Harris County Juvenile Probation records, (1913-1989).

Resource Type

ArchivalResource

Display Entry

Harris County (Tex.). Juvenile Probation Department. Harris County Juvenile Probation records, (1913-1989).

Title

Harris County Juvenile Probation records, (1913-1989).

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182579667

Abstract

Case files, correspondence, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed materials, photographs, grant applications, and research analyses (1913 - 1989) document the development and growth of the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department. The collection is divided into three record groups: Administrative Records, Case Files and Children's Homes. For detailed scope and contents notes at the group and series level, please refer to the finding aid.

Extent

377 linear feet

Holding Repository

Harris County Public Library, Library Administration

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6942896

Harris County Public Library, Library Administration

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Harris County (Tex.). Juvenile Probation Department.

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A symbiotic relationship beginning as early as 1909 between children's homes workers and the Houston Police Department, likely led to the founding of the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in 1915. From its inception, the HCJPD had jurisdiction over all children engaged in delinquent acts, dependent and neglected children, adoption investigations, custody disputes, investigations of insanity (both adult and juvenile), and intake for epilepsy and tubercular state institutions. The depart...