Construction project files, 1951-1981.

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Construction project files, 1951-1981.

Files contain correspondence and other items relating to Department of Mental Health construction projects. Project files or notebooks include correspondence; land surveys; site plans; drawings; blueline prints; cost estimates; contracts; bid acceptance notifications; preliminary plans and specifications (e.g., plumbing; heating); appropriations status reports; fund release requests and authorizations; photographs; change orders; completion certificates; and minutes. Files are from the following institutions: A. L. Bowen Children's Center; Chicago-Read Mental Health Center; Illinois Security Hospital; Lincoln State School; Ludeman Mental Retardation Center; McFarland Zone Center; Madden Zone Center; Manteno State Hospital; Murray Children's Center; Peoria State Hospital; Read Zone Center; Singer Zone Center; Southern Illinois Children's Service Center; Specialized Living Centers (Addison, East Moline, Rockford, Springfield, Swansea, Woodlawn); Tinley Park Mental Health Center; Waukegan Developmental Center; Zeller Zone Center.

31 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7381018

Illinois State Archive

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Lincoln Developmental Center

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Lincoln Developmental Center, an Illinois state developmental center for mentally handicapped children, was initially established (1865) by Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb directors instructed by the General Assembly to found an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois at Jacksonville. Following a five year trial period, the school was incorporated as the Illinois Institution for the Education o...

Peoria State Hospital (Peoria, Ill.)

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Peoria State Hospital (1909-1973) was formerly known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane (1895-1907), and the Illinois General Hospital for the Insane (1907-1909). Although the Peoria site was chosen and construction began in 1895, the institution did not open until Feb. 10, 1902, after patients characterized as incurably insane were transferred from other state institutions. Jurisdiction was initially given to a three-member, Governor-appointed commission subject to Board of State C...

Illinois. Office of the Governor

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The Board of Fund Commissioners was created by l. 1837, p. 121. Board contracted for and negotiated all loans authorized by General Assembly for internal improvements and signed and executed all bonds or stock certificates issued for such loans. Monies received from proceeds of loans were deposited at State Bank of Illinois and Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown. These deposits were used to pay drafts issued on Fund Commissioners by Board of Commissioners of Public Works for expenditur...

Zeller Mental Health Center (Ill.)

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Madden Zone Center

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Waukegan Development Center (Waukegan, Ill.)

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Singer Mental Health Center (Ill.)

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Southern Illinois Childrens Services.

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Tinley Park Mental Health Center (Ill.)

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Capital Developmental Board of the State of Illinois.

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Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

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Chicago Read Mental Health Center (Ill.)

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Illinois Security Hospital.

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Ludeman Developmental Center (Ill.)

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Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health.

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The General Assembly created the Department of Mental Health to assume all responsibilities formerly vested in the Department of Public Welfare (1961), including care and treatment of all persons (e.g., mentally ill; retarded) admitted to state institutions under the department's control. Until the creation of the Department of Children and Family Services (1963), the Department of Mental Health also operated state institutions and social programs for children and their families. The Department ...

Illinois. Dept. of Public Welfare.

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McFarland Mental Health Center (Ill.)

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Murray Developmental Center (Ill.)

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