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Creator:

Dannemora State Hospital

 

 

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Abstract:  

These files contain certificates of recovery, statements of transfer, negatives of photographs, inventories of inmates' possessions, applications for writs of habeas corpus, inmate correspondence, newspaper clippings, and orders for withdrawal of writs of habeas corpus. These files were generated by .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

42

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of information pertaining to physical examinations and the transfer of Matteawan inmates to wards. Volume one (1957-1964) provides the inmate's name, admission date, weight, height, from where transferred (county only), ward transferred to and date. The second volume differs in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series records names of inmates who were admitted to and discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. In addition to inmate name and ward census, volume one notes admission and discharge dates and volume two records discharge date, from where he was admitted (ward or institution), the ward originally .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains signed contracts between parents or guardians and the asylum's superintendent authorizing placement of children in the asylum for "care, education and support". Each agreement contains the parent/guardian's name and address; child's name, sex, Indian nation, age, destitute or orphan .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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Abstract:  

The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory in the United States. During its existence from 1825 to 1935, the institution implemented many innovative programs for the detention, education, and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. This series contains detailed information, including .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

46

Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This summary information concerns inmate's background, offense, and discharge. Admission entries include: name and case number; book number; admission date; division and class number; age; previous residence or court which committed inmate; offense; nativity ; and parents' ethnic/racial background. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

These registers contain summary inmate admission information which generally includes: name, case number, annual entry number, admission date, assigned division, race, percentage (i.e., ethnicity or nationality) and age. Volume one also include "size" on a scale from one to six county of residence and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Craig Colony (Sonyea, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of admission registers documenting patients at Craig Colony for Epileptics (known after 1920 as simply Craig Colony). Each register provides admission number, name, admission and discharge dates, county, reimbursing or indigent, sex, age, occupation, age at onset, marital status, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives