gr00414.xml Stillwater State Prison: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Financial Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Meagan Kellom and Cheri Thies, December 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Miscellaneous financial records. circa 1860-1925. Materials in English. Records documenting a variety of financial transactions of the prison. 2.0 cu. ft. (1 box and 3 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Includes cashbooks (1879-1901), state funds journal (1880-1881), financial (general) journal (1882-1889), monthly expense lists (1889-1900, scattered), general ledger (1901-1925), inmate account ledger (1874-1877), U.S. account ledger, for federal prisoners (1884-1906), inventory of prison property (1892), certificate of indebtedness to the State of Minnesota (1917), commodities ordering record (1898-1899), and miscellaneous financial record (1913-1915) containing a draft record for the new prison and what appears to be a payroll record. Also unidentified ledgers (circa 1860-1890) which appear to have been used to record a variety of accounts.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

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

Topics: Prison administration -- Minnesota. Prisons -- Minnesota -- Inventories. Prisons -- Minnesota -- Accounting. Prisons -- Minnesota -- Equipment and supplies. Prisons -- Minnesota -- Finance. Document Types: Inventories. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Miscellaneous Financial Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 318; 981-83; 2020-50

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001704315

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 126.E.4.4 Cash receipts and disbursements registers (cashbook), 1879-1901. 4 volumes. May 1879-October 1882. April 1883-October 1885. August 1890-July 1894. March 1900-January 1901. State funds journal, 1880-1881. Financial journal, 1882-1889. 114.E.13.7B General ledger A, 1901-1925. Inmate account ledger with St. Croix Valley Savings Bank, 1874-1877.

Indexed.

 109.F.18.14F U. S. account with Minnesota State Prison, 1884-1906. 2 volumes. Inventory of prison property, 1892. Miscellaneous (unidentified) ledgers, circa 1860-1890. 5 volumes. Monthly expense lists, 1889-1900. 1 volume in 1 folder.

Scattered.

 Certificate of Indebtedness, Minnesota Prison from the State of Minnesota, $10000, No. 457, August 1, 1917. Miscellaneous financial records, 1913-1915. 1 volume.

Draft record for the new prison; appears to include payroll.

 129.E.3.1B Commodities ordering record, 1898-1899.

Records information by date; details what was ordered and how much it cost. Indexed by supplier name.