What's New -- July 2026

Collections with additions or added digital content this month include the Anoka State Hospital Subject Files; the Health Department: Public Health Nursing Division Records; the Jerome Hill Papers; the Isanti County Birth Registers and Indexes; the Kanabec County Birth Records Indexes; the Pine County Birth Records Indexes; and the LaRoy Sunderland Upton Papers.

Name/Abstract	File No.
Administration Department: Assistant Commissioner's Office: An Inventory of the Files of James L. Pederson	gr03768
Correspondence, budget and policy materials, reports, memos, and other material documenting the activities of James L. Pederson, Deputy Commissioner (1973-1975), Assistant to the Commissioner (1976), and Assistant Commissioner, General Services Bureau/Property Management Bureau (1985-1991).
Administration Department: Information Services Bureau: An Inventory of the Norbert A. Bohn Files	gr03767
Files of Bohn, director, successively, of the bureau's operations, administrative support, and applications services divisions, and member of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) board of directors.
Anoka County: Anoka: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Dockets	gr03766
Civil and criminal dockets of the Anoka Municipal Court.
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Records	gr03753
Criminal register (1859-1977), criminal docket (1878-1897), register of criminal actions (1896-1921), and index to criminal cases (1921-1933).
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Forfeited Real Estate Tax Judgment Books	gr03754
Includes 1881, 1893, 1900, 1914.
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Indictment Records	gr03755
Indictment records (1881-1960) and record of indictment on information (1933-1967).
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes	gr03756
The early volumes (1859-1889) include minutes of grand jury proceedings, petit jury trials, and district court proceedings; and notarial commissions.
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr03757
Grand jury records; canvassing board minutes (1962, 1966), appointment and election notices, and the district court clerk's annual reports to the county attorney (1932-1958).
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of its Naturalization Records	gr03758
Declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books	gr03759
Real estate tax judgment books (volumes A-X) of the Anoka County District Court.
Anoka County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr03760
Registration and certificate records for ministers, notaries public, physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, veterinarians, and dentists, and for certificates in the basic sciences.
Anoka County: Juvenile Court: An Inventory of Its Juvenile Court Record Books	gr03761
Handwritten or typescript copies, or filled-in printed forms, for findings and orders, various other orders, and sometimes petitions, summonses, and other case documents for delinquency and dependency cases.
Anoka County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution	gr03762
Final decrees, 1885-1971 (reels 1-8), and miscellaneous orders, 1879-1921 (reels 9-15), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees.
Anoka County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Insanity Records	gr03763
Reports of jury examination, commitment warrants, and related orders for each case. Removed from volumes of otherwise non-archival facilitative documents.
Anoka County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Probate Registers	gr03764
Lists of documents filed, orders issued, and other actions taken in each probate case, involving estates and guardianships (1858-1921, files 1-1909) and insanity commitments (1869-1938, files 1-650). The earliest volume (1858-1882) includes transcriptions of many orders.
Anoka County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Will Books	gr03765
Copies or transcriptions of the complete texts of wills probated by the courts, accompanied by certifications of authenticity and of filing signed by witnesses and clerks of court. Original wills are found in the probate case files.
Anoka State Hospital: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	gr01079
Admission lists, population statistics, files of miscellaneous financial matters, appraisal reports of hospital property (1970s), historical documents, newsclippings, research policies and files of committees, a report of a staffing standards committee (1969), and aerial photographs (undated). Includes digital content.
Blue Earth County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Books	gr03769
Judgment books of the Blue Earth County District Court.
Blue Earth County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Liquor Purchasers and Sellers Record	gr03770
A record of liquor sale transactions that occurred in Blue Earth County, kept by the clerk of court pursuant to Laws 1919, chapter 455, which enforced the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Each entry gives name and address (city) of the purchaser and seller, date of filing, affidavit or prescription number (authorizing the sale), and sometimes filing fee paid or remarks.
Blue Earth County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes	gr03771
Minutes of the Blue Earth County District Court.
Conservation Department: Forestry Division: An Inventory of Its Administrative Files, Miscellaneous	gr03775
Files documenting the administration and activities of the Forestry Division.
