LE SUEUR COUNTY: SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS:
An Inventory of Its Consolidation Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Le Sueur County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools. | |
| Title: | Consolidation Records. | |
| Dates: | circa 1880s-1965. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Commissioner's school district record, documenting formation of new districts (1895-1900); school district plat record (circa 1880s); Le Sueur County School Survey Committee minutes, reports, and related records (1948-1959); financial aid records (1960); and consolidation files (1919, 1929-1965). The latter include petitions, plats, applications, orders of consolidation, hearing notices, and correspondence documenting assorted consolidations involving school districts in Le Sueur and adjoining counties, particularly those located in Cleveland, New Prague, Le Center, Waterville, and Elysian. Also six pupil record cards from district numbers 8, 38, and 40 (1930-1934). | |
| Quantity: | 1.1 cubic feet (2 partial boxes; 1 volume, shelved loose). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Le Sueur County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools. Consolidation Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 993-104; 2001-20
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001730140
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 126.E.11.1B-1 | Commissioner’s school district record, 1895-1906. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Notes the setting off of a legal voter from one district to another (1895-1906) and the forming of new school districts (1895-1900). | |||||||||||
| 105.J.4.1 | School district plat record, circa 1880s. 1 volume, shelved loose. | ||||||||||
| Notes the township, range, and section numbers for each district. | |||||||||||
| 117.G.11.2F | Le Sueur County School Survey Committee, 1948-1959. 3 folders. | ||||||||||
| Minutes, with supporting documentation (1948-1955), tentative (September 1, 1948) and final (November 1, 1948) reports, and miscellaneous records (1953-1959). The latter include minutes of a January 1955 meeting concerning the Cleveland and Waterville high schools, materials relating to the New Prague High School (1957-1958), a report “To Reorganize or Not to Reorganize—That is the Question” (1958), and a list of county school district officers (1959). | |||||||||||
| Financial aid, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Documentation of various state aid funds allocated to Le Sueur County in 1960. | |||||||||||
| Consolidation files, 1919, 1929-1965. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Petitions, plats, applications, orders of consolidation, hearing notices, correspondence, and related materials documenting assorted consolidations involving school districts in Le Sueur and adjoining counties. | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Area School, 1946, 1956. | |||||||||||
| Documents the initial April 1946 consolidation of Le Sueur County School Districts No. 2, No. 5, No. 15, No. 69, and No. 83 into Le Sueur County Consolidated School District No. 2, Cleveland (later Independent School District No. 391), and a denied 1956 proposal to move part of that area to Joint Independent Consolidated School District No. 112 of Le Sueur, Sibley, and Nicollet counties. | |||||||||||
| School District No. 32, Derrynane Township, 1944-1956. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Details the 1956 consolidation of Le Sueur County School District No. 32 into Joint Independent School District No. 73 of Scott and Le Sueur counties, New Prague (later Independent School District No. 721). Also school censuses for 1944-1955. | |||||||||||
| New Prague Area School, 1948, 1954-1958. | |||||||||||
| Records of various proposed consolidations into Joint Independent School District No. 73 of Scott and Le Sueur counties, New Prague (later Independent School District No. 721), including those involving Le Sueur County School Districts No. 45 and No. 61 and Common School District No. 948. | |||||||||||
| Montgomery, 1919, 1946-1954. | |||||||||||
| Concerns a number of proposals from various districts to consolidate with Le Sueur County Independent School District No. 92 (later Independent School District No. 394). Includes one 1919 census sheet from the Sherman School in Montgomery. | |||||||||||
| Scott County School District No. 55, Blakely Township, 1951-1956. | |||||||||||
| Documents the January 1954 consolidation of Scott County School District No. 55 into Joint Independent Consolidated School District No. 112 of Le Sueur, Sibley and Nicollet counties, Le Sueur (later Independent School District No. 393), and attempts to consolidated portions of No. 55 into other districts. | |||||||||||
| Le Center consolidation, 1959-1960, 1964-1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Covers the consolidations of Common School Districts No. 935, No. 955, and No. 962 (July 1, 1960) and No. 924, No. 925, No. 941, No. 945, No. 946, No. 949, No. 950, and part of No. 953 (September 1, 1964) into Independent School District No. 392, Le Center. | |||||||||||
| Waterville, 1951, 1958-1965. | |||||||||||
| Records of the 1951 reorganization of a number of school districts into Le Sueur County Consolidated Independent School District No. 9, Waterville (later Independent School District No. 395), and the consolidation of Common School Districts No. 1771 (1959) and No. 927 (1965) into No. 395. | |||||||||||
| Elysian, 1929-1955. | |||||||||||
| Documents the October 30, 1948 consolidation of numerous Le Sueur and Waseca school districts, including Le Sueur County School District No. 38, Elysian, into Le Sueur County Consolidated School District No. 38, Elysian, and also the consolidations of Le Sueur County School Districts No. 72 (1953) and No. 36 (1955) into No. 38. The file also contains reports and correspondence of and to the county superintendent concerning No. 38 (1929-1944). | |||||||||||
| Pupil record cards, 1930-1934. | |||||||||||
| Pupil cards for Francis Vroblosky, District No. 8, Le Center, undated; George Hrdlicka, District No. 38, Elysian, September 2, 1930; Francis Vroblosky, District No. 8, Le Center, April 27, 1932; Lyle Eustice, District No. 38, Elysian, September 5, 1934; Merle James, District No. 40, September 5, 1934; and Shelda Cowan, District No. 38, Elysian, September 5, 1934. | |||||||||||
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:
- Government aid to education -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County.
- School districts -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County -- Boundaries.
- School management and organization -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County.
- Schools -- Centralization -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County.
- Student records -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County.
- Organizations:
- Le Sueur County (Minn.). School District No. 8 (Le Center).
- Le Sueur County (Minn.). School District No. 32 (Derrynane : Township).
- Le Sueur County (Minn.). School District No. 38 (Elysian).
- Le Sueur County (Minn.). School District No. 40 (Elysian).
- Le Sueur County School Survey Committee (Minn.).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 391 (Cleveland).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 721 (New Prague).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 394 (Montgomery).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 392 (Le Center).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 395 (Waterville).
- Minnesota. Independent School District No. 396 (Elysian).
- Scott County (Minn.). School District No. 55 (Blakely : Township).
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota -- Le Sueur County.
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