Image Number

• C800000-147

Year

• 1968

Date Note

• Photographed on March 19, 1968.

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection

General Note

• Taken during Governor Kirk's tour of the facility.
• The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, was a high risk residential commitment facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice for male youth 13 to 21 years of age who were committed by the Court. The school originally opened in 1900 as the Florida State Reform School. It was later known as the Florida Industrial School for Boys (1914-1957), the Florida School for Boys (1957-1967), and finally the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. The school closed in 2011.

Rights

• 

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Juvenile justice, Administration of
• African American teachers--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
• African American boys--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
• Juvenile delinquents--Education
• Classrooms
• Public institutions--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
• Reformatories--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
• Boys--Institutional care

Geographic Term

• Jackson County (Fla.)
• Marianna (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Florida School for Boys.

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: G01450.

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