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		<eadid countrycode="us" mainagencycode="MnHi">SAM176,xml</eadid>
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			<titlestmt>
				<titleproper>AITKIN COUNTY: District Court:</titleproper>
				<subtitle>An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records at the Minnesota Historical
					Society</subtitle>
			</titlestmt>
			<publicationstmt>
				<publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">Minnesota Historical Society</publisher>
				<address><addressline>St. Paul MN.</addressline></address>
			</publicationstmt>

			<seriesstmt>
				<p>Government Records</p>
			</seriesstmt>
		</filedesc>
		<profiledesc>
			<creation>Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian"
					>February 20, 2002</date></creation>
			<langusage>Finding aid written in<language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage>
		</profiledesc>
		<revisiondesc>
			<change>
				<date>August 2008</date>
				<item>Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel
					Sher, and Joyce Chapman.</item>
			</change>
		</revisiondesc>
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	<archdesc relatedencoding="MARC" level="collection" type="inventory">
		<did>
			<head id="a1">OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS</head>
			<repository label="Label:">
				<corpname>Minnesota Historical Society</corpname></repository>



			<origination label="Creator:" encodinganalog="110">
				<corpname encodinganalog="110" role="creator"> Minnesota. District Court (Aitkin
					County).</corpname>
			</origination>



			<unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Naturalization Records,</unittitle>
			<unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1870/1954"
				>1870-1954.</unitdate>
			<abstract label="Abstract:">Declarations of intention (first papers), 1884-1952; final
				papers (second papers), 1886-1906; petition and record (final papers), 1906-1954;
				lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, 1929-1954; applications to take
				oath of allegiance (naturalization by repatriation), 1940-1943; loose naturalization
				papers, A-Z, 1870-1945; and notices of applications for admission to citizenship,
				1907-1908. </abstract>
			<physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">6 microfilm reels; 4.5 cubic feet (4
				boxes).</physdesc>
			<physloc label="Location:"> See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf
				locations.</physloc>
		</did>

		<otherfindaid>
			<head id="a6">OTHER FINDING AIDS</head>
			<p>Each volume includes an index.</p>

		</otherfindaid>
		<controlaccess>
			<head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head>
			<p><emph render="italic">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 <extref linktype="simple"
						show="new" href="http://mnhs.mnpals.net">search the catalog</extref> using
					these headings.</emph></p>
			<controlaccess>
				<head>Topics:</head>
				<subject encodinganalog="650">Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Aitkin County.</subject>
				<subject encodinganalog="650">Naturalization -- Minnesota -- Aitkin
					County.</subject>
			</controlaccess>
			<controlaccess>
				<head>Document Types:</head>
				<genreform encodinganalog="655">Declarations</genreform>
				<genreform encodinganalog="655">Microforms.</genreform>
				<genreform encodinganalog="655">Naturalization records</genreform>
			</controlaccess>
		</controlaccess>
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			<head id="a4">ARRANGEMENT</head>
			<p>Organized into 2 series: (1) Naturalization Records (Microfilm SAM 176); (2) Closed
				Originals.</p>
		</arrangement>
		<descgrp type="admininfo">
			<head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head>
			<accessrestrict>
				<head>Access Restrictions:</head>
				<p>Microfilmed originals (4.5 cubic feet) are closed to general use.</p>
			</accessrestrict>
			<odd>
				<head>Microfilm Production:</head>
				<p>Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1993.</p>
				<p>Microfilm is available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota
					Historical Society.</p>
			</odd>
			<prefercite>
				<head>Preferred Citation:</head>
				<p><emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]</emph>Minnesota. District Court (Aitkin County). Naturalization Records. Minnesota Historical
					Society.</p>
				<p><emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
						examples</emph></p>
			</prefercite>
			<acqinfo>
				<head>Accession Information:</head>
				<p>Accession number: 982-98</p>
			</acqinfo>
			<processinfo>
				<head>Processing Information:</head>
				<p>Catalog ID number: 1722992 </p>
			</processinfo>
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			<head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION</head>

