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Department of Institutions & Agencies (Human Services) - Children's and Youth/Family Services


Researchers should note that records relating to the care and custody of minors are subject to statutory privacy restrictions. Access to the collections listed on this page is administered accordingly.


See also: Department of Institutions & Agencies (Human Services) - Other State Schools/Developmental Centers

Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Minutes [incomplete], 1899-1954
Control #:
SINCG001
Format:
7.5 c.f. (6 boxes, 9 volumes)
Arrangement:
Record type then chronological
Notes:
The State Board of Children's Guardians became part of Institutions and Agencies in 1919; it became the Board of Child Welfare in 1947.
Restrictions:
The Regular Board Minutes are confidential as per NJSA 30:4-24.3.

Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Monthly Reports [incomplete], 1938-1966
Control #:
SINCG002
Format:
3.5 c.f. (7 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
The State Board of Children's Guardians became part of Institutions and Agencies in 1919; it became the Board of Child Welfare in 1947.
Restrictions:
These records are confidential as per NJSA 30:4-24.3.

Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Annual Statistical Reports, 1938-1950
Control #:
SINCG003
Format:
0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
The State Board of Children's Guardians became part of Institutions and Agencies in 1919; it became the Board of Child Welfare in 1947.

Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Annual Reports, 1899-1956
Control #:
SINCG004
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
The State Board of Children's Guardians became part of Institutions and Agencies in 1919; it became the Board of Child Welfare in 1947.
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Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Miscellaneous Records [Unprocessed], 1896-1980
Control #:
SINCG005
Format:
3 c.f. (6 boxes)
Notes:
The State Board of Children's Guardians became part of Institutions and Agencies in 1919; it became the Board of Child Welfare in 1947.

Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Board of Children's Guardians/Board of Child Welfare
Case Registers, 1895-1967
Control #:
SINCG007
Format:
15 c.f. (12 vols. and 8 boxes)
Arrangement:
Various
Restrictions:
Records are confidential per NJSA 30:4-24.3
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Department of Institutions and Agencies
Commissioner's Office
Subject Files - Conferences on Children and Youth, ca. 1947-1960
Control #:
SINCO004
Format:
2.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
Files on the Mid-Century Conference on Children and Youth, and the 1960 New Jersey White House Conference on Children and Youth.


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Series:
Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Warrants and Applications for Admission to Charitable Institutions, 1853-1910
Control #:
SSTSE066
Format:
3.25 c.f. (7 boxes)
Arrangement:
By state, institution, then year

Series:
New Jersey Commission on Defective, Delinquent and Dependent Children and Their Care
Reports to the Legislature, 1898-1899
Control #:
SZCHD001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (2 reports)

Series:
Temporary Commission for Inquiry Relating to the Distribution and Condition of Crippled Children
Annual Report to the Legislature, 1930
Control #:
SZCRP001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
State Board of Control
Minutes and Agendas, 1918-1965
Control #:
SZCTR001
Format:
4 c.f. (4 boxes)
Notes:
Only agendas included after 1963.

Series:
State Board of Control
Investigation Files, 1920-1952
Control #:
SZCTR002
Format:
3 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
Files include hearing transcripts, exhibits and reports.

Series:
State Board of Control
Policy Books, 1928-1955
Control #:
SZCTR003
Format:
1 c.f. (2 boxes)
Arrangement:
Numbered within subject

Series:
State Board of Control/Board of Institutional Trustees
Administrative Orders, 1956-1974
Control #:
SZCTR004
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Various

Series:
State Board of Control
Resolutions, 1958-1963
Control #:
SZCTR005
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Numbered within year

Series:
State Board of Control/Board of Institutional Trustees
Subject Files, 1950-1977
Control #:
SZCTR006
Format:
6 c.f. (12 boxes)
Arrangement:
Alphabetical by subject

Series:
State Board of Control
Catalog of Products of New Jersey Trade School Industries, 1923
Control #:
SZCTR007
Format:
0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet)

Series:
State Board of Control
Reports, 1958-1963
Control #:
SZCTR008
Format:
1 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Numbered within year
Notes:
Includes numbered reports of the Board including statistical and other reportings from subordinate agencies.

Series:
Commission to Study Services and Programs Available to Hearing-Impaired Children
Records, 1987-1990
Control #:
SZHEI001
Format:
4 c.f. (4 boxes)

Series:
New Jersey State Board of Regents
Minutes & Annual Reports, 1929-1945
Control #:
SZREC001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (4 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
Includes both original and file copies; file copies include ballots and other miscellaneous material.

Series:
New Jersey School for the Deaf
Annual Reports, 1883-1910
Control #:
SZSCD001
Format:
0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
Includes gaps and duplicates.

Series:
Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Records, 1865-1877
Control #:
SZSOL001
Format:
2.25 c.f. (5 boxes)
Arrangement:
Various
Notes:
Home established to provide care for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers.

Series:
Soldiers' Children's Home of New Jersey
Annual Reports, 1871-1876
Control #:
SZSOL002
Format:
0.2 c.f. (4 reports)
Notes:
Includes 1871, 1874-1876.


~ The collections listed on this page represent 62.01 c.f. of paper records ~



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For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:


Department of Children and Families, Division of Youth and Family Services, PO Box 729, Trenton, NJ 08625-0729, tel. 800-331-3937, website: www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/dyfs/


This page last updated 08/16/2007