gr00426.xml St. Cloud State Reformatory: An Inventory of Its Subject Files 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 Reformatory for Men. Subject files. 1900-1978. Materials in English. These files include information about the Annex for Defective Delinquents; the Youth Conservation Commission; Reformatory-operated prison camps at East Grand Forks and at Moose Lake (Minn.); the institution's automobile license plate manufacturing operation; and the inmates' sponsorship of a foster child in Greece. There are files pertaining to Reformatory educational programs and staff, and to vocational training and prison industries; a 1953 research paper exploring the treatment of Black inmates by Reformatory staff; and information about investigations into drug trafficking and the introduction of other contraband at the institution, and into irregularities and misconduct by guards and other staff. Also photographs documenting education, medical examinations, religion, and orientation. 3.1 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 1 partial box). 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: African American prisoners -- Minnesota. Drug traffic -- Minnesota. Juvenile corrections -- Minnesota. Prison contraband -- Minnesota. Prison industries -- Minnesota. Prisoners -- Education -- Minnesota. Prisoners -- Medical care -- Minnesota. Prisons and race relations -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota. Annex for Defective Delinquents. Minnesota. Youth Conservation Commission. Places: Saint Cloud (Minn.) Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Some files contain private information on individual prisoners. Researchers may apply to use those files in accordance with the State Archives access statement. Files containing restricted material are noted on the folder list.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Reformatory for Men. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 983-179; 991-90; 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: 001730255

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 102.F.6.1B Accident, East Grand Forks, 1944. Anastassia file, 1956-1975. 2 folders.

Anastassia Kollia, foster child in Greece sponsored by reformatory inmates through Foster Parents' Plan, Inc.

 Annex for Defective Delinquents, 1936-1963.5 folders. 1959-1961.

RESTRICTED.

 Sterilization, 1936-1947.

RESTRICTED.

 Faribault School for the Feeble-Minded, 1945-1949.

RESTRICTED.

 Patient referrals, 1946-1959.

RESTRICTED.

 Public institutions and rules, 1945-1963. Architectural survey, 1963-1965. Automobile license tags, 1921-1971. 5 folders. Barber school, 1953-1978. Camp, East Grand Forks, 1940-1960. Central index registration, 1956-1963. Chaplains' meetings, religious program, etc., 1958-1977. Civil Service correspondence, 1939-1953. 3 folders. 102.F.6.2F Clergymens' Advisory Committee Report, 1961. Criminal Apprehension Bureau, 1931-1968. East Grand Forks fires, 1953.

Fires at prison camp, evidently set by inmates.

RESTRICTED.

 Education Department Director's memos, 1977. 3 folders.

Includes minutes of superintendent's staff meetings and education staff meetings.

 Education Program, 1964-1971.

Includes high school commencement programs.

 Escape expenses, 1946. Escape file, 1953-1972.

RESTRICTED.

 Federal prisoners, 1923-1939. Final transfer of files and roster, 1963-1978. Governor's Advisory Committee to Study the Defective Delinquent Annex, Report to, 1962. General Orders, 1900-1908, 1911-1921. 2 folders. Governor's Penal Reform Advisory Committee, 1952-1961.

Includes copies of minutes, memos, and correspondence; later became the Governor's Correctional Advisory Committee.

 Hill Foundation Research Project, 1951-1955. 2 folders. History of St. Cloud Reformatory for Men, circa 1950. Immigration Service, 1934-1960. Inmate instructions, 1952.

A set of instructional letters (Nos. 1-6, 8) issued to newly arrived inmates.

 Investigations, 1951-1953, 1957. 3 folders.

Drug trafficking, the smuggling in and distribution of other contraband, irregularities involving guards and other reformatory staff.

RESTRICTED.

 Investigations: Publicity, 1951. 2 folders.

Includes newspaper clippings and other miscellany in connection with investigation following the death at the reformatory of inmate George Sturdevant.

RESTRICTED.

 102.F.6.3B Medical-Tuberculosis Program, 1934-1976.

Includes some medical information about individual inmates.

 Moose Lake Camp, 1936-1968. 4 folders. Negro Offender Research Project, 1952-1953.

Includes The Negro Offender in the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men, Paul H. Engstrom, 1953, a paper prepared for the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota.

 Parole Board, 1937-1961. Payroll and salaries, 1929-1939. Psychology Department, 1932-1953. Public Institutions Division, 1939-1949. Red Cross member lists, circa 1917. Sibley State Park Program and Conservation Camps, 1953-1969. Study of the History and Development of the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men, 1942.

Master's thesis, Andres Andreson, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.

 Upward Bound Project, 1968-1977. Veterans' Affairs, 1944-1962. Vocational Training - Industries, 1959-1965. 2 folders.

Includes correspondence, memos, and industries program minutes.

 Volunteer Services, 1966-1976. WPA employees, 1939-1942. Youth Conservation Commission admissions, 1964. 129.E.3.1B Photographs, 1950s-1960s.

Includes photographs of classroom and vocational education (art class, high-school, geography class, radio shop, barber shop, and print shop), medical examinations, religious consultation, pre-parole class, classification board, and orientation in institutional policies. Photographs are black and white and various sizes.