HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical
Society
Government Records
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| Creator: | Minneapolis
Public Schools. |
| Title: | Miscellaneous records. |
| Dates: | undated,
1861-1989. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Includes miscellaneous materials such as minutes, reports,
ledgers and other items relating to the Minneapolis Public School district. |
| Quantity: | 3.9 cubic feet (1 box and 5 partial
boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Includes treasurer's ledgers (1861-1878) and receipt book (1869-1878); summer school
pupil record (1886-1887); teacher's term reports (1886) and list (1909-1910); annual
reports of the secretary (1873/1874) and committee on textbooks and course instruction
(1887); statistics on citywide and individual school failures and promotions (1926-1930)
and the cost of teaching high school (1914-1934); a real estate acquisition record
(1860s-1870s); and a chart depicting the history of past and present school buildings
and sites. Also includes minutes of city-wide principals' and assistant principals'
meetings (1982-1986), and subject files. Slides, sound cassettes and script materials
from Wilder Elementary depicting Laura Ingalls Wilder are also part of the
collection.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minneapolis Public Schools. Miscellaneous records. Minnesota Historical
Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2001-69; 989-68; 990-96; 990-59; 2004-64
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: 001729191
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | |
| 116.K.18.5B | | Summer (Evening) School record, 1886-1887. 1 volume. |
| | | Information includes pupil's name, age, and birthplace; father or guardian name and
occupation; residence; dates entered and left; reason for leaving. |
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| | Teacher's term reports, 1886. 3 folders. |
| | | Alphabetical order by name of school. Last folder contains term report for
Minneapolis High School. |
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| | Annual Report of the Secretary to the Board of Education, 1873-1874. 1 folder. |
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| | Annual Report of Committee on Text Books and Course of Instruction, 1887. 1 folder. |
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| | City and school averages of failures and double promotions, 1926-1930. 1 folder. |
| | | Alphabetical order by elementary school name. Includes graphs. |
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| | Cost of teaching high school subjects statistics, 1914-1934. 1 folder. |
| | | Incomplete run. |
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| 108.D.7.2F | | Treasurer's ledgers, 1861-1878. 2 volumes. |
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| 112.J.19.2F | | Teachers' receipt book, 1869-1878. 1 volume. |
| | | Documents receipt of paychecks by individual teachers. Includes names of
individual teachers. |
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| | Teachers' list, 1909-1910. 1 volume. |
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| | Real estate record, 1860s-1870s. 1 volume. |
| | | Record of real estate acquisition, description, and history for property owned by
the school district. |
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| 108.C.16.6 | | Chart depicting history of various schools and sites, 1861-1985. 2 oversize rolled sheets: blue line copy; 42 x 30 inches. |
| | | Shows tenure of site ownership, duration of enrollment, and school building
construction. Originally compiled by the Buildings and Grounds
Department/Architectural Division of the Minneapolis School District in 1976 and
updated in 1985. |
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| 128.C.14.5B | | City-wide principals meeting minutes, August 1982-June 1986. 7 volumes. |
| | | These are photocopies. |
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| | City-wide assistant principals meeting minutes, September 1984-April 1985. 1 volume. |
| | | These are photocopies. |
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| | Subject files, 1972-1989. 14 folders. |
| | | Achieving mathematics equity for women and minorities project, April 1989. |
| | | African American task force, September 1989. |
| | | Central placement and assessment center, 1985-October 1989. |
| | | Decentralization, 1972-1974. |
| | | Departments: Twin City Institute for Talented Youth, 1980-1983. |
| | | Dropout Prevention Pilot Program annual reports, 1983-1984. |
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| 123.B.10.7B | | | Limited English Proficiency (LEP) program, 1989. |
| | | Maps of Minneapolis school district, 1987. |
| | | Minnesota Educational Effectiveness Program (MEEP), August 1989. |
| | | Problem of suspension in the Minneapolis public schools, November 1984. |
| | | | Findings and recommendation by the Urban Coalition of Minneapolis. |
| | | Public School Academy, 1989. |
| | | Research and development, 1989-1990. |
| | | Southeast Free School: North Central Association examination reports, 1974-1975, 1981, |
| | | Special Education Department, April 1988-August 1989. |
| | | Student information and technology, September 1989. |
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| | Laura Ingalls Wilder materials. |
| | | Slideshows. 2 folders. |
| | | | Contains two slideshows from Wilder Elementary School about the life of Laura
Ingalls Wilder. |
| | | Kit. |
| | | | Includes cassettes and script materials. |
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:
- African Americans -- Education -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
- Dropouts -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Free schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- High school teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Costs
-- Statistics.
- Minorities in mathematics -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
- Promotion (School) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis --
Statistics.
- School buildings -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis --
History.
- School districts -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- School failure -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis --
Statistics.
- School lands -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- School management and organization -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
- School principals -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis --
Decentralization.
- Schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Finance.
- School sites -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis --
History.
- Special education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Summer schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Teachers -- Salaries, etc. -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
- Textbooks -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Women in mathematics -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
- Persons:
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
1867-1957.
- Organizations:
- Hennepin County (Minn.). Special School
District No. 1 (Minneapolis).
- Limited English Proficiency
Program.
- Minneapolis Public Schools.
- North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools.
- Southeast Free School (Minneapolis,
Minn.).
- Twin City Institute for Talented Youth
(Macalester College).
- Places:
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Schools.
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Schools -- Maps.
- Document Types:
- Color slides.
- Maps.
- Sound recordings.
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