Nevada State Children's Home Sign
Image from the State Archives (NUL-0175).
This collection (NvSA-000176) contains the records of the Northern & Southern Nevada Children’s Homes from 1870-1993. The 102 c.f. and 20 volumes of material consist of administrative records, annual reports, admittance records, correspondence, newsletters, architectural plans and drawings, minutes, photographs, and client case files.
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NOTE: Former Children's Home residents may look at everything in their own files except the juvenile court and probation documents. These are only accessible through the juvenile court system. The copies in the files exist because the staff at the home needed to have that information to provide proper care for the individual.
Family members of former residents may look at everything in the file except the juvenile court and probation documents; medical and dental records; case reports from social workers; and the psychological and psychiatric reports. Medical files and psychiatric reports are restricted under NRS 629.021-061 and social worker reports are restricted under NRS 49.251-254.
Family members with power of attorney may see everything except juvenile court and probation records.
All official records can be photocopied except juvenile court and probation documents.
Personal files will be given to the individual or to a family member with power of attorney upon completion of Receipt for Personal Items in the Records of the Nevada Children's Homes form.
| Content | Dates | Extent |
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Records - Northern Nevada The records of the Northern Nevada Children's Home consist of administrative records: annual reports, financial materials, admittance records, correspondence, newsletters, architectural plans and drawings, Board of Directors' minutes, and photographs, and client files. The client files are arranged alphabetically with an index available. Access to individual client or case files is limited to the clients themselves. |
1870-1992 |
59 cu. ft. + 20 vols. |
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Records - Southern Nevada The records of the Southern Nevada Children's Home consist of two cubic feet of administrative records and forty-one cubic feet of client case files. The administrative records contain correspondence, reports, architectural plans and reports related to construction of the facility, population reports, sanitation reviews, newsletters, and photographs. All materials containing references to specific children that were not in case files have been discarded. Case files are arranged alphabetically with an index. |
1967-1993 |
43 cu. ft. |
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