Area vocational technical institute files, 1961-1972.

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Area vocational technical institute files, 1961-1972.

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Files of Robert P. Van Tries, assistant state director for vocational education, and assistant commissioner, Vocational-Technical Education Division. The records document the relationship of Van Tries' office and the state's area vocational technical institutes (AVTIs). They include correspondence, minutes of AVTI directors' meetings, course offerings, enrollment statistics, clippings, memos, Van Tries' weekly progress reports detailing his AVTI activities, and materials documenting various manpower projects operating in the AVTIs.

2.75 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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