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Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes and related records document the dissolution of the Society following the closing of its New York House of Refuge and the transfer of inmates to the New York State Vocational Institution in West Coxsackie.

The series contains: minutes of special meetings held June 27, October 10, and December 12, 1935 to discuss return of the site to New York City, disposition of unexpended funds, and other matters related to dissolution of the Society; certificates of notification of Society members of each special meeting scheduled; copies of meeting notices sent to members; proxies sent in for June 27 meeting; copy of certificate of dissolution (original recorded and filed in Secretary of State's office); and balance sheets itemizing expenditure of some remaining funds.