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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Agriculture Department: Commissioner's Office:</titleproper>
                <subtitle encodinganalog="subtitle">An Inventory of Its Press Releases at the Minnesota Historical Society</subtitle>
                <sponsor>National Historical Publications and Records Commission.</sponsor>
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                <publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">Minnesota Historical Society</publisher>
                <address>
               <addressline>St. Paul, MN.</addressline>
            </address>
            </publicationstmt>
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                <p>Government Records
                             </p>
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            <creation encodinganalog="Description">Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, 
                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">March 2012.</date>
            </creation>
            <langusage>Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="Language" scriptcode="Latn">English.</language>
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            <head id="a1">OVERVIEW</head>
            <repository encodinganalog="852">
                <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Minnesota Historical Society</corpname>
            </repository>
            <origination label="Creator:">
                <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture. Commissioner's Office.</corpname>
            </origination>
            <unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Press releases.</unittitle>
            <unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1977/2006">1977-2006.</unitdate>
            <langmaterial label="Language of Materials">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language>. </langmaterial>
            <abstract label="Abstract:">Press releases documenting the activities and events of the terms of commissioners Jon Wefald (1971-1977), William Walker (1978), Mark W. Seetin (1979-1982), Jim Nichols (1983-1990), Elton Redalen (1991-1995), and Gene Hugoson (1995- ). Chronological summary listings are filed at the front of the 1978-1985 folders.</abstract>
            <physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">1.8 cubic feet (2 boxes).</physdesc>
            <physloc label="Location:"> See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf locations.</physloc>
        </did>
        <arrangement encodinganalog="351">
            <head id="a4">ARRANGEMENT</head>
            <p>Arranged chronologically by year.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <controlaccess>
            <head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head>
            <p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
                Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related
                topics should <extref href="http://mnhs.mnpals.net/F" show="new" actuate="onrequest">search the catalog</extref> using these headings.</p>
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Topics:</head>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Agricultural administration -- Minnesota.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Agriculture -- Public relations -- Minnesota.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Agriculture and state -- Minnesota.</subject>
            </controlaccess>
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Persons:</head>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Hugoson, Gene.</persname>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Nichols, Jim.</persname>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Redalen, Elton.</persname>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Seetin, Mark W.</persname>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Walker, William.</persname>
                <persname role="subject" encodinganalog="600">Wefald, Jon.</persname>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Document Types:</head>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Press releases.</genreform>
            </controlaccess>
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            <head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head>
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                <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
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                    <emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. </emph>Minnesota. Dept. of Agriculture. Commissioner's Office. Press Releases. Minnesota Historical Society.</p>
                <p>
                    <emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
                        examples.</emph>
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            </prefercite>
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                <head>Accession Information:</head>
                <p>Accession numbers: 2005-11; 2006-38; 2008-50; 2012-1</p>
            </acqinfo>
            <processinfo>
                <head>Processing Information:</head>
                <p>
                    <extref actuate="onrequest" audience="external" show="new" href="http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/">
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                </p>
                <p>Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant 
                    awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission <extref actuate="onrequest" audience="external" href="http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/">(NHPRC)</extref>.</p>
                 <p>Catalog ID number: 002965504</p>
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            <head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION</head>
            
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <physloc>115.F.17.13B</physloc><unitdate>Undated, 1977-1995.</unitdate> <physdesc> 21 folders.</physdesc></did>
            </c01>
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                            <did>
                                <physloc>131.H.16.3B</physloc><unitdate>1996-2001.</unitdate> <physdesc> 12 folders. </physdesc>  </did>
                        </c01>
                                <c01>
                                    <did> <unitdate>2004-2006.</unitdate> <physdesc> 3 folders.</physdesc></did>
                              
                                    <scopecontent><p>Includes index for 2005-2006. </p></scopecontent>     </c01>
            
            
 
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