HENNEPIN COUNTY: HOPKINS:

An Inventory of Its Financial Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Hopkins (Minn.).
Title:Financial Records.
Dates:1893-1972.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Registers of receipts and disbursements (1894-1945), audit reports (1933-1964, incomplete), financial reports (1965-1968), budgets (1952-1972, incomplete), and a record of bonds and contracts for improvements to city facilities and public utilities (1893-1920s).
Quantity:3.5 cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hopkins (Minn.). Financial Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 979-35

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017062700104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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115.F.6.2FRecord of Bonds, Warrants, and Certificates of the City of West Minneapolis, 1893-1920s. 1 volume.
A record of bonds and certificates sold, and/or contracts let, for various constructions and improvements to the city’s infrastructure, noting for each its issuance date, amount, purpose, payment record for interest coupons (for bonds and certificates), and a recapitulation of work done and total cost.
Also contains other city data, including : petition and election results to incorporate the City of West Minneapolis (October 1893); photograph of the 1924 city police motorcycle; sketches of the routes of water mains, sidewalks and curbs, gas mains, and sewer lines; cost summary for the 1911 city hall and furnishings, with elevation and floor plan sketches; outline sketches or floor plans of other city facilities; annual financial statements, 1914-1924; and the total births and deaths recorded annually, 1914-1923.
Clerk’s Financial Book, February 1894-March 1896.
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114.D.6.7B-2Clerk’s Journal [Financial], March 1896-February 1914.
Clerk’s Registers of Receipts and Disbursements:
March 1914-February 1926.
March 1926-October 1929.
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114.D.6.8F-1 March 1929-December 1936.
Balances for March-October; individual entries begin in November.
January 1937-December 1938.
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114.D.6.8F-2 January 1938-December 1945.
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115.F.6.2FCash Balance Statements, 1932-1935.
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115.F.6.3BAudit Reports:
1933-1936. 1 volume.
1945.
1947-1964. 1 volume annually.
Annual Financial Reports, 1965-1968. 4 volumes.
Budgets:
Proposed Budget, 1952.
Budgets, 1955-1957, 1960-1967, 1972.
Those for 1964-1967 are titled "Program of Service."

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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:
Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Hopkins.
Motorcycles -- Photographs.
Municipal buildings -- Minnesota -- Hopkins.
Municipal services -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
Public utilities -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
Sewerage -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
Sidewalks.
Water-supply -- Minnesota -- Hopkins.
Places:
West Minneapolis (Minn.)
Document Types:
Budgets.

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