HENNEPIN COUNTY: EXCELSIOR TOWNSHIP:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Excelsior (Minnesota : Township). | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1858-1961. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Minute books (1892-1949), road order books and petitions (1880-1941), and financial records (1858-1946). The latter include clerk's books (1890-1948), clerk's register of poor relief (1935-1945), treasurer's account books (1886-1897, 1906-1921, 1933-1961) and statements of receipts and disbursements (1912-1956), and certificates of sums voted (1924-1925). The treasurer's account books include records of the Village of Shorewood for June 1956-December 1961. | |
| Quantity: | 2.1 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Also correspondence (1897-1948) dealing mainly with roads, bridges, real estate, and poor relief; an index to town files (1858-approximately 1890); annual town meeting minutes (1897, 1900); resolutions (undated and 1903-1906); quit claim deeds (1917-1929); public examiner's report (1922-1927); and civil docket of Justice of the Peace R. A. Patterson (1950-1955).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Excelsior (Minnesota : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 993-100
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017291350104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 102.K.20.1B | 1 | Minute books, 1892-1949. 9 volumes: | |||||||||
| Some volumes contain orders, resolutions, annual statement of treasurer and other financial records. | |||||||||||
| A, March 17, 1892 - March 6, 1900. | |||||||||||
| B, March 20, 1900 - March 3, 1903. | |||||||||||
| C, March 14, 1903 - April 6, 1912. | |||||||||||
| D, May 4, 1912 - April 6, 1918. | |||||||||||
| G, April 29, 1918 - March 6, 1923. | |||||||||||
| March 13, 1923 - June 22, 1931. | |||||||||||
| K, July 1, 1931 - December 3, 1938. | |||||||||||
| H, January 7, 1939 - March 6, 1945. | |||||||||||
| March 13, 1945 - April 29, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Road order books and petitions: | |||||||||||
| Volume E, March 10, 1880 - December 14, 1939. | |||||||||||
| Volume F, Minutes, February 14, 1905 - April 27, 1905; February 5, 1914. Orders, March 8, 1910; June 17, 1929 - March 3, 1930. | |||||||||||
| Road orders and petitions, 1881-1941. 13 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 102.K.20.2F | 2 | Financial records: | |||||||||
| Town finance books (clerk's record books): | |||||||||||
| March 22, 1890 - February 27, 1901. | |||||||||||
| March 1904 - March 1915. | |||||||||||
| 1923 - March 1928. | |||||||||||
| March 1928 - March 1935. | |||||||||||
| March 1935 - March 1948. | |||||||||||
| Clerk's register of poor relief, 1935-1945. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Treasurer's account books, 1886-1961 (incomplete). 6 volumes: | |||||||||||
| 1886-1894. | |||||||||||
| 1893-1897. | |||||||||||
| March 1906 - March 1915. | |||||||||||
| 1915 - 1921. | |||||||||||
| 108.I.12.8F-1 | March 1933 - March 1946. | ||||||||||
| Partial box. | |||||||||||
| March 1946 - December 1961. | |||||||||||
| June 1956 - December 1961 contains records of Village of Shorewood. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 102.K.20.2F | 2 | Treasurer's statements of receipts and disbursements, 1912-1956. | |||||||||
| Scattered. | |||||||||||
| Certificates of sums voted, 1924-1945. | |||||||||||
| For general fund, road/bridge, poor, fire, contingent funds. None for 1933 or 1935. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous records: | |||||||||||
| Index to town files, 1858-approximately 1890. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1897-1948. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Deals mainly with roads, bridges, real estate, and poor relief. | |||||||||||
| Annual town meeting minutes, March 9, 1897 and March 13, 1900. | |||||||||||
| Resolutions, undated and 1903-1906. | |||||||||||
| Quit claim deeds, 1917-1929. | |||||||||||
| Public examiner's report, March 14, 1922 to March 4, 1927. | |||||||||||
| Justice of the peace civil docket, 1950-1955. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Justice R. A. Patterson. | |||||||||||
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:
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Shorewood.
- Justices of the peace -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Poor -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Persons:
- Patterson, R. A.
- Places:
- Hennepin County (Minn.) -- Politics and government.
- Shorewood (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Dockets -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Territorial records -- Minnesota.
- Functions:
- Accounting.
- Assisting.
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