STILLWATER STATE PRISON:
An Inventory of Its Correspondence and Visitor Registers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). | |
| Title: | Correspondence and Visitor Registers. | |
| Dates: | 1892-1950. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | The visitor registers (1898-1899, 1911-1914) list the names and addresses of visitors to the prison. The correspondence register (1892-1901) and registers of inmates' mail (1914, 1924-1926, 1936-1946, 1949-1950) record what the inmates received in the mail. For some years, the correspondence register also lists items sent by inmates, while the 1914 register includes lists of photographs sent to the Albany, New York Bureau of Investigation (1914-1915) and fingerprints sent to Leavenworth (1915-1925), Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1926-1931), St. Paul (1931), New York (1917-1918), and Michigan (1924-1931), and the 1949-1950 volume records the sender of the item received. | |
| Quantity: | 2.45 cubic feet (3 boxes; 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Correspondence and Visitor Registers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 980-23; 981-83; 998-12; 998-25
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017043130104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 114.E.14.1B-1 | Visitors register, 1898-1899. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Visitors register, 1911-1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 114.E.14.1B-2 | Correspondence register, 1892-1894. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Correspondence register, 1896-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 118.J.6.3B-1 | Correspondence register, 1898-1899. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Correspondence register, 1899-1901. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 114.E.14.1B-1 | Register of inmates' mail, January 1, 1914-June 30, 1914. | ||||||||||
| Also includes lists of photographs sent to the Albany, NY Bureau of Investigation (1914-1915); and fingerprints sent to Leavenworth (1915-1925), Washington, DC Department of Justice (1926-1931), St. Paul (1931), New York (1917-1918), and Michigan (1924-1931). The pages listing fingerprints are somewhat out of order. Michigan, for example, has entries in three separate locations. | |||||||||||
| Register of inmates' mail, October 28, 1924-April 1, 1926. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 117.G.16.3B | Register of inmates' mail, 1936-1942. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Register of inmates’ mail, 1943-1946. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Register of inmates' mail, May 23, 1949-February 2, 1950. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
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:
- Fingerprints.
- Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Identification.
- Prisoners -- Minnesota.
- Prisons -- Minnesota -- Visits and correspondence with inmates.
- Document Types:
- Registers.
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