OWATONNA STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL:

An Inventory of Its Case Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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Creator: Minnesota. State Public School.
Title:Case Files.
Dates:1886-1945.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Case file numbers 1-10635. File numbers 5877-10635 may contain a photograph of the student.
Quantity:210 cubic feet (210 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Access Restrictions:

Access is restricted per interagency agreement with the Department of Human Services. Access to adoption records less than 100 years old is available only with a court order. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Public School. Case Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 996-76

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001733379


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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131.F.14.6FCase File Nos. 1-105, 1886-1888.
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131.F.14.7BCase File Nos. 106-206, 1888-1889.
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131.F.14.8FCase File Nos. 207-305, 1889-1890.
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131.F.14.9BCase File Nos. 306-388, 1890.
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131.F.14.10FCase File Nos. 389-463, 1890-1891.
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131.F.15.1BCase File Nos. 464-535, 1891.
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131.F.15.2FCase File Nos. 536-616, 1891-1892.
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131.F.15.3BCase File Nos. 617-687, 1892.
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131.F.15.4FCase File Nos. 688-756, 1892-1893.
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131.F.15.5BCase File Nos. 757-835, 1893.
Missing: Case File No. 814.
Two items from Case File No. 790 are housed in a folder, also in this box.
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131.F.15.6FCase File Nos. 836-909, 1893- 1894.
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131.F.15.7BCase File Nos. 910-995, 1894.
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131.F.15.8FCase File Nos. 996-1064, 1894.
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131.F.15.9BCase File Nos. 1065-1137, 1894-1895.
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131.F.15.10FCase File Nos. 1138-1194, 1895.
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131.F.16.1BCase File Nos. 1195-1269, 1895.
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131.F.16.2FCase File Nos. 1270-1345, 1895-1896.
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131.F.16.3BCase File Nos. 1346-1406, 1896.
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131.F.16.4FCase File Nos. 1407-1463, 1896-1897.
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131.F.16.5BCase File Nos. 1464-1517, 1897.
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131.F.16.6FCase File Nos. 1518-1586, 1897.
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131.F.16.7BCase File Nos. 1587-1638, 1897.
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131.F.16.8FCase File Nos. 1639-1703, 1897-1898.
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131.F.16.9BCase File Nos. 1704-1762, 1898.
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131.F.16.10FCase File Nos. 1763-1823, 1898-1899.
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131.F.17.1BCase File Nos. 1824-1872, 1899.
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131.F.17.2FCase File Nos. 1873-1930, 1899.
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131.F.17.3BCase File Nos. 1931-1986, 1899.
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131.F.17.4FCase File Nos. 1987-2035, 1899-1900.
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131.F.17.5BCase File Nos. 2036-2095, 1900.
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131.F.17.6FCase File Nos. 2096-2152, 1900.
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131.F.17.7BCase File Nos. 2153-2209, 1900-1901.
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131.F.17.8FCase File Nos. 2210-2272, 1901.
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131.F.17.9BCase File Nos. 2273-2325, 1901-1902.
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131.F.17.10FCase File Nos. 2326-2364, 1902.
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131.F.18.1BCase File Nos. 2365-2415, 1902.
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131.F.18.2FCase File Nos. 2416-2471, 1902.
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131.F.18.3BCase File Nos. 2472-2510, 1902-1903.
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131.F.18.4FCase File Nos. 2511-2555, 1903.
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131.F.18.5BCase File Nos. 2556-2613, 1903.
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131.F.18.6FCase File Nos. 2614-2653, 1903-1904.
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131.F.18.7BCase File Nos. 2654-2691, 1904.
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131.F.18.8FCase File Nos. 2692-2745, 1904.
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131.F.18.9BCase File Nos. 2746-2794, 1904.
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131.F.18.10FCase File Nos. 2795-2845, 1904-1905.
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131.F.19.1BCase File Nos. 2846-2892, 1905.
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131.F.19.2FCase File Nos. 2893-2940, 1905.
