Administrative records, 1929-1971.

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Administrative records, 1929-1971.

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General file contains wide range of material including minutes of Board meetings, 1929-1973; annual reports of Departments of Public Welfare and Mental Health; Departmental budgets, ca. 1951-1971; reports, surveys and investigations of state mental institutions, including mateial from Board's 1962 investigation of Anna State Hospital; correspondence of Board's executive secretary concerning such items as pending legislation, bond issue appropriations, Departmental personnel problems, investigations and speaking engagements; promotional material and publications of Departments of Public Welfare and Mental Health and federal, state and private organizations active in mental health field; Departmental emmoranda; manuals of administrative procedure; and photographs of inmates and employees of Lincoln State School and Jacksonville State Hospital taken during 1963 legislative tour.

30 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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Lincoln Developmental Center

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Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health

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Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center (Jacksonville, Ill.)

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Illinois. Board of Mental Health Commissioners

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Anna State Hospital (Ill.)

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