Omodt's certificate to practice law (1957), a family Bible genealogical record of Joseph Jacques, and FBI employment files of Kenneth Turnholm. | |
| Quantity: | 3.5 cubic feet (4 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Donald Jerome Omodt was born in Saint Paul in 1927 to Saint Paul police officer Hugh Omodt and his wife Lillian (Becker) Omodt. Don Omodt served as an Assistant Hennepin County Attorney and worked as an FBI agent before serving as sheriff of Hennepin County from 1967 to 1995. Omodt was president of the National Sheriffs' Association from 1986 to 1987, and had a strong interest in genealogy and in local history.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Donald J Omodt papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,157
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990087781600104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 142.I.15.7B | 1 | County research files: | |||||||||
| County descriptions: A-Y, circa 1990s. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Narratives containing data on county origins, boundaries, name derivations, and occasionally maps. | |||||||||||
| Courthouse profiles, 2006. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Printouts from Minnesota Judicial Branch website. | |||||||||||
| County files: Aitkin-Lyon, circa 1990s-2002. 42 folders. | |||||||||||
| Data collected on Minnesota counties, including photographs, brochures, and historical data, used by Omodt in writing and speaking about courthouses in Minnesota. Omodt relied upon this data in preparing historical articles for sheriffs magazines. | |||||||||||
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| 142.I.15.8F | 2 | County files: McLeod-Yellow Medicine, circa 1990s-2002. 45 folders. | |||||||||
| County name origins, undated. | |||||||||||
| Paper counties, undated. | |||||||||||
| Omodt's research notes on Jackson, Monroe, Madison, Wilson, Buffalo, Gorman, Dauphine (Dauphin), Greene, Stafford, Wilkinson, and Franklin counties, the establishment of which was discussed by the Minnesota Legislature in 1857. | |||||||||||
| Omodt's historical articles for sheriffs magazines, 1991-1994. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Other research files: | |||||||||||
| David Faribault, circa 1994-1995. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis Courthouse/Municipal Building, circa 1987-1991. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes one folder of transcripts of 1895 articles from Minneapolis newspapers about the courthouse. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis Courthouse/Municipal Building, undated. 1 videocassette (VHS). | |||||||||||
| Shows the re-roofing of the courthouse with copper sheeting by the American Brass Company. | |||||||||||
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| 142.I.15.9B | 3 | National Sheriffs Association (NSA) historical data, circa 1991. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Historical data compiled for the 1991 meeting of the NSA hosted in Minneapolis by Omodt; includes his printed history of the NSA to 1950. | |||||||||||
| Campaign files: | |||||||||||
| 1966. | |||||||||||
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| 142.I.15.10F | 4 | 1970. | |||||||||
| 1974. | |||||||||||
| Certificate to practice law in Minnesota, 1957. | |||||||||||
| Jacques family Bible genealogical entries, 1831-1907. | |||||||||||
| Family record of Joseph Jacques and Marie Deneige Blanchette. | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Turnholm FBI personnel file, 1943-1946. | |||||||||||
| Includes signatures of J. Edgar Hoover. | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Turnholm FBI issuances and clippings, circa 1944-1945. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| [0.5 cubic feet empty, legal size] | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Courthouses -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Faribault, David, 1817-
- Jacques, Joseph.
- Turnholm, Kenneth.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis City Hall-Hennepin County Courthouse (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- National Sheriffs' Association.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Videocassettes.
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