Children taken into custody by the board and humane society and placed with children's home or foster parents or returned to natural parents. Information includes biographical information on child and parents, condition of child and home, and action taken. Volumes 2 and 3 are indexed.

Daily account of activities in the children's home, investigations of cruelty and neglect, adoptions, and placement of children. Volumes 1 and 2 also include notes about letters and telegrams sent. Volume 3 deals exclusively with abused or neglected children.

Administrative records listed below deal primarily with child welfare issues pertinent to the time period.