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Box 1-2

 Container
Call Number: 1995-01-42-KC

Contains 1 Result:

Commissioner of the Poor reports, 1920 - 1940

 Series — Box: 1-2
Call Number: 1995-01-42-KC
Scope and Contents

The Commissioner of the Poor is an obsolete government office that was responsible for the oversight of poor houses and farms in Douglas County.

This series comprises records of individuals with mental illnesses [called "records of insane"] in hospitals paid for by the county in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1920 - 1940