gr00014 Blue Earth County: Independent School District No. 77, Mankato An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Cheri Thies. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

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 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies,October 2009. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Independent School District No. 77 (Mankato). Records. 1868-2003. Materials in English. School board minutes (1868-1976); superintendent's general (1929-1992), monthly (1885-1961), and attendance (1959-1966) reports, bulletins to teachers and staff (1954-1966), and memoranda (1974-1978); school census (1911, 1913-1916, 1919-1963, 1966); financial records (1869-1987), including clerk's registers (1878-1931), disbursement registers (1921-1928), and audit (1928-1987) and appraisal (1932-1946) reports; grade/class records, mainly for West Mankato (ca. 1880-1916); and miscellaneous records (ca. 1890s-2003). The latter include teacher data cards (ca. 1890s-1950s), high school programs (1902-1974) and survey documents (1946-1963), vocational, technical and adult education materials (1960-1982), staffing studies (1974-1979), PTA records (1918-1973), newsletters (1973-1989), and photographs of high school buildings (1898-ca. 1970) and grade school students (undated, 1903). 25.1 cu. ft. (23 boxes; 3 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORICAL NOTE

Established April 3, 1854 as Blue Earth County School District No. 1; became Joint Independent School District No. 10 of Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in May 1957, following the consolidation of a number of rural school districts. On September 6, 1957, it became Independent School District No. 71, Mankato; following further enlargement caused by consolidation, it was renamed Independent School District No. 77 later that year.

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Topics: High school buildings -- Minnesota -- Mankato -- Photographs. High school students -- Minnesota -- Mankato -- Societies and clubs. Parents' and teachers' associations -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School boards -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School districts -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County -- Officials and employees. School field trips -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School insurance -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School libraries -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School management and organization -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Schools -- Centralization -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Schools -- Exercises and recreations -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Schools -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County -- Planning. School sites -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. School sports -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Student records -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Teachers -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County -- Registers. Technical institutes -- Minnesota -- Mankato. Vocational education -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Organizations: Blue Earth County (Minn.). School District No. 1 (Mankato). Joint Independent School District No. 10 of Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur Counties (Mankato, Minn.). Lincoln School (Mankato, Minn.). Mankato Area Vocational-Technical Institute. Minnesota. Independent School District No. 71 (Mankato). Minnesota. Independent School District No. 77 (Mankato) -- Public relations. Union School (Mankato, Minn.). Places: Mankato (Minn.) Document Types: School census -- Minnesota -- Blue Earth County. Newsletters. Programs. Appraisals. Photographs -- Minnesota -- Mankato. Functions: Auditing. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Independent School District No. 77 (Mankato). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 993-114; 994-106; 2004-45; 2006-2; 2009-3

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001730703

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION School Board minutes 120.H.11.8F April 1868-May 1889. 2 volumes. September 1900-July 1932. 5 volumes. 102.H.11.9B August 1932-June 1965. 1 volume, 13 folders. 102.J.3.6F July 1965-December 1976. 11 folders. Superintendent's reports 102.H.11.10F Superintendent's reports to the Board of Education, 1929-1988.

The reports for 1970-1992 include agenda packets.

 July 1929-December 1938. 19 volumes. 102.H.12.1B January 1939-December 1948. 20 volumes. 102.H.12.2F January 1949-June 1951, January 1952-December 1957. 17 volumes. 102.H.12.3B January 1958-June 1962, July 1964-December 1969. 9 volumes, 9 folders. 102.H.12.4F January 1970-March 1975. 19 folders. 102.H.12.5B April 1975-April 1978. 20 folders. 102.H.12.6F May 1978-June 1981. 19 folders. 102.H.12.7B July 1981-December 1984. 21 folders. 102.H.12.8F January 1985-June 1988. 19 folders. 102.J.3.6F June 1988-December 1989. 9 folders. 102.J.3.7B January 1990-June 1992. 13 folders. 102.H.12.9B Bulletins to teachers and staff from the Superintendent, 1954-1966. 8 volumes, 3 folders. 102.H.13.3B Attendance reports of Superintendent, July 1974-June 1978. 11 folders. 118.E.8.3B-2 Superintendent's monthly reports, 1885-1961. 1 volume.

Monthly statistics on enrollment and attendance at each school and (through 1922) each grade or class.

 Census 120.H.12.10F 1911, 1913-1916, 1919-1935. 13 folders. 118.E.8.3B-1 1936-1937. 2 volumes. 120.H.12.10F 1938-1949. 6 folders. 120.H.13.1B 1950-1963, 1966. 15 folders. Financial records 126.J.17.7B-2 Ledger, 1881-1929. 1 volume.

Receipts and disbursements summarized under account. In essence, account balance sheets, although expenditures are item¬ized under some accounts.

 102.H.11.6F Register of orders drawn on treasury, 1871-1896. 1 volume.

Expenditures largely duplicate those in the 1878-1897 clerk's register, but start earlier. Entries are chronological.

