gr03569.xml Social Security Department: Public Institutions Division: An Inventory of Its Personnel Service Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

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 Finding aid encoded by Sonja Isaacson and Meagan Kellom January 2021 and February 2026 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Division of Public Institutions. Personnel Service Records. 1925-1940. Materials in English. Records documenting various state personnel, particularly those at the state's public institutions. The majority are personnel service record cards (1925-1939) for the state's institutions, listing employee name, address, position, salary, brief statement of duties, data on previous state service, education, training, and personal and family information. Also State Employees Retirement Association deduction cards (1929-1939) and payroll deduction records on State Relief Agency and State Emergency Relief Administration paid employees (1939-1940). 4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS Topics: Public institutions -- Minnesota -- Finance. Public institutions -- Employees -- Minnesota. State governments -- Minnesota -- Officials and employees. Organizations: Anoka State Asylum. Colony for Epileptics (Minn.). Fergus Falls State Hospital. Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children. Minnesota Home School for Girls. Minnesota Sanatorium for Consumptives. Minnesota School for the Blind. Minnesota School for the Deaf. Minnesota School for the Feeble-Minded (Faribault, Minn.). Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.) Minnesota State Reformatory for Men. Minnesota State Training School for Boys. Minnesota. State Reformatory for Women. Minnesota. State Employees Retirement Association. Minnesota. State Relief Agency. Minnesota. State Public School. Rochester State Hospital (Minn.) St. Peter State Hospital. State Emergency Relief Administration (Minn.). Willmar State Asylum. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Public Institutions. Personnel Service Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 977-37

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990069140890104294

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 109.I.19.13BPersonnel Service Record Cards, 1925-1939 (bulk 1934-1938 bulk):

The majority are stamped as having been received by the Personnel and Budget Office of the Department of Administration and Finance. They give employee name, address, position, salary, brief statement of duties, some information on previous state service, education and training, and personal and family data.

 State Board of Control (Administration), A-Z, 1925, 1931-1938. 4 folders. Ah-Gwah-Ching State Sanatorium, A-Z, 1934-1938. 7 folders. Anoka State Asylum for the Insane, A-Z, 1934-1938. 3 folders. Cambridge Colony of Epileptics, A-Z, 1934-1937. 4 folders. Faribault School for the Blind, A-Z, 1934-1937. 2 folders. Faribault School for the Deaf, A-Z, 1933-1937. 2 folders. 109.I.19.14FFaribault State School for the Feeble-Minded, A-Z, 1934-1939. 6 folders. Fergus Falls State Hospital, A-Z, 1934-1938. 5 folders. Hastings State Asylum, A-Z, 1934-1938. 4 folders. Moose Lake State Hospital, A-Z, 1938. 1 folder. Owatonna State Public School, A-Z, 1934-1938. 3 folders. Red Wing Training School for Boys, A-Z, 1934-1938. 2 folders. 131.J.7.2FRochester State Hospital, A-Z, 1931-1938. 5 folders. St. Cloud State Reformatory, A-Z, 1933-1938. 3 folders. St. Paul Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children, 1931-1938. 4 folders. St. Peter State Hospital, A-Z, 1931-1938. 6 folders. Sauk Centre Home School for Girls, 1934-1938. 2 folders. 131.J.7.3BShakopee State Women's Reformatory, D-W, 1931-1938. 1 folder. Stillwater State Prison, A-Z, 1934-1938. 4 folders. Willmar State Asylum, A-Z, 1934-1938. 4 folders. State Board of Control, State Employees Retirement Association (SERA), Deduction Cards, semimonthly, A-Z, 1929-1939. 4 folders. SERA Payroll Deductions, A-Z, State Relief Agency Employees to June 30, 1939; Employees paid from Minnesota Public Relief Fund through June 30, 1940.1 volume. SERA Payroll Deductions, A-Z, Work Project Employees under State Emergency Relief Administration and State Relief Agency Prior to June 30, 1939.1 volume.

Salaries and SERA deductions noted.