Registers of male inmates' educational level A1968

Registers of male inmates' educational level

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of information about inmates' educational level which was used for school placement. Information may include name; age; date reviewed for school placement; occupation; spelling, reading, writing, and mathematical ability; knowledge of geography, history, grammar, or religion; use of profanity, tobacco, alcohol; and parents health and habits. Also included are typescripts of some Board of Classification meeting minutes relating to the creation of four school divisions and subsequent inmate assignments. Records are restricted.

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

Title:

Registers of male inmates' educational level

Quantity:

1 cubic feet

3 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1849-1893

Series Number:

A1968

Arrangement

Chronological by date received in school division, which sometimes differs from the date of admission to the institution.

Scope and Content Note

These volumes contain the following information for each male inmate: name; age; date reviewed for school placement; occupation (volume 1 only); if ignorant of alphabet; if can spell easy words; if can read easy lessons; if reads imperfectly, readily, or fluently; if unacquainted with arithmetic; religion (volumes 1 and 2 only); present advancement in arithmetic (e.g., "addition", "fractions", "nothing"); if has some knowledge of geography, history, grammar; if can write his name; class entered (grade level); if attended Sabbath school; if can repeat the Lord's prayer; if can repeat a passage of scripture (volume 1 only); if uses profanity; if uses tobacco and/or alcohol; and remarks about health and habits of inmate's parents, inmate's reading and writing ability, transfers between 1st and 2nd division schools, religion, or other comments.

Volume 1, for the period from January 16, 1879 to May 19, 1883, includes only name, age, date received, and present advancement in arithmetic. Volume 2, for the dates that overlap with Volume 1, lists the same inmates and provides all of the information omitted from 1879 to 1883 in Volume 1.

Volume 3 also contains carbon typescripts of some Board of Classification meeting minutes dating from April 4 to November 21, 1893. These minutes relate to the creation of four school divisions and inmate assignments to them. A complete set of minutes is in series A1964, Minutes of the Board of Classification.

Alternate Formats Available

A microform use copy of the series is available at the New York State Archives; however, the copy is not available for use because of access restrictions that apply to the records.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Volume list.

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).