Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Health Services Division records
Scope and Contents
This collection is a sub-subgroup (Former Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences combined with parts of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in 1995 to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services. Please see the primary finding aid for more
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
The Health Services Division, of the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, included the Health Planning Resource Development Bureau, the Licensing and Certification Bureau, the Emergency Medical Services Bureau, the Preventative Health Bureau, the Family/Maternal Child Health Bureau, and the Nursing Bureau.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1994
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
The Legislature established the Department of Public Welfare in 1937, consolidating state welfare activities. The Department was responsible for the administration of all forms of public assistance, including general relief programs and supervision of institutions caring for the dependent, delinquent, or mentally or physically handicapped. In 1971 the Department of Public Welfare was abolished and its functions assumed by the newly created Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS). The SRS assumed the functions of various state agencies, including functions pertaining to vocational rehabilitation and education; the Commission on Aging; and the Council on Human Resources. The SRS administered all forms of public assistance, child protection, and child welfare; gave consultant service to private institutions providing care for the needy, indigent, handicapped, or dependent; developed provisions for services to the blind; supervised county boards of public welfare; and administered all funds allotted for public welfare activities. State government reorganization in 1995 combined the SRS with portions of the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Extent
0.8 linear feet
Abstract
This collection is a sub-subgroup (Former Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences combined with parts of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in 1995 to form the Department of Public Health and Human Services. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. This collection is comprised of records of the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Health Services Division and includes subject files from the various Bureaus that functioned as part of the Division.
Arrangement
This collection is composed of subject files from the various bureaus under the Health Services Division. The largest concentration of records stems from the Nursing Bureau and the Family/Maternal Child Health Bureau.
Physical Location
43:6-1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Health Services Division records, 1952-1994
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Matt Kruse
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
406-444-2696 (Fax)
mhslibrary@mt.gov