Research

Scope and Content Note

Summary information concerns manner of inmate's present discharge and parole/indentureship history.

These volumes consist of printed standard forms containing the following information about paroled inmates: name and case number; date of discharge; school division, class, and until 1895, the class size (approximate number of students in the class); religion, which after 1898 was entered in the "class size" column as either "C", "P", or "H" for Catholic, Protestant, or Hebrew; race; reason for or manner of discharge, such as "to friends", "by court", "escaped", "transferred", "deported", etc.; to whom discharged, including the person's name or relationship to the inmate and address; occupation during previous indentureships; and length of time served at the House of Refuge. The second (1910-1922) and third (1922-1933) volumes contain the following additional information: date of original commitment; and dates of previous paroles.