HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Bulletins at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Human Services. | |
Title: | Bulletins. | |
Dates: | 1937-2001, 2006-2019. | |
Language: | Materials in English. | |
Abstract: | Circular letters and bulletins (often called Commissioner's Bulletins) issued by the Human Services Department (October 1984-2001, 2006-2019) and its predecessors, the State Relief Agency and Social Security Department's Social Welfare Division (1937-May 1953) and the Public Welfare Department (May 1953-October 1984). | |
Quantity: | 22.75 cubic feet (23 boxes) and 617 digital files (145.0 MB). | |
Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
They cover statutes, regulations, and operating procedures that affected services and programs administered by the department and the counties, particularly those involving administrative services, finances, personnel, information systems, and various aid programs, especially those dealing with children, disabled, aged, mentally ill, and chemically dependent.
Some files in the 1930s relate to the Civilian Conservation Corps and some in the 1940s deal with servicemen's dependents, veterans, and enemy aliens.
ARRANGEMENT
Arranged chronologically.
Many of the years contain a chronological listing of the circulars/bulletins, noting issue dates and topical titles. They are usually filed at the beginning or middle of the pertinent year. Digital files also include a chronologically listed inventory.
These documents are organized into the following sections:
State Relief Agency/Social Security Department | ||
Public Welfare Department | ||
Human Services Department |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Human Services. Bulletins. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the compressed files are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 984-91; 989-30; 2001-62; 2007-1; 2013-68; 2015-12; 2017-14; 2019-11; 2024-14
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017034810104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
STATE RELIEF AGENCY/SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Mainly circulars sent by the State Relief Agency and the Social Security Department’s Division of Social Welfare.
127.K.18.12F | 1937-1938. 5 folders. |
1938. | |||||||||||||
Organized into the following sections: Letters-Mr. Lundberg, Letters-E. F. Sklenar, CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] letters, Miscellaneous CCC, Miscellaneous, H. J. Auferheide, K. A. Lundberg, E. F. Sklenar, and Memorandums. |
1939-August 1943. 16 folders. |
127.K.18.13B | August-December 1943. 2 folders. |
1942-1943. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Organized by aid category: administrative services, director, audits and finance, medical, personnel, public assistant, aid to blind, ADC [aid to dependent children], child welfare, servicemen’s dependents’ allowances, enemy aliens, general relief, manpower, OAA [old age assistance], and VR [veterans’ relief]. These may duplicate those in the chronological files. |
1944-1945. 4 folders. |
1943-1945. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
Organized by aid category: social services, aid to blind, ADC, child welfare, general relief and OAA. These may duplicate those in the chronological files. |
1946-1952. 13 folders. |
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
On May 15, 1953, the Department of Public Welfare superseded the social welfare and public institutions divisions of the Social Welfare Department.
127.K.18.14F | 1953-1965. 22 folders. |
127.K.19.1B | 1966-1971. 20 folders. |
127.K.19.2F | 1972-1973. 14 folders. |
1974: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Chronological. | |||||||||||||
Policy Bulletins, Nos. 74-1 – 74-106. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 100. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 1-21. |
1975: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 1-112. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 83 and 109. | |||||||||||||
115.H.18.9B | Policy Bulletins, Nos. 1-131. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
Missing No. 74. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 1-58. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 6, 11, 45 and 48. |
1976: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 76-1 – 76-130. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 4, 13, 20 and 33. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 76-1 – 76-46. | |||||||||||||
Policy Bulletins, Nos. 76-1 – 76-131. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 47-85. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 76-1- 76-42. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 10. |
1977: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 77-1 – 77-113. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 13 and 54. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 77-1 – 77-94. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 27 and 58. | |||||||||||||
Policy Bulletins, Nos. 77-1 – 77-2; Request Bulletins, Nos. 77-1- 77-30. | |||||||||||||
Missing Request Bulletin No. 12. |
1978: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 78-1 – 78-99. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
115.H.18.10F | Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 78-1 – 78-88. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
Missing No. 84. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 78-1 - 78-37. |
1979: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 79-1 – 79-110. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 41. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 79-1 – 79-104. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 68 and 84-103. | |||||||||||||
Policy Bulletins, Nos. 79-1. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 79-1- 79-55. 2 folders. |
1980: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 80-1 – 80-134. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 89, 104, and 113. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 80-1 – 80-73. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 63, 67, and 71. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 80-1- 80-45. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 35. |
115.H.19.1B | 1981: | ||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 81-1 – 81-108. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 34, 54, 81, and 86. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 81-1 – 81-94. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 40. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 81-1- 81-35. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 11 and 29. |
1982: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 82-1 – 82-111. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 51, 74, and 93. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 82-1 – 82-109. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 58, 77, and 104. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 82-1- 82-36. |
1983: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 83-1 – 83-98. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 73. | |||||||||||||
115.H.19.2F | Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 83-1 – 83-115. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
Missing No. 1. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 83-1 - 83-44. |
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
In October 1984, the Department of Human Services superseded the Department of Public Welfare. From 1985 to June 1995 there are three sets of bulletins—informational (white paper), instructional (green paper), and request (salmon paper). In July 1995, the department went to one set of bulletins with one numbering system. For example, a bulletin numbered 95-85-4 stood for 1995 (year of issue), 85 (category of bulletin, in this case general information) and 4 (the fourth general information bulletin issued in 1995). The bulletins deal with all aspects of the department’s work--from food stamps (category 1) to the Minnesota Family Investment Program (category 7), health care programs (category 21), MinnesotaCare (category 23), finance and management operations (category 32), and children’s services (category 68). There is no index listing the various categories of bulletins. Also, the bulletins do not appear to be complete.
