New York House of Refuge Inmate Admission Registers A2088

New York House of Refuge Inmate Admission Registers

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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:

These registers contain summary inmate admission information which generally includes: name, case number, annual entry number, admission date, assigned division, race, percentage (i.e., ethnicity or nationality) and age. Volume one also include "size" on a scale from one to six county of residence and if inmate's parents were living or dead. Volumes two and three include: religion; whether a new commitment or a returnee; offense; original commitment date and dates of previous commitments.

Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

Title:

New York House of Refuge inmate admission registers

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Quantity:

3 volume(s)

Quantity:

1 35mm microfilm roll(s)

Inclusive Dates:

1882-1932

Series Number:

A2088

Arrangement

Numeric by case history numbers which were assigned consecutively at the time of admission.

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.