HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS: CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis (Minn.). Department of Civil Rights. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1946-1980. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Minutes (1970-1978), committee minutes and correspondence (primarily 1965-1969), publicity materials, complaint summaries, logs, and statistics (1968-1969, 1976-1980), subject matter files (1946-1979), and other miscellaneous records of the department and of the Minneapolis Commission/Mayor's Commission on Human Relations. | |
| 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]. Minneapolis (Minn.). Department of Civil Rights. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 983-181
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017062790104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 116.K.14.5B | 1 | Minneapolis Commission on Human Relations/Civil Rights: Minutes, 1970-1978. 4 folders. | |||||||||
| Incomplete. Some sets include agenda packets. Also present are attendance statistics for 1968-1969. The Commission on Human Relations became the Commission on Civil Rights in 1975. | |||||||||||
| Annual report, 1965-1966, 1968/1969. | |||||||||||
| Annual report draft, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Director’s correspondence with chairman, 1968-1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Lillian D. Anthony, director. | |||||||||||
| Advisory Committee: Nominees, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| Compliance and Investigation Committee: Minutes, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Education Committee: | |||||||||||
| Minutes, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Employment Committee: Correspondence, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| Executive Committee: Minutes and agenda materials, 1968-1969, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Housing Committee: Member list, undated. | |||||||||||
| Nominating Committee: Correspondence, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Public Information on Discrimination Committee: Minutes, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Rules and Regulations Committee: Minutes, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Lillian D. Anthony, Director: | |||||||||||
| Discussions with Human Rights Commissioners, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Publicity, 1967-1969. | |||||||||||
| Publicity and press releases, 1970-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| "Civil Rights Protector" (department newsletter), 1973-1975. | |||||||||||
| Procedures, 1975-1977. | |||||||||||
| Rules of procedures, procedure notes, and forms. | |||||||||||
| Complaint case summaries, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Monthly and quarterly. | |||||||||||
| Monthly report of inquiries and referrals, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Complaint statistics, 1969. | |||||||||||
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| 116.K.14.6F | 2 | Complaint activity reports, by month, 1979-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Investigators case log, 1976-1978. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Hearings files, 1970-1971. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Include correspondence, press releases, and miscellaneous official documents filed with cases. | |||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||
| AFCD: Sex and race discrimination, 1972-1973. | |||||||||||
| Bloomington Human Relations Council, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Bryn Mawr Human Relations Committee, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Civil rights: Laws and administrative materials, 1967-1969. | |||||||||||
| Civil Rights Department: Resource lawyers and advisors, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Compliance program: Minneapolis employment, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Concurrence Commission, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Correctional Service of Minnesota, 1972-1974. | |||||||||||
| Credit, 1972-1974. | |||||||||||
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1968-1979. 4 volumes and 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Include grant applications, work and data sharing agreements, and correspondence. | |||||||||||
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| 116.K.14.7B | 3 | Equal rights amendment, 1976. | |||||||||
| Golden Valley Human Relations Commission, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women, 1965-1967. | |||||||||||
| Governor’s office. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Office of Equal Opportunity. | |||||||||||
| History of the Minneapolis civil rights ordinance, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Homosexuals: Newspaper clippings, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Insurance industry, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Job qualifications: Military discharge, 1973-1975. | |||||||||||
| Legal aid clinic: Public defender. | |||||||||||
| Legal advice. | |||||||||||
| Mayor’s Commission on Human Relations, 1946-1967. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Establishment, 1967. | |||||||||||
| FEPC, 1946-1967. | |||||||||||
| Referred for assistance (RFA) complaint File, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis, City of: | |||||||||||
| City Attorney. | |||||||||||
| City Council. | |||||||||||
| Civil rights ordinance, 1968-1974. | |||||||||||
| Civil Service Commission, 1968-1974. | |||||||||||
| Commission on Human Relations. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fire Department. | |||||||||||
| Firefighter recruitment. | |||||||||||
| Housing and Redevelopment Authority. | |||||||||||
| Human Development Commission report to City Council, approximately 1966. | |||||||||||
| Juvenile courts. | |||||||||||
| Mayor’s office. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Model city. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Municipal court. | |||||||||||
| Municipal information systems. | |||||||||||
| Planning Department. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 116.K.14.8F | 4 | Police. 5 folders. | |||||||||
| Ways and Means Committee, 1968-1973. | |||||||||||
| Zoning law, 1963. | |||||||||||
| National Education Association. | |||||||||||
| National negro history week, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, D.C. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Private clubs, 1969-1973. | |||||||||||
| Redlining: Discrimination in mortgage lending, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Regina Hicks case, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Richfield Human Rights Commission. | |||||||||||
| Rules of procedure: Public hearings, 1976. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Human and Civil Rights Commission, 1962-1970. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Speech Association. | |||||||||||
| Staff training, 1968-1971. | |||||||||||
| State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. | |||||||||||
| State agencies: Ombudsman. | |||||||||||
| State Commission Against Discrimination (SCAD), 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| State Human Rights Conference, 1970. | |||||||||||
| State Human/Civil Rights Department, 1967-1974. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Task forces: Equality in Education and Sex Bias in Education. | |||||||||||
| Taxi cab ordinance newspaper clippings, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Women’s Advisory Committee of the State Human Rights Department. | |||||||||||
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:
- Civil rights -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Discrimination in employment -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Discrimination in housing -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Discrimination in municipal services -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Discrimination in public accommodations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis (Minn.). Mayor's Commission on Human Relations.
- Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights.
- Minneapolis Commission on Human Relations.
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