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131.F.19.3BCase File Nos. 2941-2992, 1905.
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131.F.19.4FCase File Nos. 2993-3037, 1905.
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131.F.19.5BCase File Nos. 3038-3081, 1905-1906.
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131.F.19.6FCase File Nos. 3082-3130, 1906.
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131.F.19.7BCase File Nos. 3131-3173, 1906.
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131.F.19.8FCase File Nos. 3174-3219, 1906.
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131.F.19.9BCase File Nos. 3220-3263, 1906.
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131.F.19.10FCase File Nos. 3264-3303, 1906.
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131.H.11.1BCase File Nos. 3304-3355, 1906-1907.
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131. H.11.2FCase File Nos. 3356-3400, 1907.
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131. H.11.3BCase File Nos. 3401-3452, 1907.
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131. H.11.4FCase File Nos. 3453-3504, 1907-1908.
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131. H.11.5BCase File Nos. 3505-3551, 1908.
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131. H.11.6FCase File Nos. 3552-3593, 1908.
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131. H.11.7BCase File Nos. 3594-3639, 1908.
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131. H.11.8FCase File Nos. 3640-3699, 1908.
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131. H.11.9BCase File Nos. 3700-3745, 1908-1909.
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131. H.11.10FCase File Nos. 3746-3792, 1909.
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131.G.5.1BCase File Nos. 3793-3849, 1909.
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131.G.5.2FCase File Nos. 3850-3898, 1909.
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131.G.5.3BCase File Nos. 3899-3941, 1909-1910.
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131.G.5.4FCase File Nos. 3942-3982, 1910.
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131.G.5.5BCase File Nos. 3983-4038, 1910.
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131.G.5.6FCase File Nos. 4039-4080, 1910.
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131.G.5.7BCase File Nos. 4081-4128, 1910.
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131.G.5.8FCase File Nos. 4129-4176, 1910-1911.
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131.G.5.9BCase File Nos. 4177-4221, 1911.
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131.G.5.10FCase File Nos. 4222-4260, 1911.
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131.G.6.1BCase File Nos. 4261-4309, 1911.
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131.G.6.2FCase File Nos. 4310-4356, 1911.
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131.G.6.3BCase File Nos. 4357-4398, 1911.
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131.G.6.4FCase File Nos. 4399-4436, 1912.
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131.G.6.5BCase File Nos. 4437-4490, 1912.
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131.G.6.6FCase File Nos. 4491-4547, 1912.
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131.G.6.7BCase File Nos. 4548-4596, 1912.
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131.G.6.8FCase File Nos. 4597-4648, 1912.
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131.G.6.9BCase File Nos. 4649-4703, 1912-1913.
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131.G.6.10FCase File Nos. 4704-4753, 1913.
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131.G.7.1BCase File Nos. 4754-4798, 1913.
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131.G.7.2FCase File Nos. 4799-4846, 1913.
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131.G.7.3BCase File Nos. 4847-4900, 1913-1914.
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131.G.7.4FCase File Nos. 4901-4945, 1914.
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131.G.7.5BCase File Nos. 4946-4989, 1914.
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131.G.7.6FCase File Nos. 4990-5037, 1914.
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131.G.7.7BCase File Nos. 5038-5084, 1914.
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131.G.7.8FCase File Nos. 5085-5135, 1914-1915.
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131.G.7.9BCase File Nos. 5136-5191, 1915.
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131.G.7.10FCase File Nos. 5192-5236, 1915.
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131.G.8.1BCase File Nos. 5237-5289, 1915.
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131.G.8.2FCase File Nos. 5290-5353, 1915.
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131.G.8.3BCase File Nos. 5354-5405, 1915-1916.
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131.G.8.4FCase File Nos. 5406-5450, 1916.
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131.G.8.5BCase File Nos. 5451-5500, 1916.
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131.G.8.6FCase File Nos. 5501-5550, 1916-1917.
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131.G.8.7BCase File Nos. 5551-5599, 1917.
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131.G.8.8FCase File Nos. 5600-5649, 1917.
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131.G.8.9BCase File Nos. 5650-5700, 1917.
Missing: Case File No. 5692.
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131.G.8.10FCase File Nos. 5701-5766, 1917-1918.
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131.G.9.1BCase File Nos. 5767-5822, 1918.
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131.G.9.2FCase File Nos. 5823-5865, 1918.
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131.G.9.3BCase File Nos. 5866-5919, 1918.
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131.G.9.4FCase File Nos. 5920-5970, 1918.
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131.G.9.5BCase File Nos. 5971-6020, 1919.
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131.G.9.6FCase File Nos. 6021-6070, 1919.
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131.G.9.7BCase File Nos. 6071-6115, 1919.
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131.G.9.8FCase File Nos. 6116-6150, 1919.
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131.G.9.9BCase File Nos. 6151-6200, 1919-1920.
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131.G.9.10FCase File Nos. 6201-6241, 1920.
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131.G.10.1BCase File Nos. 6242-6295, 1920.
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131.G.10.2FCase File Nos. 6296-6340, 1920.
Returned to Department of Human Services in April 1995: Case File No. 6299.
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131.G.10.3BCase File Nos. 6341-6390, 1920-1921.
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131.G.10.4FCase File Nos. 6391-6440, 1921.
Missing: Case File Nos. 6412, 6413.
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131.G.10.5BCase File Nos. 6441-6490, 1921.
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131.G.10.6FCase File Nos. 6491-6533, 1921.
Missing: Case File No. 6523.
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131.G.10.7BCase File Nos. 6534-6583, 1921.
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131.G.10.8FCase File Nos. 6584-6635, 1921
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131.G.10.9BCase File Nos. 6636-6680, 1922.
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131.G.10.10FCase File Nos. 6681-6732, 1922.
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131.G.11.1BCase File Nos. 6733-6784, 1922.
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131.G.11.2FCase File Nos. 6785-6823, 1922.
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131.G.11.3BCase File Nos. 6824-6871, 1922.
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131.G.11.4FCase File Nos. 6872-6918, 1922-1923.
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131.G.11.5BCase File Nos. 6919-6966, 1923.
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131.G.11.6FCase File Nos. 6967-7008, 1923.
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131.G.11.7BCase File Nos. 7009-7090, 1923.
Missing: Case File Nos. 7037-7050, 7053-7054, 7057-7078.
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131.G.11.8FCase File Nos. 7091-7142, 1923.
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131.G.11.9BCase File Nos. 7143-7186, 1923-1924.
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131.G.11.10FCase File Nos. 7187-7226, 1924.
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131.G.12.1BCase File Nos. 7227-7272, 1924.
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131.G.12.2FCase File Nos. 7273-7316, 1924.
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131.G.12.3BCase File Nos. 7317-7355, 1924.
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131.G.12.4FCase File Nos. 7356-7399, 1924.
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131.G.12.5BCase File Nos. 7400-7446, 1924-1925.
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131.G.12.6FCase File Nos. 7447-7497, 1925.
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131.G.12.7BCase File Nos. 7498-7545, 1925.
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131.G.12.8FCase File Nos. 7546-7593, 1925.
Returned to Department of Human Services in January 1984: Case File No. 7577.
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131.G.12.9BCase File Nos. 7594-7628, 1925.
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131.G.12.10FCase File Nos. 7629-7674, 1925-1926.
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131.G.13.1BCase File Nos. 7675-7720, 1926.
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131.G.13.2FCase File Nos. 7721-7768, 1926.
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131.G.13.3BCase File Nos. 7769-7818, 1926.
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131.G.13.4FCase File Nos. 7819-7867, 1926.
Missing: Case File No. 7824.
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131.G.13.5BCase File Nos. 7868-7913, 1926-1927.
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131.G.13.6FCase File Nos. 7914-7946, 1927.
