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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of a register of new and paroled inmates of the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information for new inmates includes name; religion and assigned colony Information for paroled inmates includes name, parole date, colony, and sometimes inventory of inmate clothes. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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Abstract:  

These negative photographs depict the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School's new facility at Industry, New York, which was completed in 1907. Most negatives provide views of: farm land; grounds; building interiors; physical facilities; and inmates, school officers, and visitors..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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Abstract:  

These are issues of school newspapers written, edited, and printed by inmates..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of brief case histories of male inmates at the Western House of Refuge. Information may include inmate name and number; date received; from what court and location; age and birthday; nativity; health, habits, and occupation of parents; school attendance record; previous institutionalization; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

Title:  

 

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

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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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 Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists predominantly of published annual reports of the Western House of Refuge, which became known as the New York State Industrial School and later as the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School. Reports from 1894 to 1900 are missing. Also included are by-laws; newspaper reprints; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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Abstract:  

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

 

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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). Governor

 

 

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Abstract:  

These registers report summary information on incarcerated individuals committed to state correctional institutions and selected county penitentiaries each month. Information is handwritten in columns on preprinted pages which were later bound into volumes for each year. Monthly reports from each institution .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Governor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of reports and minutes of meetings submitted to the governor by boards of managers of state institutions documenting their visitation and inspection of these institutions as required by law. The reports provide information on the condition of the facilities, financial and administrative .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives