STILLWATER STATE PRISON: PRISON INDUSTRIES:

An Inventory of Its Prison Industries Expense Journals at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.).
Title:Prison Industries Expense Journals.
Dates:1918-1955.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Records of the expenses incurred in the operation of the prison's industries. The journals list individual payments for salaries, travel, promotion, supplies, repairs, and other expenses for the farm machinery, repair, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and printing departments. Also included is an expense distribution volume (1918-1924) that lists commercial and selling expenses.
Quantity:2 microfilm reels.
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]. Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Prison Industries Expense Journals. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society, 1992.

Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Location of Originals:

Originals disposed of after microfilming. Quantity of the originals: 6 volumes.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 981-83

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017296740104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationReel
SAM 1511Expense distribution journal A, 1918-January 1925.
Contains accounts for farm machinery, repair, and hemp and twine departments.
Selling expense journal 2, 1925-1929.
Contains accounts for farm machinery, repair, and hemp and twine departments.
Selling expense journal 3, 1930-1933.
Contains accounts for farm machinery, repair, hemp and twine, and rope and ply goods departments. A few of the accounts include entries for January, February, and March 1934.
LocationReel
SAM 1512Commercial and selling and manufacturing expense journal, 1934-1939.
Contains commercial and selling accounts for farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and repairs departments (pages 1-133) and manufacturing accounts for farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and printing departments (pages 135-221).
Missing 1940-1949.
Commercial and selling expense journal, 1950-1955.
First four pages contain annual (1930-1955) recapitulations of monthly totals for the farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and repair departments. The remainder of the volume contains monthly accounts for the farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and repair departments.
Manufacturing expense journal, 1950-1955.
First four pages contain annual (1930-1955) recapitulations of monthly totals for the farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and printing depa1tments. The remainder of the volume contains monthly accounts for the farm machinery, hemp and twine, rope and ply goods, and printing departments.

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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:
Agricultural machinery industry -- Minnesota.
Hemp industry -- Minnesota.
Printing industry -- Minnesota.
Prison industries -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
Twine industry -- Minnesota.
Document Types:
Microforms.
Functions:
Accounting.
Manufacturing.

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