State institutions files, 1943-1950.

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State institutions files, 1943-1950.

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The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of correspondence, reports, telegrams, agendas, newspaper clippings, and various publications regarding colleges, universities, reform schools, state hospitals, and other institutions funded by the state of Alabama. Most of the routine correspondence was handled by O.H. Finney, Jr., Governor James E. Folsom's secretary. The majority of the files provide information on the colleges and universities in the state. In addition to the two largest institutions, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, the state maintained Alabama College in Montevallo; A & M Institute for Negroes in Huntsville; Tuskegee Institute; and the State Teacher Colleges at Florence, Jacksonville, Livingston, Montgomery, and Troy. These records continue to document the establishment of a four-year medical school in Birmingham. Many of the files were generated during the administration of Governor Chauncey Sparks. The files contain correspondence, reports, and minutes of the Building Commission for the Four-Year Medical School. During the administrations of both Governor Sparks and Folsom committees were established to investigate conditions at various state institutions. In 1946 a legislative committee issued reports on conditions at the state prisons, the Alabama Training School for Girls, the state mental health institutions, and the Alabama State Reform School. In 1948 and 1950, Folsom received reports from the Survey Committee for State Institutions. The Alabama Training School for Girls in Birmingham was publicly criticized for mistreatment of the girls in the custody of the institution. A public hearing was held in 1949 March to address the charges. Folsom's files contain correspondence, depositions, transcripts, reports, and photographs regarding the investigation and hearing. This series also documents the veterans on-the-job training program that was coordinated by the Department of Education. This program was subjected to criticism also during the Folsom administration. The Governor's files contain letters and petitions from veterans state-wide defending and praising the program. Other state institutions documented in this series include the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Alabama Boys Industrial School at East Lake, the Alabama Reform School for Negro Boys at Meigs, the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden, and the Alabama Vocational School for Girls at Birmingham.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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