Records of the Washington State Department of Finance, Budget, and Business, 1935-1947.

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Records of the Washington State Department of Finance, Budget, and Business, 1935-1947.

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Consists of administration files (correspondence, reports, and subject files on many topics of concern to the agency); budget files; and institutions files (files concerning the separate institutions, to a great extent focusing on construction, maintenance, supplies, admissions and personnel). Institutions represented include: 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; 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.

52 cubic ft. (35 boxes)

Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 6812980

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Washington Veterans' Home

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Washington State Archives

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Western State Custodial School (Buckley, Wash.)

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Washington Infirmary (Grand Mound, Wash.)

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Washington State School for the Deaf

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Western State Hospital (Wash.)

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Established in 1871 as the Territorial Asylum for the Insane; name changed to Hospital for the Insane in the Territory of Washington; later changed to Western Washington Hospital for the Insane; latest name is Western State Hospital (1889 to the present). From the description of Historical records of Western State Hospital, 1871-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690643 ...

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Eastern State Custodial School (Medical Lake, Wash.)

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McKay Memorial Research Hospital (Soap Lake, Wash.)

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Washington (State). Dept. of Finance, Budget and Business.

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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 Finan...

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