Summary Information
Wisconsin School for Girls: Inmate Case History Books
1875-1926
- Wisconsin School for Girls
Series 1381
2.6 c.f. (13 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Volumes listing each juvenile admitted to the institution before 1927 showing name, case number assigned at the time of admittance, age, date of reception, official from whom received, date and court of commitment, reason for commitment, sentence, family background, previous history of the inmate, education, nationality, religion, at whose expense the child was kept, a brief history of the child while an inmate of the school and more extensive information about parole, and comments and remarks. Some inmates are documented by notes, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other documents relative to their subsequent histories. Although the preponderance of the documented juveniles are young women, during its early years very young boys were also admitted to the Milwaukee Industrial School.
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English
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Biography/History
The School for Girls was established in 1875 as the Milwaukee Industrial School, a private institution for the care of delinquent and orphaned girls and very young boys. Chapter 323, Laws of 1876 granted state appropriations for the institution's operation. In June 1878 it was renamed the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls. Under Chapter 486, Laws of 1917 it became a state institution under supervision of the State Board of Control. In 1939 it was moved to the Division of Corrections of the State Department of Public Welfare. In 1941, the school moved from Milwaukee to Oregon, and in 1945 it was renamed the School for Girls. In 1967 it became part of the Department of Health and Social Services. In August 1972 it became a coeducational juvenile facility. Finally, in July 1976, the Oregon site became an adult facility and its clients were transferred to other juvenile institutions.
Arrangement of the Materials
Numerical by number assigned at time of commitment.
Related Material
This series is supplemented by the Wisconsin School for Girls: Inactive Case Files (Series 311) and indexed by Wisconsin School for Girls: Index to case numbers (Series 1382). For the period documented in this series (1875-1926) the corresponding case files in Series 311 contain only commitment information and court transcripts.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Access to this series is restricted under §§ 48.78 Wisconsin Stats. Researchers wishing to use these records should contact the Archives Reading Room staff.
Contents List
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Series 1381
Volume
1
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#1-295, 1875-1881
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Volume
2
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#296-602, 1881-1886
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Volume
3
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#603-899, 1886-1890
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Volume
4
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#900-1199, 1890-1893
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Volume
5
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#1200-1499, 1893-1896
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Volume
6
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#1500-1799, 1896-1900
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Volume
7
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#1800-2099, 1900-1905
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Volume
8
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#2100-2399, 1905-1910
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Volume
9
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#2400-2699, 1910-1914
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Volume
10
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#2700-2999, 1914-1918
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Volume
11
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#3000-3299, 1918-1921
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Volume
12
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#3300-3599, 1921-1924
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Volume
13
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#3600-3899, 1924-1926
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