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					<unittitle>Naturalization Records (Microfilm SAM 176)</unittitle>
				</did>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
						<container type="reel">1</container>
						<unittitle>Declarations of Intention [first papers], with indexes, </unittitle>
						<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1884-1952. </unitdate>
						<physdesc>6 volumes. </physdesc>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 1, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1884-1906.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 239. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 2, Nos. 1-99, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1906-1910.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 304. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 3, Nos. 100-399, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1910-1924.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 485. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 4, Nos. 400-515, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1924-1929.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 568. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume5, Nos. 516-615, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1930-1939.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
							<container type="reel">2</container>
							<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 6, Nos. 616-723, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1939-1952.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Final Papers [second papers], with indexes, </unittitle>
						<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1886-1906. </unitdate>
						<physdesc>3 volumes. </physdesc>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 165. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 1, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1886-1902.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 505. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 2, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1902-1903.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 546. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume C[3], adults and minors, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1903-1906.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Petition and Record [final papers], with indexes, </unittitle>
						<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1906-1954. </unitdate>
						<physdesc>8  volumes.</physdesc>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 609. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 1[4], Nos. 1-50, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1906-1909.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
							<container type="reel">3</container>
							<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 5, Nos. 51-100, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1909-1911.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 121. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 6, Nos. 101-349, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1911-1924.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
							<container type="reel">4</container>
							<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 7, Nos. 350-449, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1924-1929.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 274. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 8, Nos. 450-499, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1929-1938.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 503. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 9, Nos. 500-549, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1938-1940.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
							<container type="reel">5</container>
							<unitid>Frame 1. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 10, Nos. 550-650, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1940-1942.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 379. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Volume 11, Nos. 651-754, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1942-1954.
							</unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Other Records, </unittitle>
						<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1870-1954. </unitdate>
						<physdesc>2  volumes, 14 folders. </physdesc>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 817. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Citizenship Petitions Granted and Denied (lists), </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1929-1954. </unitdate>
							<physdesc>1 volume. </physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 873. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Applications to Take Oath of Allegiance (naturalization by
								repatriation), </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1940-1943. </unitdate>
							<physdesc>1 volume. </physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 890. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Lists of Loose Naturalization Papers, A-Z, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">ca. 1882-1943. </unitdate>
							<physdesc>1 folder. </physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>SAM 176</physloc>
							<container type="reel">6</container>
							<unitid>Frame 4. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Loose Naturalization Papers, A-Z, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1870-1945. </unitdate>
							<physdesc>12 folders. </physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unitid>Frame 718. </unitid>
							<unittitle>Notices of Application for Admission to Citizenship, </unittitle>
							<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1907-1908. </unitdate>
							<physdesc>1 folder. </physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
			</c01>
			<c01 level="series">
				<did>
					<unittitle>CLOSED ORIGINALS</unittitle>
				</did>
				<accessrestrict>
					<p><emph render="bold">Access restricted.</emph> Closed to general use,
						researchers are directed to use the microfilm.</p>
				</accessrestrict>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<physloc>9.A.3.5B</physloc>
						<unittitle>Declarations of Intention, with indexes,</unittitle>
						<unitdate>1884-1952.</unitdate>
						<physdesc>6 volumes.</physdesc>
					</did>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Final Papers, with indexes, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1886-1906.</unitdate>
						<physdesc>3 volumes.</physdesc>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unittitle>Volume 1, </unittitle>
							<unitdate>1886-1902. </unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>9.A.3.6F</physloc>
							<unittitle>Volume 2, </unittitle>
							<unitdate>1902-1903. </unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>301.A.5.3B</physloc>
							<unittitle>Volume C [3], adults and minors, </unittitle>
							<unitdate>1903-1906. </unitdate>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Petition and Record, with indexes, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1906-1954. </unitdate>
					</did>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<unittitle>Volumes 1 [4]-7.</unittitle>
							<physdesc>4 volumes.</physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
					<c03>
						<did>
							<physloc>9.A.3.6F</physloc>
							<unittitle>Volumes 8-11.</unittitle>
							<physdesc>4 volumes.</physdesc>
						</did>
					</c03>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<physloc>9.A.3.7B</physloc>
						<unittitle>Citizenship petition lists, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1929-1954.</unitdate>
					</did>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Repatriation record, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1940-1943. </unitdate>
					</did>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Lists of loose naturalization papers, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>circa 1882-1943. </unitdate>
					</did>
				</c02>

				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Loose naturalization papers, A-Z, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1870-1945. </unitdate>
						<physdesc> 12 folders.</physdesc>
					</did>
					<scopecontent>
						<p>Alphabetically arranged declarations of intention, final papers,
							citizenship certificates, and related documents.</p>
					</scopecontent>
				</c02>
				<c02>
					<did>
						<unittitle>Notices of application for admission to citizenship, </unittitle>
						<unitdate>1907-1908. </unitdate>
					</did>
				</c02>
			</c01>
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	</archdesc>
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