Research

1

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The volumes in this series record time and attendance of staff, presumably at the Syracuse State School (the time books carry no institutional designation). There are no records for the years 1940-1942, 1956-1958, 1963-1965, and information is missing from some months within the date span represented .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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The series consists of registers that list items "Issued from [the] Storeroom" of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children during 1897-1910. Items were issued to various departments, such as the "Boys' Building," Fairmount, the bakery, hospital, and the "Superintendent's House." Headings .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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The series consists of ledgers providing dates, value, and quantity information on "stock" goods received, stored on-hand, or issued during 1894-1914 at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Mined Children. Entries are by product, and then chronological by date (month/day). For goods received, there .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of typescript copies of monthly meeting minutes of the Board of Visitors of the Syracuse State School, submitted by the secretary of the board. Contents typically reflect presentations to the board by various school departments and special committees, often about such topics as progress .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York State Asylum for Idiots

 

 

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The series consists of minutes of meetings of the "Executive Committee" of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, held roughly once a month between 1855 and 1891. Meetings are described as "informal" in the minutes, and the bulk of entries list bills audited. Lists show vendor/company and amount owed. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of volumes recording monies received by the Syracuse State School for support of pupils (perhaps private pay). Information includes date, name of payee, amount received, student name, and initials of the official receiving the funds. There are no entries for the period January 9, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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This series consists of copies of purchase orders for goods sent to vendors by the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. Entries show order date, company/vendor name, description of goods and cost. Copies that were poorly pressed are hard to read. Also included is an alphabetical name .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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This series consists of accounts of money received and expended by the New York State Asylum for Idiots and the Syracuse Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. Accounts show bills paid; institutional receipts and disbursements and statements for goods purchased. Included are superintendent's accounts; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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The series consists of ten reports to the State Board of Charities by the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children for fiscal years 1884/85 through 1893/94, and for 1900/01. Each two-page report form provides "schedule" and "compensation" data in seven broad categories: officers of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These exhibits, created as part of its closing ceremonies, consist of mounted photographs forming a retrospective on the Syracuse Developmental Center (SDC). The images depict facilities and programs; farm colonies; original buildings; demolition of the Syracuse State School and construction of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of annual reports that were transmitted to the State Legislature or the Department of Mental Hygiene as required by law. Included are annual reports of the trustees of the New York State Asylum for Idiots and annual reports of the Syracuse State School..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of field books; engineer's diaries of land surveys and contract work on the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital; Newark State School and Hospital; Syracuse State Forestry College; the Oneida Fish Hatchery and colonies of the Syracuse State School. Records include engineer's diaries for .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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This series consists of copies of specifications printed by the City of New York for purchase of building supplies, dry goods, and raw materials. Most specifications were adopted by the city in 1914. The copy was likely used as a reference for institutional purchases, or for cost estimates and other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

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This series records materials costs for construction and maintenance projects conducted at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children and (successor Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. Projects include plumbing/drainage systems improvements, wiring or telephone installation, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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This series consists of monthly abstracts or analyses of bills paid by the New York State Asylum for Idiots (later the New York State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children). Entries are by type of product or commodity and cover salaries, provisions, utilities, maintenance and repairs, inmate needs .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York (State). Central New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office

 

 

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This series consists of photographs; key plot plans; blueprints; articles on the school; and assorted records representing accumulated research on the history of the Syracuse State School compiled prior to the laying of the cornerstone of a "new" Syracuse State School in 1971. Included is information .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of receipts for articles delivered to the storekeeper from various departments of the Syracuse State School (e.g., knitting room, mending department, and sewing department). Each sheet lists the department from which the items were received; date; and the quantity, size, and description .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series resulted from a survey done prior to a renovation undertaken at Syracuse State School in 1969-1970. The survey included Bill Rothschild's photo-documentation of the exterior and interior views of the institution's historic buildings including the main building, grounds, out-buildings, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

19

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series contains meeting minutes, memoranda, closure lists, planning documents, notes, and reports relating to the closure of the Syracuse Developmental Center. Also included are some Rome Developmental Center closure documents, which were used as a model on which to base the Syracuse closure..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

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This series consists of monthly payrolls "of attendants and servants" at the New York State Asylum for Idiots (1876-1890) and the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1911). Occupations of those listed include cook, baker, seamstress, table girl, nurse, attendant, gardener, hall .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives