AH-GWAH-CHING SANATORIUM (MINNESOTA STATE SANATORIUM):

An Inventory of Its Superintendent's Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Minnesota Sanatorium for Consumptives.
	Title:	Superintendent's subject files.
	Dates:	1907-1957 (bulk 1930-1945).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Files containing materials of specific subject interest to the superintendent. Topics covered include budget, cemetery, clinical and laboratory, complaints, construction and remodeling, disturbances, education, farm and engineering problems, field service, and regulations. The files contain Board of Control correspondence (1907-1939), wage and salary schedules (1920-1931), and rules (1919-1940); correspondence and speeches of Superintendent Burns (1930-1940); cooperative observers' meteorological record (1928-1931); expenditure and income statements (1908-1931); general and floor plans (1924-1937); and Indian tuberculosis and health problems conference (1939), penal camp (1935-1941), personnel problems (1934-1941), and relief projects (1935-1937) materials.
	Quantity:	2.8 cubic feet (3 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Sanatorium for Consumptives. Superintendent's Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 995-125; 993-21; 2010-34

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001734071

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
106.I.12.2F		Administrative problems, 1930-1940.


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106.I.12.4F		Board of Control: Correspondence, 1919-1920.


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106.I.12.2F	Board of Control: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1907-1939:
		1907-1932. 19 folders.
			Scattered.
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106.I.12.3B		1932-1939. 7 folders.
			Scattered.


		Board of Control: Wage and salary schedules, 1920-1931.


		Board of Control: Rules, unnumbered set, 1931-1936.
			Mainly regarding salary and wage schedules and notice of amendments to individual positions.


		Board of Control: Rules, numbered sets-red ink; Nos. 1-162, 1919-1938; Nos. 63-69, 1937-1939. 3 folders.
			Not in pure chronological order. Some are general to "Superintendent;" some are directly to Burns. Covers a wide variety of personnel topics, including vacations, overtime, rentals, gasoline rationing, personal vehicle use, payroll procedures, retirement, illness pay, injury, and workmen's compensation.


		Board of Control: Rules, numbered set, black ink; Nos. 1-90, 1939-1940. 1 volume.
			Almost all general mailings concerning budget, property sale, and payroll.


		Budget preparation correspondence, 1942-1953.


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106.I.12.4F		Bureau of War Risk insurance, 1919-1920.


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106.I.12.3B		Burns, H. A.: Conference with area ministers, [circa 1935].


		Burns, H. A.: Personal, 1930-1935. 3 folders.


		Burns, H. A.: Speeches, 1930-1940. 3 folders.


		Cass County Medical Survey, 1936. 4 folders.


		Cemetery correspondence, 1937-1941.


		Chippewa Tribal Council: Correspondence, 1940-1941.


		Clinical and laboratory work, analysis, 1937.


		Clinical office procedures, 1934.


		Community Center Association: Minutes, 1915.


		Complaints, 1936-1940.


		Construction and remodeling projects, 1934-1940.


		Cooperative observers' meteorological record, 1928-1931.


		Disturbances, 1939.


		Educational program, 1934-1940.


		Engineering problems, 1934-1940.


		Epidemiological letters, undated.


		Expenditures and income statements, 1908-1931.


		Farm problems, 1936-1938.


		Field service, 1925-1940.


		General plans and floor plans of institution, 1924-1937.


		Gilbertson, A. T.: Administration, WPA, 1936-1937.


		Hospital services, analysis, 1934-1936. 2 folders.


	Indians:
		Correspondence regarding contracts for care, 1935-1941.
		Instructions for admission, 1939-1940.
		Meeting to discuss health problems, transcript, [circa 1932-1939].
		Proceedings of Conference on Tuberculosis and Health Problems, 1939.
		Summary of minutes of conference, 1938.
		Regarding buildings, 1935-1940.
Location
106.I.12.4F		Regarding equipment, 1934-1941.
		Regarding out-of-state admissions, 1939-1941.
		Regarding surgery, 1939-1940.
		Regarding venereal disease, [circa 1935].
		Problems generally, 1935-1940.


		Informational bulletin about Sanatorium, 1914.


		Instructions for keeping Sanatorium records, [circa 1934].


		Investigation report on Sanatorium by State Medical Association, 1938.


		Legislation: Correspondence regarding, 1940-1941.


		Legislative Building Commission visit, correspondence and report, 1956-1957.


		Lists of employees at other state institutions, 1934.


		Lists of patients, [circa 1941].


		Mantoux survey, Dr. Hilbert Mark, 1937-1938.


		The History of John Martinez, Mexican, Impersonating John Whitebird, Deceased Indian War Veteran, [circa 1930].


		Miscellaneous correspondence, 1928-1937.


		Movie subscriptions, 1923-1924.


		Nursery school: Adjunct to Indian wing, 1939-1940.


		Office procedures, [circa 1936].


		Pasteurization plant, 1938-1940.


		Patient treatment rules and procedures, [circa 1929].


		Penal Camp, 1935-1941.


		Personnel problems, 1934-1941.


		Public Institutions Division, Carl Swanson, 1939.


		Publication material, 1938-1940.


		Regulations: Correspondence, 1925-1941.


		Relief projects: General, 1936-1937.


		Relief projects: Sanatorium repair, 1935-1937. 2 folders.


		Report of condition of remains, 1918-1920.


		Requests for additional personnel, 1930-1942.


		Residence of patients, 1937-1940.


		Salary adjustments correspondence, 1933-1942.


		Sanatorium Council proceedings, 1930.


		Sewage disposal, 1937-1940.


		State Board of Health, monthly tuberculosis reports, correspondence, 1919-1920.


		State Board of Visitors: Inspection reports, 1923, 1925.


		Superintendent's miscellaneous correspondence, 1934-1935, 1938-1939. 2 folders.


		Surgery: Correspondence with Board, 1938-1942.


		Thiseth, Carl J.: Personal, 1921-1923.
			Includes some records of the Cass County Red Cross.


		Tuberculosis problems among Indians: Proceedings of a Conference, 1941.


		Tuberculosis survey of Indians, report, 1939.


		Tuberculosis survey of state institutions, 1934-1935.


		Wallace, Mrs. Dan, Cass County Child Welfare Board, 1936.
			[0.2 cubic foot empty, letter]

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:: Cemeteries -- Minnesota.; Convict labor -- Minnesota.; Indians of North America -- Diseases -- Minnesota.; Indians of North America -- Medical care -- Minnesota.; Meteorology -- Minnesota -- Observations.; Public service employment -- Minnesota.; Sanatoriums -- Minnesota -- Administration.; Sanatoriums -- Minnesota -- Complaints against.; Sanatoriums -- Minnesota -- Finance.; State farms -- Minnesota.; Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Design and construction.; Tuberculosis -- Minnesota -- Mortality.

Persons:: Burns, H. A.

Organizations:: Minnesota. State Board of Control.; Minnesota State Sanatorium.

Places:: Ah-Gwah-Ching (Minn.).

Document Types:: Floor plans.

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AH-GWAH-CHING SANATORIUM (MINNESOTA STATE SANATORIUM):

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