Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of vouchers for payment submitted to the Comptroller's Office by officials at Auburn Prison. Expenditures are listed for prison maintenance items such as food, utensils, and clothing, as well as for administrative items such as office supplies. Payments for guards and yard keepers .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series contains routine letters to the Comptroller's Office concerning financial matters such as expenditures, appropriations and bonds mostly from Auburn and Sing Sing prisons..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Correctional Facility
Abstract:
This series consists of reports listing weekly disciplinary action imposed on incarcerated individuals at Auburn. Reports include date of offense; person's name and number; punishment and description of offense. Other reports that may be attached include: prison officer reports of offenses; disciplinary .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of vouchers and accounts submitted by the Auburn Prison agent to the Comptroller's Office. Each voucher lists date services or materials were provided, amount owed, name of payee, a receipt and the payee's affidavit that the amount is correct. Attached to the vouchers are original .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
Legislation of 1818 authorized the State Comptroller to settle accounts relating to the state prison to be built at Auburn. This series records payments to workers on the construction of Auburn Prison. A two-week cycle record is kept of category of worker; number of days worked; wage per day; and list .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Board of Parole
Abstract:
This series contains records created or compiled by the State Board of Parole in relation to parole of incarcerated individuals from Auburn Prison. For each individual applying for parole, there is a folder with records documenting the entire process of parole from admission into the state correctional .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Prison for Women
Abstract:
This series consists of a Bertillon ledger with summary identification information on residents of the Women's Prison at Auburn. Data includes inmate's name; identification number; color; aliases; term; date of sentence; county; crime; reception date; residence; criminal act; height; Bertillon measurements .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Prison for Women
Abstract:
This series documents expenditures of the State Prison for Women in categories including salaries of prison officers; rations, clothing, and bedding; discharge and transportation of convicts; and repairs. The ledger lists date, individual or company receiving payment, a description of goods or services .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Prison for Women
Abstract:
The general journal of the State Prison for Women was the principal accounting record of original entry for the prison, listing all financial transactions in chronological order. Information includes transaction date, individual or company being paid, and the amount of money received or paid..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Sing Sing Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of original copies of commutations of sentences signed by the governor. Most relate to incarcerated individuals at Sing Sing but some for Auburn and Clinton are also included. Information includes name of the individual; county of sentence; name of prison; original prison term; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Board of Prisons
Abstract:
This series consists of notes from State Prison Inspectors about the Female Prison, Sing Sing, Clinton, and Auburn Prisons. Most entries deal with Sing Sing Prison. Topics include convict labor for hire, safety precaution measures, and the status of the staff including suspension and appointment of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Title:
Series:
W0006
Dates:
1912-2002
Abstract:
Auburn Correctional Facility, located in Cayuga County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for incarcerated males. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of each incarcerated individual..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1150
Dates:
1816-1825
Abstract:
This series consists of accounts, vouchers and reports of Commissioners for construction of Auburn Prison. Also included are abstracts and vouchers of the agents and the principal keepers of the prison for maintenance of printers and other expenses..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Board of Parole
Abstract:
This series consists of records of women paroled from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Files include criminal and personal history information similar to that found in standard state prison inmate case files from this era. The major difference is that these files were specifically compiled to document .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of monthly statements of receipts and expenditures maintained by the prison wardens of Auburn, Clinton, Great Meadow and Sing Sing prisons. Statements include receipts from the sale of goods manufactured at the prisons and records of the amount spent on items such as equipment, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Governor
Abstract:
These registers report summary information on incarcerated individuals committed to state correctional institutions and selected county penitentiaries each month. Information is handwritten in columns on preprinted pages which were later bound into volumes for each year. Monthly reports from each institution .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Governor
Title:
Series:
A0604
Dates:
1883-1961
Abstract:
This series consists of the monthly reports sent to the governor from each prison indicating incarcerated individuals eligible for discharge by commutation. The reports from all prisons for each year were bound into volumes. Each monthly report from each prison provides the following information: name; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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