GOVERNOR:

An Inventory of Its Citizenship Restoration Certificates at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. Governor.
Title:Citizenship Restoration Certificates.
Dates:1889-1963.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Certificates sent to the governor by the warden of Stillwater State Prison, the superintendents of St. Cloud State Reformatory and Shakopee Women's Reformatory, officials of the Board of Parole and Probation, Youth Conservation Commission, and Adult Corrections Commission, and judges of district court--all affirming the rights of persons to restoration of citizenship following completion or expiration of prison or reformatory sentences, suspended sentences, or probation periods. With some related correspondence, 1953-1970.
Quantity:13.0 cubic feet (13 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Information usually includes: name, date of conviction, nature of crime, date of sentence, in what court sentenced, date of release.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged by institution or type of certificate; thereunder primarily alphabetical.


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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. Governor. Citizenship Restoration Certificates. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 256?; 384

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017033870104294

Appraisal Information:

These boxes have not been inspected for content, appraisal, or refine of contents list.


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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110.I.18.8F1St. Cloud State Reformatory, 1928-1940.
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110.I.18.9B2St. Cloud State Reformatory, 1941-1946.
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110.I.18.10F3St. Cloud State Reformatory, 1947-1958.
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110.I.18.11B4St. Cloud State Reformatory, 1959-1961.
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110.I.18.12F5Stillwater Prison, 1928-1946.
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110.I.18.13B6Stillwater Prison, 1947-1961.
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110.I.18.14F7Shakopee Women’s Reformatory, 1932-1961. 6 folders.
Youth Conservation Commission, 1958-1961. 3 folders.
County Jails, 1959-1961. 3 folders.
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110.I.19.1B8Judges’ Certificates, 1935-1952.
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110.I.19.2F9Judges’ Certificates, 1953-1962.
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110.I.19.3B10Judges’[?] Certificates, 1940-1949.
Messy.
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110.I.19.4F11Judges’(?) Certificates, 1962-1963. 18 folders.
Messy. Box also contains governor’s office personnel files.
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110.I.19.5B12Prison and reformatory, 1889-1924.
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110.I.19.6F13Prison and reformatory, 1925-1927.
Civil rights restoration correspondence:
Civil rights restoration correspondence/requests, 1955-1960. 3 fat folders.
Civil rights: Condition unfavorable, 1953-1954, 1963, 1966.
Civil rights (no further folder title), 1953-1955, 1961-1966.
Civil rights restoration correspondence, 1963.
Prison citizenship, 1964. 3 items in 1 folder.
Restoration of civil rights: Judges, 1964.
Civil rights restoration correspondence, 1960-1962.
Civil rights, 1967-1970.

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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:
Citizenship -- Minnesota.
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Organizations:
Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.)
Minnesota State Reformatory for Men.
Minnesota. Adult Corrections Commission.
Minnesota. Youth Conservation Commission.
Minnesota. State Board of Parole.
Minnesota. State Reformatory for Women.

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