gr00519.xml Human Services Department: Commissioner's Office: An Inventory of Its Logged Letters at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, February 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Human Services. Commissioner's Office. Logged letters. 1975-2008 (bulk 1980-2008). Materials in English. Commissioner's office correspondence with citizens, legislators, public officials, welfare organizations, county law enforcement agencies, and federal and other state agencies, regarding all aspects of administration and client services of the Department of Human Services and its predecessor, the Department of Public Welfare. 73.0 cu. ft. (72 boxes, 2 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. ARRANGEMENT

Arranged primarily by chronologically assigned log number.

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: Public welfare -- Minnesota. Persons: Baird, Robert. Dagg, Nancy. Doth, David S. Gardebring, Sandra S. Gomez, Maria. Goodno, Ken. Kennedy, Mary. Mattson, Susan. Moriarity, Francis J. Petraborg, John. Schultz, Charles C. Steffen, Natalie. Timmer, Elaine J. Wynia, Ann. York, Robert. Organizations: Minnesota. Dept. of Public Welfare. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Logged letters include personal data on individuals. Researchers may apply to use these records in accordance with the State Archives access statement.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Human Services. Commissioner's Office. Logged Letters. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 984-143; 987-82; 988-96; 990-97; 996-3; 996-19; 997-20; 997-102; 998-118; 2004-70; 2005-52; 2006-41; 2007-57; 2008-28; 2010-24; 2011-53

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: 001714006

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 107.C.7.2F Indexes (logs) of logged letters, May 1975-1992, 1994, 1997-2001. 11 folders. 126.K.11.3B Nos. 4436-4983, January-September 1980.

Incomplete.

Nos. 5000-5899, August 1980-June 1981. 126.K.11.4F Nos. 5900-6898, June 1981-May 1982. 126.K.11.5B Nos. 6900-7499, June 1982-February 1983. 12 folders. Francis J. Moriarity, Assistant to the Commissioner, Logged letters, October 1982-February 1984. 2 folders. 103.I.12.12F Nos. 7500-8199, March-August 1983. 103.I.12.13B Nos. 8200-8865, September 1983-January 1984. 103.I.12.14F Nos. 8866-9499, January-August 1984. 103.I.13.1B Nos. 9500-10167, August 1984-January 1985. 103.I.13.2F Nos. 10168-10625, February-May 1985. 103.I.13.3B Nos. 10626-10999, May-October 1985. 109.I.16.10F Commissioner's unmarked logged letters, March 1980-January 1981, August 1981-1989. 23 folders.

1989 is very incomplete. Most of these letters have no numbers; numbers may not have been assigned or these may have been missing from the master set. The content is similar to the numbered set.