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131.G.13.7BCase File Nos. 7947-7996, 1927.
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131.G.13.8FCase File Nos. 7997-8042, 1927.
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131.G.13.9BCase File Nos. 8043-8084, 1927.
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131.G.13.10FCase File Nos. 8085-8128, 1927.
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131.G.14.1BCase File Nos. 8129-8172, 1927.
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131.G.14.2FCase File Nos. 8173-8222, 1927-1928.
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131.G.14.3BCase File Nos. 8223-8260, 1928.
Missing: Case File No. 8245.
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131.G.14.4FCase File Nos. 8261-8302, 1928.
Missing: Case File Nos. 8303-8306.
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131.G.14.5BCase File Nos. 8307-8349, 1928.
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131.G.14.6FCase File Nos. 8350-8397, 1928.
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131.G.14.7BCase File Nos. 8398-8440, 1928-1929.
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131.G.14.8FCase File Nos. 8441-8474, 1929.
Missing: Case File No. 8467.
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131.G.14.9BCase File Nos. 8475-8519, 1929.
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131.G.14.10FCase File Nos. 8520-8571, 1929.
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131.G.15.1BCase File Nos. 8572-8614, 1929.
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131.G.15.2FCase File Nos. 8615-8651, 1929-1930.
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131.G.15.3BCase File Nos. 8652-8685, 1930.
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131.G.15.4FCase File Nos. 8686-8729, 1930.
Missing: Case File No. 8709.
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131.G.15.5BCase File Nos. 8730-8776, 1930.
Missing: Case File No. 8768.
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131.G.15.6FCase File Nos. 8777-8828, 1930.
Missing: Case File Nos. 8785-8786, 8817.
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131.G.15.7BCase File Nos. 8829-8865, 1930-1931.
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131.G.15.8FCase File Nos. 8866-8900, 1931.
Missing: Case File No. 8871.
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131.G.15.9BCase File Nos. 8901-8935, 1931.
Missing: Case File No. 8929.
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131.G.15.10FCase File Nos. 8936-8980, 1931.
Missing: Case File Nos. 8966, 8947, 8958-8959.
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131.G.16.1BCase File Nos. 8981-9019, 1931.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9012-9013.
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131.G.16.2FCase File Nos. 9020-9065, 1931-1932.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9029, 9061.
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131.G.16.3BCase File Nos. 9066-9103, 1932.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9071, 9083, 9093, 9101.
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131.G.16.4FCase File Nos. 9104-9153, 1932.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9112, 9118-9119, 9131.
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131.G.16.5BCase File Nos. 9154-9199, 1932-1933.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9162, 9198.
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131.G.16.6FCase File Nos. 9200-9248, 1933.
Missing: Case File No. 9244.
Returned to Department of Human Services in September 1995: Case File No. 9248.
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131.G.16.7BCase File Nos. 9249-9282, 1933.
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131.G.16.8FCase File Nos. 9283-9332, 1933-1934.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9288-9289, 9292, 9325.
Returned to Department of Human Services in February 1994: Case File No. 9332.
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131.G.16.9BCase File Nos. 9333-9377, 1934.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9340, 9341, 9359.
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131.G.16.10FCase File Nos. 9378-9417, 1934.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9401, 9411, 9412.
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131.G.17.1BCase File Nos. 9418-9457, 1934-1935.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9423, 9428, 9453.
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131.G.17.2FCase File Nos. 9458-9495, 1935.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9462, 9464.
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131.G.17.3BCase File Nos. 9496-9534, 1935.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9500, 9504, 9507, 9532.
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131.G.17.4FCase File Nos. 9535-9576, 1935.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9537-9540, 9544, 9557, 9570.
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131.G.17.5BCase File Nos. 9577-9615, 1935-1936.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9577, 9607, 9609.
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131.G.17.6FCase File Nos. 9616-9659, 1936.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9624, 9625, 9626, 9627, 9631, 9632, 9638, 9639, 9648.
