ECONOMIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. Department of Economic Security.
Title:Published records and reports.
Dates:1962-2003.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Economic Security Department. The records cover all aspects of the department's duties and activities, particularly unemployment insurance, youth employment, training, labor market information, CETA [Comprehensive Employment and Training Act], employment statistics and indicators, wage data, hospital and nursing home salaries, occupational hiring, manufacturing, vocational rehabilitation, and the Minnesota Workforce Center.
Quantity:6.0 cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

Included are materials from the period it was the Department of Economic Security (1953-1970; 1994-2003), Department of Manpower Services (1970-1974), Department of Employment Services (1974-1977), and Department of Jobs and Training (August 1985 - April 1994).


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Economic Security. Published Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: None; 988-154; 2005-36.

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 003702594


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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120.C.2.3BMinnesota Employment Services Law, 1977, 1980. 2 items in 1 folder.

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Expand/CollapseDEPARTMENT NEWSLETTERS

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120.C.2.3BMonday Report, 1977-1978.
Minnesota Messenger, December 1977–January 1978.
The Newsletter, February 1978; Echo, March 1978–June 1982. 3 folders.
Despatch, June 1982–October 1985.
Newslines, November 1985–April 1996. 2 folders.
Connection, July 1996–May 2000.
Dimensions, August 1982 – April 1991. 9 folders.
Connecting, February 1992–April 1998. 3 folders.

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Expand/CollapseGENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS

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120.C.2.3BBriefing Book for Minnesota Congressional Delegation, March 14, 1978.
Includes miscellaneous brochures.
1980-1981 Biennial Budget Request materials.

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Expand/CollapseTOPICAL DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS

These materials were produced mainly by various divisions and offices of the Economic Security Department. Since the names of those entities changed periodically, the publications have been arranged by topic/subject rather than division/office title.