109.I.12.11B Nos. 11000-11519, October 1985-March 1986. 109.I.12.12F Nos. 11521-11999, March-September 1986. 109.I.12.13B Nos. 12000-12525, August 1986-January 1987. 109.I.12.14F Nos. 12526-12662, December 1986-January 1987. Nos. 87-1 - 87-350, January-March 1987. 107.C.7.3B Nos. 87-352 - 87-821, March-May 1987. 107.C.7.4F Nos. 87-822 - 87-1270, May-October 1987. 107.C.7.5B Nos. 87-1271 - 87-1740, October-December 1987. 107.C.7.6F Nos. 87-1741 - 87-1976, November-December 1987. 8 folders. Nos. 88-0001 - 88-0350, January-March 1988. 10 folders. 107.C.5.8F Nos. 88-0351 - 88-1000, March-August 1988. 107.C.5.9B Nos. 88-1001 - 88-1628, August-December 1988. 107.C.5.10F Nos. 89-0001 - 89-0559, January-April 1989. 107.C.6.1B Nos. 89-0561 - 89-1169, April-September 1989. 107.C.6.2F Nos. 89-1170 - 89-1681, September-December 1989. 14 folders. Nos. 90-0001 - 90-0100, January 1990. 4 folders. 107.C.5.2F Nos. 90-0101 - 90-0610, January-March 1990. 107.C.5.3B Nos. 90-0611 - 90-1070, March-July 1990. 107.C.5.4F Nos. 90-1072 - 90-1540, July-November 1990. 109.B.17.13B Nos. 90-1542 - 90-1680, November-December 1990. 4 folders. Nos. 91-0001 - 91-0315, January-April 1991. 13 folders. 109.B.17.14F Nos. 91-0316 - 91-0760, April-August 1991. 109.B.17.15B Nos. 91-0761 - 91-1195, September-December 1991. 109.B.17.16F Nos. 92-1197 - 92-1263, December 1991. 4 folders. Nos. 92-0001 - 92-0350, January-March 1992. 14 folders. 109.B.18.1B Nos. 92-0351 - 92-0730, March-June 1992. 109.B.18.2F Nos. 92-0732 - 92-1170, June-September 1992. 109.B.18.3B Nos. 92-1171 - 92-1604, October-December 1992. 109.B.18.4F Nos. 93-0002 - 93-0550, January-April 1993. 109.B.18.5B Nos. 93-0551 - 93-1100, April-October 1993. 109.B.18.6F Nos. 93-1101 - 93-1310, October-December 1993. 9 folders. Nos. 94-0001 - 94-0185, January–February 1994. 11 folders. 109.B.18.7B Nos. 94-0187 - 94-0502, February-May 1994. 109.B.18.8F Nos. 94-0503 - 94-0870, May-September 1994. 103.K.15.1B Nos. 94-0871 - 94-1126, September-December 1994. 13 folders. 1994 unlogged letters. 3 folders. Nos. 95-0001 - 95-0071, January 1995. 4 folders. 103.K.15.2F Nos. 95-0072 - 95-0435, January-March 1995. 103.K.15.3B Nos. 95-0436 - 95-0669, March-April 1995. 103.K.15.4F Nos. 95-0670 - 95-1020, April-August 1995. 103.K.15.5B Nos. 95-1021 - 95-1376, August-November 1995. 103.K.15.6F Nos. 95-1377 - 95-1479, November-December 1995. 6 folders. 1995 unlogged letters. 1996 logged letters.

Appears the bulk of the 1996 logged letters are missing.

Nos. 97-0002 - 97-0240, January-March 1997. 12 folders. 103.K.15.7B Nos. 97-0201 - 97-0590, March-July 1997. 103.K.15.8F Nos. 97-0591 - 97-0916, July-December 1997. 18 folders. Nos. 97-7239 - 97-7287, December 1997. 2 folders.

It appears that a different numbering system was used for the second half of December.

103.K.15.9B 1997 unlogged letters. 2 folders. Nos. 98-0001 - 98-0179, January-April 1998. 20 folders. 103.K.15.10F Nos. 98-0179 - 98-0560, April-December 1998. 103.K.15.11B Nos. 98-0561 - 98-0578, December 1998. 2 folders. 1998 unlogged letters. 2 folders. Nos. 99-0000 - 99-0410, January-March 1999. 19 folders. 103.K.15.12F Nos. 99-0411 - 99-1150, March-June 1999. 103.K.15.13B Nos. 99-1151 - 99-1658, June-November 1999. 103.K.15.14F Nos. 99-1659 - 99-1743, November-December 1999. 6 folders. 1999 unlogged letters. Nos. 2000-0000 - 2000-0440, January-March 2000. 14 folders. 103.K.16.1B Nos. 2000-0441 - 2000-1080, March-June 2000. 103.K.16.2F Nos. 2000-1081 - 2000-1536, June-December 2000. 18 folders. Nos. 2001-0000 - 2001-0060, January 2001. 2 folders. 103.K.16.3B Nos. 2001-0061 - 2001-0720, January-March 2001. 103.K.16.4F Nos. 2001-0721 - 2001-1400, March-April 2001. 103.K.16.5B Nos. 2001-1401 - 2001-1869, April-September 2001. 103.K.16.6F Nos. 2001-1870 - 2001-2063, October-December 2001. 11 folders. No return address letters, 2001. Nos. 2002-0000 - 2002-0204. 8 folders. 133.B.13.16F Nos. 2002-0205 - 2002-0545. 133.B.14.1B Nos. 2002-0546 - 2002-0576. 2 folders. Nos. 2003-0000 - 2003-0350. 18 folders. 133.B.14.2F Nos. 2003-0351 - 2003-0695. 133.B.14.3B Nos. 2003-0696 - 2003-0886. 10 folders. Logged letters of Commissioner Ken Goodno: Daily log of letters, 2004. Nos. 2004-0000 - 2004-0103. 8 folders. 107.E.3.8F Nos. 2004-0104 - 2004-0405. 20 folders. 107.E.3.9B Nos. 2004-0406 - 2004-0648. 19 folders. 107.E.3.10F Daily log of letters, 2005. Nos. 2005-0001 - 2005-0468 (through April 12, 2005). 21 folders. 115.C.4.1B Index to logged letters, 2006-2008. Nos. 2006-0001 - 2006-0252. 115.C.4.2F Nos. 2006-0253 - 2006-0310. Nos. 2007-0001 - 2007-0200. 115.C.4.3B Nos. 2007-0201 - 2007-0280. Nos. 2008-0001 - 2008-0118. 115.C.4.4F Nos. 2008-0119 - 2008-0223. 107.C.5.5B Commissioner's and top assistant's correspondence:

