gr00422.xml Stillwater State Prison: An Inventory of Its Punishment Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
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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.). Punishment records. 1887-1972. Materials in English. Daily logs of punishment given inmates for violating prison rules. The volumes list name of inmate and officer involved, register (inmate) number, violation, punishment, and general remarks. Also monthly punishment and grade change reports (February 1939-January 1951) submitted by the warden to the State Board of Control. 14.75 cu. ft. (11 boxes and 2 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Information in the punishment records and deputy warden's daily reports may duplicate each other.

 ARRANGEMENT

Arranged roughly chronologically.

 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. Prison discipline -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Data on inmates admitted more than 75 years ago is unrestricted. Access to the remaining records is governed by Corrections Department guidelines.

 Preferred Citation:

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

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 980-23; 981-83; 988-45; 992-58; 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: 001704322

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 114.E.12.5B-1 Deputy Warden's Daily Report, 1877-1892. 4 volumes. 1877. 1 volume. 1878-1881. 1 volume.

Not daily entries.

 1891-1892. 2 volumes. 114.E.13.2F Punishment Record, June 1887-June 1903. 7 volumes. June 1887-September 1889. 1 volume. June 1892-June 1903. 3 volumes. 114.E.13.3B June-July 1912. 3 volumes. 114.E.12.5B-1 Deputy Warden's Daily Report, 1914-1917. 4 volumes. 1914-1915. 2 volumes. 114.E.12.5B-2 1916. 1 volume. 106.C.3.6F-1 1917. 1 volume. 114.E.13.4F-1 Punishment record, August 1912-1939. 9 volumes. August 1912-October 1914. 1 volume. 106.C.3.6F-2 November 1914- December 1917. 1 volume. 114.E.13.4F-2 December 1917 -July 1922. 1 volume. 114.E.13.5B July 1922-March 1933. 3 volumes. 114.E.13.6F-1 March 1933-March 1936. 1 volume. 114.E.13.6F-2 March 1936-March 1939. 1 volume. 106.C.3.8F-2 March-December 1939. 1 volume. 118.B.10.15B Punishment and grade change reports, February 1939-January 1951. 6 folders. 114.E.12.6F-1 Deputy Warden's daily report, 1940-1947, 1952-1953, 1963-1972. 10 volumes. 1940. 1 volume. 114.E.12.6F-2 1941. 1 volume. 114.E.12.7B 1942-1944. 3 volumes. 114.E.12.8F 1945-1947. 3 volumes. 1948. 129.F.3.5B-2 1949. 1950. 114.E.12.8F 1952. 1 volume. 114.E.13.1B 1953 and Major Violations, 1963-1972. 1 volume.

The major violations section contains the same information as the earlier reports.