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                <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Wilkin County: Rothsay:</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">June 2026</date>
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            <head id="a1">OVERVIEW</head>
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                <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Minnesota Historical Society</corpname>
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            <origination label="Creator:">
                <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Rothsay (Minn.).</corpname>
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            <unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Records.</unittitle>
         
            <unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1885/1991">1885-1991.</unitdate>
         
            <langmaterial label="Language of Materials">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language>. </langmaterial>
            <abstract label="Abstract:">Village/city council minutes (1885-1975), ordinance ledger (1885-1975), register of receipts and disbursements
                (1922-1984) and financial statements (1910-1991), poll and tally lists for annual village elections (1915-1963), election registers
                (1948-1970), summary vote statements (1948-1958), Rothsay Planning Commission minutes (1976-1981), and Rothsay Cooperative Association
                records (1950-1951).</abstract>
            <physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">3.2 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial box).</physdesc>
            
            <physloc label="Location:"> See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf locations.</physloc>
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            <head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head>
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                <head>Topics:</head>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Building laws -- Minnesota -- Rothsay.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">City councils -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">City planning -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Rothsay.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Local elections -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Ordinances, Municipal -- Minnesota -- Rothsay.</subject>
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                <head>Organizations:</head>
                <corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610">Rothsay (Minn.). Planning Commission.</corpname>
                <corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610">Rothsay Cooperative Association.</corpname>
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                <head>Places:</head>
                <geogname encodinganalog="651">Rothsay (Minn.) -- Politics and government.</geogname>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Document Types:</head>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Voters' lists -- Minnesota -- Wilkin County.</genreform>
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                <head>Functions:</head>
                <function encodinganalog="657">Accounting.</function>
                <function encodinganalog="657">Planning.</function>
                <function encodinganalog="657">Registering.</function>
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                <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
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                    <emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. </emph>Rothsay (Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.</p>
                <p>
                    <emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
                        examples.</emph>
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                <head>Accession Information:</head>
                <p>Accession numbers: 993-108; 994-76</p>
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                <p>Catalog ID number: 990017301090104294</p>
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            <head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION</head>
            
            <c01>
                <did><physloc>102.J.9.3B</physloc><container>1</container><unittitle>Village/City Council Minutes, </unittitle><unitdate>1885-1975. </unitdate><physdesc>5 volumes and 2 folders:</physdesc></did>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1885-1892.</unitdate></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1893-1913.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1913-1929.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1930-1939.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1939-1953.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1954-1963.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1964-1975.</unitdate></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Rothsay Planning Commission Minutes, </unittitle><unitdate>1976-1981. </unitdate></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Ordinance Ledger, </unittitle><unitdate>1885-1975. </unitdate></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Register of Receipts and Disbursements, </unittitle><unitdate>1922-1984.</unitdate><physdesc>2 volumes and 4 tied bundles:</physdesc></did>
                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1922-1940.</unitdate><physdesc>1 volume.</physdesc></did>
                </c02>
                <c02>
                    <did><physloc>106.F.9.4F</physloc><container>2</container><unitdate>1940-1945. </unitdate><physdesc>1 oversize volume.</physdesc></did>
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                <c02>
                    <did><unitdate>1946-1984. </unitdate><physdesc>5 tied bundles (oversize).</physdesc></did>
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                <did><physloc>102.J.9.3B</physloc><container>1</container><unittitle>Clerk's/Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, </unittitle><unitdate>1910-1947.</unitdate></did>
                <scopecontent><p>Scattered.</p></scopecontent>
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            <c01>
                <did><physloc>102.J.9.4F</physloc><container>3</container><unittitle>Audited Financial Statements, </unittitle><unitdate>1946-1991. </unitdate><physdesc>5 folders.</physdesc></did>
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                <did><unittitle>Poll and Tally Lists for Annual Village Elections, </unittitle><unitdate>1915-1963. </unitdate><physdesc>3 folders.</physdesc></did>
                <scopecontent><p>Scattered.</p></scopecontent>
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            <c01>
                <did><unittitle>Election Registers, </unittitle><unitdate>1948-1970. </unitdate><physdesc>3 folders.</physdesc></did>
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            <c01>
                <did><unittitle>Summary Statements of Votes, </unittitle><unitdate>1948-1958. </unitdate><physdesc>2 folders.</physdesc></did>
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            <c01>
                <did><unittitle>Rothsay Cooperative Association: Bylaws (1950) and audit reports (1950-1951). </unittitle></did>
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