BLUE EARTH COUNTY: SHERIFF:
An Inventory of Its Jail Registers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Blue Earth County (Minn.). Sheriff. | |
| Title: | Jail Registers. | |
| Dates: | 1886-1987. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Registers of persons incarcerated in the county jail, giving a variety of identifying and personal information, and data on offense and sentence. | |
| Quantity: | 6.0 cubic feet (10 volumes in 5 boxes, and 5 volumes shelved loose). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
In two subseries: alphabetical by prisoner surname (1886-1899) and chronological (1894-1987).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Blue Earth County (Minn.). Sheriff. Jail Registers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 986-91; 990-38; 990-162; 994-104
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017103280104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 106.C.1.1B-1 | Jail Registers, 1886-1899. 2 volumes: | ||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by first letter of last name; then chronologically thereunder. These volumes overlap with the first volume of the next series, below. Information provided includes date, name, county, offense, complexion, age, height, sentence, discharge date, remarks. | |||||||||||
| A, January 1886-March 1894. | |||||||||||
| B, March 1894-1899. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.1.1B-2 | Jail Registers, 1894-1987. 13 volumes: | ||||||||||
| Chronologically arranged. Information asked for (not always provided) includes prisoner number, name, sex, age, height, hair color, eye color, complexion, literate or not, habitually intemperate or not, special marks, where born, where parents born, by what authority committed, offense, time spent awaiting trial, time spent serving sentence, why discharged, remarks, and whether county, city, or U.S. prisoner. Beginning with the loose volumes (volume I), several other fields are added including address of prisoner, amount of bail, and various code fields. | |||||||||||
| A, January 1894-December 1906. | |||||||||||
| B, January 1907-December 1918. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.1.2F-1 | C, January 1919-May 1928. | ||||||||||
| D, June 1928-November 1933. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.1.2F-2 | E, December 1933-December 1941. | ||||||||||
| F, December 1941-April 1954. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.1.3B-1 | G, May 1954-May 1962. | ||||||||||
| H, June 1962-October 1968. | |||||||||||
| 106.C.1.5 | I, October 1968-December 1972. | ||||||||||
| 106.C.1.6 | J, January 1973-December 1976. | ||||||||||
| 106.C.1.7 | K, January 1977-June 1981. | ||||||||||
| 106.C.1.8 | L, July 1981-June 1985. | ||||||||||
| 106.C.1.9 | M, July 1985-July 1987. | ||||||||||
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:
- Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County -- Registers.
- Sheriffs -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County.
- Functions:
- Registering.
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