Research

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The job book records orders received for printing jobs and includes examples of items printed at Syracuse State School print shop. The shop, part of the vocational program, taught the fundamentals of printing orders list date; item ordered and number of pages in the print run. Printed items range from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

42

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of a small amount of contingent account vouchers (1854-1859) from the State Asylum for Idiots, and special fund estimates (1920-1923) from the Syracuse State School. These are probably only a small part of a larger (unknown) group of institutional finance or purchase records. The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

43

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series records those who escaped from Syracuse State School during the period 1934-1953. Entries are arranged according to the month in which the escape was reported; this roughly corresponds to a chronological arrangement by actual escape date (an escape may have occurred earlier than the month .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

44

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series records deaths of residents at the New York State Asylum for Idiots (1851-1890), later known as the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1895). Basic information includes number, name, age, sex, date admitted, and date of death. Following are more detailed narratives .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

45

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series records those released "on parole" from the Syracuse State School, formerly the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (until 1919). Most volumes simply list name, date of parole, and date of return or discharge. Occasionally there are references, with dates, to escapes (elopement) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

46

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of registers, organized by county, listing those admitted to the Syracuse Developmental Center (from the time it was called the New York State Asylum for Idiots, through all successive institutional name changes). The first volume lists name; town; class; age; sex; color; nativity; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

47

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of registers that provide brief narrative evaluations of cognitive and skills development of pupils of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, later the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. The remarks shed light on diagnostic techniques used to assess mental ability .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

48

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

49

Creator:

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of forms in a "Civil Service Report for the Quarter" covering quarterly time periods ending June 3, 1890 through September 30, 1912. The volume profiles the workforce of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, the Syracuse State School for Feeble-Minded Children, and later the Syracuse .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

50

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of receiving registers that list items received at the "Storehouse" of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children during 1907-1916. A variety of foodstuffs and dry goods, including utensils, equipment, and materials are listed as "goods." Headings for entries in both .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

51

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

52

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

53

Creator:

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

54

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

55

Creator:

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of account books of receipts and disbursements by New York State Asylum and the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children for board and clothing expenses for private pay students. Volume 1 shows cash received on account for "paying pupils." Entries include date; name; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

56

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of an assortment of books from the Syracuse State School and its predecessors indexing parts of various unspecified institutional records. The correlation of the indexes to the ledgers, journals, registers, or other volumes they index is unknown; only two of the volumes have titles .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

57

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These historic photographs were collected and displayed by Syracuse Developmental Center staff in the facility's museum. Most images date from the 1920s when the institution was the Syracuse State Institution for Mental Defectives; half of them are student portraits..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

58

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains an assortment of unrelated records that were apparently removed from institutional records for purposes of research or exhibit. Volumes include: an admissions book (July 1925-June 1926); a parole/elopement book (May-December 1917); a book of escapes (April 1953-August 1957); a clothing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

59

Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of printed half tones charts and maps, and negative photostats of maps prepared by the Historical Records Survey for publications. Included are half-tones of colonial and revolutionary era buildings; organization charts of the colonial and state court system and county government; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

60

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These files include photographs, slides, audio and videotapes, brochures, and scrapbooks that depict operations at Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessor, the Syracuse State School. Included are images of Special Olympics; celebrations and achievements of patients and employees; educational .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives