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Published on
April 29, 2026
RG 104 Human Services/Social Services
Topics:
State Archives
Originally established in 1937 as the Board of Social Welfare by the 47th General Assembly, the duties of the agency has undergone numerous changes. In 1967, the 62nd General Assembly combined a number of functions of the former Board of Control and of the Board of Parole with Social Welfare to create the Department of Social Services. Renamed the Department of Human Services in July 1983 administrative responsibility for prisons, community corrections, and prison industries, assigned to the agency in 1967, were then transferred to the Department of Corrections. The following is a partial list of records:
General
General Series
Date Span
Budget Manuals
1974-1975
Commissioner, Subject Files
1972-1977
Correspondence, Adult Corrections
1973-1978
Minutes, Council on Social Services
1976-1983
Minutes, Council on Human Services
1984-1992
Employee Manuals
1940-1985
Nancy Norman Papers re: Reorganization of State Government
1983-1986
Photographs, Take Pride in Iowa
No Dates
Eldora
Eldora Reform School Series - Restricted Records
Date Span
Account Book, Ledger, Receipts and Expenditures
1868-1885
Industrial School Payroll
1898-1910
Merit Book
No Dates
Minutes of the Iowa State Reform School, Board of Trustees
