Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | Board of Managers of the City-County Industrial School for Boys
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| Title | City-County Industrial School for Boys Board of Managers Minutes
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| Dates | 1938-1960
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| Quantity | 0.5 linear inches |
| Abstract | Meeting minutes of the board of managers for the City-County Industrial School for Boys.
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| Identification | 1997-026 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection consists of meeting minutes of the board of managers for the City-County Industrial School for Boys from 1938 to 1960. Included in the documents are statistics related to student population, financial needs, and governance.
The City-County Industrial School for Boys was a cooperative effort by the City and County of Dallas to meet the problems of delinquent and incorrigible boys through joint operation of the school. Occupying 125 acres near Hutchins, in Dallas County, the school provided students with academic instruction as well as manual training in dairy farming, animal husbandry, poultry raising, and other aspects agricultural industry. Students who failed to benefit from the instruction received at the city-county school were often remanded to the state training school at Gatesville, Texas.
Organization
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Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
City-County Industrial School for Boys Board of Managers Minutes, 1938-1960 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Material
None
Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas--Dallas
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas--Dallas County
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Minutes of the Board of Managers of the City-County Industrial School for Boys, 1938-1960 |