00324.xml MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Minnesota Poll and Metro Poll Data Collection Finding aid prepared by Kathryn A. Johnson. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Stephanie Grabowski, April 21, 1999.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. Minnesota Poll and Metro Poll data collection records. 1944-1982 (bulk 1960-1973). Data collection and statistics used to produce the Metro Poll and the Minnesota Poll for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. 113.5 cu. ft. (109 boxes). See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Questionnaires, tabulations, and computer printouts used to produce the "Minnesota Poll," the "Metro Poll," and the "Metro Survey" for the Minneapolis Star and Minneapolis Tribune newspapers. Most material dates between 1960 and 1973. There are also files pertaining to newspaper readership, election surveys, University of Minnesota surveys, and some miscellaneous reports and memos.

 ARRANGEMENT

These records are divided into the following eight sections:

Minnesota Poll, 1960-1979 Metro Poll, 1960-1974 Metro Survey, 1957, 1960-1973 Election Surveys, 1944-1982 University of Minnesota Surveys, 1953-1968 Readership Surveys, 1944-1969 Miscellaneous Surveys, 1944-1982 Miscellaneous Files, 1944-1976 RELATED MATERIALS

Minnesota Poll results, 1944-1984 [microform] is available in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collection microfilm.

Metro Poll 1972 and Twenty Years of Minnesota Opinion 1944-1964: Minneapolis Tribune's Minnesota Poll are available in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980. Public opinion -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Public opinion -- Minnesota. Public opinion polls -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Public opinion polls -- Minnesota. Places: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minn.). Organizations: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. University of Minnesota. Types of Documentation: Questionnaires. Statistics. Titles: Metro Survey. Metro Poll. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Restrictions:

Use and Reproduction: Quotation or publication of anything in or based on the papers must be accompanied by an appropriate credit line identifying the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

 Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company. Minnesota Poll and Metro Poll data collection records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,241 and 13,503

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, April 1985

Catalog ID number: 09-00320726

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Minnesota Poll, 1960-1979

Questionnaires and tabulations arranged by poll number. Some polls are accompanied by computer printouts of the collected data. There is no subject index to the questions asked on the questionnaires. There are also newspaper clippings, and poll releases, which include indexes.

 152.L.17.8F 1 Poll numbers 188 to 201, January 15, 1960-January 13, 1961. 152.L.18.1B 2 Poll numbers 201 to 215, February 17, 1961-September 21, 1962. 152.L.18.2F 3 Poll numbers 215-S to 228, September 21, 1962-October 31, 1963. 152.L.18.3B 4 Poll numbers 229 to 240, December 6, 1963-Nov. 20, 1964. 152.L.18.4F 5 Poll numbers 241 to 253, January 8, 1965-February 11, 1966. 152.L.18.5B 6 Poll numbers 253 to 259, March 18, 1966-September 1966. 152.L.18.6F 7 Poll numbers 260 to 264, October 1966-February 1967. 152.L.18.7B 8 Poll numbers 265 to 269, March 1967-Augugust 1967. 152.L.18.8F 9 Poll numbers 270 to 272, September 1967-December 1967. 152.L.19.1B 10 Poll numbers 273 to 275, January 1968-March 1968. 152.L.19.2F 11 Poll numbers 276 to 277-S, April 1968-May 1968. 152.L.19.3B 12 Poll numbers 278 to 280, June 1968-September 1968. 152.L.19.4F 13 Poll numbers 280 to 282, September 1968-October 1968. 152.L.19.5B 14 Poll numbers 283 to 285, December 1968-February 1969. 152.L.19.6F 15 Poll numbers 286 to 288, March 1969-May 1969. 152.L.19.7B 16 Poll numbers 289 to 294, July 1969-January 1970. 152.L.19.8F 17 Poll numbers 295 to 299, February 1970-June 1970. 152.L.20.1B 18 Poll numbers 300 to 301-S, August 1970-October 1970 152.L.20.2F 19 Poll numbers 302 to 305, October 1970-February 1971. 152.L.20.3B 20 Poll numbers 306 to 310, March1971-August 1971. 152.L.20.4F 21 Poll numbers 311 to 315, September 1971-February 1972. 152.L.20.5B 22 Poll numbers 316 to 320, March 1972-October 1972. 152.L.20.6F 23 Poll numbers 321 to 324, October 1972-January 1973. 152.L.20.7B 24 Poll numbers 325 to 335, February 1973-April 1974.

Poll numbers 332 and 233 are in box 90.

 152.L.20.8F 25 Poll numbers 336 to 338, May 1974-August 1974. 144.D.11.7B(ov) 90 Poll numbers330 to 339, September 1973-September 1974.

Contents overlap boxes 24 and 25.

 151.B.9.1B 26 Poll numbers 339 to 340, September 1974-January 1975. 144.D.11.8F(ov) 91 Poll numbers 340 to 342, January 1975-June 1975. 151.B.9.2F 27 Poll numbers 341 to 352, March 1975-July 1977.

Poll numbers 343 to 347 are in box 92, number 348 and 349 are in box 93.

 144.D.12.1B(ov) 92 Poll numbers 343 to 347, October 1975-October 1976.

Contents overlap box 27.

 144.D.12.2F(ov) 93 Poll numbers, 348 to 355, November 1976-November 1977.

Contents overlap box 27.

 152.L.14.1B 94 Poll numbers 356 to 359, February-June 1978. 152.L.14.2F 95 Poll numbers 360 to 363, August-November 1978. 144.D.12.3B(ov) 96 Poll numbers 363, January 1979. 151.H.9.7B 72 Poll releases, 1969-1972. 152.L.14.6F 101 Poll releases, November 1972-August 1973.

Includes 1971, 1972, and 1973 indexes.

 152.L.14.7B 102 Poll releases, September 1973-June 1974.

Includes 1974 index.

 152.L.14.8F 103 Poll releases, July 1974-November 1975.

Includes 1975 index.

 152.L.15.1B 104 Poll releases, December 1975-October 1977.

Includes 1976 and 1977 indexes.

 152.L.15.2F 105 Poll releases, November 1977-February 1979 and November-December 1979.

Includes 1978 index.

 Booklet, 1973.

Includes all releases and related information.

 152.L.14.4F 98 Clippings, 1944-1949, 1970-1971. 4 scrapbooks. 152.L.14.5B 100 Clippings, 1972-1976. 3 scrapbooks. Inquiries about Minnesota Poll releases, undated. Interviewers for the September 1982 Minnesota Poll. undated. 2 copies. 144.D.12.5B(ov) 106 Poll marginals, October 1979-November 1980. 3 items. Metro Poll, 1960-1974

Questionnaires and tabulations arranged by poll number. Some polls are accompanied by computer printouts of the collected data. There is a file of indexed questionnaires, numbers 1-45 (1964-1973), poll releases, and some miscellaneous files.

 151.B.9.3B 28 Poll numbers 1 to 5, December 1964-October 1965. 151.H.5.4F 29 Poll numbers 6 to 13, January 1966-June 1967. 151.H.5.5B 30 Poll numbers 14 to 16, September 1967-January 1968. 151.H.5.6F 31 Poll numbers 17 to 20, February 1968-November 1968. 151.H.5.7B 32 Poll numbers 21 to 24, January 1969-June 1969. 151.H.5.8F 33 Poll numbers 25 to 29, August 1969-June 1970. 151.H.5.9B 34 Poll numbers 30 to 33, August 1970-May 1971. 151.H.5.10F 35 Poll numbers 34 to 38, May 1971-April 1972. 151.H.6.1B 36 Poll numbers 39 to 42, June 1972-January 1973. 151.H.6.2F 37 Poll numbers 43 to 44, April 1973-July 1973. 144.D.12.6F(ov) 107 Poll numbers 45, October 1973. 152.L.15.3B 108 Poll numbers 45-S to 46, October-December 1973. Poll release files, 1970-1974. Poll releases, 1965-1974. 5 notebooks. 152.L.15.4F 109 Poll releases, July 1969, December 1970-May 1972. 152.L.15.3B 108 Miscellaneous files: Booklets, 1968-1970, 1972-1973.

Includes all releases and related information.

 General file, 1960-1973. Indexed questionnaires, numbers 1-45, 1964-1973. Civic leaders luncheon, March 25, 1971. Description of sampling procedures, Jeanne Schleh, October 1972. "Think Young" column clippings, 1968-1969. 1 scrapbook. Metro Survey, 1957, 1960-1973

Subject files and tabulations arranged by poll number. Some polls are accompanied by computer printouts of the collected data. There is no subject index to the questions asked on the questionnaires.

 151.H.6.3B 38 Survey numbers 54, 74 to 81, December 1957-May 1961.

Poll numbers 55 to 73 are missing.

 151.H.6.4F 39 Survey numbers 81 to 89, May 1961-April 1962. 151.H.6.5B 40 Survey numbers 90 to 106, April 1962-January 1964. 151.H.6.6F 41 Survey numbers 107 to 124, February 1964-September 1966. 151.H.6.7B 42 Survey numbers 125 to 150, September 1966-February 1967.

Survey number 143 is missing.

 151.H.6.8F 43 Survey numbers 151 to 171, March 1967-June 1967.

Survey numbers 155, 162, and 163 are missing.

