gr00414.xml Stillwater State Prison: Prison Industries: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records of Prison Industries at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
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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 records of prison industries. 1891-1993. Materials in English. Assorted records documenting the administration and activities of the industries program at the prison and its successor, the Minnesota Correctional Facility. 1.75 cu. ft. (1 box and 3 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. 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: Machinists -- Hours of labor -- Minnesota. Prison administration -- Minnesota. Prison industries -- Minnesota -- Accounting. Prison industries -- Minnesota -- Officials and employees. Prison violence -- Minnesota. Prisons -- Minnesota -- Finance. Traveling sales personnel -- Hours of labor -- Minnesota. Twine industry -- Minnesota. Persons: Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870. Organizations: Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. Prison Industries. Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. Inmate Workers' Council. Document Types: Time books. Transcripts. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 987-71; 988-27; 988-45; 988-103; 989-2; 991-60; 991-125; 991-182; 992-13; 996-12; 998-12; 2010-50

 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: 001714962

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 118.B.11.2F Transcripts, August 1899.

Interview with inmates who participated in the insurrection in the twine shop on July 20, 1899.

 Salesmen and experts [machinists] time books, 1912-1940. 20 volumes in 1 folder. Minutes of meeting of traveling men with the Board of Control and the Institution Officers, September 1918. Travelers’ conference minutes, 1932-1934. Prison Industries accomplishments and future improvements report, 1957-1959. Joseph R. Brown Memorial Project, 1958. 109.H.15.3B Repair Department, 1918-1956.

Sales and financial records in chronological order.

Prison Industries Sales, 1912-1966. 3 volumes.

Sales and financial records. Each volume has an index and is in chronological order.

Prison Industries miscellaneous, 1891-1983.

Includes statements about industries and their regulation, market analysis (1981), sales information (1930-1970), profits and losses (1891-1966), transcript of industry-related testimony (1925).

117.G.16.7B Industry employee's manuals, 1979-1985, 1989-1990. 6 folders and 2 volumes. 1979-1980. 2 folders. 1982. Circa 1983. November 1, 1984. 1 volume. 1985. 1 volume. 1989-1990. 2 folders. Inmates Workers' Council records, 1983-1985. 2 folders. Minutes, 1983-1984. Correspondence and agendas, 1983-1985. Quarterly personnel reports, 1979-1983, 1985-1991. 3 folders. 1979-1983, 1985-1987, June 1988. July/September 1988‑July/September 1990. October 1990‑March 1991. Semi-annual payroll accounting reports, July/December 1980; July 1981-December 1982. Monthly payroll reports, 1980-1990. 10 folders. August, October, December, 1980; January, March, 1981. January-June, August-October 1982. 1983-1987. 5 folders. June 1988-February 1990. 3 folders. Manpower reports, 1983‑1984. Minnesota Correctional Industries Contract [MCIC] correspondence, 1981-1983. Research and analysis annual reports, 1978, 1983-1988. Industry annual and quarterly fiscal and historical reports, 1988/1989-June 1991. 2 folders.

These are a continuation of the Research and analysis annual reports.

 Research and analysis semi-annual reports, July/December 1979-April/June 1980, January/June 1983. Research and analysis quarterly reports, July/September 1978. Research and analysis monthly reports, December 1978‑1979.

Incomplete.

 129.E.3.1B Record book, 1967-1980. 1 volume.

Records shipment of machines, blockmen’s sales record, reports of sales and carry over by block, dealer prices, retail prices, shipping weights of machines, a graph of machinery sales, carry over covered by note, record of machines set up (sales), twine sales by block, traveling expenses for sales reps and area suppliers, twine prices and comparative sales on set up and KD Units.

 Financial and inventory records, 1970-1981.

Includes industry travel and subsistence reports of salesmen and non-salesmen, records of number of machines set up sales, machines accounts receivable, farm equipment price lists, machine notes receivable, yearly sales by unit, sales forecast for 1976-1977, farm machinery sales summary by product, and firm forecasts for 1982-1984.