Minneapolis Health and Sanitation Survey Maps
Description of Contents
The collection contains maps showing the sanitation facitilities (water lines, sewer lines, and outhouses) located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1934. Maps typically include one block, showing buildings, roads, addresses, and geographic features. Occassionally, building use and construction materials are noted. Maps are drawn in pencil on tracing paper. They may have been traced from a Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Minneapolis. No index map or key is extant.
It is not clear how many districts each ward contained in 1934. It is possible some survey maps may never have been created or may have been removed from this collection before it was received by Hennepin County Library.
Dates
- 1934
Creator
- Minneapolis (Minn.). Health Department (Organization)
- Minnesota Civil Works Administration (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for use in Special Collections during the department's open hours.
History
In January 1934, the City of Minneapolis began a health and sanitation survey. Under the direction of Minneapolis Health Commissioner F.E. Harrington, between 40 and 72 employees canvassed door-to-door within the city recording information on wells, sewer hookups, water hookups, and outhouses at each property. Workers left a survey card with each family, on which the family was expected to record the communicable diseases they had experienced in 1933. These cards were to be mailed to the federal government as part of a separate survey.
The survey program was funded through the Civil Works Administration (CWA), a New Deal-era program of the United States federal government and a predecessor to the Works Progress Administration. When the CWA ended in March 1934, the Minneapolis health and sanitation survey was suspended. It is unclear whether the survey was ever completed.
Extent
26 Linear Feet (13 phase boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The materials are arranged in their original order, by 1930s city ward and district. Each map is numbered and includes the numbers of neighboring maps along each edge.
Donor Information
This collection was donated by the City of Minneapolis in June 2018 as accession 2018.17.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jenna Jacobs in September 2019.
- Maps Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public health Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveys Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Minneapolis Health and Sanitation Survey Maps
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jenna Jacobs
- Date
- September 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org