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120.C.2.3BCETA [Comprehensive Employment and Training Act]:
Minnesota CETA News, newsletter, September 1980–August 1982.
Allocations to Minnesota Under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, FY1974-1978, FY1979. 2 items in 1 folder.
CETA Activity Reports, 1976-1980. 4 items in 1 folder.
Incomplete.
Choices: CETA and Other Alternatives for Society at Work, Summer 1976.
YEDPA [Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act] in Minnesota, 1978-1979. 2 items in 1 folder.
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit January 1979; Summary, FY1980, CETA Special Grant to the Governor [photocopy], August 1979. 2 items in 1 folder.
Employment and Training in Minnesota 1981: Annual Report to the Governor.
Secondary School Dropouts, Report and Executive Summary March 1981. 2 items in 1 folder.
Employment (jobs) and training:
Work Equity Update, newsletter, December 1977-August 1979, January, July 1980.
Incomplete.
Marketing J.T.P.A., newsletter, 2nd Quarter 1984–2nd Quarter 1985.
Job Training News newsletter, September-May/June 1990. 2 folders.
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120.C.1.5BUnemployment Insurance Information for Employers, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 5 items in 1 folder.
Summer Youth Employment in Minnesota, 1977; Report to the Legislature, Youth Employment Act, Summer 1977. 2 items in 1 folder.
Minnesota Policy on Poverty: Presentation to the Governor's Cabinet, May 11, 1978; Economic Development Activities/Full Employment Tools, October 1978. 2 items in 1 folder.
Unemployment Insurance: Minnesota's Program August 25, 1980; Minnesota's Unemployment Insurance Program, January 1983 2 items in 1 folder.
Minnesota Youth Employment Act, Summer 1984.
Committee Comment, September-December 1986, April 1987, June 1989.
1993 Minnesota Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Miscellaneous unemployment insurance issuances.
Labor Market Information Center:
Hot Stats, newsletter, February 1996-March 1998.
Southeastern Minnesota Labor Market Information, 1977-1982. 4 folders.
Southwestern Minnesota Labor Market Review, 1977-1982. 4 folders.
Minnesota Labor Market Information Summary, 1979-1985. 9 folders.
1979; 1979 Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA [Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area]; 1979 Rochester SMSA. 3 items in 1 folder.
1979 St. Cloud SMSA.
1980; 1980 Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA. 2 items in 1 folder.
1980 Rochester SMSA; 1980 St. Cloud SMSA. 2 items in 1 folder.
1981 Balance of State Area; 1981 Rochester SMSA. 2 items in 1 folder.
1981 St. Cloud SMSA.
1982 Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA.
1984 St. Cloud SMSA.
1985 Minnesota.
Northwestern Minnesota Labor Market Review, January 1979–March 1982.
Twin Cities Labor Market Information, 1981-1985.
Industry Distribution of Wage and Salary Covered…for NE Minnesota, 1976 Data, April 1978.
Work Force Center:
Lite Bytes, Workforce Center, newsletter, April 1996-June 2003. 8 folders.
Workforce Center Tour ’96; Untitled news clippings, February 1996; Spreading the Word About Minnesota Workforce Centers, Spring/Summer 1996; Spreading the Word About Minnesota Workforce Centers, 2nd Edition, January 1996-July 30, 1997. 4 items in 1 folder.
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120.J.1.4FRegional Employment Review: The Employment Statistics Newsletter of Twin Cities Region, Winter 1998–Spring 2001.
Incomplete.
Regional Employment Review: The Employment Statistics Newsletter of Central Minnesota, Winter 2000–Spring 2001.
Regional Employment Review: The Employment Statistics Newsletter of Southwest Minnesota, Winter 2000–Spring 2001.
Regional Employment Review: The Employment Statistics Newsletter of Northwestern Region, Winter 2000–Spring 2001.
Research and statistics:
Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment Hours and Earnings, 1973-1998. 3 folders.
January 1973-February 1980, published April 1980; January 1974-February 1981, published February 1981; January 1974-January 1982, published April 1982. 3 items in 1 folder.
January 1975-February 1983, published April 1983; January 1950-December 1984, published April 1985; January 1980-December 1987, Published April 1988. 3 items in 1 folder.
December 1992–May 1998.
Minnesota Employment Trends, 1974-1985. 1 volume in 1 folder.
Review of Labor and Economic Conditions, 1974-1990. 12 folders.
Became Minnesota Labor Market Review in 1986.
Minnesota Employment Review, July 1997, January, February, July 1988.
Current Minnesota Labor Market Conditions, 1975-1986. 2 folders.
Minnesota Employment and Wages [or Wage Data] by County, 1975, 1977-1978, 1980-1983, 1986. 12 folders and 1 volume.
Incomplete.
Minnesota Job Outlook: 1994-2005, 1996.
Occupations to Skills Link Project, June 1997.
Minnesota Employee Benefits Survey, June 1997.
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120.J.1.5BAverage Covered Employment and Wages by Economic Region, 1976, 1977, 1983. 3 items in 1 folder.
Minnesota Labor Market Information Directory, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1989. 4 items in 1 folder.
Jobs in Focus, Minnesota Unemployment Rates by County, 1978, January 1993-April 1994.
Summary of Area Office Activities, FY1978, Calendar year 1980, March 1984, August 1988–April 1991. 8 folders.
Monthly; missing November 1988.
Minnesota Salary Survey, 1976-1998. 8 folders.
1976 Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
1979 By Area; 1979 Hospitals and Nursing Homes. 2 items in 1 folder.
1980 By Area; 1980 Hospitals and Nursing Homes. 2 items in 1 folder.
1981 Hospitals and Nursing Homes; 1982 Hospitals and Nursing Homes. 3 items in 1 folder.
1989 By Area and Industry and Employer Size. 2 folders.
Minnesota Salary Survey By Area, 1996.
Twin Cities Salary Survey, 1998.
Minnesota Wage Data by Industry and Size of Firm, 1979-1982. 2 folders.
Minnesota Trade Act of 1974: FY1980 Activity.
Minnesota Occupational Hiring Patterns, September 1980; Minnesota Female Employment, Nonagricultural Industries, 1949-1979, August 1980 and [2nd printing], November 1980. 3 items in 1 folder.
Minnesota Employment Outlook to 1985, January 1981.
Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA Employment Outlook to 1985, March 1982.
1980 Occupational Employment Statistics in Minnesota, May 1982.
Important Minnesota Occupations by Industry 1979-1980-1981, January 1983.
Important Minnesota Occupations by Industry 1984-1985-1986, April 1988.
Important Minnesota Occupations by Industry 1986-1987-1988, February 1991.
1983 Occupational Employment Statistics in Minnesota: Staffing Patterns for Hospitals and Manufacturing, December 1984.
Minnesota Employment Outlook to 1990, February 1985.
1986 Occupational Employment Statistics in Minnesota: Staffing Patterns for Hospitals and Manufacturing, January 1988.
Minnesota Economic Indicators/Minnesota Economic Trends, October 1990–Fall 1996. 2 folders.
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120.J.1.6FMinnesota Economic Indicators/Minnesota Economic Trends, 1997-2002. 2 folders.
Minnesota Labor Market Trends, Spring, Summer/Fall 1993; Spring, Fall 1994.
Civilian Labor Force Statistics, January 1993-February 1998.
Minnesota Reemployment Insurance Fund Status and Claims, June 1994-September 1996.
Balance Sheet, newsletter, November 1981-September 1983.
Central/Northwest Minnesota Labor Market Bulletin, November 1983-June 1985.
Southern Minnesota Labor Market Review, October 1982-June 1985.
Northeastern Minnesota Labor Market Review, 1977-1985. 2 folders.
Central Minnesota Labor Market Bulletin, 1976-1983. 2 folders.
Labor Force Estimates, Southwestern Minnesota, 1979-1980.
Minnesota Employment and Earnings, 1974-1975.
Economic Security Statistical Summary, 1978-1980.
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118.C.3.4FVocational rehabilitation:
DVR Dialogue, newsletter, January 1984–December 1988.
The Assessment of Disability in Minnesota, Monograph No. 2, November 1978; Vocational Rehabilitation in Minnesota: A 1980 Overview; DVR, February 1985. 3 items in 1 folder.
Certification Standards Manual, Long-Term Sheltered Work/Work Activity, November 1979.
procedures for Developing and Updating Rehabilitation Facility Operating Agreements, November 1984.
Report to the Legislature, March 1, 1985.
Job Training Partnership Act Annual Reports, 1983-1988, 1995-1996. 8 folders.
Partnership, Nos. 1-9, 13-17, newsletter, November 1984-April 1989.
Partners, newsletter, 1990-2000.
Incomplete.
Miscellaneous, four items, undated.
Press release, March 14, 1997.
Department of Jobs and Training:
Annual Reports, 1985-1990, 1992.
State Job Training Office Annual Reports, July 1, 1987-June 30, 1988, March 1991.
Governor’s Coordination and Special Services Plan, Program Years 1986-1987, May 1986.
State Plan for Employment, Program Years 1988-1989, May 1988, May 1989 Update.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: Minnesota 1980 to 1988, May 1989.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: Minneapolis/St. Paul 1970-1983, April 1983.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: Minneapolis/St. Paul 1950-1987, April 1987.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: Minneapolis/St. Paul 1980-1989, May 1990.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: Minnesota and Minneapolis/St. Paul, 1989-1999, October 2000.
Minnesota Employment and Wages by Economic Region and County, Fourth Quarter, 1987.
A Report on Permanent Mass Layoffs and Plant Closings in Minnesota, July 1988.
Minnesota Salaries by Industry and by Employer Size, 1988.

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Expand/CollapseGENERAL PUBLICATIONS

Arranged chronologically.


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120.J.1.6FManual of Information and Instructions on Unemployment Compensation for State and Public Employees, January 1958.
Rural Manpower Services: 1969 Annual Farm Labor Report, January 1970.
Manpower Planning Organization, Memorandum and Report, Manpower Functional Analysis, Minnesota Department of Administration, June 5, 1970.
Minnesota Directory of Licensed Occupations, April 1971.
Older Worker Community Resource Handbook, May 1972.
Part and Total Graphs Showing Employment, Unemployment and Labor Force for North East Minnesota 1965-1971, June 1972.
Guide to Apprenticeship: A Handbook for Guidance and Employment Counselors, July 1972.
A Compilation of Selected Labor Market Data for Minorities in Northeastern Minnesota Counties and Cities 1970 Census, August 1972.
Greater Mankato-St. Peter Area Manpower Study, October 1972.
Economic Security for Hired Farm Workers, November 1972.
Pipestone County, Minnesota Area Manpower Study, December 1973.
Rural Forum: Bulletin Nos. 3-5, May 1975.
Summary Status of Current Federal and State Job Development/Incentive Programs, October 1978.
Summary Status of Current Federal and State Job Development/Incentive Programs for Minnesota Business Partnership Jobs Task Force, November 7, 1978.
Local Service Team Project Guide, April 1980; Report to the Legislature: Energy Assistance Program Operations in Minnesota, FY1980. 2 items in 1 folder.
1980 Census: Population and Housing, November 1982; 1980 Census: Income and Poverty, February 1983. 2 items in 1 folder.
Office Automation Study, September 1984.
Feasibility of a Uniform Business Identifier, February 28, 1995.

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Expand/CollapseCHRONOLOGICAL FILES

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118.C.3.4FPlanning Information Package for Office of Full Productivity and Opportunity, May 1986.
Summer Youth Employment in Minnesota, 1986.
Minnesota Employment and Economic Development [MEED] Wage Subsidy Program, July 1985-December 1986.
Facility Certification Manual, April 1987.
1986 Occupational Employment Statistics in Minnesota (Hospitals and Manufacturing), January 1988.
Minnesota Employment, November 1988, August 1990.
Worker Dislocation in Minnesota: Selected Characteristics And Policy Implications, February 1989.
Head Start Programs in Minnesota 1987-1988 Summary.
Minnesota Average Covered Employment and Wages by Economic Region and County, 1988.
Minnesota Employment Outlook to 1993, January 1989.
Twins Cities Area Employment Outlook to 1993, July 1989.
Greater Minnesota Employment Outlook to 1993, September 1989.
Traumatic Brain Injury Work Group, Final Report, November 1989.
Designing New Lives-Using Programs as Tools, February 1990.
Emergency Shelter Provider and Referral Directory, June and November 1990.
Minnesota Displaced Homemaker Program Report, 1990.
Forging a Peace Economy in Minnesota: A Report for the Minnesota Task Force on Economic Conversion, February 1991.
A Progress Report on Minnesota Project Stride: Minnesota Charts its Course from Welfare to Self-Sufficiency, March 1991.
Minnesota State Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, undated.
Employer’s Insight: Blind People in the Workplace, undated.
Radio Talking Book Program Guide, undated.
Minnesota Job Service, undated.
Minnesota Manpower Development and Training Program Report, July 1962–December 1965.
State office of Economic Opportunity, Fiscal 1969 Report.
Work Equity Demonstration Project, August-September 1977.
Energy Consult Corporation, Jobs Through Energy, June 1983.
Poverty reports, 1983-1986.
Economic Opportunity Office, circa 1988.
Minnesota Supported Employment Project, June 1988.
Minnesota Careers, 1986, November 1990.
Report of the 1995 Regional School to Work Forums, February 1996.
Minnesota Consumer Report on Vocational Technical College Programs, 1997.
Strategic plan, 2000.

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120.A.3.6FEmployer’s Recruitment Guide: How to Recruit Personnel in Other Areas, 1962.
Minnesota Farm Labor Report, 1966.
Minnesota Farm Labor Report, 1968.
Job Corps: A Three Year Report, June 1968.
Cooperative Federal State Data Collection Programs: A Study of the Nature, Purpose, and Use of Data Collected by Federal State Data Collection Programs, March 1974.
Summary of Manpower Programs and Labor Force Data, February 1975.
Employment Service Division, Plan of Service FY1975; Unemployment Insurance, Plan of Operations, FY1975; AS&T, Plan of Service, FY1975. 3 items in 1 folder.
Data Directory 1976…Relating Unemployment Insurance, Employment Service, and Labor Market Statistics, April 1976.
Minnesota Annual Planning Report, June 1976.
Minnesota Labor management Dispute Data 1960-1975, Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA, September 1976.
Minnesota Labor Market Data Summary FY1978, June 1977.
Women in Minnesota: An Economic Analysis of Their Work Experience, October 1977.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Economic development projects -- Minnesota.
Economic security -- Minnesota.
Employment forecasting -- Minnesota.
Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Employees -- Salaries, etc.
Insurance, Unemployed -- Minnesota.
Labor market -- Minnesota.
Manpower policy -- Minnesota.
Manufacturing industries -- Minnesota.
Nursing homes -- Minnesota -- Employees -- Salaries, etc.
Occupational retraining -- Minnesota.
Occupational training -- Minnesota.
Unemployed -- Services for -- Minnesota.
Vocational rehabilitation -- Minnesota.
Wages -- Minnesota.
Women -- Employment -- Minnesota.
Youth -- Employment -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Minnesota. Department of Jobs and Training.
Minnesota. Department of Economic Security.
Minnesota. Department of Manpower Services.
Minnesota. Department of Employment Services.
Minnesota Workforce Center.
United States. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
Titles:
Despatch.
Dimensions.
Echo.
Connecting.
Connection.
Lite bytes.
Minnesota labor market review.
The newsletter.
Newslines.
Review of labor and economic conditions.
Southwestern Minnesota labor market review.
Southeastern Minnesota labor market information.

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