STILLWATER STATE PRISON:

An Inventory of Its Commitment Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For details, please see restrictions.


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Creator:Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.).
Title:Commitment papers.
Dates:[1880]-1978.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Files containing the legal document (mittimus) committing a convict to prison, often accompanied by other legal and procedural documents. These may include copies of the minutes of conviction, sentencing, and commitment proceedings; trial transcript; lists of jurors and witnesses; transfer document from a county jail or other facility to the Stillwater prison; and/or petitions, orders, judgment rolls, and other legal or court documents.
Quantity:162.0 cubic feet (162 boxes; 1 item in Reserve).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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File sizes range from 5-6 pages up to about 100 pages, with the average being about 10-15 pages. Papers from each case are stapled or bradded together, and tri-folded or rolled. The cover sheet for each file gives file number, name, county, crime, term, and date received, and may include other notations as well.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Old numbering sequence (338-5688)
New numbering sequence (581-27850)


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:

Access to and use of reserve materials is restricted. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

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

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 987-89; 987-89; 980-2

Processing Information:

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Processed by: State Archives staff

Digitized by: Christopher G. Welter, February 2011

Digitization of reserve material was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990017043070104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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125.F.18.4F1Files 338-3415.
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Reserve 612Files 699-700: Commitment paper for Thomas Coleman Younger, James Younger, and Robert Younger, November 21, 1876. 1 item.
Access Restricted.
Details the Youngers’ guilty plea for the murder of bookkeeper Joseph Lee Heywood, their sentence to imprisonment at hard labor in state prison for the remainder of their natural lives, and direction that they be taken to prison at Stillwater, Minnesota, without delay.
Files 699-700: Younger brothers' commitment paper Digital version
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125.F.18.5B2Files 3416-3880.
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125.F.18.6F3Files 3881-4215.
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125.F.18.7B4Files 4216-4489.
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125.F.18.8F5Files 4490-4765.
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125.F.18.9B6Files 4766-5089.
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125.F.18.10F7Files 5090-5369.
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125.F.19.1B8Files 5370-5650.
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125.F.19.2F9Files 5651-5688.

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125.F.19.3B1Files 581-850.
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125.F.19.4F2Files 851-1100.
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125.F.19.6F4Files 1370-1649.
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125.F.19.7B5Files 1650-1969.
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125.F.19.8F6Files 1970-2249.
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Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIALS

Stillwater State Prison's transcripts of trials of inmates contain additional, more lengthy trial transcripts not included in the commitment file. Stillwater State Prison's case files (discharged inmate files) may include duplicates of some documents in the commitment papers.

Records pertaining to the Younger brothers are also available on the microfilm edition of the Northfield (Minnesota) bank robbery of 1876: Selected manuscript collections and government records (M468).

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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:
Imprisonment -- Minnesota.
Prisoners -- Minnesota.
Prisoners -- Legal status, Laws, etc. -- Minnesota.
Document Types:
Transcripts.
Functions:
Punishing.

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