EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
An Inventory of Its Relief Correspondence and Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Minnesota. Executive Council.
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| Title: | Relief Correspondence and Records. |
| Dates: | 1919-1955. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and related materials regarding disaster relief aid provided to Minnesota
citizens by or through the Executive Council, particularly for damages caused by drought, storm, and forest fires. |
| Quantity: | 7.25 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 partial box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
They include drought relief correspondence for 1933-1935 (2.5 cubic feet); hailstorm and tornado relief
correspondence for 1930-1933 and 1938; scattered files of flood relief correspondence and vouchers (1927-1955);
correspondence, lists, and authorizations for fire relief, particularly for the 1936 Palo-Markham (St. Louis County)
fire and fires in 1931 and 1934-1937; seed grain loan correspondence (1925-1927, 1935); applications and related
materials for the state college student aid program (1937-1942); a series of resolutions by local offices of the
[Minnesota] Workers Alliance regarding distribution of various types of relief (1938); and files on miscellaneous
or unspecified relief activities of the Executive Council and the State Relief Agency.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Executive Council. Relief Correspondence and Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: none; 409
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017115540104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 110.B.20.16F | 1 | Drought relief correspondence, A –K, 1933-1934. |
| | | Regarding aid to individual relief applicants. |
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| 110.C.5.1B | 2 | Drought relief correspondence, L-Z, 1933-1934. |
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| 110.C.5.2F | 3 | Drought relief correspondence, A-Z, 1935. |
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| | Roseau River flood relief correspondence and vouchers, 1927. |
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| | Hailstorm relief correspondence, A-Z, 1932-1933. |
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| | Cyclone/hailstorm relief correspondence, June-August, 1933. 1 folder. |
| | | Alphabetical by county. |
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| | State Relief Agency correspondence, 1935-1937. |
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| 110.C.5.3B | 4 | State college student aid program, 1937-1942. |
| | | Alphabetical by college name. Contains students’ applications, correspondence, payrolls. |
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| 110.C.5.4F | 5 | Hailstorm relief correspondence: |
| | | A-Z, 1930-1931. |
| | | A-Z, October-December, 1932. |
| | | A-Z, approximately October 1932–approximately February 1933. |
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| 110.C.5.5B | 6 | Fire of 1931 relief correspondence, A-W, 1932. 5 folders. |
| | | The original list noted: especially Koochiching and Beltrami counties. |
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| | Fire of 1931 allotment notifications. 2 folders. |
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| | Lists of fire sufferers, 1934-1935. 2 folders. |
| | | Lists, relief applications, and affidavits. |
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| | Fire relief, Palo-Markham, 1936-1938. 0.6 cubic feet. |
| | | Correspondence and authorizations for payment for (or for distribution of) feed, building materials, and other supplies for sufferers from the 1936 fire in and around Palo and Markham (St. Louis County). Includes lists of individual inhabitants’ losses, and of distributions made. |
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| 110.C.5.6F | 7 | Workers alliance resolutions, 1938. 4 folders. |
| | | Mimeographed resolutions, signed by local offices of the Workers Alliance, mainly requesting continuation of or improvements in the distribution of various types of relief. |
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| | Seed grain loan correspondence, 1925-1927. 2 folders. |
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| | Seed grain notes (list), 1925. |
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| | Seed loan correspondence, 1935. 1 folder. |
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| | Relief notes, 1933. 1 folder. |
| | | Correspondence regarding loans for turkey feed. |
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| | Seed grain distribution abstracts and lists, approximately 1933. 2 folders. |
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| | Flood relief correspondence, 1935-1936. 1 folder. |
| | | So identified on the original folder; also includes old age pensions and relief of indeterminate nature. |
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| | Murray County relief, 1932. 2 folders. |
| | | This was the title on the original packet. It is not all Murray County. |
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| | Becker County fire relief, 1936-1937. |
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| | Pipestone County hail relief, 1938. |
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| | Aitkin County fire sufferers, 1936-1937. |
| | | Includes numerous application forms. |
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| | Traverse Lake bottom fire, 1935-1936. |
| | | Per original folder title; also includes lists of 1934 fire sufferers. |
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| | Appropriations made under Calamity Fund Laws 1919, Chapter 35, approximately 1930s. |
| | | Summaries of appropriations and amounts, and some excerpts from Executive Council minutes authorizing funds. |
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| | Duluth storm damage, 1946. |
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| | Flood damage, Houston County, 1946. |
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| | Pine County drought relief, 1948. |
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| | Relief, fire fighting, flood, drought (correspondence), 1949-1950. |
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| | Comptroller’s examination report, 1937. |
| | | Report on examination of Minnesota Public Relief, State Board of Relief, and State Seed Loan Funds, fiscal year ended June 30, 1937. |
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| | Flood relief, Aitkin County, 1943-1950. |
| | | Accession no. 409. |
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| | Flood relief, Becker County, 1955. |
| | | Accession no. 409. |
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| | Flood relief, Wadena County, 1955. |
| | | Accession no. 409. |
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| | Miscellaneous to interfile. 1 folder. |
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| 110.C.8.6F | | Relief correspondence: |
| | | Kandiyohi and Meeker cyclone relief, 1933-1935. 1 folder. |
| | | | Correspondence and lists. |
| | | Dassel cyclone relief, 1932-1934. 1 folder. |
| | | Pennington/Marshall hail relief, 1930-1931. 1 folder. |
| | | | Mainly lists. |
| | | Comfrey/Steen cyclone relief, 1932-1933. 1 folder. |
| | | (Miscellaneous poor and disaster relief), 1930-1931. 1 folder. |
| | | | With Box 8 of WPA and Relief Project Files. |
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:
- Disaster relief -- Minnesota.
- Droughts -- Minnesota.
- Fires -- Minnesota -- Saint Louis County.
- Fires -- Minnesota.
- Floods -- Minnesota.
- Hail -- Minnesota.
- Seed distribution -- Minnesota.
- Student aid -- Minnesota.
- Tornadoes -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Workers' Alliance.
- Minnesota. State Relief Agency.
- Functions:
- Funding.
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