Public Welfare, Dept. of
Scope and Contents
This record group contains records created and maintained by the South Dakota Department of Public Welfare and includes annual reports, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, food price surveys, financial audits and reports, case files, subject files, publications, news releases, commission minutes, and fair hearing files.
Dates
- 1935 - 1975
Administrative History
The Department of Public Welfare was created by the State Legislature in 1935 to provide aid to the needy, and was overseen by the Public Welfare Commission. From 1937 to 1949, it was replaced by the Department of Social Security. However, in 1949 the Department of Public Welfare was reinstated and continued to operate until 1973, when its functions were transferred to the newly created Department of Social Services.
Extent
38.45 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Public Welfare -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the South Dakota Department of Public Welfare
- Status
- In Process
- Author
- Sara Casper, Government Records Archivist
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Preparation of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Edition statement
- 1st Edition
Repository Details
Part of the South Dakota State Archives Repository
900 Governors Dr
Pierre South Dakota 57501 USA
605-773-3804
605-773-6041 (Fax)
archref@state.sd.us
