p1837 PATRICK AND MARILYN MALONEY: An Inventory of Their Household Budget Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Dennis Meissner Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner May 18, 2005Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Maloney, Patrick G., 1929- . Household budget records. 1958-1993. Ledgers, expense journals, worksheets, and graphs documenting the annual budgets of a Minnetonka (Minn.) couple (1958-1993). The expense journals contain a chronological listing of expenses which have been totaled monthly and entered into the ledgers according to broad categories including shelter, food, automobile, clothing, medical, income taxes and social security, charity, entertainment and recreation, savings and investments, and miscellaneous. Photocopied articles from "Changing Times" (1970, 1990), describing the Maloneys' budget method and the lifestyle they managed to maintain, are also included. 2.75 cu. ft. (6 boxes). P1837: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS

The annual budget files are arranged in chronological order.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related materials: Genealogies and family histories tracing both the Maloney and Logelin families are also in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections (cataloged separately).

OTHER FINDING AIDS

A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed as P1837.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Budgets, Personal -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka. Home economics -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka -- Accounting. Cost and standard of living -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka. Purchasing power -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka. Income -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka. Saving and investment -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka. Persons: Maloney, Marilyn M., 1931-. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Patrick and Marilyn Maloney Household Budget Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,500; 15,628

Processing Information:

Processed by: Dennis Meissner, May 2005

Catalog ID number: 001714537

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION P1837 1 Changing Times articles and related print materials, 1958-1990. Marilyn Maloney, "How to Keep a Quick and Easy Budget," March 1994. Year-end estimates and worksheets, 1961-1979. Budget files, 1958-1964. P1837 2 Budget files, 1965-1972. P1837 3 Budget files, 1973-1979. P1837 4 Budget files, 1980-1985. P1837 5 Budget files, 1986-1989. P1837 6 Budget files, 1990-1993.