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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

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

 

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Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of lists of paroled inmates compiled by Protestant and Catholic chaplains. Information includes name; year paroled; home conditions; current and previous occupation; offense for which committed; terms; grade in school; to whom paroled and if doing well on parole. Records are res.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains information used to track male and female inmates eligible or under consideration for parole. Inmates earned badges and parole eligibility through consecutive weeks of good behavior. Information may include inmate name and number; badges earned; address; religion; name and occupation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains basic information about the personal and family background of female inmates in the New York State Industrial School. Types of information may include inmates name, date received, court of commitment, offense, plea, previous arrests, complainant, age, attributes, religion, parole .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Files in this series contain contractual custody agreements, signed by guardians of paroled inmates; parole reports, containing information regarding paroled inmates' employment, education, habits, and associates; correspondence between parole agents and social services agencies, guardians, and inmates' .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of information about inmates' educational level which was used for school placement. Information may include name; age; date reviewed for school placement; occupation; spelling, reading, writing, and mathematical ability; knowledge of geography, history, grammar, or religion; use .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of standard forms containing information about an inmate's educational progress. Information includes examination results given as percentage scores. Occasionally, there are also narrative remarks about an inmate's previous education or reading ability. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

30

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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 Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains information on escaped inmates including name of colony from which escaped; date of escape; name of inmate; inmate's city of residence (occasionally); and if returned or sent to another institution. Similar information is provided for inmates who escaped from hospitals or during .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains indexes to the State Industrial Schools' female inmate's case files. Information is available only for names beginning A-S. Information includes volume number, name, and inmate number. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

34

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a scrapbook of programs for school events, such as holiday meal menus; schedules for entertainment, chapel services, and military exercises;, notices and orders, and clippings including "A Boy's Duty" or "A Child's Duty," a listing of juvenile reformatories by state, and newspaper .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

35

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

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Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a partial record of male inmates admitted to the Western House of Refuge possibly compiled for the annual reports Lists includes inmate name and number; county of residence; admission date; age; county or other place of birth; if orphan, physical and mental condition; cause of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains background information compiled upon inmate admission. Information may include; inmate name and institutional number; age; occupation; nativity; offense; committing court, county and judge; previous commitments and arrests; religion; physical attributes; habits, family status; parents' .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains statistical population reports submitted to the Department of Social Welfare by state youth facilities. Included are Weekly Population Reports, providing daily counts of children in the institution, and Monthly Statistical Reports of Children Under Care. Some monthly reports include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

State training schools submitted these reports to the Department of Social Welfare to document instances where inmates either escaped or attempted to escape. Each report provides the following information on runaways or attempted runaways: name; dates left and returned; housing unit of runaways; and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives