Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains information on inmates discharged or transferred to another institution. Information includes name; date left institution; number of years/months in school; grade level; shop or type of work done; farm colony; and to whom sent: name of person or institution if transferred, address, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

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

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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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

 

4

Creator:

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

 

 

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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

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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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