Research

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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

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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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

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains inspections reports of the State Industrial School by a State Board of Charities inspector. Information includes date of inspection, names of institution management and name of inspector. Reports may contain general or detailed discussion of buildings and grounds conditions, sanitary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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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

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists mostly of memoranda between the Superintendent and the Chief of the Discipline Department relating to reporting and punishment for misconduct procedures; requests for supplies and repairs; monthly lists of employees and employee misconduct; books sent to various departments; solitary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes dealing primarily with planning, budgeting, and reviewing expenditures for salaries, supplies, and services. Information includes monthly expenditures and names of staff hired, fired, or resigned. Beginning in the 1870s, the minutes contain reports and recommendations .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains narrative journals recording daily institutional and inmate activity. Topics include staff and inmate illnesses or medical problems; special events such as holidays and entertainment; inmate behavior; contact with discharged inmates; and facility conditions. A weekly summary is .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of two questionnaires filled out by each inmate. In one questionnaire, the superintendent requests inmates to discuss what they like about the institution; in the other, what they do not like. Both questionnaires provide inmate's name, division, grade, and shop. Opinions are given .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives