STILLWATER STATE PRISON

An Inventory of Its Convict Registers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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Creator: Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.).
Title:Convict registers.
Dates:1854-1902.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Registration (admission) data on inmates upon entering the prison.
Quantity:2.0 cubic feet (4 volumes, shelved loose).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

Volume 1 Each entry lists inmate's name, register (inmate) number, county of admission (where the trial was held and sentence imposed), date of admission (in some early records this may be the sentencing date instead), crime, age, state or country of birth, and date of discharge. Later entries were expanded to include occupation, religion, education, nationality of parents, and names of other prisons where the inmate had served time. In cases where the county of admission is blank, the majority were sentenced from federal or military court.

The initial entries in volumes 2 through 4 have been carried over from the previous volume. When one register volume was filled, the complete entries for the inmates still in prison were transferred to the new volume. Inmates retained their register numbers when carried over to a new volume, and an inmate may appear in several volumes. If an inmate was readmitted under a new sentence, however, a new number was assigned. The convict register was discontinued in November 1902; registration information was then recorded in the convict record (cataloged separately).


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged by inmate register number in three series: Unnumbered (1854-1858); Nos. 1-5688 (1859-August 1901); Nos. 580-899 (September 1901-November 1902).


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:

Originals are closed. Access and use requires the permission of the State Archivist.

Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Convict Registers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 980-23

Processing Information:

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, May 2018

Catalog ID number: 001704342


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationVolume
112.D.4.7B-21Unnumbered and Nos. 1-3460, September 1854-July 1892.
Alphabetical index to all of Volume 1 in pdf format.
Unnumbered and Nos. 1-3460, September 1854-July 1892 Digital version
LocationVolume
112.D.4.82Nos. 338-4957, July 1892-July 1898.
Nos. 338-3460 nonconsecutive entries carried over from Volume 1.
Alphabetical index to all of Volume 2 in pdf format.
Nos. 338-4957,July 1892-July 1898. Digital version
LocationVolume
112.D.4.93Nos. 655-5673, July 1898-June 1901.
Nos. 655-4957 nonconsecutive entries carried over from Volume 2.
Alphabetical index to all of Volume 3 in pdf format.
Nos. 655-5673,July 1898-June 1901. Digital version
LocationVolume
112.D.4.104Nos. 5674-5688 and Nos. 580-899, June-August 1901, September 1901-November 1902.
Alphabetical index to all of Volume 4 in pdf format.
Digital version Digital version

Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIAL

Other records related to these records, including the convict record and inmate register sheets, can be found in the records of the Stillwater State Prison, in same repository.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Registers.
Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Admission and discharge.
Document Types:
Registers.
Functions:
Admitting.
Releasing.

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