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131.G.17.7BCase File Nos. 9660-9714, 1936-1937.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9665, 9666-9670, 9676- 9677, 9680-9682, 9685, 9712.
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131.G.17.8FCase File Nos. 9715-9758, 1937.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9722, 9723, 9730, 9732, 9736, 9739, 9745, 9751, 9754, 9755.
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131.G.17.9BCase File Nos. 9759-9805, 1937.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9760-9761, 9773, 9783, 9790, 9800.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File Nos. 9795, 9801.
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131.G.17.10FCase File Nos. 9806-9862, 1937.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9813-9816, 9818, 9821, 9823, 9827-9828, 9833-9834, 9842.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 9830.
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131.G.18.1BCase File Nos. 9863-9903, 1937-1938.
Missing: Case File No. 9891.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File Nos. 9881-9886.
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131.G.18.2FCase File Nos. 9904-9963, 1938.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9915, 9920-9921, 9923-9927, 9936, 9942, 9950, 9952, 9959-9960.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File Nos. 9918-9919, 9922, 9934.
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131.G.18.3BCase File Nos. 9964-10013, 1938-1939.
Missing: Case File Nos. 9969, 9973, 9977, 9999, 10000, 10002, 10009-10010.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 9998.
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131.G.18.4FCase File Nos. 10014-10060, 1939.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10016, 10023, 10030, 10033, 10035-10037, 10041, 10057-10059.
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131.G.18.5BCase File Nos. 10061-10110,, 1939.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10064, 10066-10068, 10076, 10088-10089, 10094, 10098, 10099, 10101, 10103-10105.
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131.G.18.6FCase File Nos. 10111-10166, 1939.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10111, 10114, 10122, 10125-10127, 10133, 10139, 10143, 10154-10155, 10162.
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131.G.18.7BCase File Nos. 10167-10219, 1940.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10171-10174, 10180-10181, 10190-10191, 10196-10199, 10201, 10211, 10213-10215, 10217-10218.
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131.G.18.8FCase File Nos. 10222-10267, 1940.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10220-10221, 10223-10224, 10227, 10234-10235, 10240-10241, 10243-10245, 10259.
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131.G.18.9BCase File Nos. 10268-10321, 1940-1941.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10274, 10282, 10284-10285, 10289, 10291, 10292, 10297-10300, 10304, 10306-10311, 10314-10317.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 10276.
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131.G.18.10FCase File Nos. 10322-10364, 1941-1942.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10335, 10343, 10349, 10351-10352, 10356, 10359, 10360, 10363.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 10333.
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131.G.19.1BCase File Nos. 10365-10408, 1942.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10366, 10371-10372, 10376-10378, 10382-10384, 10389-10390, 10392, 10396, 10404, 10407.
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131.G.19.2FCase File Nos. 10409-10462, 1942.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10421-10422, 10425-10426 10428-10431, 10433, 10437-10438, 10440, 10446-10447, 10451, 10455, 10461, 10463-10467.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 10417.
Location
131.G.19.3BCase File Nos. 10468-10524, 1942-1943.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10469, 10472, 10486, 10488-10491, 10499-10500, 10507-10508, 10511, 10519.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File No. 10494.
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131.G.19.4FCase File Nos. 10525-10575, 1943-1944.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10529-10530, 10535, 10546-10547, 10552, 10557, 10572, 10574.
Location
131.G.19.5BCase File Nos. 10577-10635, 1944-1945.
Missing: Case File Nos. 10576, 10579, 10592-10595, 10598-10600, 10606, 10609, 10616, 10623-10625, 10629.
Returned to Department of Human Services: Case File Nos. 10603-10605.

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Photographs of some of the students registered in file numbers 1-5866 are housed in the Owatonna State Public School, Photographs of Students, also housed at the Minnesota Historical Society.

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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:
Children -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Minnesota.
Children with social disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Places:
Owatonna (Minn.)
Document Types:
Case files -- Minnesota.
Photographs.

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