Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services. Executive Office
Title:
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
Fairs were held in part to provide incentive for improved agricultural production. This series consists of registers of points and prizes awarded at annual exhibitions. Information includes year of exhibition; names of colonies; competition categories; number of points awarded to each colony in each .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Title:
Series:
A3144
Dates:
1888-1908
Abstract:
Catholic and Protestant Chaplain, who served as Parole Agents, kept these records about paroled inmates', home, schooling, occupation and conduct at the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information may include inmate name and number; reference marker to inmate's case history; if died, discharged, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series contains lists of male inmates committed from each county except for New York, Kings, and Richmond. Registers provide date admitted, name and occasionally a notation if recommitted. Also included is a typescript county list of inmates paroled from the New York State Training School at Warwick .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of orders from the superintendent of the State Agricultural and Industrial School assigning new or returning inmates to the Protestant or Catholic Division. Information may include date of order; inmate name; religious affiliation; date received; and inmate number. Also included .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of reports presented at monthly meetings of the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927). The reports discuss such matters as staff deaths, illnesses, resignations, and leave; filling staff vacancies; inmate escapes; special school activities; purchases; and valuation .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Abstract:
These indexes provide no indication of, or insufficient information to determine, which records they index. None of the volumes index any existing institution records. Each index includes inmate name; and page number(s). Records are restricted..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
These are issues of school newspapers written, edited, and printed by inmates..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of registers of inmates approved for parole. Information includes signature; date; inmate name and number; to whom paroled; address; if at home, employed, on a farm, in domestic service, etc.; date of parole; and date out of institution (volume 2 only). Records are restricted..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Title:
Series:
A3147
Dates:
1893-1902 and n.d
Abstract:
Chaplains served as parole officers for inmates. This volumes which varies in content, consists of a directory of Protestant clergy, judges, police officers, and others in various cities (provides city, name, address, position); and notes on visits to parolees including monthly count of parolees visited .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Abstract:
This series consists of addresses of discharged females likely kept by the institution's Protestant Chaplain. Entries may provide former inmate's name and number; living arrangement; marital status; institutionalized elsewhere and address. Some entries list two or more addresses and sometimes provide .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
Abstract:
When an inmate's good conduct earned a discharge, friends/relatives could provide evidence, called a certificate, of a good home and steady employment. This series consists of a register of inmates at the Western House of Refuge for whom a "certificate of home and employment" and travel expenses have .........
Repository:
New York State Archives