SECRETARY OF STATE:
An Inventory of Its Petitions at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Secretary of State. | |
| Title: | Petitions. | |
| Dates: | 1898-1933. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Petitions for establishment of new counties, petitions relating to teachers' retirement (to change 1915 law), nominating petitions for convention delegates, and petitions for and against the repeal of the 18th amendment. | |
| Quantity: | 4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes). | |
| 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]. Minnesota. Secretary of State. Petitions. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 415?; 3530; 3536
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001703535
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 112.A.16.6F | Petitions for establishment of new counties, 1898-1922. 1 volume and 9 folders: | ||||||||||
| Some of the petitions are related to Official Documents of the Secretary of State, and the Official Document number is included. | |||||||||||
| St. Louis County to create Iron County, 1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Itasca County to create Big Fork, Glenwood and Garfield Counties, 1906. | |||||||||||
| Cass and Todd Counties to create Elliott County, 1912. | |||||||||||
| Cass County to create Clover County, 1913. | |||||||||||
| Related to Official Document No. 2244. | |||||||||||
| Marshall County to create Liberty and Park Counties, 1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Related to Official Document Nos. 2071, 2072, 2105, 2115. Some are noted as illegal petitions, and a lawsuit was litigated; includes some legal documents. | |||||||||||
| Otter Tail County to create Clover County, 1920. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Related to Official Document No. 2150. | |||||||||||
| Beltrami County to create Lake of the Woods County, 1922. | |||||||||||
| Related to Official Document No. 2839. | |||||||||||
| 112.A.16.7B | Petitions to change the teachers' retirement law, 1915. 3 folders. | ||||||||||
| More than elementary/secondary public school teachers signed the petitions. There are petitions from librarians as well as teacher preparation programs, the Faribault Schools for the Deaf and Feeble-Minded, and other state-operated schools. The petition from District 8, Mankato State Teachers College includes a statement by the President, C.H. Cooper, that signatures include the "entire faculty of the Mankato State Teachers College with three exceptions." From Bemidji State Teachers College, "none opposed" is noted. The Lac qui Parle County Superintendent of Schools reported: "The teachers in this county do not seem to favor paying $65.00 per year towards the fund. The new plan was presented at the Teachers' Institute last fall and they were not interested." | |||||||||||
| Petitions for State Convention Delegates, 1922. 4 folders: | |||||||||||
| Included are duplicate copies of petitions filed with the Secretary of State. | |||||||||||
| Instructions for petitioning for delegates, and minutes of the State Republican Convention. | |||||||||||
| Republican State Convention delegates elected by the county conventions. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in alphabetical order by county name. | |||||||||||
| Democratic State Convention delegates elected by the county conventions. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in alphabetical order by county name. | |||||||||||
| Duplicate petitions. | |||||||||||
| Petitions for Congressional District Convention Delegates, 1922. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| Included are duplicates copies of petitions filed with the Secretary of State. | |||||||||||
| Republican Congressional District Convention delegates elected by the county conventions. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in numerical order by district number. District Nos. 1, 4, and 5 not included. | |||||||||||
| Democratic Congressional District Convention delegates elected by the county conventions. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in numerical order by district number. District nos. 4 and 5 not included. | |||||||||||
| Duplicate petitions. | |||||||||||
| 112.A.16.8F | Nominating Petitions for H.B. Hassenger for Delegate to the Minnesota Convention for the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1933. | ||||||||||
| The 21st Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16, 1919. The 21st Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. Henry B. Hassenger (1892-1975), Duluth, was listed as paymaster for a railroad on the 1930 census. His WW I draft registration card shows him as a clerk for the Northern Pacific Railway. | |||||||||||
| Petitions for the repeal of the 18th Amendment State Convention: United Repeal Council, 1933. 14 folders: | |||||||||||
| Folder Nos. 1-7. | |||||||||||
| 112.A.17.1B | Folder Nos. 8-14. | ||||||||||
| Petitions against the repeal of the 18th Amendment State Convention: Minnesota Consolidated Drys, 1933. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- County government -- Minnesota.
- Elections -- Minnesota.
- Prohibition -- Minnesota.
- Teachers -- Pensions -- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Petitions.
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