Research

1

Creator:

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

 

 

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This series contains admission and discharge information for boys enrolled at Berkshire Farm. Each entry includes first and last name, date admitted, home address, date of birth, farm number, reason for admission, and date of discharge. Also provided are the physical and mental conditions of the child, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Burnham Industrial Farm

 

 

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This series consists of detailed biographical information regarding boys enrolled at Burnham Industrial Farm. Registers in the series also contain information regarding the boys' physical attributes, educational background, temperament, and personal habits..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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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

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes in the form of hearing transcripts from a committee investigating the problem of runaways at the Agricultural and Industrial School. Testimony included personality traits of good supervisors; methods of discipline and preventing runaways; punishing runaways; frequency .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

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