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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of a heredity analysis of applicants to the Syracuse State School. Most entries include multigenerational data on mental conditions or predisposition to "feeble-mindedness" as well as remarks on individual or family medical history or living conditions. Entries include name, date, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of a Syracuse State School's record of patient surgeries. Typical procedures include appendectomy, suturing, tonsillectomy. Entries include type of operation; date; patient name; surgeon; surgical assistant; anesthetist (sometimes), and nurse. Early listings note patient's sex; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of logbooks recording receipt of packages and letters and Christmas gifts sent to Syracuse State School patients. Log entries include receipt date; recipient name; name and address of sender. Sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened." Volumes listing letters .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists primarily of materials pertaining to staffing and employee relations issues. Records include memoranda relating to training, labor-management meetings, and employee classification changes; personal service item estimates; budget statements of personnel requirements; approved staffing .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of monthly reports of the board of visitors and the director of the Syracuse State School, as well as minutes of general and girls' staff meetings held at the school. Laws establishing the school and appointing its board of visitors and superintendent (later director) required such .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of scattered single issues of publications and newsletters pertinent to the field of mental retardation. They were probably retained based on the presence of articles relating to the school's programs or facilities, or to staff development. Included are copies of "Mental Hygiene .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

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

 

19

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of reports, checklists, and notes of visits to the Syracuse State School and its colony facilities, by Department of Mental Hygiene medical inspectors. Earliest reports show Inspector's arrival and departure dates and times; patient census; new admissions; accidents; educational .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

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