POPE COUNTY: WESTERN POPE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Western Pope County Hospital District (Minn.).
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1912-2006 (bulk 1973-2006).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Records of the Western Pope County Hospital District formed October 2, 1973 by eleven townships and three cities in western Pope County to construct a hospital and maintain hospital services for the area. Also known as the Minnewaska Hospital District or Minnewaska Regional Health System, in 1977, the district opened the Minnewaska District Hospital in Starbuck (replacing the existing Minnewaska Hospital). The district's files (1973-2006) include correspondence, board minutes, a history of the district hospital, legal records, subject files and related records.
	Quantity:	2.75 cubic feet (3 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The records also include minutes and legal records of the Minnewaska District Hospital Board and its predecessor, the Minnewaska Hospital Association (1912-1979); two fund-raising bodies, the Minnewaska Hospital Foundation (1987-2006) and Minnewaska Hospital Joint Venture (1988-2005); and the Starbuck Ambulance Service, Inc. (1967-2001).

The Minnewaska District Hospital closed in 2005 and the Western Pope County Hospital District was officially dissolved effective December 31, 2006.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Western Pope County Hospital District (Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2008-15; 2022-17; 2023-30

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 006964108

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

WESTERN POPE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT/POPE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT

Location

102.J.3.2F

Administrator correspondence, 1983-1986.

Primarily concerns corporate reorganization.

Board minutes, 1973-2006. 6 folders.

Includes correspondence of Administrator Mildred E. Dahlseng, information on the sale of bonds, and hospital construction.

Minnewaska District Hospital: A Monument to the Starbuck Community Determination, Arne Pederson, March 22, 1999.

Time line of the process leading to the district's organization and hospital construction.

Legal records, 1990-2006. 4 folders.

Board elections, 2002-2006. 2 folders.

Board members, 1983-2004.

Includes signed conflict of interest, oath of office, and certificate of election forms.

Location

105.F.1.10F

Correspondence of Minnewaska Regional Health System interim chief executive officer Tom Evans, 2002-2004. 2 folders.

Subject files, 1999-2006:

Governing board options, May 2004.

Health care planning commission, 2004.

A joint commission of the Glacial Ridge Health System and the Minnewaska Regional Health System to explore collaborative opportunities to provide quality, local health care.

Market analysis, July 2004.

Minnewaska Regional Health System, 2002-2005.

Newspaper clippings, 2002-2005.

Photographs: Minnewaska District Hospital/Starbuck Clinic, 2003.

Pope County Health Care Commission financial statement, 2003.

Pope County Health Care commission reports and recommendations, August 11, 2004 and August 16, 2004. 2 folders.

Pope County Regional Health Services, 2004.

Sale of Starbuck Clinic, 2002-2003.

Starbuck Clinic billing, 2002-2003.

Starbuck Clinic profit and loss statements, 1999-2001.

Transition team, 2000-2002.

Western Pope County Hospital District financial statements, 2003-2005.

Minnewaska Regional Health System legal documents, 2003. 1 volume.

Include organizational legal documents such as bylaws, articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, professional employment agreements and other agreements, policies and principles, and a legal analysis by attorney John Diehl.

Merger of hospital districts records, 2004. 1 volume.

Compiled by attorney John Diehl, regarding the proposed merger of the Western Pope County Hospital District (Minnewaska) and the Glacial Ridge Hospital District (Glenwood). Includes legal documents, reports, recommendations, newspaper articles (photocopies), financial information, proposed joint powers agreements, correspondence, memoranda and related documents.

Dissolution of Western Pope County Hospital District legal documents, 2006. 1 volume.

Include order, petitions, resolutions, meeting minutes, and related exhibits.

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MINNEWASKA DISTRICT HOSPITAL BOARD

Hospital management body.

Location

102.J.3.2F

Board of Directors/Board of Trustees minutes and related records, 1912-1979 [bulk dated 1969-1979].

Includes wills (estates of Andrew Barsness, Clifford Dosen, Casper Aaberg), certificates of membership and incorporation for the Minnewaska Hospital Association, amendments and resolutions, by-laws, and the January 24, 1979 summary of transfers from the Minnewaska Hospital Association to the Western Pope County Hospital District.

Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax and related records, 1971-1973.

Application for Certificate of Need to Central Minnesota Health Planning Council for One 35 Bed Acute Hospital to Serve Pope County, 1973.

Bonds and tax levies for the Western Pope County Hospital and the Minnewaska District Hospital, 1972-1995.

Location

102.J.3.3B

Certificate of need, by-laws, and related records, 1977–1984.

Includes corporate organization certificate, warranty deed (transfer of land from F. Donald and Katherine Bucher to the Minnewaska Hospital Association), overview of the hospital's organizational structure and a short history of its creation, personnel policies manual, and certificate of assumed name.

Corporate reorganization, 1983-1985.

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MINNEWASKA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Body organized to manage the endowment for the hospital.

Location

102.J.3.3B

Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax Form, 1988, 1990-2006. 3 folders.

Articles of Incorporation and related papers, 1987-2001. 2 folders.

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MINNEWASKA HOSPITAL JOINT VENTURE

Body to join into ventures with other parties to provide services for the hospital that the hospital could not provide and to raise the necessary funds.

Location

102.J.3.3B

Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax Form and related documents, 1989-1990, 1992-2006. 3 folders.

Includes application for recognition of exemption, attorney notice of intent to dissolve, and articles of Incorporation.

Articles of incorporation and related materials, 1988-2004.

Holly Ridge (nursing home) transfer agreements, 2005.

Multifamily Housing Revenue Bond (Holly Ridge Manor Project) Series 1990, 1990–1993. 2 folders.

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STARBUCK AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

Part of the Minnewaska Hospital District.

Location

102.J.3.3B

Board minutes, 1967-1978; correspondence with the IRS, 2001.

[0.2 cubic feet empty]

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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:: Health service areas -- Minnesota -- Pope County.; Hospital buildings -- Minnesota -- Pope County -- Design and construction.; Hospital closures -- Minnesota -- Pope County.; Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Pope County -- Administration.; Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Pope County -- Finance.

Organizations:: Minnewaska District Hospital (Starbuck, Minn.).; Minnewaska Hospital Association (Starbuck, Minn.).; Minnewaska Hospital District (Minn.).; Minnewaska Regional Health System (Minn.).; Starbuck Ambulance Service, Inc. (Minn.).

Places:: Starbuck (Minn.)

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