HENNEPIN COUNTY: HENNEPIN COUNTY HOME SCHOOL:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Hennepin County Home School. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1901-2022. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Includes admission and discharge records (1922-1995), financial records (1943-2001), meeting minutes and annual reports (1992-2005), subject files (1911-2015), and published records and reports (1958-2005). Also includes recipe cards, photographs, scrapbooks and other related records. | |
| Quantity: | 7.9 cubic feet (8 boxes and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Hennepin County Home School is located in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It is licensed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections as a Juvenile Residential Facility for adolescent males and females, and sex-offenders ages 13 through 20 who are committed by the court. The program was founded in 1908.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Some of these records include private information about juveniles/individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hennepin County Home School. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2021-4; 2022-39
Processing Information:
Processed by: Perry Schussler and Charles Rodgers, August 2020 and May 2022
Catalog ID number: 9989791740104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 115.K.4.12F | 1 | Admission and discharge records, 1922-1995: | |||||||||
| Glen Lake Farm School for Boys No. 2, admission register for record Nos. 1961-5120, 1922-1940. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Includes name, record number, date committed, court number, and judge. May also include general remarks, date released and time spent in the Home School. | |||||||||||
| Home School for Boys Record admission register for record Nos. 4860-7833, 1939-1957. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Includes name, record number, date committed, court number, and judge. May also include general remarks, date released and time spent in the Home School. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.6F | 4 | Juvenile intake ledgers, 1954-1960, 1963-1967. 12 volumes: | |||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Indexed. One volume per year; no volumes for 1961-1962. Volumes list name, address, age, sex, race, offense, date in and out of the Home School, disposition, previous record, and court number. Organized approximately by date admitted. Some volumes include a section in the back called "contributing" which lists adults who were with the juveniles during the crime committed; this section does not appear to be comprehensive. Names in this section are indexed along with the juveniles but the adult names in the index have a dollar sign ($) before their name. | |||||||||||
| 1954-1960. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.7B | 5 | 1963-1967. | |||||||||
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| 115.K.4.12F | 1 | Beta program admission and discharge register, labeled "Beta files," 1972-1973, 1976-1989. 2 volumes. | |||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| The Beta program was a short-term, intensive residential program designed to be "an intervention for juvenile male offenders who are in the early phases of delinquent behavior" per an undated Home School description of the program. Includes name, date admitted, date released, and number. | |||||||||||
| Kappa and Gamma program admission and discharge register, 1977-1991. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Includes arrival date, name, number, release date, and internal code. Key for internal code is located at the beginning of the volume. May also contain age and cottage number. | |||||||||||
| Kappa admissions and discharge register, 1977-1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Duplicates other Kappa register. Includes date admitted, name, date discharged, and remarks. Boys names appear in the beginning of the volume, and girls names appear on page 95. | |||||||||||
| Secure unit admission register, 1991-1995. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Includes admission date, cottage number, name, code, release date, secure unit status, admission number, and race. Key for internal code is located at the beginning of the volume. | |||||||||||
| Financial records, 1943-2001: | |||||||||||
| Account book, 1943-1965. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Includes credits, debits, descriptions of each, and a running balance. | |||||||||||
| Annual operating budgets, 1994-2000. 7 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Community Corrections 1999 Budget - Juvenile Corrections, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Community Corrections 2000 Budget, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Operating and Capital Budgets, 2001. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Final Budget Report: | |||||||||||
| 1989. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | 1990-1992. 3 folders. | |||||||||
| Hennepin County Accounting Manual Revisions, 1992-1994. | |||||||||||
