Construction projects, 1949-1951.

Wisconsin Home for Women

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The Wisconsin Home for Women was created by Chapter 343, Laws of 1945, through the consolidation of the Industrial Home for Women (WIHV88-A47) with the Prison for Women (WIHV88-A50). It was under the control of the State Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division of Corrections (WIHV85-A281). In 1967, the supervision of the home was transferred to the Department of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674). In July 1976, the Home for Women became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution...

Wisconsin State Reformatory

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Wisconsin. Division of Public Assistance

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In 1939, the Wisconsin legislature created a new State Department of Public Welfare (see WIHV85-A488). The functions of the former State Pension Department (see WIHV87-A1001) and Public Welfare Department (see WIHV89-A85) were assigned to the Division of Public Assistance. With the reorganization of state agencies in 1967, the Department of Public Welfare was brought into the new Department of Health and Social Services (see WIHV85-A674). The functions of the Division of Public Assi...

Wisconsin School for Girls

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Wisconsin Workshop for the Blind

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Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.)

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The Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane opened in 1860. It was built on a site near Madison purchased by commissioners of the Wisconsin State Lunatic Asylum (authorized in 1854 but never constructed). In the 1930's the institution began to be known as the Mendota State Hospital and in 1973 it became the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The institution reported to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267), 1881-1891; the State B...

Wisconsin Child Center

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Central State Hospital (Waupun, Wis.)

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A Hospital for the Criminal Insane was authorized by Chapter 585, Laws of 1911 under the supervision of the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106). The hospital opened in 1914 in Waupun. Its name was changed to the Central State Hospital for the Insane (Chapter 314, Laws of 1917). In 1939, control of the Hospital was assumed by the newly created State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488) under the Division of Mental Hygiene (WIHV88-A586). The name later was shortened to Central...

Wisconsin School for Boys

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Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

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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 (W...

Winnebago Mental Health Institute (Wis.)

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The Legislature established the Northern Hospital for the Insane (Chapter 175, Laws of 1872) as an institution for the mentally ill from the northern part of the state. Located in Winnebago, near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the name was changed in 1935 to Winnebago State Hospital and in 1973 to Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The institution reported to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267), 1881-1891; the State Board of Control (WI...

Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

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Wisconsin State Prison

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The Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun was opened in July 1851. It was under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Supervisors (WIHV87-A1267) in 1881, then the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) in 1891. Until the opening of the Women's Prison at Taycheedah (see WIHV88-A50) in 1933, it served as a maximum security facility for both men and women and since then for men only. In 1939, the prison became part of the newly created Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division of Corrections...