Correspondence and visitor registers, 1892-1950.

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Correspondence and visitor registers, 1892-1950.

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The visitor register (1898-1899) lists the names and addresses of visitors to the prison. The correspondence register (1892-1901) and registers of inmates' mail (1914, 1924-1926, 1949-1950) record what the inmates received in the mail. For some years, the correspondence register also lists items sent by inmates, while the 1914 register includes lists of photographs sent to the Albany, New York Bureau of Investigation (1914-1915) and fingerprints sent to Leavenworth (1915-1925), Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1926-1931), St. Paul (1931), New York (1917-1918), and Michigan (1924-1931), and the 1949-1950 volume records the sender of the item received.

1.7 cu. ft. (10 v. and 1 folder in 1 box and 1 partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.)

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First prison in Minnesota established as the Territorial Prison from 1853-1858; moved to a new location in South Stillwater (now Bayport) in 1914; in 1979 name changed to Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. From the description of Minnesota State Prison collection, 1853-1960 (bulk 1853-1879). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953931 ...