CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT SELECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

An Inventory of Its Senate Investigative Research Staff Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Select Committee on Minnesota Correctional Institutions.
Title:Senate Investigative Research Staff Files.
Dates:1973-1975.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Includes committee minutes, correspondence, and background materials; subcommittee background materials; materials (including audio recordings) relating to the Minnesota Delphi Study of Correctional Institutions; and various informational reports, studies, and statistics relating to the correctional institutions studied.
Quantity:1.75 cubic feet (2 boxes), 2 master audio files: WAV (1.3 GB), and 2 user audio files: MP3 (147 MB).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Apparently of Rick Sevra, who provided some of the committee's research support.

The committee was appointed by the commissioner of corrections pursuant to Chapter 302, Laws of 1974 (amending Laws 1973 c765 s3 sub1).


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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]. Select Committee on Minnesota Correctional Institutions. Senate Investigative Research Staff Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 982-80

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the audio reels material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audio reels were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav files.

Processing Information:

Legacy Amendment logo

Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, December 19, 2023.

Digital audio transferred from master audio reels material by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (December 2023).

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990017041940104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
127.K.5.14FMinutes and memos. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous materials. 2 folders.
Minnesota Delphi Study materials. 2 folders.
Adult Corrections Subcommittee materials.
Juvenile Corrections Subcommittee materials.
Location
InternetMinnesota Delphi Study tapes.
Minnesota Delphi Study, June 12, 1974. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 39 minutes): WAV (709 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (79.1 MB).
Panel: Ken Schoen, Dick Conner, Dick Ericson, George Milkovich, Bill Kirchner. Experts: Eugene Burns James Hetland, C. Paul Jones, Bill McCutcheon, Bill Nagel.
Minnesota Delphi Study, June 12, 1974Digital audio
Minnesota Delphi Study, June 14, 1974. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 11 minutes): WAV (663 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (68.8 MB).
Panel: Ken Schoen, Dick Conner, Dick Ericson, George Milkovich, Bill Kirchner. Experts: Gerry Christenson, Paul Noren, Rosemary Sarri, Charles Shireman, Austin Wehrwein, Frank Wilderson.
Minnesota Delphi Study, June 14, 1974Digital audio
Location
127.K.6.1BCorrections: Suicides.
Institutional review.
Minnesota State Prison.
Minnesota Security Hospital.
State Reformatory for Men.
State Training School for Boys.
Minnesota Home School.
Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women.
Willow River Camp.
Thistledew Forestry Camp.
Minnesota Metropolitan Training Center.

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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:
Correctional institutions -- Minnesota.
Prisons -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Sevra, Rick.
Organizations:
Minnesota. Department of Corrections.
Document Types:
Audio recordings.
Statistics.
Functions:
Investigating.
Titles:
Minnesota Delphi Study of Correctional Institutions.

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