CHIPPEWA COUNTY: AUDITOR:

An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Chippewa County (Minn.). County Auditor.
Title:Miscellaneous Records.
Dates:1879-1950.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Miscellaneous records of the County Auditor of Chippewa County.
Quantity:1.5 cubic feet (1 box and 2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Election returns (1910); school district petitions and orders (1885-1950); school district bond and order register (1885-1889); petitions against liquor sales (1915-1940); wolf bounty records (1893-1913, 1942); tree planting bounty records (1880-1916); annual agricultural crops and acreage statements (1885-1900); seed grain loan records (1879-1895); record of subscribers to the First National Bank of Montevideo (1907); records of poor relief (1884-1906); and a register of appropriations made to local units of government (1893-1927).


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Chippewa County (Minn.). County Auditor. Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 989-116

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017136020104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
111.E.17.5B1Election returns/summary statements of votes, 1910. 4 folders:
For each election, arranged by city/township.
September 1910. 2 folders.
November 1910. 2 folders.
School district petitions and orders, 1885-1950. 6 folders.
Regarding formation of new school districts, altering school district boundaries, and setting-off freeholders from one district to another.
Petitions on prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor, 1915-1916, 1936, 1940. 5 folders.
Miscellaneous petitions, 1917-1949.
Wolf bounty records, 1893-1913, 1942. 1 folder and 1 volume.
Includes record book, 1893-1897 (volume), and oaths and certificates, 1899-1913, 1942 (folder).
Tree bounty records, 1880-1916. 1 volume and 7 folders.
Includes record book, 1880-1916 (volume); claims, 1907-1916 (1 folder); and applications, 1911-1912, 1914 (6 folders).
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111.E.17.6F2Annual agricultural statements, 1885-1888.
They note crops cultivated and acreage; statements were submitted to the State Statistics Commissioner.
Annual statement of acreage cultivated and agricultural products, 1890, 1892-1900.
Alphabetical by city/township.
Seed grain record book, 1879-1882. 1 volume.
Record of land under cultivation that was destroyed by grasshoppers in 1877.
Seed grain loan record book, 1887-1895. 1 volume.
Record of subscribers to solicitations to the First National Bank of Montevideo for donations -- Panic of 1907, approximately 1907. 1 volume.
Report to Board of Corrections and Charities/Board of Control on Poor Relief, 1884-1906.
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126.D.7.1B-23Appropriations register, 1893-1927. 1 volume.
Alphabetical by city/township, chronological thereunder. Lists amounts of and reasons for appropriations to local units of government.
Record of poor relief, 1909. 1 volume.
With index.
School district bond and order register A, 1885-1889.

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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:
Agriculture -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County -- Statistics.
Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Liquor laws -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Local elections -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Poor -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
School districts -- Management -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Seed distribution -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Tree planting -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County -- Citizen participation.
Wolf bounties -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Wolves -- Control -- Minnesota -- Chippewa County.
Places:
Chippewa County (Minn.) -- Appropriations and expenditures.

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