Unwed mothers files, 1929-1952.

Wisconsin. State Board of Control

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The State Board of Control was created by Chapter 221, Laws of 1891, as the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions. It assumed the duties of the former State Board of Charities and Reform (WIHV88-A416) and the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267). The State Board of Control was abolished as an independent agency in 1939 and its functions were assumed by divisions of the newl...

Wisconsin. Division of Child Welfare.

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Wisconsin. Division for Children and Youth

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The Division for Children and Youth was created under Chapter 376, Laws of 1949 as the Division of Child Welfare and Youth Service within the State Department of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488). This new division assumed the duties of the former Youth Service Commission and the Division of Child Welfare (WIHV89-A80). Chapter 245, Laws of 1951, renamed it the Division for Children and Youth. With reorganization of state government in 1967, the functions of the Division were placed withi...