00385 RAMSEY HILL ASSOCIATION: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Dennis Meissner Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner September 2, 2004Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Ramsey Hill Association (Saint Paul, Minn.). Ramsey Hill Association records. 1972-2000. Articles of incorporation (1972), bylaws (1986, 1996), and minutes of the executive committee, board, and annual meetings (1979-2000, incomplete) of a neighborhood association founded in 1972 to promote area arts, education, recreational and economic development, and beautification of a residential-commercial area in the city of St. Paul roughly bounded west and east by Dale Street and Kellogg Boulevard, and north and south by Selby and Grand avenues. Also interfiled with the records are articles of incorporation (1980), bylaws (1981), and minutes (1981 and 1986) of a similar organization, the Historic District Preservation Fund, which merged with the association in 1986. 0.6 cu. ft. (partial box). See Detailed Description section for shelf location. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

The minutes relate many of the association's interests, including crime prevention, fund raising, community relations, membership growth, and the continuing problems relating to land use policies in the historic neighborhood. The association closely monitored condominium conversion, commercial use of residential property, new housing, parking lots, and related matters.

OTHER FINDING AIDS

An inventory that provides additional information is available in the repository; filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Ramsey Hill Association.

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: Associations, institutions, etc. -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Citizens' associations -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Community development, urban -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Community organization -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Condominiums -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Land use -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Neighborhood government -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Urban beautification -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Urban homesteading -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Zoning -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Organizations: Historic District Preservation Fund (Saint Paul, Minn.). Places: Saint Paul (Minn.). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Access to records less than 25 years old requires written permission.

Use Restrictions:

Quotation or publication, beyond the fair use provisions of the copyright law, from records less than 25 years old requires written permission.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ramsey Hill Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,625; 15,847

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, February 1992; Dennis Meissner, September 2004

Catalog ID number: 09-00023621

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 146.K.12.3B Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1972, 1986, 1996. Minutes, 1979-1988, 1994-2000. 13 folders.

Minutes from 1982 and 1983 are missing, as are a number of individual months throughout the sequence. Included are minutes of the Historic District Preservation Fund, 1979-1988.

Miscellaneous papers, undated, 1985-1989.

Includes 1985 federal tax return and related correspondence, as well as two neighborhood walking tour guidebooks (1987, 1989).

Design Ideas for the Victorian Releafing of Summit Avenue Parks, St. Paul, Minnesota, prepared for the Ramsey Hill Association by the University of Minnesota Center for Community Studies and Department of Landscape Architecture, 1991. 1 volume.