New York House of Refuge Annual Reports and Miscellaneous Publications A2090

New York House of Refuge Annual Reports and Miscellaneous Publications

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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:

The Annual Reports to the Legislature also included reports on rules and regulations, acts of incorporation, by-laws, statutes and decisions; Building Committee's final report; Bylaws of Board of Managers; and proceedings of first and second conventions of Managers of Houses of Refuge and Schools of Reform. Pamphlets address controversies related to Little Hell's Gate and granting access to the reformatory to Catholic clergy.

Creator:

New York House of Refuge

Title:

New York House of Refuge annual reports and miscellaneous publications

Quantity:

2 cubic feet

35 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1829, 1831, 1834-1932

Series Number:

A2090

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

These are annual reports and publications of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents regarding the New York House of Refuge.

1) Annual Reports to the Legislature (as required by laws of 1824 and 1896), 1829, 1831, 1834-1932. 33 vols. Bound among these reports are: Rules and Regulations of the House of Refuge, 1844, 1849; Act of Incorporation and Laws, 1849, 1855; Act of Incorporation, Statutes and Decisions Relative to the House of Refuge, 1862, 1874; Final Report of Building Committee, 1862; Bylaws of Board of Managers, 1854, 1861, 1868, 1874; and proceedings of first and second conventions of Managers of Houses of Refuge and Schools of Reform, 1857, 1860.

2) Miscellaneus Reports: Pamphlets printed by Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents addressed to the State Legislature and public on such controversies as filling in of Little Hell's Gate and granting access to the reformatory to Catholic clergy, 1878-1882. 2 vols.