gr03634.xml Wilkin County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
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 Finding aid encoded by Meagan Kellom April 2026 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Wilkin County (Minn.). County Auditor. Miscellaneous Records. 1884-approximately 1991. Materials in English. Record of appropriations to townships and villages (1884-1927); register of seed grain applications (1893-1933); statements of amounts of grain handled by elevators (1937-1946); petitions for eradication of cattle tuberculosis (approximately 1924) and summaries of tuberculosis retests (1926-1942); wolf, fox, crow, lynx, bobcat, and bear bounties (1928-1965); a map showing road conditions (1936); miscellaneous petitions (1922-1946); sample election ballots (1922-1936); lists of city officers (1971-1975); a survey of county allowances for burial of paupers (1930); applications for county aid (1932-1936); a compilation of poor farm maintenance costs (1928); and tax delinquency statement (1934/1935). 0.75 cubic feet (2 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS Topics: Almshouses -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County -- Finance. Bear bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Bears -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Bobcat -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Bobcat bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Crow bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Crows -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Fox bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Foxes -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Grain elevators -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Local finance -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Lynx -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Lynx bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Municipal officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County -- Registers. Poor -- Services for -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Poor farms -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Predatory animals -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Roads -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Seed distribution -- Minnesota. Tuberculosis in cattle -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Wolf bounties -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Wolves -- Control -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Document Types: Ballots -- Minnesota. Maps -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. Petitions -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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Accession numbers: 986-140; 990-83; 992-33

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Catalog ID number: 990017099630104294

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 126.H.5.2FAppropriations, 1884-1927. 1 volume.

Appropriations to townships and villages.

 128.H.7.10FRegister of Seed Grain Applications, 1893-1933. 1 volume. Statement of Number of Bushels of Grain Handled, 1937-1946. 2 folders.

Submitted to the Auditor by community warehouse/ elevator operators.

 Cattle Tuberculosis Eradication Program Summaries, 1926-1942. 2 folders.

Results of retests on infected herds.

 Petitions for Eradication of Cattle Tuberculosis, approximately 1924. 2 folders. Wolf and Fox Bounties, 1928-1945. 2 folders. Crow Bounties, 1928-1948. 2 folders. Wolf, Lynx, Bobcat, Fox, and Bear Bounties, 1950-1965. 6 folders.

Majority are fox bounties.

 Wilkin County map showing road conditions, 1936. Wilkin County Courthouse brochures: 50 Years of Service, 1978; approximately 1991.2 items in 1 folder. Miscellaneous petitions, 1922-1946.

Include petitions for the building of a soldiers and sailors memorial, a sanatorium district, award money for exhibits, beer licenses, and the establishment of a public health nursing service.

 Election ballots (samples), 1922, 1933-1936.

Include lists of nominees for public office.

 Lists of City Officers, undated, 1971-1975. Survey of County Allowances for the Burial of Paupers, 1930.

This survey was compiled by the Wilkin County Auditor; 38 counties responded to the survey.

 Applications for County Aid, 1932-1936. Poor Farm Maintenance Costs for the Years, 1920-1927.

Compiled in 1928.

 Tax Delinquency Statement, 1934/1935.