 151.H.6.9B 44 Survey numbers 172 to 182, July 1967-October 1967. 151.H.6.10F 45 Survey numbers 183 to 197, November 1967-December 1967. 151.H.7.1B 46 Survey numbers 198 202, February 1968. 151.H.7.2F 47 Survey number 202, February 1968. 151.H.7.3B 48 Survey number 203, April 1968. 151.H.7.4F 49 Survey numbers 203 to 208, April 1968-September 1968. 151.H.7.5B 50 Survey numbers 209 to 217, September 1968-February 1969. 151.H.7.6F 51 Survey numbers 218 to 221, April 1969-October 1969. 151.H.7.7B 52 Survey numbers 221 to 225, October 1969-February 1970. 151.H.7.8F 53 Survey numbers 226 to 231, March 1970-July 1970. 151.H.7.9B 54 Survey numbers 232 to 234, July 1970-December 1970. 151.H.7.10F 55 Survey numbers 235 to 237, February 1971-April 1971. 151.H.8.1B 56 Survey number 237, April 1971. 151.H.8.2F 57 Survey numbers 237 to 240, April 1971-October 1971. 151.H.8.3B 58 Survey number 241, October 1971. 151.H.8.4F 59 Survey numbers 241 to 247, October 1971-May 1972. 151.H.8.5B 60 Survey numbers 248 to 261, May 1972-April 1973.

Survey number 250 is missing.

 151.H.8.6F 61 Survey numbers 262 to 265, May 1973-November 1973. Election Surveys, 1944-1982 151.H.9.7B 72 1944-1952. 151.H.9.8F 73 1954-1964. 151.H.9.9B 74 1966-1971. 144.D.12.3B(ov) 96 1954-1970. 1 notebook. Elections: General. Election models: 1964. 3 copies. 152.L.14.3B 97 Elect ion models: 1974. 5 folders. Elect ion models: 1978. 4 folders. 144.D.12.4F(ov) 99 Election models: 1978. 4 copies. 144.D.12.3B(ov) 96 Election models, 1982. 6 folders. 152.L.14.3B 97 Election poll, 1978. Tabulations, September 1978. Panelback I tabulations, September 1978. 2 copies. 152.L.14.4F 98 Election poll, 1978. Panelback I tabulations, September 1978. 2 copies. Panelback II tabulations, October 1978. 2 copies. Panelback III tabulations, November 1978. 2 copies. 152.L.14.2F 95 1974 Precinct Caucus Project. 6 folders. 152.L.14.3B 97 1974 Precinct Caucus Project. 3 folders. University of Minnesota Surveys, 1953-1968 151.H.9.1B 66 1953-1956. 151.H.9.2F 67 1956-1959. 151.H.9.3B 68 1960-1963. 151.H.9.4F 69 1964-1968. Readership Surveys, 1944-1969 151.H.8.7B 62 1944-1950. 151.H.8.8F 63 1951-1955. 151.H.8.9B 64 1956-1961. 151.H.8.10F 65 1962-1969. 151.H.11.4F 89 Readership files, 1953-1967. Miscellaneous Surveys, 1944-1982 151.H.9.5B 70 Special Surveys, 1944-1955. 151.H.9.6F 71 Special Surveys, 1956-1965. 144.D.12.6F(ov) 107 American Family and Health tabulations, December 1978. Minneapolis Poll on Pensions and Retirement, M-698, August 23, 1978. Unidentified Computer Printouts, 1976-1982. 11 folders.

Possibly Minnesota Polls data.

 152.L.14.5B 100 Foreign policy telephone study, April 1976. 152.L.15.2F 105 Harper's Magazine: Research and correspondence, RDC, 1967-1973. Miscellaneous Files, 1944-1976 151.H.10.8F 83 Advisory board, 1944-1970. Advisory board dinner, 1954-1970. 152.L.15.2F 105 Advisory board, 1971. 151.H.10.5B 80 Background folders, 1949-1962.

Includes image studies and attitude surveys.

 151.H.10.6F 81 Background folders, 1963-1974.

Includes Harpers' studies and attitude surveys.

 151.H.10.7B 82 Background folders, 1965-1974.

Includes attitude surveys.

 152.L.15.2F 105 Bower Hawthorne, 1966-1972. 152.L.14.5B 100 General files, 1959-1968. 8 folders 151.H.10.8F 83 Gideon Seymour Lecture Series, 1954-1961. 152.L.15.2F 105 HTD initial notes, June 1-11, 1976. 151.H.10.1B 76 Memos, 1952-1961. 151.H.10.2F 77 Memos, 1962-1966. 151.H.10.3B 78 Memos, 1967-1969. 151.H.10.4F 79 Memos, 1970-1972. 152.L.14.5B 100 Memos, 1969-1973. 4 folders 151.H.10.10F 85 Miscellaneous files, A-P, 1958-1969. 151.H.11.1B 86 Miscellaneous files, R-Z, 1957-1970. 151.H.10.9B 84 Miscellaneous reports, 1944-1973. 151.H.10.4F 79 Newspaper attitudes, 1947-1949. 151.H.10.5B 80 Newspaper attitudes, 1949-1954. 152.L.15.2F 105 Newspaper Research Council membership roster, April 1982. 2 copies. 151.H.11.2F 87 Related papers, 1949-1958. 151.H.11.3B 88 Related papers, 1953-1973. 151.H.9.10F 75 Research reports, 1944-1965. 151.H.10.1B 76 Research reports, 1966-1967. 152.L.15.2F 105 Warren E. Miller, 1969-1973.