115.H.19.2F | 1984: | ||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 84-1 – 84-115. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing No. 89. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 84-1 – 84-109. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 18 and 57. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 84-1- 84-45. | |||||||||||||
Missing Nos. 19, 38 and 40. |
1985: | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 85-1 – 85-4 and 85-6 - 85-117. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
116.K.11B | Instructional Bulletins. Nos. 85-l – 85-146. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
Missing No. 48. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 85-1 – 85-46. |
1986: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 1A – 90D. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 86-1 – 86-125A. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 86-1 – 86-90B. 2 folders. |
1987: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 67B. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
116.K.6.12F | Informational Bulletins, Nos. 87-68A - 87-90D. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 89A. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 87-1A - 88A. 2 folders. |
1988: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 90A. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 68G. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
141.B.20.6F | Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 68H-78A. 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 2A - 90A. 3 folders. |
1989: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 3A - 90C. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 77A. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 90A. 4 folders. |
1990: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 32L. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
141.B.20.7B | Informational Bulletins, Nos. 40A - 90G. 5 folders. | ||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 77B. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 90A. 4 folders. |
1991: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 4A - 69D. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
141.B.20.8F | Informational Bulletins, Nos. 69E - 76A. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 77B. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 8A - 99B. 4 folders. |
1992: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 3A - 90D. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
141.B.20.9B | Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 53B. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
116.E.3.8F | Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 57A - 77B. 3 folders. | ||||||||||||
141.B.20.9B | Request Bulletins, Nos. 8A - 90B. 3 folders. |
1993: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 2A - 90D. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 85A. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 7A - 90A. 3 folders. |
116.K.6.13B | 1994: | ||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 8A - 90D. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 89A. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletins, Nos. 8A - 90A. 2 folders. |
1995: | |||||||||||||
Informational Bulletins, Nos. 2A - 90B. | |||||||||||||
Instructional Bulletins, Nos. 1A - 75B. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
Request Bulletin, No. 95-8C. | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list, January 1 - July 31, 1995. | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, [new format], Nos. 95-1-1 - 95-90-5, July-December. 5 folders. |
116.K.6.14F | 1996: | ||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 96-1-1 - 96-90-6. 10 folders. |
1997: | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 97-1-1 - 97-86-1. 9 folders. |
116.K.7.1B | 1998: | ||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 98-1-1 - 98-89-1. 7 folders. |
1999: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 99-1-1 - 99-77-1. 9 folders. |
2000: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 00-1-1 - 00-25-10. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
116.K.7.2F | Bulletins, Nos. 00-25-11 – 00-89-3. 5 folders. |
2001: | |||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 01-01-02 – 1-89-01. 9 folders. |
116.K.7.2F | 2009: | ||||||||||||
Bulletin list. | |||||||||||||
Bulletins, Nos. 09-01-01 – 09-32-11. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
116.E.3.8F | Bulletins, Nos. 09-32-12 – 09-77-03. 5 folders. |
2010: | |||||||||||||
Bulletins Nos. 10-01-01 - 10-77-02. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
Bulletin No. 10-77-01. |
116.E.1.10F | 2011. Bulletins Nos. 11-01-01 - 11-89-01. 5 folders. |
2012. Bulletins Nos. 12-01-01 - 12-77-02. 3 folders. |
2013. Bulletins Nos. 13-01-01 - 13-89-01. 3 folders. |
116.C.1.2F | 2014. 2 folders. |
2015. |
2016. |
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:
- Aliens -- Minnesota.
- Child welfare -- Minnesota.
- Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Minnesota.
- Human services -- Minnesota -- Management.
- Information storage and retrieval systems -- Social service.
- Mental health services -- Minnesota.
- Military pensions -- Minnesota.
- Old age assistance -- Minnesota.
- People with disabilities -- Services for -- Minnesota.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Finance.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota.
- Public welfare administration -- Minnesota.
- Survivors' benefits -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Department of Public Welfare.
- Minnesota. State Relief Agency.
- Minnesota. Department of Social Security.