St. Louis County Social Services Department records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, general administrative records including committee reports and minutes, and policy manuals.
The collection is divided into the following series:
Box 1-8 Correspondence
Box 9-10 Institutional Files
Box 10-15 Subject Files
Box 15-28 General Administrative Records
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Institutional files contain correspondence with and other information on institutions wholly or partially funded by the St. Louis County Welfare Board. The subject files contain correspondence and other papers arranged by topic. The general administrative records contains committee reports, minutes, policy manuals, executive secretary correspondence, and special reports on welfare recipients.
Dates
- 1932-1970
Creator
- St. Louis County (Minn.) Social Services Department (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The St. Louis County Social Services Department was originally started under the name of the St. Louis County Poor Commission. Public welfare relief came into being in Minnesota in 1887. At that time the legislature gave the counties the power to appoint a county superintendent for the poor (Special Laws of MN for 1887, Ch.206). In 1907 the legislature passed into law an act which enabled counties of over 75,000 population to create a Board of Poor Commissioners (General Laws of MN for 1907, ch.222). The Board of Poor Commissioners administered relief to the poor until 1937 when its name was changed to the St. Louis County Welfare Board. The Welfare Board is responsible for the administration of relief to the poor. This responsibility is carried out through the Social Services Department. The Social Services Department is run by an executive secretary who is responsible to the Welfare Board. The Social Service Department in St. Louis County is based in Duluth with district offices in Hibbing and Virginia.
Extent
28.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, general administrative records including committee reports and minutes, and policy manuals.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, but is housed at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Poor people Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public health Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public welfare Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Local sources
- Social service Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Louis County (Minn.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Title
- Guide to the St. Louis County Social Services Department records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
