Research

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series records those released "on parole" from the Syracuse State School, formerly the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (until 1919). Most volumes simply list name, date of parole, and date of return or discharge. Occasionally there are references, with dates, to escapes (elopement) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of registers, organized by county, listing those admitted to the Syracuse Developmental Center (from the time it was called the New York State Asylum for Idiots, through all successive institutional name changes). The first volume lists name; town; class; age; sex; color; nativity; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These historic photographs were collected and displayed by Syracuse Developmental Center staff in the facility's museum. Most images date from the 1920s when the institution was the Syracuse State Institution for Mental Defectives; half of them are student portraits..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series records those who escaped from Syracuse State School during the period 1934-1953. Entries are arranged according to the month in which the escape was reported; this roughly corresponds to a chronological arrangement by actual escape date (an escape may have occurred earlier than the month .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives