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Creator:
Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Abstract:
This series includes an assortment of Berkshire Farm Center publications and ephemera..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Abstract:
This series contains reports to the board of directors; administrative and budget files; correspondence; program proposals; and Berkshire Farm training manuals, policies, and procedures. A description and history of two radio series are also included..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services. Executive Office
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Series:
19652
Dates:
1984-2007
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence of Office of Children and Family Services Executive Directors and Executive Deputy Commissioners; copies of original, incoming correspondence are often attached. The correspondence covers a wide range of subjects relating to the administration .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division for Youth
Abstract:
This series includes meeting minutes and reports; administrative records; public relations materials; studies, professional journals; project proposals; manuals; field reports; and correspondence with Federal, State, and local government agencies, community service organizations and professionals in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
These photographs depict the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School's new facility at Industry, New York. The photographs, mostly mounted, provide views of: annual fairs; farm land; grounds; interiors of buildings; inmates, school officers and visitors; and physical facilities. A few of these .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of miscellaneous printed materials from the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Records include a menu headed "An Improved Diet - Begun in 1868," a newspaper article about schooling, discipline, parole, and rewards for good behavior at the school; clippings about the arrest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York House of Refuge
Abstract:
This series documents operating expenses for nearly the entire period during which the House of Refuge was open. Format and type of information collected changes over time but generally include itemized description of goods or services purchased. Expense categories typically include manufacturing (including .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York House of Refuge
Abstract:
This series, coupled with Series B1740, Daybooks, documents operating expenses for the House of Refuge. Accounts, organized by expense account, include provisions, utilities, clothing, furniture, payroll, building and repairs, school, hospital, expenses of managers, and traveling expenses. Vendor accounts .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of minutes of monthly, annual, and special meetings of the Managers of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents. Contents typically include resolutions of the board; lists of bills audited by the Executive Committee; lists of committee appointments; amendments to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York House of Refuge
Abstract:
This series contains minutes of the House of Refuge's Acting Committee, later Executive Committee. Minutes include discussions of maintenance, finances, education, employment, and other matters and also contain resolutions; lists of bills presented for approval; and reports of committees of the Managers. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of reports of weekly inspection visits to the reformatory. The Visiting Committee functioned as a liaison between the Acting Committee of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents and the institution's officers. Topics include illnesses and deaths of incarcerated individuals; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists predominantly of published annual reports of the Western House of Refuge, which became known as the New York State Industrial School and later as the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School. Reports from 1894 to 1900 are missing. Also included are by-laws; newspaper reprints; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of contractual agreements between reformatory managers, inmates, and employers (or "masters") to bind out inmates for vocational training until the age of twenty-one. In return for the inmate's labor, the master agreed to provide the inmate with clothing, room and board, medical .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of journals, or diaries containing brief daily entries. Typical daily entries may include information about inmate admissions and discharges; inmate escapes; institution population counts; holiday events; Board of Managers meetings; Board of Managers attendance at Sunday service; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of memoranda directing staff to carry out specific assignments or to follow general regulations with regard to treatment and discipline of inmates; daily routines and procedures; repairs to buildings and facilities; arrangements for special events; scheduling and conduct of religious .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Title:
Series:
A1906
Dates:
1849-1939
Abstract:
The Western House of Refuge was established as the first state reformatory in the nation by the New York State Legislature in 1846. The institution's name was changed to the New York State Industrial School in 1886 and New York State Agricultural and Industrial School in 1907. This series contains basic .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Abstract:
This series contains lists of inmates returned to the institution after violating parole, escaping, or committing a new offense. Information may include date returned or paroled; inmate name and number; date admitted and/or time spent in the institution; cause of return; religious affiliation; and a .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of annual lists of inmates present or on parole from the State Agricultural and Industrial School. These lists were used to compile statistics on inmates present, paroled, or escaped, for the institution's annual reports. Information includes admission date or date returned from .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Title:
Series:
A1976
Dates:
1898-1911
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence with the Protestant Parole Agent relating to transfer of inmates to other institutions; attempts to locate escaped inmates or parole offenders; rewards for capture of escapees; home conditions, employment, behavior, and prospects of paroled inmates; and a few letters .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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