GOVERNOR:
An Inventory of Its Appointment Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Governor. | |
| Title: | Appointment Files. | |
| Dates: | 1895-1953 (bulk 1897-1909). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Requests for appointment, recommendation letters, petitions, and scattered appointment documents for a wide variety of boards, commissions, inspectors, and judges. Includes lists of expiration dates and recommendations for state boards (1939-1940s), board appointments (1940s-1950s), appointments submitted to the 1949 legislature for confirmation, governor's requests for Senate approval of appointees (1949-1951), and executive appointments (1953). | |
| Quantity: | 0.8 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Governor. Appointment Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 256
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017305730104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 117.K.10.6F | Expiration dates and recommendations for state boards, 1939-approximately 1940s. 1 volume in folder. | ||||||||||
| Alphabetical by board name. | |||||||||||
| Board appointment record, approximately 1940s-1950s. 1 volume in folder. | |||||||||||
| Alphabetical by board name. | |||||||||||
| Appointments to be confirmed, 1947-1948. | |||||||||||
| List submitted to 1949 Legislative Session for confirmation. | |||||||||||
| Requests for Senate approval, 1949-1951. | |||||||||||
| Copies of the governor's letters to the president of the Senate requesting approval of appointees. | |||||||||||
| Executive appointments, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Lists name, date received and referred, committee referred to and date, reported out date, other action, confirmation date. | |||||||||||
| Requests for appointment, recommendation letters, petitions, and some appointment documents, 1895-1909. 43 folders: | |||||||||||
| Art Commission, 1899, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Attorney representing state before the U.S. Interior Department, 1898. | |||||||||||
| Barber Board, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Bee Inspector, undated, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Boiler Inspector, 1898-1899. | |||||||||||
| Bridge Commissioners, 1897-1898. | |||||||||||
| For Itasca and Kandiyohi counties. | |||||||||||
| Control Board, 1980-1909. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Control Board: State Public School, Owatonna, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Dental Examiners, 1899-1909. | |||||||||||
| Drainage Committee, Colfax, Kandiyohi County, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Flax and Hemp Commissioners, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Forestry Board, 1899. | |||||||||||
| Health Board, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Horseshoer Board, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Judges: District Court (Hennepin County), 1897-1898, 1909. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Judges: District Court (Sherburne County), 1898. | |||||||||||
| Judges: Municipal Court, 1897-1906. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Covers judgeships in Anoka (1902), Brainerd (1902), Chisholm (1906), Duluth (1902, 1904), Lake City (1897), Mankato (1898), Northfield 1899, 1902), Shakopee (1901), and Stillwater (1898). | |||||||||||
| Judges: Probate Court, 1897-1908. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Covers judgeships in Aitkin (1898), Beltrami (1897-1898, 1900-1901), Blue Earth (1898), Cass (1897), Grant (1901), Itasca (1901-1902), Lyon (1903), Marshall (1901), Murray (1908), Pope (1899), Wadena (1902), Washington (1897), Watonwan (1902), and Wright (1902) counties. | |||||||||||
| Land agent for St. Paul and Pacific Railway Co. line between Watab and Brainerd, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Appointment document (copy), Wm. H. Phipps. | |||||||||||
| Live Stock Sanitary Board, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Lunacy Commission, 1898. | |||||||||||
| Matron - Capitol Rest Room, 1909. | |||||||||||
| Medical Examiners Board, 1895-1899. | |||||||||||
| Military commissions, 1898. | |||||||||||
| For the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Volunteer Infantry Regiments during the Spanish-American War. | |||||||||||
| Optometry Board, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Pharmacy Board, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Plumbing Examiners, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Prison Examiners, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Qualifications, Commissioner of Deeds, 1940-1959. | |||||||||||
| Appointment miscellany. | |||||||||||
| Soldiers Home - Board of Trustees, 1908-1909. | |||||||||||
| Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber, 1896. | |||||||||||
| Tax Commission, undated and 1909. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| University of Minnesota - Board of Regents, 1897. | |||||||||||
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:
- Bee culture -- Inspection -- Minnesota.
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Kandiyohi County.
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Itasca County.
- Drainage -- Minnesota -- Kandiyohi County.
- Flax -- Inspection -- Minnesota.
- Hemp -- Inspection -- Minnesota.
- Horseshoers -- Inspection -- Minnesota.
- Judges -- Minnesota -- Selection and appointment.
- Military appointments.
- Municipal courts -- Minnesota.
- Prisons -- Inspections -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Soldiers Home (Minneapolis, Minn.). Board of Trustees.
- Minnesota State Art Commission.
- Minnesota State Board of Dental Examiners.
- Minnesota State Board of Forestry.
- Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.
- Minnesota State Board of Optometry.
- Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy.
- Minnesota State Capitol (Saint Paul, Minn. : 1905- )
- Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.)
- Minnesota Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber.
- Minnesota Tax Commission (1907-1939)
- Minnesota. Board of Barber Examiners.
- Minnesota. Board of Boiler Examiners.
- Minnesota. State Board of Control.
- Minnesota. State Public School.
- Minnesota. State Board of Health.
- Minnesota. District Court (Hennepin County).
- Minnesota. District Court (Sherburne County).
- Minnesota. State Bee Inspector.
- Minnesota. State Board of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing.
- Minnesota. State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
- St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
- United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 15th (1898-1899).
- United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 14th (1898-1899).
- United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 13th (1898-1899).
- United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 12th (1898).
- University of Minnesota. Board of Regents.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Capital and capitol.
- Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
- Functions:
- Appointing.
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