Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists primarily of microfilmed case records for approximately 3,000 incarcerated males, aged sixteen to twenty years old, processed through the Elmira Reception Center from 1945-1965. The case files represent a ten percent random stratified sample of all individuals processed through .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of 250 files for incarcerated individuals executed for capital crimes. These are not complete case files but administrative files pertinent to their actual executions. Each file typically contains identifying documents; correspondence; blotter records; notices of stays and respites .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Title:
Series:
A0429
Dates:
1892-1957
Abstract:
Binders contain typewritten opinions of the State's attorney general on questions about the sentencing and confinement of prisoners and other legal issues relating to prisons. Some of the opinions relate to cases of specific prisoners (although names are not always given) and some to general issues. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of monthly statements of receipts and expenditures maintained by the prison wardens of Auburn, Clinton, Great Meadow and Sing Sing prisons. Statements include receipts from the sale of goods manufactured at the prisons and records of the amount spent on items such as equipment, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series contains instruction manuals published by the State Education Department for the Vocational Education Program for National Defense Industries to help prepare citizens for the increasingly complex nature of warfare and the increased demand for skilled workers in defense industries. The manuals .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of the annual report of the Education Department of Albion Training School to the Commissioner of Correction. Reports include an analysis of inmate population; characteristics and description of the objectives of the program; a detailed description of the administration of the program, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of issues of the official publication of the New York State Department of Corrections, the magazine "Correction"..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
The series consists of a manual for developing case records of prisoners confined in state prisons or reformatories. The manual was prepared by the Work Projects Administration as part of a technical series of federal guidelines for improving prisoner records in state correctional institutions. Projects .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of appointment cards or visitor passes issued by the superintendent of an unnamed (presumably) correctional facility authorizing interviews or visits between inmates and visitors. Slips provide name of inmate and brief relationship to visitor and are signed by the clerk of the "cage .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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