Research

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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

 

2

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

 

3

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

 

4

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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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

 

5

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

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of patient case files from the Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessors. Case files typically contain documentation of court commitment or voluntary admission, patient mental and medical history, progress reports, records of medical treatments, family contacts, transfers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives