Research

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Creator:

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

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of contractual agreements between reformatory managers, inmates, and employers (or "masters") to bind out inmates for vocational training until the age of twenty-one. In return for the inmate's labor, the master agreed to provide the inmate with clothing, room and board, medical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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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

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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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