The Board of Control was created by the 27th General Assembly and organized on April 6, 1898 to manage, control, and govern the charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions of the state. In 1968, the 62nd General Assembly. combined the programs of the Board of Control (of State Institutions) with the Board of Social Welfare and created a new agency, the Department of Social Services, to administer existing programs and policies.
Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog
| Title | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Bulletins of State Institutions, The Hawkeye | 1938-1958 |
| Consecutive Registers | c.1900-1970 |
| Consecutive Registers - Men's Penitentiary (Fort Madison) Index | 1916-1970 |
| Consecutive Registers - Men's Reformatory (Anamosa) Index | 1916-1970 |
| Consecutive Registers - Women's, Reformatory (Rockwell City) | 1917-1928 |
| Construction Project Files | 1922-1958 |
| Correspondence of State Architect | 1905-1909 |
| Employee Manuals | 1958-1967 |
| Financial Records, Monthly Balances | 1940-1958 |
| Minutes | 1898-1968 |
| Minutes - Index | 1898-1913 |
| Miscellaneous Attorney General Rulings and Decisions | 1940-1968 |
| Photographs, State Institutions and Buildings | 1975-1985 |
| Population Reports of Inmates or Prisoners in State Institutions | 1910-1950 |
| Real Estate Deeds, Land Sales, Land Transfers, Contracts and Easements | 1930-1960 |
| Statistical Data and Rules and Regulations for County Homes | 1916-1953 |