Research

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of approximately 120 picture post cards, most of which were sent by employees or students of the Syracuse State School to staff members. All cards are stamped and cancelled. The color pictures typically show cities and landscapes primarily, but not exclusively, within New York State. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

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The series consists of dietary records of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which was renamed in 1919 as the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. The registers list separate breakfast, dinner, and supper menus for family, employees, and pupils according to date and b.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

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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

 

5

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

 

6

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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

 

7

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These materials depict children and staff in various therapeutic, educational, and recreational settings, classrooms, buildings, and grounds of the Syracuse State School. Also include are a history of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, a portrait of Dr. Hervey Wilbur, and records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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Photographs take 1878-1925 consist of images of children in their school environment and in individual portraits taken for case files or descriptive admission applications. Later 20th century images show institutional activities like woodworking, farming, sports, and picnics. Some images are enlarged .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of several hundred black and white photographs illustrating conditions at custodial institutions for the mentally deficient in New York and other states. The photographs were gathered by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to illustrate its final report. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of daily registers that record the population and activities of patients at the Syracuse State School and its predecessors. Starting in 1883, the asylum purchased and remodeled farm buildings at which older students were placed to learn farming and to produce crops. By 1931 the Syracuse .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of ledgers, cards, and "clothing books" that record purchase, cost, and/or distribution of clothing and shoes among students/patients. Ledgers show patient name, item and cost. Girls' clothing books are arranged by year, then alphabetically by type of clothing. Date and name of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series documents admissions; discharges and transfers of the New York State Asylum for Idiots; the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children; the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives and the Syracuse State School. Information is also present in some volumes for death, parole, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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The series consists of clipping files and a small amount of publicity material tracing the history and development of the Syracuse Developmental Center. The files were likely kept by the institution's museum..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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The series consists of a group of logbooks that record visits to/from various institutional sites by residents, employees, state officials, and private citizens over a span of many years. The exact place for which visitation is monitored is not always specified..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

New York (State). Governor

 

 

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This series consists of reports and minutes of meetings submitted to the governor by boards of managers of state institutions documenting their visitation and inspection of these institutions as required by law. The reports provide information on the condition of the facilities, financial and administrative .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives