ANOKA COUNTY: WELFARE BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Anoka County (Minn.). Welfare Board. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1937-1988. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Minutes of board meetings (1937-1988); audit reports by the Public Examiner, Social Welfare Department, and Public Welfare Department; child welfare placement and referral files; subject files on welfare services; and records of a 1939-1940 tornado relief committee. | |
| Quantity: | 4.2 cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Includes private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.
Records containing information relating to adoptions and illegitimate births are restricted for 100 years. Birth records less than 100 years old must be inspected by library staff to prevent inappropriate disclosure of confidential information. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Anoka County (Minn.). Welfare Board. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 988-19; 988-134; 990-57; 990-90; 2007-54
Processing Information:
Processed by: Processing Staff; Beth Lighthipe, March 2007.
Catalog ID number: 001713587
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 102.J.16.9B | Board meeting minutes, 1937-1988: | ||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: 75 Years. | |||||||||||
| July 1937-September 1958. 14 folders. | |||||||||||
| 102.J.16.10F | October 1958-March 1970. 14 folders. | ||||||||||
| 102.J.17.1B | April 1970-1981. 15 folders. | ||||||||||
| 118.I.7.6F | 1982-1988. 13 folders. | ||||||||||
| [0.3 cubic feet empty, letter] | |||||||||||
| 116.I.6.9B | Public Examiner: Audit Reports of Anoka County Welfare Board, 1940-1965. 2 folders. | ||||||||||
| Incomplete. | |||||||||||
| Public Welfare Department: Audit Report of Anoka County Welfare Board, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Carbon copy. | |||||||||||
| Public Welfare Department: Audit Report of the Anoka County Food Stamp Program, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Social Welfare Department: Audit Reports of the Anoka County Welfare Board, 1939-1946. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence of child welfare worker, 1943-1952. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: 100 Years. | |||||||||||
| Monthly Reports of Caseloads and Expenditures, January 1967-December 1968. | |||||||||||
| Notices of child placements, 1943-1948. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: 100 Years. | |||||||||||
| Information includes name of child, child's date of birth, and name of foster parents. | |||||||||||
| Referrals of child neglect, 1944-1945. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED: 100 Years. | |||||||||||
| Subject files, 1938-1950. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| Feeble-minded, 1938-1950. | |||||||||||
| Maternity homes, 1940-1943. | |||||||||||
| Nursing service, circa 1945. | |||||||||||
| Anoka Disaster Committee records, 1939-1940. | |||||||||||
| Records on disaster relief after a tornado that passed through Anoka County on June 18, 1939. A committee was formed the evening after the tornado, comprising the county attorney, the mayor and city attorney of the city of Anoka, and eleven residents of stricken areas. The county received relief funds from the State Relief Agency, and the Welfare Board was designated their distributor. Records include committee minutes (scattered), correspondence, a report to Governor Stassen detailing the damage, and a list of tornado victims noting addresses, number in household, degree of loss (total/partial), and estimated dollar amount of loss. | |||||||||||
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:
- Child welfare -- Minnesota -- Anoka County.
- County welfare boards -- Minnesota -- Anoka County -- Finance.
- Disaster relief -- Minnesota -- Anoka County.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Anoka County -- Finance.
- Public welfare administration -- Minnesota -- Anoka County.
- Tornadoes -- Minnesota -- Anoka County.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Division of Social Welfare.
- Minnesota. Department of Public Welfare.
- Minnesota. Department of Public Examiner.
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