Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services. Director's Office

 

 

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This series consists of daybooks with copies of the facility director's outgoing correspondence for the Adirondack Wilderness Challenge/Adirondack Residential Center, Brookwood Secure Center, Youth Leadership Academy, Taberg Residential Center, and Industry Resident Center..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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Correspondents in this series include representatives of state agencies, banks, and charitable organizations; parents and other family members; and other individuals. Correspondence relates to meetings, administrative procedures, payment notices, bank loans, enrollment, and acknowledgement of donati.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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Topics of correspondence in this series include Anniversary Day, Chapter Number One donations, events, building and ground maintenance, surveys and reports from the Department of Social Welfare, pension and retirement plans from insurance companies, and the creation and management of the Berkshire Union .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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Berkshire Industrial Farm

 

 

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This daily log kept by a staff member of the Berkshire Industrial Farm includes updates on fellow staff members and describes daily life at the institution over the course of four years..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series consists of photographs, lithographic letter press prints, slides, and negatives depicting student activities and celebrations held at Berkshire Farm Center, including Anniversary Day and Recognition Day. Also included are assorted video recordings and reel to reel audio tapes of "Listen .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series contains admission and discharge information for boys enrolled at Berkshire Farm. Each entry includes first and last name, date admitted, home address, date of birth, farm number, reason for admission, and date of discharge. Also provided are the physical and mental conditions of the child, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Berkshire Industrial Farm

 

 

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This series contains letters sent by James F. Maury, Secretary of the Burnham Industrial Farm Board of Directors. Correspondence includes acceptance and rejection notifications for applicants to the school, acknowledgments of contributions and payment, notices of future meetings, notices of resolutions .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Board of Directors minutes typically include board members' names and titles, budget reports, committee reports, and cases against the agency..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series contains letters from the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth executive secretary to potential members of the Board of Directors; news and updates relating to Berkshire Farms (details of fundraising successes, updates on staff and facility, and news on particular students); and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Burnham Industrial Farm

 

 

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This series consists of detailed biographical information regarding boys enrolled at Burnham Industrial Farm. Registers in the series also contain information regarding the boys' physical attributes, educational background, temperament, and personal habits..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of thirty-seven, two-page biographical entries relating to incarcerated individuals at the New York State Industrial School who were ordered to serve temporary, definite sentences at the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Entries include past criminal history; date of order confining .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

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New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes in the form of hearing transcripts from a committee investigating the problem of runaways at the Agricultural and Industrial School. Testimony included personality traits of good supervisors; methods of discipline and preventing runaways; punishing runaways; frequency .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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These are small amounts of unrelated archival material from several sources. They were gathered and retained by the New York State Library but remained unprocessed prior to transfer to the State Archives as state government records. Included are records of the centennial observance of the New York State .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives