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Scope and Content Note

These volumes consist of printed standard forms containing summary inmate admission information.

The form used in the first (1882-1911) volume contains less information than a different form used in the second (1911-1922) and third (1922-1932) volumes. Entries in all three volumes contain the following information: inmate name and case number; annual entry number (for the year beginning in October in the first volume and beginning in July in the other two volumes); date of admission; division to which the inmate was assigned (boys or girls and a number); race (either "white" or "col'd" or, after 1911, "negro"); parentage (i.e., ethnicity or nationality); and age. Until 1895, the first volume also contains an entry for "size" rated on a scale from one to six. Other information found only in the first volume is the inmate's county of residence and whether the inmate's parents were living or dead. The second and third volumes contain the following additional information: religion, designated as "C", "H", or "P" for Catholic, Hebrew, or Protestant; whether a new commitment or a returnee; offense; date of original commitment (for returnees); and dates of previous commitments.