Conservation Department: Forestry Division: An Inventory of Its Administrative Subject Files	gr03776
Subject files documenting the administrative aspects of the division's activities and duties.
Conservation Department: Forestry Division: An Inventory of Its Photographs of Buildings	gr03773
Undated and unattributed black and white photographs of forestry buildings and towers.
Conservation Department: Game and Fish Division: Game Section: An Inventory of Its Land Acquisition Files	gr03774
Files documenting the acquisition of private land by the Minnesota Department of Conservation's Game and Fish Division in order to establish game refuges throughout the state.
Conservation Department: Lands and Minerals Division: An Inventory of Its Director's Reading File	gr03772
Carbon copies of outgoing letters and memos relating to all aspects of the management and disposition of state-owned lands and their mineral and timber resources.
Dakota County: Inver Grove: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03777
A variety of records documenting the history and governance of the village of Inver Grove in Dakota County.
Economic Development Department: Business and Community Development Bureau: Business and Community Contact Division: An Inventory of Its Industrial Development Contacts	gr03778
Correspondence, memos, lists of business contacts, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and similar material relating to attempts to attract new industry to Minnesota.
Economic Development Department: Business and Community Development Bureau: Business and Community Contact Division: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	gr03779
Correspondence, speeches, copies of advertisements, newsletters, and similar material concerning legislation, meetings with business leaders, responses to advertisements, and other aspects of the department's coordination with local communities and businesses.
Freeborn County: Albert Lea: Municipal Court and Justice Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Dockets	gr03780
Civil and criminal dockets of the Albert Lea Municipal and Justice Courts.
Goodhue County: Pine Island: Justice of the Peace: An Inventory of Its Justice Dockets	gr03781
Dockets of justices D. W. Davenport, J. B. Closner, Albert C. Closner, R. W. Holmes, J. C. Harper, C. A. Mellinger, J. D. Hurd, Fletcher Hagler, and E. L. Swarthout.
Goodhue County: Pine Island: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Dockets	gr03782
Criminal dockets (Nos. 1-357, 1940-1946, with index; Nos. 1-6418, 1946-1972) and civil docket (Nos. 1-493, 1965-1969).
Health Department: Public Health Nursing Division: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03783
Files documenting the activities and administration of the state's public health nursing program.
Jerome Hill: An Inventory of His Papers	00565
Correspondence, personal papers, photographs, artwork, and legal files belonging to this artist and philanthropist, a grandson of St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill. The collection is particularly strong in photography, as Hill documented his life with the camera for over 50 years. Includes digital content.
Isanti County: An Inventory of Its Birth Registers and Indexes	gr03250
One-line entries for each birth, arranged within each volume first by jurisdiction (township/village/city) and then chronological. Includes name, date of birth, sex, condition (legitimate, illegitimate, twin), color, place of birth, full name and birthplace of each parent, occupation of father, and date registered.
Kanabec County: An Inventory of Its Birth Records Indexes	gr03751
Each entry gives name; date of birth; citation to book, page, and line of the birth records; and very occasionally parents' names. Remarks in the entry occasionally refer to the existence of an affidavit filed to update or correct the birth record.
Kandiyohi County: New London: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03784
Minutes (1889-1969), including a record of permits, deeds and lots of the privately owned Oak Hill Cemetery (1894-1904), cashbook (1889-1929), and receipt and disbursement registers (1930-1973).
Koochiching County: Superintendent of Schools: An Inventory of Its School Census	gr03785
Tri-folded or semi-rolled.
Lake of the Woods County: Superintendent of Schools: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr03786
School census, teacher record cards, school district consolidation files, and subject files.
Lake of the Woods County: Superintendent of Schools: An Inventory of Its Pupil Record Cards	gr03787
Information recorded on each card may include pupil name, graduation date, scholastic record, and attendance record.
Lyon County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registers of Actions	gr03743
Registers of actions of the Lyon County District Court.
Lyon County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr03744
Records or registers for dentists, optometrists, osteopaths, physicians, and veterinarians.
