Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of hearing transcripts of a committee investigating conditions at the Agricultural and Industrial School.
Testimony of management and staff concerned background and experience; methods of discipline and punishment and their effectiveness;
responsibilities and extent of cooperation among staff; contact with and responsibilities toward inmates; work, education,
and recreation programs; bureaucratic obstacles, method for assigning inmates to cottages or skill training programs; and
criteria for granting inmates visits home or parole.
Creator:
Title:
Transcript of testimony taken by a special committee of the Board of Social Welfare investigating conditions at the school
Quantity:
0.1 cubic feet
(1 volume)
Inclusive Dates:
1938
Series Number:
A3058