Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
The series consists of daily reports describing punishments at Auburn Prison. Assistant keepers could punish those incarcerated at their discretion if they reported their actions in writing to the prison's agent or deputy keeper. The short narratives include date; name of assistant keeper; name of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of journals documenting expenditures in Auburn Prison special funds. Information includes date of expenditure, person or company paid, and name of account (e.g., Ordinary Repairs, Water System, Library, Electrocution, Emergency). Total expenditures for each fund are given every .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This ledger documents expenses in Auburn Prison's special accounting funds. These funds include Plumbing, Library, Road, Ordinary Repairs, and Electrical Execution. The ledger lists date of entry, name of individual or company paid, description of goods or services received, and amount paid. Also included .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
Auburn Prison's general journal was the principal accounting record of original entry for the prison, listing all financial transactions in chronological order. Entries cover all prison receipts and expenses such as salaries, repairs, supplies, rations, and disbursements to released inmates. Information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series documents Auburn Prison expenditures. Categories include salaries of prison officers, rations, firewood, clothing and bedding, hospital, discharge and transportation of convicts, and repairs. For each expenditure the ledger lists the date of entry, name of individual or company receiving .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of a ledger of credits and debits pertaining to cash accounts for incarcerated individuals. For each listing, the ledger records date, type of transaction, and amount of credit deposited or debit charged..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Sing Sing Prison
Abstract:
This volume contains information on incarcerated individuals who escaped from Sing Sing Prison. Each entry includes the following: name, date received; crime and term; date escaped; date of capture; and remarks..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
B1809
Dates:
1870-1962
Abstract:
This series documents the State Comptroller's role in administering accounts of the state, paying bills and payrolls, and auditing records, accounts, and financial and management practices of state agencies. The Office of the State Comptroller used this material in exhibitions to highlight key agency .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
Foreign-born prisoners accounted for nearly fifty-five percent of the prison population increase in the early twentieth century. Individual facilities gathered detailed information about their foreign-born inmates to document the increase and burden on the state. This series consists of information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Great Meadow Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of one register documenting foreign born inmates incarcerated at Great Meadow Prison..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Great Meadow Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of one register documenting the parole of inmates from Great Meadow Prison..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Eastern New York Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of summary information of inmates discharged from the Eastern New York Reformatory. Information includes name; date discharged; county where convicted; conviction date; name of court; judge's name; crime; sentence length; former trade or occupation; employment status; color; age; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Eastern New York Reformatory
Abstract:
The series consists of summary information on inmates received at the Eastern New York Reformatory. Most inmates were received from the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Others were received from Auburn, Sing Sing or other State prisons or were returned to the reformatory for violating parole. Information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of records of individuals released from Auburn Prison. Each card contains summary information on the incarcerated individual's background; criminal activity; behavior and progress during confinement, and release from Auburn. Information includes name and consecutive number; crime; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of a register of offenses and punishments given to individuals incarcerated at Auburn Prison. For each individual, the register includes name; date received; crime; term of sentence; sentencing judge; and date discharged or transferred from Auburn. For each instance of punishment, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series documents expenditures in prison accounts, mostly relating to prison industries (Hollow Ware, Iron Castings, State Industries, Women's State Industries, etc.). Information includes name of account, payment, date of entry, individual/company being paid, and amount paid..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of a cashbook that served as an on-going record of the prison's income, expenditures, and cash balances. The funds relate principally to prison industries. Recorded under various prison accounts, information includes cash receipts, deposits, balances and cash disbursements..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Prison for Women
Abstract:
This series documents expenditures of the State Prison for Women in categories including salaries of prison officers; rations, clothing, and bedding; discharge and transportation of convicts; and repairs. The ledger lists date, individual or company receiving payment, a description of goods or services .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Prison for Women
Abstract:
The general journal of the State Prison for Women was the principal accounting record of original entry for the prison, listing all financial transactions in chronological order. Information includes transaction date, individual or company being paid, and the amount of money received or paid..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of Auburn Prison's general ledger which functioned as the principal record of final entry for all Auburn's financial transactions. The volume is arranged by accounts according to funds or vendor. The debit entries list date of transaction, description of transaction, and amount .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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