AUDITOR:
An Inventory of Its Correspondence at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. State Auditor. | |
| Title: | Correspondence. | |
| Dates: | 1858-1942. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Letters sent and received by the Auditor's Office documenting all activities of the office, particularly through its duties to superintend and manage the fiscal concerns of the state as required by law; general supervision of all lands owned by the state, or in which the state is interested as trustee or otherwise, and of the leasing, sale, or other disposition thereof; execution on behalf of the state assignments and satisfactions of judgments rendered in its favor; examination and adjustment of every demand directed by law to be paid out of the state treasury; and annual cancellation and issuance of warrants. | |
| Quantity: | 83.25 cubic feet (84 boxes and 1 partial box) | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is organized into the following sections:
| Letters Received, 1877-1912 | ||
| Letters Sent, 1858-1942 | ||
| General Correspondence, 1889-1942 | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Auditor. Correspondence. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 2000-84
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001704572
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
LETTERS RECEIVED, 1877-1912
| 115.L.17.8F | 1877-1879 (bulk 1878). 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Letters from county auditors, attorneys, real estate agents, and citizens to the State Auditor, O. P. Whitcomb, regarding the selling, appraisal, inspection, and private use of school lands and various classifications of state property; improvements to state owned lands; and the deferment of land payments and interest due to the grasshopper plague. Also included are requests for property tax reimbursements; questions of land ownership; surveyors’ offers of service; and questions regarding the taxation of church lands and the new tax law of 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.18.7B | 1879-1896. 12 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Letters received mainly by W. W. Braden (1882-1891) and Adolph Biermann (1881-1895) as state auditors and land commissioners, and by deputy auditor E. E. Biermann. There are also some handwritten copies of Auditor’s Office outgoing letters. | |||||||||||||
| Each volume appears to contain letters arranged in a very loose alphabetical sequence by names of correspondents (persons and organizations) and counties (usually sent by the county auditor). Volume numbers not listed may either be missing or may be found in other sets of Auditor’s Office letters housed in subordinate departments or agencies. | |||||||||||||
| Book 4, A-Y, 1879-1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 8, A-W, circa January 1883-February 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 10, A-Y, circa November 1883-August 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 11, A-W, circa July 1884-July 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 12, A-W, 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 15, A-C, 1886-1893. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 16, H-J, 1886-1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.18.8F | Book 17, M, 1886-1894. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Book 18, A-B, 1886-1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 19, B-Y, 1886-1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 20, A-W (bulk K-L), 1886-1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book 21, K-O (bulk K-L), 1886-1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.1B | 1890-1912 | ||||||||||||
| All volumes contain indexes. | |||||||||||||
| No. 26, 1890-1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 29, 1891-1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 30, A-Z, June 1891-April 1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 39, 1895-1899. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 40, A-Y, 1896-July 1897. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 43, 1896-1899. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 46, A-Y, February 1898-August 1899. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 50, A-Z, April-December 1900. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.2F | No. 51, A-Y, June-December 1901. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| No. 53, A-Y, March-December 1902. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 55, C-Y, June 1903-1904. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 56-57, A-Z, 1905. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 58-59, A-Y, 1906. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.3B | No. 60, 1906-1907. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| No. 61, A-Z, 1907-1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
LETTERS SENT, 1858-1942
All volumes contain indexes.
| 111.A.10.7B | No. 1, 1858-1870. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| No. 1A, 1861-1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 2, 1874-1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 3, March-October 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 5-8, 1880-May 1984. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.10.8F | Nos. 13-14, 1886-1887. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 22-28, 1888-1892. 6 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.1B | Nos. 31-37, 1892-1895. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.2F | No. 38, 1895-1896. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 41-42, 1896-1898. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 44-45, 1897-1898. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.3B | Nos. 47-49, 1898-1900. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| No. 52, 1901-1902. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 54, 1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 64, 1910-1911. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.4F | No. 65, 1911-1912. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| No. 70, 1913-1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 75, 1914-1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 6, Miscellaneous letters, January 1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.6F | Nos. 90-94, February-June 1915. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.7B | Nos. 95-100, July-December 1915. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.11.8F | Nos. 115-120, January-June 1916. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.1B | Nos. 121-125, July-November 1916. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.2F | No. 126, December 1916. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 140-142, January-March 1917. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.3B | Nos. 143-147, April-August 1917. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.4F | Nos. 148-151, September-December 1917. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 162-163, January-February 1918. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.5B | Nos. 164-170, March-September 1918. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.6F | Nos. 171-173, October-December 1918. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 191-195, January-May 1919. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.7B | Nos. 196-202, June-December 1919. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.12.8F | Nos. 214-223, January-October 1920. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.2B | Nos. 224-225, November-December 1920. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 230-232, January-March 1921. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 236-240, July-November 1921. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.2F | No. 241, December 1921. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 247-254, January-August 1922. 8 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.3B | Nos. 255-258, September-December 1922. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos.262-267, January-June 1923. 6 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.4F | Nos. 268-273, July-December 1923. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 277-281, January-May 1924. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.5B | Nos. 282-288, June-December 1924. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 290-292, January-March 1925. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.6F | Nos. 293-302, April 1925-January 1926. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.7B | Nos. 303-312, February-December 1926. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.13.8F | Nos. 313-322, January-October 1927. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.1B | Nos. 323-324, November-December 1927. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 335-339, January-May 1928. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.2F | Nos. 340-346, June-December 1928. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 358-361, January-April 1929. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.3B | Nos. 362-366, May-September 1929. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 368-369, November-December 1929. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 372-374, January-March 1930. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.4F | Nos. 375-383, April-December 1930. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.5B | Nos. 386-393, January-August 1931. 8 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.6F | Nos. 394-397, September-December 1931. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 399-402, January-April 1932. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.7B | Nos. 403-410, May-December 1932. 8 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.14.8F | Nos. 411-417, January-July 1933. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.1B | Nos. 418-426, August 1933-April 1934. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.2F | Nos. 427-434, May-December 1934. 8 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.3B | Nos. 435-442, January-August 1935. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.4F | Nos. 443-451, September 1935-May 1936. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.5B | Nos. 452-460, June 1936-February 1937. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.6F | Nos. 461-469, March-November 1937. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.7B | Nos. 470-479, December 1937-September 1938. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.15.8F | October-December 1938. 3 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 482-485, January-April 1939. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| May-June 1939. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.16.1B | July 1939-March 1940. 9 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.16.2F | April 1940-January 1941. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.16.3B | February-November 1941. 10 volumes. | ||||||||||||
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1889-1942
All volumes contain indexes.
| 111.A.19.3B | 1909-1936: | ||||||||||||
| No. 62, 1909. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| No. 63, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| A-H, 1912. Missing. | |||||||||||||
| No. 66, I-Z, 1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 67-68, A-N, 1913. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.4F | No. 69, O-Z, 1913 . 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 71-75, A-Z, 1914. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| No. 76, A, 1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.5B | Nos. 77-82, B-L, 1915. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.6F | Nos. 83-89, M-Z, 1915. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.7B | Nos. 101-106, A-K, 1916. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.19.8F | Nos. 107-114, L-Z, 1916. 8 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.1B | Nos. 127-132, A-K, 1917. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.2F | Nos. 133-138, L-V, 1917. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.3B | No. 139, W-Z, 1917. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 152-156, A-K, 1918. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.4F | Nos. 157-161, L-Z, 1918. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 174-175, A-B, 1919. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.5B | Nos. 176-182, C-L, 1919. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.6F | Nos. 183-189, M-W, 1919. 7 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.7B | No. 190, W-Z, 1919. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| No. 204, 1919-1920. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 205-209, A-K, 1920. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.20.8F | No. 210-213, L-Z, 1920. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| No. 226, A-L, 1921. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.1B | No. 227, M-N, 1921. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| O-Z, 1921. Missing. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 242-246, A-W, 1922. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 259-260, A-R, 1923. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.2F | No. 261, S-Z, 1923. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 274-276, A-Y, 1924. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| No. 289, A-Z, 1925-1927. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 323-326, A-C, 1928. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.3B | Nos. 327-331, D-R, 1928. 5 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| S, 1928. Missing. | |||||||||||||
| No. 333, T-V, 1928. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.4F | No. 334, W-Z, 1928. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 347-351, A-I, 1929. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.5B | Nos. 352-357, J-Z, 1929. 6 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.6F | Nos. 370-371, A-Z, 1930. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 384-385, A-Z, 1931. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| No. 398, A-Z, 1932. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 458 ½, January 10, 1902-March 16, 1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.1B | A-Z, 1889-1914. 24 folders. | ||||||||||||
| SNURES Letters, 1918-1919. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence drafted by an office employee named Snures; indexed. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.8F | Miscellaneous Letters: | ||||||||||||
| No. 1, 1917-1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to state mining exhibits, state fairs, mining congresses, development associations, county fairs, and other exhibits. | |||||||||||||
| No. 2, 1928-1930. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to fairs. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.2F | Alphabetical letters, 1921-1924. | ||||||||||||
| A-Do. 19 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.3B | Du-Hh. 18 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.4F | Hoa-M, Th-Wd. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.5B | We-Z. 6 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.5B | Alphabetical letters, 1923-1925. | ||||||||||||
| H-P. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.6F | P-V. 17 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.7B | W. 2 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.7B | Alphabetical letters, 1925-1927. | ||||||||||||
| A-C. 14 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.10.8F | C-H. 18 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.4F | H-O. 19 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.5B | T-Z. 8 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.5B | Alphabetical letters, 1940-1941. | ||||||||||||
| A-F. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.6F | F-R. 22 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.7B | S-Z. 11 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.7B | Alphabetical letters, 1942. | ||||||||||||
| A-H. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.11.8F | I-Z. 15 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.10F | Book Nos. 1-12, 1913-1935: | ||||||||||||
| All volumes contain indexes. | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 1, Comptroller, 1923-1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 2, Miscellaneous, 1918-1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains: Dairy and Food, Timber Department, Drainage Commission, Education Department, Executive Department, Forest Fire Relief, Forest Service, Game and Fish, Hotel Department, Immigration Commission, Insurance Commission, Board of Investment, and Livestock Sanitary Board. | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 3, 1915-1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains: Highway (1923-1934), Board of Health (1924), Public Examiner (1915-1935), and Railroad and Warehouse Commission (1919-1922). | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 4, 1915-1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains: Relief for Burned Schools (1919), Shakopee and St. Cloud Reformatories (1919-1923), Secretary of Commerce (1919-1924), and State Treasurer (1918-1924). | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 5, 1913-1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains: Education (1913, 1915-1923), Forestry (1913-1923), and State Board of Immigration (1914-1923). | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 6, Agriculture, 1913-1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 7, State Legal Department, 1917-1925. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 111.B.9.11B | Book No. 8, Department of Banking, 1914-1921. 1 volume. | ||||||||||||
| Book No. 9, Public Examiner, 1916-1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book No. 10, Board of Health, 1913-1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Book Nos. 11-12, University of Minnesota, 1913-1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Index is in Book No. 11. | |||||||||||||
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:
- Finance, Public -- Minnesota.
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota.
- Public land sales -- Minnesota.
- Public lands -- Minnesota.
- Taxation -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Biermann, Adolph E.
- Biermann, E. E.
- Braden, W. W.
- Whitcomb, O. P. (Orlan Pliny), 1831-1898.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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