Filed with logged letters, but some do not contain a log number.

Commissioner Sandra Gardebring, 1987-July 1989. 4 folders. Acting Commissioner Charles C. Schultz, August 1989. Commissioner Ann Wynia: September 1989-1990. 3 folders. 115.E.1.5B Unlogged correspondence, 1990. 3 folders. 107.C.5.5B Commissioner Natalie Haas Steffen, 1991-1992. 7 folders. Associate Commissioner Robert York, 1988. 3 folders. 115.E.1.5B Assistant Commissioner Maria R. Gomez: Logged letters, Nos. 23-346, 1989-1990. 9 folders. Unlogged correspondence, 1990. 4 folders. 107.C.5.5B Logged letters, Nos. 347-383, 1990-1991. 2 folders. Unlogged correspondence, January-March 1991. 115.E.1.5B Logged letters, Nos. 95-1377-96-356, 1996. Unlogged correspondence, 1996. 107.C.5.5B Assistant Commissioner Robert Baird: Logged letters, Nos. 384-397, 1991. Unlogged correspondence, March-July 1991. 107.C.5.6F Assistant Commissioner Nancy Dagg: Logged letters, Nos. 398-488, 1991-1992. 4 folders. Unlogged correspondence, July 1991-June 1992. 5 folders. Assistant Commissioner Charles C. Schultz: Logged letters, Nos. 489-495, 1992. Unlogged correspondence, July-September 1992. Assistant Commissioner Mary Kennedy:

Kennedy was Medicaid Director and Assistant Commissioner For Health Care.

Logged letters, Nos. 1-17, 1997. 2 folders. Logged letters, Nos. 1-95, 1998. 9 folders. 103.K.16.7B Logged letters, Nos. 96-119, 1998. 3 folders. Logged letters, Nos. 1-113, 1999. 10 folders. Logged letters, Nos. 3-99, 2000. 5 folders. 115.E.1.5B Assistant Commissioner Elaine Timmer:

Timmer was Assistant Commissioner of Health and Continuing Care Strategies.

Logged letters, Nos. 754-843, 1996. Unlogged correspondence, 1995-1998. 103.K.16.7B Logged letters, Nos. 859-890, 1997. 3 folders. 107.C.7.2F Logged letters, Nos. 891-898, 1997. Logged letters, Nos. 988-1019, 1998. 2 folders. Logged letters, Nos. 1020-1038, 1999. Logged letters, Nos. 1040-1059, 2000. Unlogged correspondence from Susan Mattson regarding data retention challenge, 2004-2005. 2 folders. 115.E.1.5B Commissioner David S. Doth: Logged letters, Nos. 96-633 - 96-791, 1996-1997. Unlogged correspondence, 1996-1998. Acting Commissioner John Petraborg: Logged letters, Nos. 96-389 - 96-542, 1996. Unlogged correspondence, 1996.