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Children’s Service Bureau records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 417

Scope and Content note

Includes mainly notebooks of annual meeting records, directors minutes and committee reports; also includes the records for earlier and related societies including Children's Protective Society of Maine, 1915-1930, and Family Welfare Society, 1914-1945.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915 - 1949

Creator

Access

Unrestricted

Copyright

Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.

Administrative note

The Children's Protective Society of Maine became the Children's Service Bureau in 1934. In 1946, the Family Welfare Society merged with the Children's Service Bureau forming the Child and Family Service.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Unknown (acc. no. MS87-29).

Title
Guide to the Children’s Service Bureau records
Status
Completed
Author
Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, August 2025
Date
August 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository