WRIGHT COUNTY: CLEARWATER:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Clearwater (Minn.).
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1905-1984.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Includes council meeting minutes, resolutions and petitions, annexation papers, ordinances, annual budgets, recreation committee minutes, clerk's and treasurer's registers of receipts and disbursements, clerk's and treasurer's annual financial statements, audit reports, election records, and records of the Clearwater Volunteer Firemen's Benefit Association and the municipal liquor store.
	Quantity:	2.5 cubic feet (2 boxes and 4 volumes in partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Clearwater was incorporated as a village in 1857, and became a city in 1975.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Clearwater (Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 985-174

Processing Information:

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Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, May 2021.

Catalog ID number: 990017099350104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
117.E.12.1B	Village/City Council meeting minutes, 1905-1977. 7 volumes:
		1905-1916.
			Digital version
		1916-1918.
			Blank pages were not scanned when digitized.
			Digital version
		1918-1952.
			Digital version
		1952-1958.
			Blank pages were not scanned when digitized.
			Digital version
		1958-1963.
			Digital version
		1964-1967.
			Digital version
		1968-1977.
			Digital version


		Resolutions and petitions, 1905, 1951-1979.
			Digital version


		Annexation papers, 1975-1979.
			Digital version


Ordinances, 1908-1984. 2 volumes and 3 folders:
	Appear to be incomplete and there is some duplication. Blank pages were not scanned when digitized.
	1908-1916. 1 volume.
		Digital version
	1908-1953. 1 volume.
		Digital version
	1909-1966.
		Digital version
	1970-1980.
		Digital version
	1982-1984.
		Digital version


		Annual budgets, 1979-1981.
			Digital version


		Recreation Committee meeting minutes, 1973-1975.
			Digital version


Location
117.E.12.2F	Clerk's receipts and dispursements registers, 1905-1981. 5 volumes:
		1905-1919.
		1919-1939.
		[Missing 1939-1950.]
		1950-1958.
		1958-1970.
		1970-1981.


		Clerk's annual financial statements, 1925-1977. 2 folders:
			Incomplete.
			1925-1962.
			1963-1977.


	Treasurer's receipts and disbursements registers, 1908-1971. 4 volumes:
		1908-1937.
Location
118.E.6.1B-1		1937-1953.
		1954-1964.
		1965-1971.


Location
117.E.12.2F	Treasurer's annual statements, 1929-1970.
		Incomplete.


		Audit reports, 1970-1981. 12 volumes in 2 folders:
			Issued by private accounting firm.
			1970-1975.
			1976-1981.


		Summary statements of election returns, 1964-1982.
			For primary, general, and city elections.


Fire Department:
	Clearwater Volunteer Firemen's Benefit Association.
	Receipts and disbursements register, 1968-1971. 1 volume.
	Annual financial statements, 1948-1975.
		Incomplete.
	Audit reports, 1967-1979. 9 volumes in 1 folder:
		Incomplete.
	Historical notes on Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department, approximately 1962.


	Municipal liquor store:
		Receipts and disbursements register, 1945-1969. 2 volumes:
			1945-1949.
Location
118.E.6.1B-1			1946-1969.
Location
117.E.12.2F		Annual financial statements, 1967-1968, 1978.
			Incomplete.
		Audit report, 1970.

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:: Alcoholic beverage industry -- Minnesota.; Annexation (Municipal government) -- Minnesota -- Clearwater.; Election records -- Minnesota -- Wright County.; Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Clearwater.; Liquor industry -- Minnesota.; Local elections -- Minnesota -- Clearwater.; Municipal liquor stores -- Minnesota -- Wright County.; Ordinances, Municipal -- Minnesota -- Clearwater.; Recreation -- Minnesota -- Administration.

Organizations:: Clearwater Volunteer Firemen's Benefit Association (Minn.).

Document Types:: Petitions.

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WRIGHT COUNTY: CLEARWATER:

OVERVIEW

HISTORICAL NOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS