Between 1871 and 1897, state institutions were supervised by the governor and boards of trustees. In 1897, supervision of institutions was taken over by the State Board of Audit and Control, which was replaced by the Board of Control in 1901. The Board of Control, and the Board of Managers of the Washington State Reformatory were abolished in 1921 and their duties taken over by the Dept. of Business Control. The Dept. of Business Control was abolished in 1935 and superceded by the Dept. of Finance, Budget and Business, which oversaw the following institutions: Western State Hospital, at Fort Steilacoom; Eastern State Hospital, at Medical Lake; Northern State Hospital, at Sedro Wooley; the State Penitentiary, at Walla Walla; the State Reformatory, at Monroe; the Training School, at Chehalis; the Girls' School, at Grand Mound; the Soldiers' Home, at Orting; the Veterans' Home, at Retsil; the School for the Blind, at Vancouver; the School for the Deaf, also at Vancouver; Eastern State Custodial School, at Medical Lake; Western State Custodial School, at Buckley; McKay Memorial Research Hospital, at Soap Lake; and the Washington Infirmary, at Grand Mound. The Dept. had divisions of banking, budget, public institutions, purchasing, and savings and loan associations. It was responsible for the Capitol buildings and grounds in Olympia, the State Archives, and the transportation, parole, and deportation of convicts and the insane. It also ran four canneries for preserving food, beginning in 1939. The Dept. of Finance, Budget and Business was superceded by the State Dept. of Public Institutions in 1947.
From the description of Records of the Washington State Department of Finance, Budget, and Business, 1935-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123410589