Lyon County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Transcripts of Trials	gr03745
Transcripts of trial proceedings from various civil and criminal cases, which were too thick to interfile with the main series of case files.
Lyon County: Juvenile Court: An Inventory of Its Record Books	gr03746
Court record books (1915-1927, 1940-1960) and minute book (1972-1979).
Lyon County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution	gr03747
Final decrees, 1886-1982 (reels 1-18), final decrees (summary proceedings), 1941-1982 (reels 18-19), and miscellaneous orders, 1883-1982 (reels 20-23), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees. Several miscellaneous orders volumes include records relating to the support of minor dependent children: mothers' pensions, other county payments, and coming of age of juveniles.
McLeod County: Sumter Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03788
Clerk's (1928-1980) and treasurer's (1925-1950, 1955-1983) books, treasurer's reports (1957-1983), road record books (1880-1925), and road petition (1925).
Nicollet County: School District No. 60, North Mankato: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03789
School board minutes (1898-1957), superintendent's reports to school board (1929-1949), census (1925-1927), audit report (1957), superintendent's (1922-1929) and teachers' (1927, 1929, 1957) annual reports, teacher's contracts (1953-1956), North Mankato Junior High School advisor-advisee and parent-teacher-student conference photographs (approximately 1970), and Mankato-North Mankato PTA Council minute book (1954-1971).
Otter Tail County: Oak Valley Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03790
Clerk's books (1889-1985), road record books (1889-1926), treasurer's annual statements (1935-1936, 1953-1959), election returns/summary vote statements (1920-1940), and election registers/poll lists (1920-1932).
Otter Tail County: Oak Valley Township: Justice of the Peace: An Inventory of Its Dockets	gr03791
Covers terms of justices Israel West, William Webb, E. S. DeVine, A. A. Burtch, W. R. Mattocks, William Wilkinson, Arthur L. Dickinson, B. D. Turner, E. V. Bush, William Beck, J. C. Cornish, G. E. Meredith, A. W. Chapman, and E. Witthuhn.
Otter Tail County: Oscar Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03792
Clerk's books (1873-1977), treasurer's books (1874-1977) and annual statements (1894-1963), annual town meeting proceedings (1895-1955) and poll lists (1904-1969), town supervisor's meeting minutes (1932-1945) and annual account (1905-1914), poor fund record book (1896-1952), audit board minutes/reports (1895-1960), audit reports (1940-1941), wolf bounty records (1901-1910), election registers (1928-1972) and returns/summary vote statements (1906, 1928-1978), horse lien (1889), and road records (1880-1913). The latter include road and ditch petitions, overseers' annual reports, road warrants, and road tax lists.
Pine County: An Inventory of Its Birth Records Indexes	gr03752
Indexes to birth records, 1871-1912 (Roll 1, Volume 7), 1913-1981 (Roll 2, Volumes 8-10), and to delayed birth records, 1870s-1940s (Roll 2, Volume 15). Entries give name, date of birth, parents' forenames, and citation to book, page, and line number of the birth record books.
Ramsey County: Falcon Heights: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03793
Minutes, financial records, justice court dockets (1972-1974), police department annual reports (1969-1973), and fire department relief association records (1949-1953).
Resources Commission: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr03748
Correspondence, budgets, news releases, reports, and minutes.
Resources Commission: An Inventory of Its Reports and Miscellaneous Records	gr03749
Various reports and records of the Minnesota Resources Commission.
Resources Commission: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	gr03750
Subject files of Ray Jewett [?].
St. Louis County: Duluth: Charter Commission: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03794
Minutes (1908-1956) and subject files (1907-1955) of this commission. The latter include the 1931 and 1937 city charters; sample ballots regarding charter amendments, petitions, and reports; and information on the city manager and publicity.
LaRoy Sunderland Upton: An Inventory of His Papers	01595
Letters by Upton, a career U.S. Army officer, describing travels, assignments, and the local scene at domestic posts, in Cuba (1899-1902), in the Philippines (1906-1908), and in France during World War I (1917-1918). Also present are his West Point academic reports (1887-1889), an assemblage of commendations and distinguished service citations, and biographical data and related miscellany. Includes digital content.

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