OWATONNA STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL:
An Inventory of Its Superintendent's
Correspondence at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
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| Creator: |
Minnesota. State Public
School.
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| Title: | Superintendent's
Correspondence. |
| Dates: | 1886-1934. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | The records include correspondence with parents, children,
and foster and/or adopting homes; applications for employment; complaints by staff
about working conditions and the children's behavior; a variety of circulars,
reports, memoranda, and other miscellany; and information from vendors of office
equipment, clothing, food, tools, and other merchandise, including advertising
flyers and a number of illustrated corporate letterheads. There are letters about
commitment of children, inquiries about resident children, reports on home
visitations, and discussion of obtaining Christmas presents. Letters and circulars
from the State Auditor and the State Board of Control deal with the amounts and
status of appropriations of funds and with accounting policies and procedures. The
correspondence of superintendent Galen A. Merrill and his clerk, Emily M. Oberlin,
pertains to all aspects of school administration, including programs, personnel,
supplies and equipment, placement and welfare of children, and contacts or
affiliations with other social welfare groups and institutions. |
| Quantity: | 12.6 cubic feet (12 boxes and 1 partial
box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Also present are financial and supplies summaries, copies of responses to letters
requesting information on school operations, and two lists (undated) of school
photographs (the photographs themselves are not present), as well as, a separate
subseries of correspondence with the Charles L. Pillsbury Company relates to the
purchase, periodic inspection, maintenance and repair of the school's heating and
plumbing systems.
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Primarily by year, thereunder alphabetical by first letter of correspondent's surname
or corporate name. Two small subseries are chronological.
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Access Restrictions:
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. Superintendent's Correspondence.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001710498
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 109.F.15.9B | | 1886-1889. |
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| 109.F.15.10F | | 1890-1891(M). |
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| 109.F.15.11B | | 1891(N)-1893(M). |
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| 109.F.15.12F | | 1893(N)-1897. |
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| 109.F.15.13B | | 1898-1904. |
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| 109.F.15.14F | | 1905-1908(M). |
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| 109.F.16.1B | | 1908(N)-1911(M). |
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| 109.F.16.2F | | 1911(N)-1914. |
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| 109.F.16.3B | | 1915-1918(M). |
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| 109.F.16.4F | | 1918(N)-1924. |
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| 109.F.16.5B | | 1925-1932. |
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| 109.F.16.6F | | 1933-1934. 12 folders. |
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| | Undated and 1892-April 1908. 9 folders. |
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| | May 1908-December 1919. 7 folders. |
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| 109.F.16.7B | | 1920-1934. 15 folders. |
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| | Pillsbury Company correspondence, 1918-1929. 5 folders. |
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:
- Abandoned children -- Minnesota.
- Adoption -- Minnesota.
- Advertising fliers.
- Children -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
- Children with social disabilities -- Institutional
care -- Minnesota -- Equipment and supplies.
- Children with social disabilities -- Institutional
care -- Minnesota -- Employees.
- Children with social disabilities -- Institutional
care -- Minnesota.
- Clothing trade.
- Food industry and trade.
- Heating plants -- Maintenance and repair.
- Office equipment and supplies.
- Orphanages -- Minnesota.
- Plumbing -- Repairing.
- School management and organization --
Minnesota.
- School superintendents -- Minnesota -- Records and
correspondence.
- Social service -- Societies, etc.
- Tools.
- Persons:
- Merrill, Galen A.
- Oberlin, Emily M.
- Organizations:
- Charles L. Pillsbury Co.
(Minn.).
- Minnesota. State Auditor.
- Minnesota. State Board of
Control.
- Places:
- Owatonna (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Letterheads.
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