Recent State Archives Acquisitions: September 2011

Background Information

Records added this month to the State Archives will be of great use to family historians, as well as researchers concerned about Minnesota government accountability, an increasingly popular topic with Minnesota taxpayers and the media.

The State Auditor transferred audit reports and annual financial reports (dated 1992-2001) of counties, cities, townships, municipalities, regional and other local government organizations. The reports continue, or inter-file with, existing sets of audit and financial reports dating back to the 1880s. Audit reports and annual financial are succinct financial reports that are useful for documenting how Minnesota state and local government agencies accounted for their spending and the delivery of services to Minnesota taxpayers.

Thanks to the NHPRC backlog reduction project staff, several sets of tax lists and assessment rolls are now (or soon will be) fully processed, cataloged, shelved, and available for use by our Library patrons. The records include tax lists (dated 1980-1981) and assessment rolls (dated 1980-1981, 1990-1991) of the Beltrami County Auditor; the records continue a set available on microfilm preserved in the State Archives. Also, assessment rolls (dated 1876-1901, 1910-1911, 1920-1921, 1930-1931, 1940-1941, 1950-1951, 1960-1961, 1970-1971, 1980-1981, 1990-1991) of the Grant County Assessor; and Pine County Auditor tax lists (dated 1971, 1980-1981) that continue an existing series available on microfilm and preserved in the State Archives.

The State Archives preserves a particularly comprehensive and valuable set of selected records from the St. Paul elementary, junior high, and senior high schools. Recently transferred are a group of student photographs (dated 1975-1996) of the East Consolidated Elementary School, and scrapbooks (dated 1961-1966) of the Grant Elementary School PTA; the records inter-file with existing records of these two schools. The Bruce Vento Elementary School, on St. Paul’s east side, is the successor school to the Grant and East Consolidated schools.

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October 4, 2011