HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS: PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records and Publications at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis (Minn.). Board of Public Welfare. | |
| Title: | Miscellaneous Records and Publications. | |
| Dates: | 1934-1973. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Includes a historical review of the Division of Public Relief (1931-1934); minutes, administrative memos, and resolutions; organization charts; bulletins; subject files; publications, primarily of the Division of Public Relief; and reports and news clippings on investigations into board facilities and activities (1936-1938). | |
| Quantity: | 1.2 cubic feet (1 box, and 1 volume in partial box). | |
| 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.). Board of Public Welfare. Miscellaneous Records and Publications. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 984-74; 2002-54
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017100810104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 116.H.4.8F | 1 | "Historical Review, Division of Public Relief: Four Years of Depression 1931-1932-1933-1934," undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||
| Board of Public Welfare: | |||||||||||
| Minutes, January 5-June 4, 1937. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, 1973. | |||||||||||
| (Xerox copies). | |||||||||||
| Administrative memos, 1971-1973. | |||||||||||
| Resolutions, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Public Relief Division: | |||||||||||
| Organizational charts, 1934-1940s. | |||||||||||
| "Manual of the Division of Public Relief," 1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| "Recording," 1950. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Handbook on case recording. | |||||||||||
| "Eligibility and Budgeting," 1950. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Manual. | |||||||||||
| "Eligibility – Budgeting – Services Manual," 1963. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| "An Appraisal of Division of Public Relief," May 1, 1963. | |||||||||||
| The folder also contains a report of the implementation committee appointed to review the appraisal report and recommend changes in policy and procedures. | |||||||||||
| Bulletins, 1961, 1970-1973. | |||||||||||
| Monthly statistical report, June 1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Subject files, 1934-1973. 9 folders and 2 volumes: | |||||||||||
| Case load studies – Other than white, 1959-1973. | |||||||||||
| Citizens’ Committee on Relief, 1934-1941. | |||||||||||
| Clothing Commissary, 1934-1941. | |||||||||||
| Food allowances, 1947-1969. | |||||||||||
| Men’s Relief Section: Reports and correspondence, 1934-1960, 1969, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Staff surveys and reports, 1936-1943. 1956, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| Vocational Guidance Service: Brochures and reports, 1940-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| WPA bulletins and manuals, 1938-1941. | |||||||||||
| WPA certification manuals, approximately 1938-1939. 3 items in folder. | |||||||||||
| 1941 sponsors supplemental statement, Vocational Guidance Service, Work Projects Administration. | |||||||||||
| Appendix only. | |||||||||||
| Publications, 1937-1965. 5 volumes: | |||||||||||
| "Minneapolis Unemployed," by Paul Segnar, 1937. | |||||||||||
| "Handbook on Letter Writing," 1939. | |||||||||||
| "Physical Characteristics of the Resident Relief Population," 1941. | |||||||||||
| "Controlled Practice Study of the Value of the Social Service Exchange in the Casework Process," 1956. | |||||||||||
| "The Commodities Cookbook: A Compilation of Recipes for Use in Preparation of Government Commodity Foods," January 1965. | |||||||||||
| Board of Public Welfare: | |||||||||||
| Investigation reports, 1937. 4 items in one folder: | |||||||||||
| Typescript reports by George A. Schain and C.C. Moe covering their investigations into various facilities and activities of the Minneapolis Board of Public Welfare. | |||||||||||
| Preliminary report on General Hospital, March 30, 1937. | |||||||||||
| Report on City Workhouse, June 21, 1937. | |||||||||||
| Final report on General Hospital, July 17, 1937. | |||||||||||
| Report on special investigation of relief activities of the Board of Public Welfare, December 15, 1937. | |||||||||||
| News clippings, 1936-1938. 1 folder and 1 volume: | |||||||||||
| News clippings, mainly from Minneapolis newspapers, relating to the investigation of the Board of Public Welfare, its operation, and its leadership, especially to events leading up to the resignation of A.C. Tingdale, superintendent of the Minneapolis workhouse. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook, 1936-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook kept by George A. Schain consisting of newspaper clippings relating to the investigations, and including a letter of introduction (1936) from Mayor Thomas E. Latimer to officers of Public Welfare facilities requesting their assistance in the investigations and a clipping (undated) announcing the appointment of Miss Josephine Schain as chair of the Cause and Cure of War conference. | |||||||||||
| News clippings (photocopies), undated, 1937-1938. | |||||||||||
| Loose clippings (removed from above scrapbook). | |||||||||||
| 114.E.14.8F | Division of Relief. Department of Hospital Admissions. "Purpose and Procedures Manual," 1934. Oversize volume in partial box. | ||||||||||
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:
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Public welfare administration -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Investigation.
- Persons:
- Moe, C. C.
- Schain, George A.
- Tingdale, A. C.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis (Minn.). Division of Public Relief.
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