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Scope and Content Note

This register tracks the hiring, salary, performance, and departure of officials and employees of the institution.

For each employee, the register provides: name; address (sometimes); date of application for job (recorded April 1883-August 1894 only); position (nurse, watchman, teacher, assistant superintendent, etc.); reference: name and address (from April 1883 on); date of appointment; salary or wages; date of retirement (i.e. date of departure for any reason); and remarks, such as manner of and reason for leaving (e.g. "Resigned"; "Discharged for intemperance"), character (e.g. "Efficient and trustworthy"), and salary increases and dates. Although the register was begun in 1883, employees hired previously were listed at the beginning of volume.