MILLE LACS COUNTY: SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS:

An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Mille Lacs County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools.
Title:Miscellaneous Records.
Dates:1872-1971.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Lists of school district teachers and officers; teachers' certificate information; miscellaneous records relating to teachers and officers; building (1916-1922) and visitation (1944-1956) information on school facilities; county superintendent's annual reports (1873-1901), annual report statistical summaries (1905-1912), and circular letters to school districts (1949-1970); school district clerks' annual reports (1873-1907); record of applications for special school aid (1906-1917), which give additional information on the schools; and reports, minutes, correspondence, and related papers of the Mille Lacs County School Survey Committee (1946-1960).
Quantity:2.4 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Mille Lacs County (Minn.). Superintendent of Schools. Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 981-35; 988-51; 995-92

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Catalog ID number: 990017071990104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
128.F.14.14F1Teacher lists (printed), 1912/1913-1920/1921.
Incomplete. These do not duplicate the other teacher lists. Some are photocopies.
School district teacher lists, 1883-1884, 1905-1971. 3 folders.
Includes teachers' contracts and lists of school superintendents.
Teacher certificate stubs, 1903-1913. 2 volumes in folder.
Teacher's examination record, 1873-1886. 1 item in folder.
Includes superintendent's school visitation record.
Summer training school programs, 1902-1914.
County Teacher's Patriotic League correspondence, 1920.
Lists of applicants for state teachers' certificates, 1908-1928.
List of school names, 1947; List of salaries paid, 1945-1946.
Lists of school district clerks (printed), undated and 1915/1916, 1916/1917, 1918/1919, 1920/1921.
These do not duplicate other officer lists. 1915/1916 and 1918/1919 are photocopies.
School district officers lists, 1872-1971. 2 folders.
School district officers record cards, 1913-1945. 4 bundles:
Four chronological sets, each in rough numerical order by school district number.
1913-1928.
1932-1933.
1933-1939.
1940-1945.
School visitation record, 1944-1956. 2 folders.
Rural school building cards, 1916-1922. 1 bundle.
In numerical order by school district number, thereunder chronological.
Commencement Program for Rural School Graduates, Class of 1921, 1921. 1 item in folder.
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128.F.15.1B2Circular letters, approximately 1910s, 1949-1970. 2 folders.
Circular letters issued to school district officers and teachers by the county superintendent.
School district clerk's annual reports, 1873-1907.
Chronological, thereunder numerical by school district number. Reports for 1877/1878 and 1892-1895 school years are missing.
Mille Lacs County School Survey Committee records:
Our Public Schools: A Report to the Residents of Mille Lacs County, 1947. 1 item in folder.
Tentative report, September 1948. 1 volume.
Final report, November 1948.
Minutes, correspondence, and related papers, 1946-1960. 3 folders.
School calendar, 1922/1923, 1924/1925.
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118.D.14.3B-13Summary of Annual Report A, 1905-1912.
Summaries of the county superintendent's annual reports regarding student enrollment, teachers, taxes, school property and equipment values, receipts, and expenditures. Statistical and financial data only. Pages removed from an otherwise empty volume.
Record of applications for Special State Aid A, 1906-1912, 1917. 1 volume.
One-page printed application records, filled in with considerable information on the applicant school district, including number and wages of teachers, summary of teaching equipment and books owned, recent improvements made in facilities and equipment, enrollment, expenditures, size of school building, heating and ventilation systems, condition of outhouses, name and education of principal, and general remarks about the school and teachers by the superintendent.
County superintendent's annual reports, 1873-1901. 1 oversize folder.

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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:
Government aid to education -- Minnesota -- Mille Lacs County.
School buildings -- Minnesota -- Mille Lacs County.
School districts -- Minnesota -- Mille Lacs County -- Officials and employees.
Schools -- Minnesota -- Mille Lacs County.
Teachers -- Minnesota -- Mille Lacs County.
Organizations:
School Survey Committee of Mille Lacs County.

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