1. The community studied consists of a unit of approximately 4,000 persons. The community is definitely defined by being surrounded by railroad tracks and an industrial district. 2. Fifty-one per cent of the families have lived in the community for more than five years. Nineteen per cent less than one year. 3. This indicates that (a) the bulk of the people are permanent residents. (b) There is a steady influx of new residents. 4. Seventy-one per cent of all parents native born Americans. 5. High percentage of native born parents and the length of residence in community emphasizes the homogeneity of neighborhood. 6. With 29 per cent of all parents foreign born, we find 35 per cent of the homes where a foreign language is spoken. 7. Size of family in this community larger than in Adams community in 11th Ward. 8. Number of childless families 17.1 per cent, with 61 per cent married over 10 years. In Adams community childless families 23.5 per cent, with 73 per cent married over 10 years. 9. Five hundred twenty-seven out of 743 male voters born in the United States. 10. Forty-one men who have been in the United States 10 years or more, without first naturalization papers. 11. One of the most important industrial districts in Minneapolis. 12. Annual output of industries in this district over $35,000,000.00. 13. Employment steady. Very little seasonal change in the numbers employed. 14. Sixty-six per cent of total employed are married. 90 per cent of all skilled men employed are married. 30 per cent of all unskilled men are married. 52 per cent of all unskilled women are married. But 75 per cent of this group of employed persons live outside this community. 15. Out of 835 families, 614 were living in single dwellings and 192 families in duplex dwellings. 16. Over 900 vacant lots in this district.
Note -- Our neighborhood used to have 2 schools: Tuttle School and Columbus School. Tuttle School was closed in 2007, but the building remains on 18th Ave SE. Columbus School was closed in 1931 and the building was demolished in 1936. So, this report refers to our neighborhood as the Tuttle-Columbus neighborhood. Tuttle School, 18th & Talmadge Aves SE (1910)
from Minneapolis Public Schools
The full 50-page document can be found in the University of Minnesota Library system (300.81 M66t-4)
The Tuttle-Columbus Neighborhood: The report of a community study, carried on co-operatively by the Department of Sociology of the University of Minnesota, and the people of a growing community in Southeast Minneapolis (1922) by Manuel C. Elmer, Director of Study, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota |
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