NORMAN COUNTY: SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS:
An Inventory of Its Superintendent's Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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Norman County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools.
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| Title: | Superintendent's Records. |
| Dates: | 1882-1970. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Superintendent's records (1900-1955), with officer, teacher, and applicant lists; state aid record (1927); Teachers Reading Circle record (1912-1917); district (1950s) and teacher (1910s-1940s) record cards; state high school board examinations of student Olga Flom (1910-1912); teacher's annual (1949-1970) and term (1958-1959) reports; record of teacher's examinations (1882-1901) and eighth grade candidates (1909-1914); school census (1914-1970); and subject files (1913-1967). |
| Quantity: | 8.65 cubic feet (7 boxes and 5 partial boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
The subject files include minutes, correspondence, and reports of the Norman County School Survey Committee (1947-1961), lists of Norman and Mahnomen county school officers (1931-1932, 1958-1967), reorganization and consolidation files involving both Norman and Mahnomen county school districts (1913-1963), and a file on the district's on-farm veterans training program (1958-1961).
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Norman County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools. Superintendent's Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 982-159; 991-192; 995-30; 997-116; 2005-18
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001732851
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 105.H.3.8F-2 | | Superintendents’ records, No. 3, 1904-1905. 1 volume. |
| | | Includes register of school officers (1903-1935), record of teachers examinations (1909-1920), and register of applicants for schools (1908?-1910). |
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| 114.I.8.5B-1 | | State aid record, 1927. 1 volume. |
| | | Includes information on school facilities, library facilities, and curriculum. |
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| | Teachers Reading Circle Certificate Record No. 1, 1912-1917. 1 volume. |
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| 115.I.18.11B | | District record cards, 1950s. |
| | | Includes officer lists, student cards, and teacher record cards for District Nos. 1317-1320. |
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| | Teacher record cards, 1910s–1940s. |
| | | O-Y, 1920s–1930s. |
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| 115.I.18.12F | | | A-A, 1910s–1940s. |
| | | Teacher pension cards, A-Z, 1912–1930s. |
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| 115.I.18.13B | | Teacher’s annual reports, 1949-1970. |
| | | Annual reports of teachers (in common schools) and of superintendents (in independent districts) to county superintendent. |
| | | 1949-1950, 1953-1963. |
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| 115.I.18.14F | | | 1964-1970. 7 folders. |
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| | Teachers’ final term reports, 1958-1959. 2 folders. |
| | | School District No. 1318, 1958; School District No. 1319, 1959. |
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| | Record of examination of candidates for teachers, 1882-1901. 1 volume. |
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| | Superintendent’s records, 1900-1955. 1 volume. |
| | | Includes register of school officers and post office addresses, 1900-1905; record of teachers employed, 1930-1955; record of examinations of candidates for teachers, 1901-undated; schools in need of teachers and applicants for schools, 1901-1904. |
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| | State High School Board examinations of student Olga Flom, 1910-1912. |
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| | Miscellaneous papers, circa 1950. |
| | | Includes blank copies of each: pupil progress report, teacher’s report to parents, and various achievement awards. |
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| | Newspaper clipping of 1948 highlights in Norman County, 1948. |
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| | Subject files, 1913-1967. |
| | | School Survey Committee minutes, 1947-1961. |
| | | School Survey Committee correspondence, 1947-1951. |
| | | School Survey Committee Tentative and Final Reports, 1948. 2 volumes. |
| | | County school officers of Mahnomen and Norman counties, 1931-1932, 1958-1967. |
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| 115.I.18.14F | | | Consolidation files, 1913-1963. 14 folders. |
| | | | Ada, 1949. |
| | | | Borup, 1949-1957. |
| | | | Fertile, 1949-1950. |
| | | | Gary, 1949-1953. |
| | | | Halstad, 1949. |
| | | | Hendrum, 1913-1914, 1947-1956. |
| | | | Twin Valley, 1949-1953. |
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| 128.I.5.10F | | | | District No. 13, 1954. |
| | | | District Nos. 1317, 1318, 1954-1963. |
| | | | District No. 1319, 1962. |
| | | | District No. 1320, 1960. |
| | | | Consolidations with Mahnomen County, 1949-1960. |
| | | | Rural Schools in Norman County before Consolidation, Compiled from Records Dated July 26, 1941. |
| | | | | Includes township, district number, name of school, date organized, legal description of school’s location, and notes. |
| | | | Reorganization and consolidation, 1949-1958. 2 folders. |
| | | | | Includes orders, correspondence, petitions, plats, maps, and related materials. |
| | | Institutional On-Farm Veterans Training Program termination file, 1958-1961. |
| | | | Includes historical data on the program. |
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| 118.E.14.5B-2 | | Record of Institute Attendance Eight[h] Grade Candidates Improvements, 1909-1914. |
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| 128.I.5.10F | | School census, 1914-1970. |
| | | Missing 1915-1916; arranged in chronological order by year, thereunder in numerical order by school district number. |
| | | 1914, 1917-1927. |
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| 128.I.5.11B | | | 1928–1940 (District Nos. 2-74). |
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| 128.I.5.12F | | | 1940 (District Nos. 75-105)–1948. |
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| 128.I.5.13B | | | 1949-1970. |
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:
- Education -- Curricula. -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- Government aid to education -- Minnesota.
- High schools -- Minnesota -- Norman County -- Examinations.
- School census -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- School districts -- Officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Norman County -- Registers.
- School districts -- Officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Mahnomen County -- Registers.
- School facilities -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- School libraries -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- Schools -- Centralization -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- Schools -- Centralization -- Minnesota -- Mahnomen County.
- Student records -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- Students -- Minnesota -- Norman County -- Registers.
- Teachers -- Minnesota -- Norman County -- Registers.
- Teachers -- Education -- Minnesota.
- Veterans -- Training of -- Minnesota -- Norman County.
- Organizations:
- Norman County School Survey Committee.
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