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                <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Martin County: Elm Creek Township:</titleproper>
                <subtitle encodinganalog="subtitle">An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society</subtitle>
            
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                <publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">Minnesota Historical Society</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>St. Paul, MN.</addressline>
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                <p>Government Records</p>
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            <creation encodinganalog="Description">Finding aid encoded by Meagan Kellom
                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2026">March 2026</date>
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            <head id="a1">OVERVIEW</head>
            <repository encodinganalog="852">
                <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Minnesota Historical Society</corpname>
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            <origination label="Creator:">
                <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Elm Creek (Minn. : Township).</corpname>
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            <unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Records.</unittitle>
          
            <unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1891/1978">1891-1978.</unitdate>
           
            <langmaterial label="Language of Materials">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language>. </langmaterial>
            <abstract label="Abstract:">Clerk's books (1891, 1900-1976); treasurer's books (1902-1955) and annual reports (1925, 1967, 1971-1972, 1976);
                poll lists (1943, 1964-1978; incomplete); and miscellaneous documents, including financial reports to the state (1942-1943), township map
                showing landowners (1968), and Elm Creek United Fund reports (1970, 1975).</abstract>
            <physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">0.9 cubic feet (1 box).</physdesc>
           
            <physloc label="Location:"> See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf locations.</physloc>
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            <head id="a3">SCOPE AND CONTENTS</head>
            <p>The clerk's books contain the minutes of annual town meetings and virtually no minutes of regular supervisor's meetings.</p>
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            <head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head>
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Topics:</head>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Martin County.</subject>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Organizations:</head>
                <corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610">Elm Creek United Fund (Minn.).</corpname>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Document Types:</head>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Maps -- Minnesota -- Martin County.</genreform>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Voters' lists -- Minnesota -- Martin County.</genreform>
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            <head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head>
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                <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
                <p>
                    <emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. </emph>Elm Creek (Minn. : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.</p>
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                    <emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
                        examples.</emph>
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                <head>Accession Information:</head>
                <p>Accession number: 994-24</p>
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                <head>Processing Information:</head>
              
                <p>Catalog ID number: 990017291320104294</p>
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            <head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION</head>
            
            <c01>
                <did><physloc>102.I.10.6F</physloc><unittitle>Clerk's Books, </unittitle><unitdate>1891, 1900-1976. </unitdate><physdesc>9 volumes:</physdesc></did>
                <scopecontent><p>Throughout this time period virtually no minutes of regular supervisor's meetings are recorded.  Minutes of annual town meetings are present.</p></scopecontent>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1891, 1900-1908.</unitdate></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1904-1910.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1910-1916.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1916-1921.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1921-1925.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1925-1930.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1931-1935.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1936-1943.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1943-1976.</unitdate></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Treasurer's Books, </unittitle><unitdate>1902-1955. </unitdate><physdesc>3 volumes:</physdesc></did>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1902-1927.</unitdate></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1927-1939.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1939-1944, 1954-1955.</unitdate></did>
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            <c01>
                <did><unittitle>Poll Lists, </unittitle><unitdate>1943, 1964-1978.</unitdate></did>
                <scopecontent><p>Incomplete.</p></scopecontent>
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            <c01>
                <did><unittitle>Treasurer's Annual Reports, </unittitle><unitdate>1925, 1967, 1971-1972, 1976.</unitdate></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Miscellaneous Papers, </unittitle><unitdate>1942-1943, 1962, 1968-1975. </unitdate></did>
                <scopecontent><p>Includes annual financial reports to state (1942-1943), a map of the township showing land owners (1968), reports of the Elm Creek United Fund (1970, 1975), and assorted financial and administrative records.</p></scopecontent>
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