WAR RECORDS COMMISSION:

An Inventory of Its Correspondence at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota War Records Commission.
	Title:	Correspondence.
	Dates:	1918-1929.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence relating to the commission's establishment and the organization and operation of county war records committees. Also clippings from local newspapers relating to the commission's work; correspondence with other states' war history organizations; general correspondence relating primarily to the collection of records and the compilation of the commission's publications; and related reports.
	Quantity:	4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota War Records Commission. Correspondence. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: None

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704143

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
103.L.12.1B		Correspondence and Materials Relating to the Commission’s Establishment, 1918. 1 folder.


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103.K.7.2F	Counties:
		Aitkin-Otter Tail. 59 folders.
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103.K.7.3B		Pope-Yellow Medicine. 37 folders.


	Other States and Countries:
		Arkansas-Idaho. 4 folders.
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103.K.7.4F		Illinois-Wyoming. 27 folders.


	Minnesota Historical Society, War Records Division, General Correspondence:
		A-Z, 1918-1925. 20 folders.
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103.K.7.5B		A-Z, 1925-1929. 3 folders.


		Applications (for Employment), 1919-1922.


		Articles on Activities of War Records Commission.


		Budget Estimates Submitted to Governor, 1921-1925.


		Calendar of Records Received, 1920.


		Circular Letter for Use Outside of State and Notes on State War Records Agencies.


		Copy for Minnesota in the War, 1918.


		Correspondence on Material Collected on World War, 1920-1928.


		Correspondence: County Histories, 1923.


		Correspondence Regarding Publication of St. Paul and Ramsey County in the War of 1917-1918.


		County Chairmen Conference, September 3, 1919.


		County Organization, 1919-1920.


		County War Histories, Lists, Letters, 1920.


		Executive Committee, 1919.


		Field Agent: Letters, Reports, 1919.


		Field Agent: Correspondence, 1919-1920.


		Index to [General] Correspondence.


		Legislation, 1919.


		Legislature, 1921-1923.


		Legislature, 1925.


		Minnesota History Bulletin, Notes Prepared for, 1919-1923.


		Miscellaneous Outlines, Statements, etc.


		Miscellaneous Press Items, 1918-1921.


		Miscellaneous Publicity. 2 folders.


		National Association of State War History Organizations Correspondence, 1919-1925.


		National Association of State War History Organizations, Literature, Lists, Miscellany.


		Newspaper Notes, circa 1921.


		Plans and Estimates, State Roster and History, circa 1921.


		Press Bulletins, 1918-1920.


		Public Examiner's Reports, 1923-1925.


		Reports, Budgets, Circulars, Plans, 1918-1920.
			Mainly newsletters to counties and budget materials.


		Report on Indexing/Calendaring of Editorials and News in Minnesota Newspapers, 1917.


		War History Promotion, 1925.


		War Record Collection, Field Agent, 1917.

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:: World War, 1914-1918 -- Minnesota -- History.

Document Types:: Clippings (information artifacts).

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