| Community Corrections Budget Manual, 1997-1999. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Home School Capital Projects, 1996. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.8F | 6 | Minutes and annual reports, 1992-2005. 22 folders: | |||||||||
| Administrative Group Day Away committee, 1997-1998. | |||||||||||
| Directors meetings, 1997-1999. | |||||||||||
| Juvenile Probation meetings, 1996-2001. | |||||||||||
| Labor Management committee, 1998. | |||||||||||
| New Era committee, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Resource Management committee, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Management and Administrative Groups meetings, 1992-2004. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes from both groups are intermingled at times. | |||||||||||
| Annual reports, 2003-2005. | |||||||||||
| Alleged criminal misconduct records, 1991-2004. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Include incident reports, follow up investigation reports, correspondence and related background information. Arranged in chronological order by year. | |||||||||||
| Alleged suicide reports and related records, 2000-2001. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Include accident/incident reports, suicide risk evaluation reports by staff, and correspondence. Arranged in chronological order by year. | |||||||||||
| Escape reports, 1989-2006. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Arranged in chronological order by year. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.9B | 7 | Recipe cards and index from the U.S. Armed Forces Recipe Service, 1980. 1 metal box and 1 volume. | |||||||||
| Recipe box and recipe index from the institutional kitchen of the Hennepin County Home School which were used to make meals for people staying on-site. | |||||||||||
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| 126.E.1.6 | 9 | Scrapbooks, 1901-1976. 3 volumes. | |||||||||
| Building security proposal drawings, 2020. 7 rolled-up sheets. | |||||||||||
| [0.25 cubic feet empty] | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | Subject files: | |||||||||
| Organized alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Abused children and family presentation, approximately 1970s. | |||||||||||
| Anonymous collage with colored pencil depicting a map of the Home School, undated. | |||||||||||
| Attorney General opinion - mandated program, 1961-1976. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | Audits and inspections, 2002. | |||||||||
| Annual report, 1971. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | Centennial program information, 1999. | |||||||||
| Culturally specific programming, 1990-1993. | |||||||||||
| Dictation outline for family diagnostic study, 1972. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | Door locks, 1996. | |||||||||
| Environmental Profile of the Student at the Glen Lake Home School, approximately late 1960s. | |||||||||||
| Epsilon Apple student literary magaizine, Summer 1990. | |||||||||||
| Escape statistics, 1983-2002. | |||||||||||
| No names of individuals are included. | |||||||||||
| Expansion of Home School, 1937-1969. | |||||||||||
| Gatewood Glen Lake Neighborhood Advisory Committee materials, 1990-1991. | |||||||||||
| General statistics, charts and information, 1990-2001. | |||||||||||
| Glen Lake golf course development and land sale, 1991-1996. | |||||||||||
| Graduation ceremony materials, 2007-2015. | |||||||||||
| Guestbook, 1967. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Mostly empty. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | Report of a Study on the Hennepin County Home School for Boys by Donald G. Blackburn, approximately 1955. | |||||||||
| Hennepin County Home School for Girls Report - Hennepin County Community Health and Welfare Council, June 15, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Report to Minnesota Legislature re: Hennepin County Needs for Secure Detention and Secure Correctional Treatment Resources for Juvenile Offenders, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Historical information on the Home School, 1929-approximately 2000. | |||||||||||
| History of County Home School records, 1911-2004. | |||||||||||
| Home School program records, 1970s-1985. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED. | |||||||||||
| Home School Superintendent's Orders, approximately 1974-1979. | |||||||||||
| Horse program files, 1982. | |||||||||||
| Impact of Overcrowding at Hennepin County Home School, 1989. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | Inspection Instrument for Juvenile Residential Facilities, approximately 1990s. | |||||||||
| Inspection Memos and Reports, 1982-2006. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | Report to the Governor on the Juvenile Justice Program, 1994. | |||||||||
| Juvenile Sex Offender Program (JSOP) materials, approximately 1980s-2000. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | Juvenile Sex Offender Program (JSOP) state licensing application, 1997-1999. | |||||||||
| KARE11 story on sexual assault allegations at Home School, 1987-1999 (bulk 1991-1992). | |||||||||||
