Inventory Department records, 1914, 1929-1992.

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Inventory Department records, 1914, 1929-1992.

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Collection contains the records of the Inventory Department, responsible for tracking University property and equipment. The records of the inventory department record land purchases (1929-1951), building and land improvements (1931-1965), museum specimens and collections (1931-1992), and library holdings (1984-1990).

4 boxes (3.3 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7804745

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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In a letter dated April 9, 1931 to University president Lotus Coffman, comptroller W.T. Middlebrook states the Inventory Department carries out the following duties: "To abstract from the Accounting Department's monthly list of expenditures all equipment purchased during the month and record the equipment ..., To record ... information showing kind of equipment, date of purchase, cost, and identification number, To indicate on all new equipment purchased identification numbers, To make an actual...