Child welfare administrative correspondence 1920-1932.

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Child welfare administrative correspondence 1920-1932.

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Series documents the activites of the Child Welfare Commission. Series includes correspondence, reports, policies, and published materials. Topics include state adoption policies, adoption cases, American Legion, Blacks, Board of Control, boarding homes, children's institutions, child placement, Child Welfare Commission daily reports, Child Welfare League, Portland Community Chest, county courts, eugenics, foster homes, child welfare legislation, mental deficiency testing (infant IQ tests), mother's aid, non-resident aid, Oregon Mental Hygiene Society, National Conference on Social Work, staff functions, state aid claims, unemployment, venereal diseases, White House Conference on the Child, handicapped children, and woment's clubs. Other topics include venereal diseased babies, unwed mothers, sex education, and state aided care facilities.

3.2 cu. ft.

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Oregon. State Public Welfare Commission

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The Public Welfare Commission was created in 1939 as a result of the combination of duties of the Child Welfare Commission and the State Relief Committee. The Welfare Commission was created in 1919 succeeding the state-aided Child Welfare Committee founded in 1913. The Child Welfare Commission was responsible for licensing institutions which cared for neglected and dependent children, preparing adoption reports for courts, and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect. ...

Oregon. Child Welfare Commission

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