Auburn Prison Registers of Male Inmates Received
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
6 cubic feet
6 volumes
Arrangement
Chronological by date received.
Scope and Content Note
These records of incarcerated individuals admitted to the prison were generated pursuant to the Correction Law requiring wardens to maintain daily records of incarcerated individuals received.
The registers contain standard-form pages for entering basic information on class (A, B, or C), consecutive number, register number, name, date received, crime, sentence, date of sentence, county, court, judge, former trade or occupation, idle or employed when arrested, married or single, color, age, weight, height, if could read or write, habits, number of previous confinements in state prison, to what prison formerly sent, crime for which previously confined in state prison, duration of sentence, receiving and discharge dates, place of nativity, number of previous confinements in a county jail, to what county jail previously sent, crime, duration of sentence, receiving and discharge dates, and how and when discharged (from county jail).
Volume 5 (January 1928-June 1937) is missing from the series.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
Volume list.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Access Terms
New York (State). Prison Department
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Detailed Description
Dates | Contents | Box | |||
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Accretion: B0067-77 |
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1870-1892 | Volume 1 | 1 |
1900 July-1910 December | Volume 2 | 2 |
1911 January-1919 June | