AUDITOR:

An Inventory of Its General Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. State Auditor.
Title:General Files.
Dates:1907-1950s.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:General files, consisting of correspondence and related documents, mainly detailing the auditor's relations with other state agencies and departments and various local and federal government entities.
Quantity:20.0 cubic feet (20 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

Particularly large series exist with the state's highway, game and fish, and rural credit departments, Control Board, Treasurer, Legislature, and Printer, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Safety Council Water and Hunting Section.

Also included are financial statements (1942-1953), tax levies (1940s), War Veterans Relief Agency materials (1930s), certificates of indebtedness (1940s-1950s), letters supporting Bernie Bierman as All-Star Football Team head coach (1936), and WPA records (1940s).


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

The collection is organized into the following chronological sections; within each section, the materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.

1907-1929 (bulk 1913-1929)
1930-1939
1940-1950s


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Auditor. General Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: None

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704606


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/Collapse 1907-1929 (BULK 1913-1929)

Contents of these folders date from this time period, however, not all folders will contain material from all the years.


Location
111.A.16.4FAdjutant General.
Administration and Finance Department.
Advisory Commission of State Sanatorium for Consumptives.
Agriculture Department. 2 folders.
Auditor’s Office.
Banking Department.
Bemidji State Normal School.
Board of Armory Supervisors.
Control Board. 7 folders.
Dairy and Food Department.
Drainage Commission. 1 volume.
Drainage and Water Commissioner.
Location
111.A.16.5BEducation Department.
Entomologist.
Executive Department. 3 folders.
Fire Marshall.
Forestry Service.
Forestry and Fire Prevention Commissioner.
Game and Fish Department. 2 folders.
Health Department.
Highway Department. 7 folders.
Historical Society.
Immigration Department.
Location
111.A.16.6FIndustrial Commission.
Insurance Department. 3 folders.
Labor and Industry.
Lands and Minerals Department.
Law Examiners Board.
Legal Department, State.
Library.
Livestock Sanitary Board.
Mankato State Normal School.
Medical Examiners Board.
Moorhead State Normal School.
National Guard.
Nine-Foot Channel.
Oil Inspection Division.
Public Examiner.
Public Property Department. 2 folders.
Public Safety Department.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
Rural Credit Bureau.
St. Cloud State Normal School.
Securities Commission.
Location
111.A.16.7BSoldiers Bonus Board.
Soldiers Home.
Stallion Registration Board.
State Printer. 2 folders.
State Prison.
State Reformatory (St. Cloud).
State Reformatory for Women (Shakopee).
State Surveyor General for Logs and Lumber.
Superintendent of Timber: Hay Leases.
Supreme Court.
Tax Commission.
Treasurer. 3 folders.
U.S. Property and Disbursing Officer.
University of Minnesota. 6 folders and 3 volumes.
Location
111.A.16.8FWar Records Commission.
Weights and Measures Department.
Wolf Bounty Program. 1 folder and 1 volume.
Winona State Normal School.
Wolf Bounty Program. 1 folder and 1 volume.

