DOUGLAS COUNTY: ALEXANDRIA: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:

An Inventory of Its Dockets at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Alexandria (Minn.). Justice of the Peace.
	Title:	Dockets.
	Dates:	1869-1959.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Docket books and docket sheets of numerous Alexandria justices of the peace, particularly William VanDyke (1900-1912), E. P. Wright (1919-1925), Harry B. Youtz (1931-1958), Emil E. Gahlon (1940-1954), O. J. Woolliscroft (1935-1959), and F. A. Weed (1935-1941).
	Quantity:	7.8 cubic feet (8 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Alexandria (Minn.). Justice of the Peace. Dockets. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 986-78; 988-46; 992-2

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017151230104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
128.F.1.4F	1	Docket books, 1869-1885. 4 volumes:
			Covering the terms of justices John S. Randolph (January 1872), John C. Sawbridge (August 1872), William McAboy (March 1875), Hiram Skipper (August 1878), A. J. Ames (January 1880), James H. Tway (February 1880), James Fitzgerald (March 1881), and W. H. Hutchinson (March 1883).
			March 1869-November 1871.
				Index in folder.
			January 1872-July 1878.
				Includes seperate index.
			August 1878-April 1883.
				Indexed.
			April 1883-January 1885.


Docket books, 1878-1888. 3 volumes:
	Covering the terms of justices William McAboy (August 1878), C. B. Lowry (March 1883), James Fitzgerald (May 1884), and J. H. VanDyke (March 1885).
	August 1878-March 1881.
		Indexed.
	March 1881-February 1886.
		Includes marriages, 1884-1888. Indexed.
	February 1886-March 1888.
		Indexed.


Location	Box
128.F.1.5B	2	Docket books, 1887-1889. 2 volumes:
			Covering the terms of justices F.G. Stevens (April 1887), George L. Treat (April 1889), W. E. Chidester (March 1890), James Fitzgerald (April 1892), J. A. McKay (June 1894), A. A. Brown (March 1896), and Joseph Gilpin (March 1898).
			April 1887-September 1894.
				Indexed.
			September 1894-April 1899.
				Indexed.


Docket books, 1900-1916. 3 volumes:
	Covering the terms of justices William VanDyke (June 1900), J. A. McKay (April 1901), F. E. Ullman (March 1903), Joseph Gilpin (Jan. 1909), and H. A. Schroeder (July 1913).
	June 1900-January 1909.
		Indexed.
	September 1904-December 1911.
		Indexed.
	December 1911-October 1916.
		Indexed.


		Docket books, 1904-1912. 3 volumes:
			Covering the term of William VanDyke.
			March 1904-January 1906.
				Indexed.
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128.F.1.6F	3		March 1906-July 1908.
				Indexed.
			September 1908-September 1912.
				Covering the term of William VanDyke.


Docket books, 1917-1925. 12 volumes:
	Covering the terms of justices J. A. Prodger (May 1917) and E. P. Wright (April 1919).
	Civil and criminal, May 1917-September 1918.
	Civil and criminal A, September 1918-November 1919.
		Indexed.
	Civil B, November 1919-May 1921.
		Indexed.
	Civil C, July 1921-June 1923.
		Indexed.
	Civil D, July 1923-November 1924.
		Indexed.
	Criminal [A], July 1919-August 1920.
		Indexed.
	Criminal B, August 1920-July 1921.
		Indexed.
	Criminal C, July 1921-June 1922.
		Indexed.
	Criminal D, June 1922-October 1923.
		Indexed.
	Criminal E, August 1923-September 1924.
		Indexed.
	Criminal F, September 1924-May 1925.
		Indexed.
	[Docket book], June-December 1925.
		Entries, similar to dockets in form, but not on printed forms.


Location	Box
128.F.1.7B	4	Docket sheets of Harry B. Youtz, 1937-1958. 1 box:
			October 1937-June 1943. 8 folders.
			April 1948-November 1949. 1 folder.
			April 1951-April 1958. 7 folders.
			Civil docket sheets, August 1954-August 1958. 1 folder.


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128.F.1.8F	5	Docket sheets of Emil E. Gahlon, 1940-1954. 1 box:
			Civil docket sheets, August 1940-1954. 2 folders.
			Criminal docket sheets, May 1941-June 1954. 9 folders.
				Includes a few 1940-1941 entries for Justice F. A. Weed.


Location	Box
128.F.1.9B	6	Docket sheets of O.J. Woolliscroft, 1939-1959. 1 box:
			Index to cases, 1955-1959. 1 folder.
			Docket sheets Nos. 1-1021, June 1955-March 1959. 9 folders.
				Reverse chronological order.
			Docket sheets, 1954-1958. 3 folders.
				In alphabetical order by three time spans. It is unclear why these cases were not integrated into the numbered sequence above. The 1955 folder includes an index to cases, 1935-1955.


Location	Box
128.B.13.15B	8	Docket sheets of F.A. Weed, 1935-1941. 7 folders.


		Docket book [criminal] of Sherman Costello, February-December 1928 (bulk June-December). 1 volume.


Location	Box
128.B.13.14F	7	Enoch F. Nelson/Harry B. Youtz, (April 1931):
			Docket, April 1913-August 1914.
				Indexed.
			Docket, August 1914-December 1915.
				Indexed.
			Criminal 3, March 1922-May 1924.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, December 1927-August 1932.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, August 1932-June 1933.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, June 1933-January 1934.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, January-July 1934.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, June-December 1934.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, December 1934-April 1935.
				Indexed.
			Civil, May 1918-April 1921.
			Civil 2, March 1922-July 1924.
				Indexed.
			Civil, September 1924-April 1928.
				Indexed.
			Civil, April 1928-February 1932.
				Indexed.
Location	Box
128.B.13.15B	8		Civil, March 1932-August 1933.
				Indexed.
			Civil, September 1933-April 1935.
				Indexed.


Location	Box
128.F.1.9B	5	E.P Wright (1924-1925)/F.M. Stevens (1926)/F. A. Weed (1935-1939):
			Criminal G, May-November 1925.
				Indexed.
			Civil, November 1924-April 1926; April 1935-March 1939.
				Indexed.


F. M. Stevens/Sherman Costello:
	Criminal 1, April 1926-May 1927.
		Indexed.


Location	Box
128.B.13.15B	8	E. J. Brandt:
			Civil and Criminal, April 1935-October 1936, April-October 1935.
				Indexed.
			Criminal, November 1935-October 1936.
				Indexed.
				[Box part empty.]

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:: Justices of the peace -- Minnesota -- Douglas County.

Persons:: Gahlon, Emil E.; VanDyke, William.; Weed, F. A.; Woolliscroft, O. J.; Wright, E. P.; Youtz, Harry B.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY: ALEXANDRIA: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:

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