Administrative records, ca. 1928-1961.

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Administrative records, ca. 1928-1961.

Records consist primarily of correspondence; program studies, facilities, and institutions within the Department; reports of relevant investigations minutes, correspondence, and reports of a variety of committees within the department or on which the director served; annual reports of the Department and the divisions and institutions under its control; minutes of various boards and committees; training manuals and related information for health personnel in all state institutions; files on some community clinics; photographs; blueprints; copies of relevant legislation; and interoffice memoranda and bulletins.

66.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7379913

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Dept. of Public Welfare.

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In 1917 the oversight of all state charitable and correctional institutions was consolidated in the Department of Public Welfare. This new department gained the powers and duties formerly exercised by the Board of Administration, State Deportation Agent, State Agent for the Visitation of Children, Illinois Penitentiary Commissioners, Southern Illinois Penitentiary Commissioners, Board of Managers of the Illinois State Reformatory, Board of Prison Industries of Illinois, Board of Cla...

Institute for Juvenile Research (Ill.)

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Established in 1909 as the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute; renamed the IJR in 1917; it ran the first child guidance clinic and the second organized psychology training program in the nation. It also was one of the first sites for training child psychiatrists. Affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. From the description of Institute for Juvenile Research (Illinois) records, ca. 1930-1980. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713342170 ...