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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Abstract:
These series records dates of employee leave and extra duty at the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information generally includes employee name; address or city of residence (sometimes); telephone number (sometimes); date of appointment, vacation, sick leave, other absences with or without .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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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
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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The superintendent's duties included establishing and enforcing time schedules for employees. This series contains mostly attendance and work schedule information of officers in the State Agricultural and Industrial School. The daily attendance records for each month and vacation leave records list .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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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
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
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Series:
A3153
Dates:
1881-1904
Abstract:
The Protestant Chaplain created these indexes to access his volumes of Chaplains' Registers and Parole Agents' Registers which record inmate case histories and conduct of paroled inmates. Information includes names of male and female inmates; volume and page in Parole Agents' and Chaplains' registers .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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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 (State). Office of Children and Family Services
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This series consists of Office of Children and Family Services Advisory Board meeting agendas, minutes, and additional materials such as program updates and reports (1999-2006, 2014). Records also include appointments and resignations of Advisory Board members..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
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This series cites incidents of inmate misbehavior in the Western House of Refuge. Entries contain the inmates' name and number, the date, and the offense. Examples of misbehavior include poor work, impudence or disobedience to staff, profanity, and disorderliness, fighting, and stealing. Records are .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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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
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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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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
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This series consists of the following information for each item mailed: date; type of mailing, e.g. "Children's letter", "Notice to parent", "Notice of commitment", "Parole circular", "Parole orders", "For Mr. Haas", and "Dept. of Discipline"; addressee's name, address, city, and state; and notation .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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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
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Creator:
Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
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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 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 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
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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
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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
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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
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Title:
Series:
A3129
Dates:
1884-1893
Abstract:
This series consists of payment records made by the State Industrial School to employees and to businesses or individuals who supplied goods or services. Records include pay roll information including name and position; invoices listing items or services purchased; and abstracts of accounts for the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
Abstract:
This series provides information on inmate conduct, and punishments for misconduct. Inmate conduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; offense or an indication of good or improved behavior, and by whom reported. Punishments for misconduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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