WASHINGTON COUNTY: POOR FARM
An Inventory of Its Poor Farm Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Washington County (Minn.). Poor Farm. | |
| Title: | Poor Farm records. | |
| Dates: | 1864-1954. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of this county farm, including registers of inmates (1864-1954), financial records (1864-1924), property inventories (1914-1950), a sketch map (ca. 1915), payroll records (1894-1898), a visitors register (1916-1919), and the commissioner's book (1895-1905). | |
| Quantity: | 1.0 cubic feet (3 partial boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Washington County board of commissioners purchased land for the poor farm in 1858. During the 19th century, residents were men, women, and dependent children of all ages, as well as, from time to time, the insane and mentally retarded.The farm, originally 207 acres, sold whatever produce and livestock its residents did not consume. Gradually the poor farm became primarily a home for the aged, called at various times after 1925, the County Home and the Board and Care Home, until in 1951, under authority of Chapter 610, Laws of 1951, the Pine Point Nursing Home was established to take over the properties of the county home.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Washington County (Minn.). Poor Farm. Poor Farm Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 978-6; 987-59; 986-157; 2008-47
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: 001735016
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 118.E.14.6F-1 | Registers of inmates, 1864-1954. 2 volumes and 2 pages in 1 folder. | ||||||||||
| Information included: name, age, nationality, town of residence, date of admission, who ordered admission, date of discharge or death. | |||||||||||
| Also included are ledger entries, 1921-1924 (pages 50-102); a payroll, 1925 (pages 109-111); cash sale journal entries, 1921-1924 (pages 244-264); and a list of names of inmates buried in the farm cemetery, 1895-1906 (page 265). | |||||||||||
| The register for 1864-1867 is a list found in the back of the accounts current register. | |||||||||||
| 118.E.14.6F-1 | Accounts Current Register (Receipts and Disbursements Journal), 1864-1891. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| 128.B.17.5B | Expense ledger, 1920-1924. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Financial reports, 1921. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Monthly reports, mainly of financial transactions (March-September), and monthly payroll statements (March-November). | |||||||||||
| Property inventories, 1914-1950. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Annual inventories of property, livestock, provisions, and furnishings, including their values. Some inventories include a list of residents and the number of days in residence during the year. Inventories for 1920-1921 and 1947 are missing. | |||||||||||
| Sketch map, circa 1915. 1 item in 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Showing the major structures on the farm. | |||||||||||
| Record of employees, 1894-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Individual payroll accounts. Also includes record of receipts from cash sales, 1897-1904 (pages 50-97); monthly payroll totals, 1900-1903 (pages 98-99); list of meat killed and consumed, 1895-1897 (page 100); and inmate accounts, 1903-1904 (pages 28-29). | |||||||||||
| 118.E.14.6F-1 | [Visitor register?], 1916-1919. 3 pages in 1 folder. | ||||||||||
| 129.G.12.1B-1 | Commissioner's record book, 1895-1905. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Indexed. | |||||||||||
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:
- Almshouses -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Meat -- Minnesota.
- Mentally ill -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Old age homes -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Older people -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- People with mental disabilities -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Poor -- Services for -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Organizations:
- Pine Point Nursing Home (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Payrolls.
- Functions:
- Inventorying.
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