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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION</titleproper>
                <subtitle>An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society</subtitle>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Alex Kent.</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">Minnesota Historical Society</publisher>
                <address><addressline>St. Paul, MN.</addressline></address>
            </publicationstmt>
                     <seriesstmt><p>Government Records</p></seriesstmt>         </filedesc>
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            <creation>Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent<date>September 2009.</date></creation>
            <langusage>Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng">English</language>. </langusage>
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            <head id="a1">OVERVIEW</head>
            <repository label="Label:">
                <corpname>Minnesota Historical Society</corpname>
            </repository>
            <origination label="Creator:">
                <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Teachers Retirement Association
                    (Minn.).</corpname>
            </origination>
            <unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Records.</unittitle>
            <unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1915/1966"
                >1915-1966.</unitdate>
            <langmaterial label="Language of Materials">Materials in <language langcode="eng"
                >English</language>. </langmaterial>
            <abstract label="Abstract:">Annual meeting (1939-1962) and trustees (1932-1965) minutes,
                case histories (1932-1966), attorney general opinions (1929-1964), organizational charts
                (1956, 1959, 1964), applications and affidavits for inclusion by teachers working in
                1915 (1915-1931) with an index of teachers belonging to the 1915 Retirement Fund, and
                related legal and financial documents.</abstract>
            <physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">3.15 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 1 partial
                box).</physdesc>
            <physloc label="Location:"> See <ref target="a9">Detailed Description</ref> for shelf
                locations.</physloc>
        </did>
        <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">Attorneys general opinions -- Minnesota.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Teachers -- Minnesota -- Retirement.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Teachers -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Teachers -- Minnesota. -- Registers.</subject>
                <subject encodinganalog="650">Teachers -- Pensions -- Minnesota.</subject>
            </controlaccess>
            <controlaccess>
                <head>Document Types:</head>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Case histories.</genreform>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Applications.</genreform>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Organizational charts.</genreform>
                <genreform encodinganalog="655">Registers.</genreform>
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            <head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head>
            <prefercite encodinganalog="524">
                <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
                <p><emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. </emph>Teachers
                    Retirement Association (Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.</p>
                <p>
                    <emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.</emph>
                </p>
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            <acqinfo >
                <head>Accession Information:</head>
                <p>Accession number: 461; 978-33.</p>
            </acqinfo>
            <processinfo>
                <head>Processing Information:</head>
                <p>Catalog ID number: 001704714</p>
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            <head id="a9">DETAILED DESCRIPTION</head>
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                <did>
                    <physloc>105.G.11.5B</physloc>
                    <unittitle>Annual meeting minutes, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1939-1962. </unitdate>
                    <physdesc>2 folders. </physdesc>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Trustees’ minutes, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1932 – April 1965. </unitdate>
                    <physdesc>10 folders. </physdesc>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Case histories, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1932-1966. </unitdate>
                    <physdesc>3 folders. </physdesc>
                </did>
                <scopecontent>
                    <p>Summaries of applications received, granted and other actions taken, with names of
                        teachers.</p>
                </scopecontent>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <physloc>114.A.13.1B</physloc>
                    <unittitle>Attorney general opinions, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1929-1964. </unitdate>
                    <physdesc>5 folders. </physdesc>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Legislative proposal, printed, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1965. </unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Miscellaneous papers, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1937-1966. </unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Correspondence, statistics (mainly financial), procedures, and a list of
                        inactive members,</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>May 17, 1946. </unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Organizational charts, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1956, 1959, 1964. </unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Report of Actuary, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>June 30, 1965. </unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <physloc>105.G.11.5B</physloc>
                    <unittitle>Numerical and alphabetical index of teachers belonging to 1915 retirement
                        fund, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated. </unitdate>
                    <physdesc>1 volume. </physdesc>
                </did>
                <scopecontent>
                    <p>Incomplete.</p>
                </scopecontent>
            </c01>
            <c01>
                <did>
                    <physloc>105.G.11.6F</physloc>
                    <unittitle>1915 Fund:</unittitle>
                </did>
                <scopecontent>
                    <p>Applications and affidavits for inclusion by teachers working in 1915; list
                        teacher's name, sometimes date of birth, district (and salary) where taught since
                        beginning of career.</p>
                </scopecontent>
                <otherfindaid>
                    <p>Alphabetical index to all applications <extref actuate="onrequest" href="tra01/pdf/tra01.pdf">in pdf format.</extref></p>
                </otherfindaid>
              
                    <c02>
                        <did>
                            <unittitle>Nos. 1-1300, </unittitle>
                            <unitdate>1915-1917. </unitdate>
                        </did>
                    </c02>
                    <c02>
                        <did>
                            <physloc>105.G.11.7B</physloc>
                            <unittitle>Nos. 1301-2150, </unittitle>
                            <unitdate>1917-1931. </unitdate>
                        </did>
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                <c02>
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>Miscellaneous applications: A-Z, </unittitle>
                        <unitdate>ca. 1917. </unitdate>
                    </did>
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