OTTER TAIL COUNTY: FERGUS FALLS

An Inventory of Its Justice and Municipal Court Dockets at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator:Fergus Falls (Minn.)
Title:Justice and municipal court dockets.
Dates:1897-1972.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Civil (justice court, 1897-1929; municipal court, 1911-1972) and criminal (justice court, 1900-1939; municipal court, 1919-1962) dockets summarizing each court's proceedings.
Quantity:19.45 cubic feet (25 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Fergus Falls (Minn.) Justice and Municipal Court Dockets. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2010-59

Processing Information:

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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: 007297339


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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123.F.6.5BCivil, June 1918-June 1921, and criminal, June 1918-October 1920, docket. 1 volume.
Indexed.
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123.G.6.5B-1Civil Dockets, 1897-1929.
Volumes are individually indexed.
May 1897-June 1899. 1 volume.
August 1899-July 1903. 1 volume.
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123.G.6.5B-2 July 1903-October 1915. 1 volume.
December 1903-February 1908. 1 volume.
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123.G.6.6F-1 January 1908-December 1913. 1 volume.
January 1908-December 1919. 1 volume.
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123.G.6.6F-2 January 1914-December 1918. 1 volume.
December 1918-February 1939. 1 volume.
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123.G.6.7B-1 July 1922-July 1929. 1 volume.
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123.G.6.7B-1Criminal Dockets, 1897-1929.
August 1900-January 1906 (state cases); August 1900-February 1905 (city cases). 1 volume.
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123.G.6.7B-2 November 1905-January 1909 (state cases); November 1905-March 1910 (city cases). 1 volume.
City cases are in reverse chronological order.
December 1908-February 1913 (state cases); January 1909-October 1913 (city cases). 1 volume.
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123.G.6.8F-1 April 1910-July 1916 (state cases); March 1910-January 1917 (city cases). 1 volume.
City cases are in reverse chronological order.
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123.F.6.5B April 1916-December 1929.
Indexed.
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123.G.6.8F-1 April 1916-December 1929. 1 volume.
Indexed.
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123.F.6.5B January 1921-May 1935.
Indexed.
November 1929-October 1931.
Indexed.
August 1931-November 1931.
Indexed.
May 1932-February 1934.
Indexed.
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123.F.6.6F March 1934-December 1935.
Indexed.
December 1935-June 1937.
Indexed.
June 1937-December 1938.
Indexed.
December 1938-December 1939.
Indexed.

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123.F.6.6FCivil Dockets, 1911-1972.
All are individually indexed.
[No. 1], July 1911-December 1915.
[No. 2], September 1915-April 1917.
[No. 3], February 1917-May 1919.
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123.G.6.8F-2[No. 4], January 1919-August 1922. 1 volume.
No. 5, October 1921-August 1923. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.1B-1No. 6, August 1923-May 1925. 1 volume.
No. 7, March 1925-May 1927. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.1B-2No. 8, March 1927-April 1929. 1 volume.
No. 9, March 1929-September 1931. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.2F-1No. 10, October 1930-June 1933. 1 volume.
No. 11, June 1933-July 1937. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.2F-2No. 12, August 1937-January 1941. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.3B-1No. 13, January 1941-September 1952. 1 volume.
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123.F.6.6F May 1955-July 1972. 5 folders.
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123.G.7.3B-1Criminal Dockets, 1919-1962.
All are individually indexed.
[No. 4], February 1919-January 1922. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.3B-2No. 5, January 1922-September 1923. 1 volume.
No. 6, September 1923-January 1925. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.4F-1No. 7, January 1925-March 1926. 1 volume.
No. 8, March 1926-April 1927. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.4F-2No. 9, April 1927-May 1928. 1 volume.
No. 10, May 1928-May 1930. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.5B-1No. 11, January 1930-October 1931. 1 volume.
No. 12, October 1931-August 1933. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.5B-2No. 13, July 1933-May 1935. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.2F-2No. 14, May 1935-December 1936. 1 volume.
Incorrectly labeled as a Civil Docket.
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123.G.7.5B-2No. 15, December 1936-March 1940. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.6F-1No. 16, May 1940-April 1941. 1 volume.
No. 17, April 1941-October 1942. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.6F-2No. 18, November 1942-September 1944. 1 volume.
No. 19, April 1945-December 1947. 1 volume.
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123.G.7.7B-1No. 20, January 1948-March 1952. 1 volume.
No. 21, March 1952-March 1955. 1 volume.
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123.F.6.7B 1955. 3 folders.
1956. 4 folders.
1957. 4 folders.
1958. 5 folders.
1959. 5 folders.
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123.F.6.8F 1960. 4 folders.
1961. 4 folders.
1962. 4 folders.
[0.3 cu. ft., empty]

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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:
Justices of the peace -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.
Municipal courts -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.

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