| File has been inspected and does not contain names of individuals. | |||||||||||
| Licenses to Operate Facility, 1988-2009. | |||||||||||
| Maps and plans of the Home School, approximately 1950s, 1990s. | |||||||||||
| Market value appraisal of Glen Lake properties, 1991. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | Memos and reports, 1968-1996. | |||||||||
| Minnetonka Planning Commission meeting materials, 1995-1996. | |||||||||||
| National Correctional Officer Week county proclamation, 1988. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | News articles - PR Package, 1993-1996. | |||||||||
| News clippings, 1973-2016. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.13B | 2 | News and magazine clippings, 1976-2007. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Organizational charts, 1999, 2005. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.14F | 3 | Photographs: | |||||||||
| Summerfest, outdoor scenes, classroom scenes, displays, approximately 1980s-2003. | |||||||||||
| Contact sheets and negatives, approximately 1970s. | |||||||||||
| Grounds and interiors, 1916, approximately 1930s-1960s, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Juveniles doing activities, approximately 1950s-1960s. | |||||||||||
| Juveniles' faces are not shown and are not identified. | |||||||||||
| New building construction and groundbreaking ceremonies, 1960s. | |||||||||||
| County Home School Standard Operating Procedures, 2000, 2004. | |||||||||||
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| 126.F.7.10F | 8 | Policies and procedures (incomplete), 1994, 1999. | |||||||||
| Population information, 1961-1972. | |||||||||||
| No individual names present. | |||||||||||
| Presentations and program evaluations, 2000-2003. | |||||||||||
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| 115.K.4.14F | 3 | Program Missions and Descriptions manual, 1996. | |||||||||
| Public relations - media response manual, approximately 1990-1995. | |||||||||||
| Recidivism study materials, 1977-2002. | |||||||||||
| Retrospective resident study interview questions, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Salaries and operating expenses, 1942. | |||||||||||
| Sale of County Home School land, 1982-1989. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook sheets - graduation, approximately 1990s. | |||||||||||
| Shows unidentified students. | |||||||||||
| Summary of Home School programs for Governor Arne Carlson, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Theatre Program files, 1992-2000. | |||||||||||
| Uniform Application for Licensure, 2005. | |||||||||||
| Written works by students at the Home School, approximately 2007. | |||||||||||
| Students are identified by first name only. | |||||||||||
| Youth Employment Program introduction, approximately 1970s. | |||||||||||
| Published records and reports, 1958-2005: | |||||||||||
| Organized chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Committee Study of Hennepin County Home School for Boys February 1958. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Home School pamphlets and brochures, approximately 1960s-2000s. | |||||||||||
| Contains 5 items. | |||||||||||
| A Study of the Differences Between Those Boys Who Benefit from a Short-Term Direct Placement in the Discipline Company at the HCHS and Those Boys Who Commit Further Offenses Within Six Months of their Release by Jean L. Mongeau, 1962. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Feasibility Study: Hennepin County Home School, approximately mid-1960s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Ethnographic Description of Life in a Cottage at a Home School for Adjucated Youth by Kitty Francy, approximately 1965. | |||||||||||
| An Environmental Profile of the Student at Glen Lake Home School by Bruce Kane, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Preliminary Report: County Home School (Draft 1) by Jean Burhardt, 1970. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Juvenile Court Movement in Minnesota 1899-1913 by Donald P. Razskazoff, approximately 1970s. | |||||||||||
| Beta Program Recidivism Study, December 1981. | |||||||||||
| The Beta program was a short-term, intensive residential program designed to be "an intervention for juvenile male offenders who are in the early phases of delinquent behavior" per an undated Home School description of the program. | |||||||||||
| Recidivism Among Adolescent Sex Offenders by Bradley Massop, March 1995. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Department of Corrections Service Provider Application, approximately 1999-2000. | |||||||||||
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:
- Correctional institutions -- Minnesota.
- Female juvenile delinquents -- Minnesota.
- Juvenile corrections -- Minnesota.
- Juvenile delinquents -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
- Juvenile detention homes -- Minnesota.
- Male juvenile delinquents -- Minnesota.
- Schools -- Minnesota.
- Teenage sex offenders -- Minnesota.
- Places:
- Minnetonka (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
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