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Location
111.A.16.8FAccountancy Board.
Adjutant General.
Administration Department. 2 folders.
Aeronautics Commission.
Agricultural Society/State Fair.
Agriculture Dairy and Food Department.
American Forestry Association.
Appropriations (Legislature).
Athletic Commission.
Attorney General. 4 folders.
Auditor’s Office.
Auditor’s Office: Authority.
Location
111.A.17.1BAuditor’s Office: Budget.
Auditor’s Office: Fidelity.
Banking Division.
Barbers Examiners Board.
Bemidji State Teachers College.
Bierman, Bernie (All-Star Football Team). 2 folders.
Big Bear, George (White Earth).
Board of Armory Supervisors.
Budget.
Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
Capitol Custodian.
Chiropody Examiners Board.
Chiropractors Board.
Community Chest.
Conservation Commission.
Conservation Department.
Control Board.
County Auditors.
County Auditors Association of Minnesota.
Criminal Apprehension Bureau.
Dairy and Food Department.
Dental Examiners Board.
Disabled American Veterans: Big Marine Rest Camp.
Drainage and Waters Division.
Duluth Teachers College.
Education Department. 2 folders.
Education Department: Special State High School Pupil Aid Program.
Electricity Board.
Employment and Security Division.
Faribault School for the Blind.
Fire Department Relief Associations.
Forestry Department. 3 folders.
Location
111.A.17.2FForestry Department. 1 folder.
Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Game and Fish Department. 3 folders.
Governor.
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association.
Hairdressing and Beauty Culture Examiners Board.
Health Board/Department.
Highway Department. 11 folders.
Location
111.A.17.3BHighway Department. 12 folders and 1 volume.
Location
111.A.17.4FHighway Department: Investigations. 4 folders.
Highway Department: Revolving Funds.
Highway Department: Right of Way Purchases.
Highway Department: Warrant Cases (Carl V. Johnson).
Historical Society.
Home School for Girls (Sauk Centre).
Income Tax Division.
Industrial Commission.
Insurance Division.
International Boundary Administration.
Labor Conciliation.
Ladies of the GAR.
Land Patents.
Law Examiners Board.
League of Minnesota Municipalities.
Legislative Emergency Committee.
Legislative Tax Commission of Investigation and Inquiry.
Legislature.
Liquor Control Commission.
Livestock Sanitary Board.
Mankato Teachers College.
Maps (Congressional Districts).
Medical Examiners Board.
Minneapolis Armory.
Minnesota Emergency Conservation Committee.
Minnesota Federation of County Fairs.
Minnesota Institute of Governmental Research.
Minnesota Power and Light Company.
Minnesota Rural Rehabilitation Corporation.
Minnesota State Fair.
Minnesota State Library.
Minnesota Poultry Associations.
Miscellaneous Commissions.
Moorhead Teachers College.
National Association of County Auditors.
National Forests.
Nursery and Apiary Inspection Division.
Location
111.A.17.5BNorthwest Angle.
Oil Inspection Division.
Operators Licenses.
Optometry Board.
Osteopathy Board.
Outdoor Advertising.
Parole Board.
Pay-Out Plan.
Pharmacy Board.
Planning Board.
Post Office.
Poultry Associations.
Poultry Improvement Board.
Prevention of Cruelty Society.
Public Examiner.
Public Institutions Division. 2 folders.
Quetico-Superior Council.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
Reformatory for Women (Shakopee).
Requests for Printed Matter.
Rural Credit Department. 4 folders.
St. Cloud Teachers College.
Salary Cut Plan (1933).
Scale Inspection.
Schools and Trust Funds (Discontinuance of Teachers Colleges 1933).
Secretary of State.
Securities Commission.
Senatorial Lists.
Social Security Department.
Social Welfare Division.
Soldiers Home Board.
Location
111.A.17.6FSoldiers Preference.
Spanish War Veterans Board.
Stallion Registration Board.
State Asylums.
State Capitol Credit Union.
State Emergency Relief. 3 folders.
State Hospitals.
State Memorial Parks.
State Monuments.
State Parks.
State Printer. 3 folders.
State Prison (Stillwater).
State Public School (Owatonna).
State Recreational Reserves.
State Reformatory (St. Cloud).
State Relief Agency: Disabled War Veterans Division. 2 folders.
State Sanatoriums.
State Teachers College Board.
State Testing Mill Commission.
State Waysides.
Superintendent of Timber.
Supreme Court.
Surveyor General.
Tax Levies.
Location
111.A.17.7BTax Department. 3 folders.
Taxation: County Tax Delinquency Questionnaire (1933).
Tourist Bureau.
Training School (Red Wing).
Treasurer. 2 folders.
Tri-State Waters Commission.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies. 3 folders.
University of Minnesota. 5 folders.
Location
111.A.17.8FUniversity of Minnesota. 4 folders.
Veterinary Examining Board.
Victory Printing Company.
War Veterans Relief Agency. 3 folders.
Includes Soldier Welfare Division and War Veterans Direct Relief material.
War Veterans Relief Agency: Letters Regarding Aid (1935-1936).
War Veterans Relief Agency Executive Council: Letters Sent (1935-1936). 2 volumes.
Location
111.A.18.1BWar Veterans Relief Agency Executive Council: Letters Sent (1935-1936). 1 volume.
Weights and Measures Department.
Winona Teachers College.
Works Progress Administration. 1 folder and 2 volumes.

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Location
111.A.18.1BAdjutant General.
Administration Department. 3 folders.
Aeronautics Commission.
Agricultural Societies.
Agriculture Dairy and Food Department.
Allen, Representative Claude H.
American Society for Public Administration.
Association of State Accounting Officers.
Athletic Commission.
Attorney General. 2 folders.
Auditor. 1 folder.
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111.A.18.2FAuditor. 1 folder.
Banking Department.
Bemidji State Teachers College.
Capitol Custodian.
Certificates of Indebtedness. 5 folders.
Chain Store Tax.
Civil Service.
Civilian Defense Office.
Community Chest.
Conciliation Division.
Conservation Department. 4 folders.
County Agricultural Associations.
County Auditors Association.
Criminal Apprehension Bureau.
Defense: Civilian/Military.
Dental Examiners Board.
District Judges.
Duluth Teachers College.
Education Department.
Education Department: State Teachers Colleges.
Emergency Conservation Committee.
Examining Boards.
Financial Statements, 1942-1943. 2 folders.
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111.A.18.3BFinancial Statements, 1944-1953. 7 folders.
Forest Industries Information Committee.
Forestry Department. 3 folders.
Game and Fish Department.
GAR (Ladies).
Governor.
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association.
Group Insurance.
Hairdressing and Beauty Culture Examiners Board.
Health Department.
Highway Department. 4 folders.
Location
111.A.18.4FHighway Department. 4 folders.
Highway Department: Proposed Return of Gasoline Tax to Counties.
Highway Department: Stock Certificates.
Historical Society.
Horticultural Society.
Industrial Commission.
Inheritance Tax.
Insurance Division.
Izaak Walton League.
Labor and Industry Department.
Lands and Minerals Department.
League of Minnesota Municipalities.
Legislative Advisory Committee.
Legislative Emergency Committee.
Legislative Interim Commission.
Legislature. 6 folders.
Location
111.A.18.5BLegislature. 3 folders.
Lieutenant Governor.
Liquor Control Commission.
Livestock Sanitary Board.
Mankato Teachers College.
Memorial Day Association.
Minnesota Federation of County Fairs.
Minnesota Power and Light Company.
Minnesota Resources Commission.
Minnesota Safety Council: Water and Hunting Section. 5 folders.
Minnesota Soldiers Home.
Minnesota State Employees Local Union No. 10.
Minnesota State Fair.
Minnesota State Poultry Association.
Minnesota Tax Conference.
Minnesota Tax Payers Association.
Moorhead Teachers College.
Mortgage Registration Order.
Municipal Finance Officers Association.
National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers. 2 folders.
Natural Resources Planning Board.
Office Inventory.
Office of Price Administration.
Office Procedures.
Peterson, Hjalmer.
Post Office.
Poultry Associations.
Prevention of Cruelty Society.
Public Examiner.
Public Institutions. 2 folders.
Public Relief Advisory Committee.
Location
111.A.18.6FPurchases Division.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
Renville Star Farmer.
Reorganization Act (1939), Department Whitewashes, etc.
Revisor of Statutes.
Rogers-Brown Ore Company Escrow Account.
Includes papers dating from the 1920s forward.
Rural Credit Department. 2 folders.
St. Cloud Teachers College.
Secretary of State.
Sheriffs.
Social Security Board.
Social Security Department. 2 folders.
Social Welfare Division.
Soldiers Home Board.
Soldiers Welfare Department.
Spanish War Veterans Board.
State Asylums.
State Capitol Credit Union.
State Employee Marching Club.
State Parks Division.
State Prison.
State Reformatory.
State Teachers College Board.
State Testing Mill Commission.
Taxation Department. 3 folders.
Tax Levies. 3 folders.
Location
111.B.9.13BTax Levies. 3 folders.
Tourist Bureau.
Treasurer.
Trunk Highway Reimbursement Bond.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies.
University of Minnesota. 2 folders.
Vessel Tonnage Tax.
Veterans Affairs Department.
Victory Printing Company.
Victory Tax Correspondence and Work Sheets.
War Emergency Manpower Agency.
Winona Teachers College.
Works Progress Administration.
Works Progress Administration: WPA Project No. 9100-44, Establishing a Record Indexing and Filing System in Auditor’s Office.
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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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.
Hunting -- Safety measures.
Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Minnesota.
Local finance -- Minnesota.
State-local relations -- Minnesota.
Taxation -- Minnesota.
Veterans -- Services for -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Bierman, Bernie, 1894-1977.
Organizations:
Disabled War Veterans Relief Agency (Minn.).
Minnesota Safety Council.
Minnesota. Department of Highways.
Minnesota. State Board of Control.
Minnesota. Game and Fish Department.
Minnesota. Legislature.
Minnesota. Department of Rural Credit.
Minnesota. Printing Commission.
Minnesota. Treasurer's Office.
United States. Work Projects Administration.
University of Minnesota.

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