Title: Wisconsin Home for Women: Administrative Subject File
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1963

Creator:

• Wisconsin Home for Women

Call Number: Series 2381

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Abstract:

Correspondence, reports, and other administrative records of the superintendent, together with documentation created by administrators of predecessor agencies, the Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women and the Wisconsin Women's Prison. Also included are unpublished biennial and statistical reports; medical reports indicating the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, children born in the Medical Department, and other medical conditions; and monthly lists of inmates indicating name, age, offense, IQ, residence, and sentence, which are complete from 1928 to 1958. Files on rehabilitation including education, recreation, and religious programs are particularly strong, while information on financial and general institutional management is limited.

Note:

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Language: English

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Wisconsin Home for Women: Clippings Scrapbooks, 1927-1951 (Series 1389); Wisconsin Home for Women: Bulletins to Staff, 1934-1948 (Series 1388); monthly lists of inmates serve as a useful research aid to the Wisconsin Home for Women: Case Files (Institutional series), 1921-1954 (Series 2081).

Access Restrictions

These files contain patient health care records and information which are confidential per Chapter 146.82-83, Wis. Stats.

Box   1	Acknowledgements, 1936-1950
Box   1	Alcoholics Anonymous, 1946-1962
Box   1	American Prisoners Association, 1935-1948
Box   1	Articles and Newstories, 1948-1962
Box   1	Biennial Reports, Unpublished, 1924-1954
Box   1	Birth Records, 1924-1925
Box   1	Classification, 1945-1957
Box   1	Corrections Conferences, 1949-1961
	Education
Box   1	General Correspondence, 1935-1948
Box   1	Old Individual Reports, n.d.
Box   1	Supervisor of, 1939-1948
Box   1	University Extension Division, 1938-1948
Box   1	Employment, 1936-1940
	Health
Box   1	General, 1930-1963
Box   1	Babies, 1928-1930, 1938-1946
Box   1	Daily Medical Reports, 1925-1948
Box   1	Maternity Department, 1932-1948
	Medical Reports
Box   1	Correspondence, 1931-1948
	Medical Reports
Box   1	1930-1960
Box   2	1960-1963
Box   2	Procedures, 1940
Box   2	Tuberculosis, 1929-1947
Box   2	Veneral Disease, 1926-1929
Box   2	History, 1947
Box   2	Inmate Lists, 1928-1958
	Inquiries
Box   2	Student and General, 1935-1958
Box   2	Unknown People and Former Committments, 1935-1960
Box   2	Instruction, Dairy, 1935-1945
Box   2	Music, 1962
Box   2	National Prisoner Statistics, 1957
	Parole
Box   2	General Correspondence, 1928-1948
Box   3	Medical Reports for parole, 1945-1947
Box   3	Reports of Parole Meetings, 1928-1948, 1954-1963
Box   3	Permissions, Speaking Engagements, 1934-1940
Box   3	Policy Manual, n.d.
	Programs
Box   3	General, 1939-1957
Box   3	Outside Groups, 1935-1963
Box   3	Psychiatric Field Service, 1926-1963
Box   3	Publications, 1941
Box   3	Quarterly Reports to State Department of Public Welfare, 1944-1948
Box   3	Recreation and Education, 1945-1956
Box   3	Religion, 1935-1963
Box   3	Rules, Departmental Instruction, n.d.
Box   3	Schmidt, Wilbur, 1957-1958
Box   3	Social Workers, 1950-1951
Box   3	Statistics
Box   3	Studies and Reports, 1936-1943
Box   3	Superintendent's Personal Correspondence, 1933-1943
Box   3	Tours, 1948-1960
Box   3	Vital Statistics, Health Department, 1928-1945, 1948-1963
Box   3	Waupun (including draft Employees Manual), 1938-1956