 Clerk's registers of receipts and disbursements, 1878-1931. 1878-1897. 1 volume. 126.J.17.7B-2 1897-1910. 1 volume. 126.D.4.4 No. 2, Record of orders and expenditures, 1910-1919. 1 volume. 126.D.4.5 No. 3, Record of orders and expenditures, 1919-1925. 1 volume. No. 4, Record of orders and expenditures, 1925-1931. 1 volume. 126.D.4.4 Secretary’s general ledger, 1919-1931. 1 volume. Disbursement registers, August 1921-June 1926, December 1927-July 1928. 4 volumes. 102.H.11.6F School district record book, 1869-1877. 1 volume.

Contains contracts and financial data, but no minutes.

 Financial journal (special funds), 1929-1951. 1 volume. Financial records, 1966-1970. 5 folders.

These are assorted receipt, disbursement, and distribution ac¬counts and summaries.

 102.H.11.7B Audit reports, 1928-1985, 1987. 12 folders. High School Student Association audit reports, 1939-1954. 102.H.13.3B Appraisal reports, Special School District Number 1, Mankato, 1932, 1942. 2 volumes. Appraisal reports, Maintenance Service Reports-Equipment, Mankato Public Schools, Special School District Number 1, June 30, 1940, June 30, 1946. 2 volumes. Grade/class records 102.H.13.3B Grade register, ca. 1880-1881. 1 volume. 112.E.9.8F-2 Class record, Mankato High School, 1880-1889. 1 oversize volume. 102.H.13.3B Class record, West Mankato, 1st and 2nd grades, 1885-1904. 1 volume. Class record, West Mankato, 4th and 5th grades, 1891-1908. 1 volume. Class record, West Mankato, 6th and 7th grades, 1893-1905. 1 volume. Library record, West Mankato, 1895-1905. 1 volume. School journal, 1895-1916. 1 volume.

Includes student attendance, student grades, daily class schedule, classroom and teacher policies.

 118.E.8.3B-1 Grade book, 1894-1905. 1 volume. Miscellaneous records 102.H.13.2F Teacher data cards, A - Z, ca. 1890s-1950s. 4 folders. Mankato high school programs, 1902-1974.

Includes commencement programs (1902, 1926, 1940-1973), baccalaureate exercises (1940-1952), band concert program (1945), Junior-Senior Promenade program (1949), North Mankato Public School graduation programs (1951-1952), Mankato East High School commencement program (1974), and commencement speeches (1963, 1974).

Mankato Senior High School Site Survey, March 1946. School Survey of the Mankato Area, Bureau of Field Studies and Surveys, University of Minnesota, September 1955. 1 volume. School Survey of the Mankato Area Summary, September 1955. School Survey of the Mankato Area and Summary, November 1963. 2 volumes in folder. Vocational-Technical and Adult Education Annual Reports, 1960-1963, 1965-1966. 4 volumes in 3 folders. Vocational, technical, and adult education descriptive literature, ca. 1965. Citizen's Advisory Committee for Vocational Technical Education Final Report, August 1965. SDesign Program for Second Senior High School, ca. 1969. Insurance summary, February 28, 1969. Big Nine Staffing Studies, 1974-1975, 1975-1976, 1977-1978, 1978-1979. 4 booklets in folder. Community Resources Available for Field Trips, Joyce Jensen, 1976. Athletic Advisory Committee Report, January 1979. PER [Planning, Evaluation, and Reporting] Report, 1979. Book of Golden Deeds Award Nomination for Mervale L. Wolverton, 1980. Reorganization, 1981. Mankato Area Vocational Technical Institute, 1966-1976. Mankato Area Vo-Technical Institute Annual Report, 1981-1982. 102.H.13.3B Annexations, 1957-1970. Open house and other brochures, 1951-1974. Union PTA minute book, May 21, 1959 - May 1973. 1 volume. Lincoln PTA bylaws, undated. Lincoln PTA minute book, September 29, 1927 - January 1949. 1 volume, 1 folder. Lincoln PTA history record book, 1918-1955. 1 volume. Lincoln PTA receipts and disbursements, 1947-1973. 1 volume in 1 folder. Lincoln PTA scrapbooks, 1952-1959. 2 volumes in 2 folders. West Side news clipping regarding origin of the Scarlet tradition, October 31, 2003. Mankato Area Vo-Technical Institute Annual Report, 1981-1982. 118.E.8.3B-2 Newsletters, 1973-1989. ca. 60 loose issues. Photographs of high school buildings, 1898-ca. 1970. 8 photographs, 1 postcard, and 2 slides. Scrapbook: Photographs of Mankato High School construction, 1949-1950. Watercolor of two Indian boys, undated.

10 x 10 inches; attached note reads: This picture was painted by John Bechdolt, son of John Ernest Bechdolt-who was Supt. of the Mankato schools in 1876.

 126.D.4.4 Photographs and drawing, 1903, 1950s. 1 oversize folder.

Two photographs of classroom grade school students, undated, 1903 (black and white, 20 x 22 inches); drawing, Mankato High School building, [ca. 1950s] (28 ½ x 12 inches).