Research

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series is a daily record of changes in the population of incarcerated individuals at the Elmira Reformatory from May 24, 1877 to September 30, 1883. For each day that a change occurs, the volume lists: date; name; consecutive number; and activity (received, transferred, discharged, paroled, pardoned, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a record of nicknames used to identify certain incarcerated individuals..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This volume contains entries from February 1, 1923, to January 31, 1924. Reports are listed monthly on fines imposed on incarcerated individuals of an unidentified residential facility, probably Elmira Reformatory. Information is present for the following: consecutive number, name, class (1 or 2, probably .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correction

 

 

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This series consists primarily of microfilmed case records for approximately 3,000 incarcerated males, aged sixteen to twenty years old, processed through the Elmira Reception Center from 1945-1965. The case files represent a ten percent random stratified sample of all individuals processed through .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of information on men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name and number; date of return; date of first admission; maximum sentence or "Class" number; crime; county of sentencing; previous occupation; previous incarcerations; age; marital status; color; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of 11 volumes of registers containing summary information on incarcerated individuals at the time of their admission to Elmira. The registers cover the period from May 24, 1877 to December 27, 1950 and consecutive numbers from 1 to 51274. Registers covering the period from October .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of statistical profiles of incarcerated individuals at the New York State Reformatory. Category statistics include type of offense; length of maximum and definite sentence; occupation; personal and physical characteristics; educational level; mental level; religion; color; ethnicity; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a daily count of the population of incarcerated individuals at the Elmira Reformatory taken Monday through Friday at various intervals. Locations at which population counts were conducted include work areas (construction, laundry, kitchen, etc.); educational classes; guard house; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series indexes the consecutive number given to incarcerated individuals upon admission to Elmira Reformatory. Information includes last name, first name, and consecutive number..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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The Summary, printed and published by and for the inmates of Elmira Reformatory, claims to be the oldest penal inmate publication, dating from 1883. The four page newspaper reports on national news, sports, and entertainment as well as inmate activities, including contributions from inmates. The newspaper .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of new incarcerated individuals received at Elmira. Each entry includes their name, sentencing date, date received, and consecutive number..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of men received at the Elmira Reformatory. The register contains consecutive number; full name of incarcerated individual; and date and time received. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 44713 to 49700..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory. Classification Clinic

 

 

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This series consists of a register of incarcerated individuals received at Elmira Reformatory. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 42170 to 49999. The register contains the incarcerated individual's name and number; date received; room number; room moved to; age; county; religion; and color. In .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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The two volumes in this series document the discharge of incarcerated individuals from Elmira Reformatory. Entries include name, consecutive number, date of discharge, and manner in which discharged. Within certain categories of discharge, other information, like the location to which the incarcerated .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series documents the disciplinary movement of incarcerated individuals into and out of the institution's guardhouse where they were confined in isolation. Entries include consecutive number, surname of the incarcerated individual, date received in guard house, name of receiving officer, date released .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a scrapbook containing information on companies that offered employment to incarcerated individuals upon their release. Included are letterheads, clippings showing type of work and wages, and occasional correspondence from companies enclosing applications for employment and/or .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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The series consists of brief memorandums from physicians to prison authorities usually recommending appropriate medical care or end of need for medical care for incarcerated patients that the physicians have examined. Many memorandums recommend that an incarcerated individual be mustered out of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name; age; initial crime; date first received at Elmira; date paroled; date returned; time on parole; trade taught at Elmira; situation during parole (employment, personal and social habits, arrest .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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These registers contain a two-page summary of information on each incarcerated individual admitted to Elmira during the period 1879 to 1957. Most of the information was recorded at the time of admission to Elmira, with only minor notations relating to conduct and discharge. The detail of information .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a register of inmates by their receiving date, then by nationalities. The first section of the register provides monthly, yearly inmate totals as well as totals t by foreign and native inmates. The second section lists Italian inmates chronologically by date received and includes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives