Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

This agency opened in 1897 in Chippewa Falls, Wis., as the Wisconsin Home for the Feeble-Minded. Around 1923 the name was changed to the Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The name was changed to its present form in 1977. The center reported to the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106), 1891-1939; the Division of Mental Hygiene (WIHV88-A586) in the State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488), 1939-1967; and various divisions within the Department of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674), 1967-present. In the Wisconsin State Archives' database, this form of agency name is used for all appropriate records, 1897-present.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145780050