Printed items concerning school operations A3163

Printed items concerning school operations

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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:

This series consists of miscellaneous printed materials from the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Records include a menu headed "An Improved Diet - Begun in 1868," a newspaper article about schooling, discipline, parole, and rewards for good behavior at the school; clippings about the arrest of four jewel thieves, one of whom had been an inmate at the Elmira Reformatory; and a report entitled "Is It Worth 8 Cents a Day?" summarizing the previous year's parole practices at the school.

Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

Title:

Printed items concerning school operations

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

4 items

Inclusive Dates:

1875-1939

Series Number:

A3163

Scope and Content Note

This series contains a one-week menu headed "An Improved Diet - Begun in 1868," ca. 1875; newspaper article about schooling, discipline, parole, and rewards for good behavior at the school, July 20, 1930; news clippings about the arrest of four jewel thieves, one of whom had been an inmate at the Elmira Reformatory, December 13, 1907; and report by the Parole Director entitled "Is It Worth 8 Cents a Day?" summarizing the previous year's parole practices at the school, 1939.