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Guide No. 165:

City - County Industrial School for Boys

Board of Managers Minutes, 1938 - 1960

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: Board of Managers of the City - County Industrial School for Boys
Title: City - County Industrial School for Boys, Board of Managers
Dates: 1938 -1960
Quantity: 0.50 linear inches
Abstract: Meeting minutes of the board of managers for the City - County Industrial School for Boys.
Identification: 97-026
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

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.

 

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas 
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas--Dallas 
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas--Dallas County 

 

Detailed Description of the Collection


Box Folder
Title, Date
1 1 Minutes of the Board of Managers of the City - County Industrial School for Boys, 1938 -1960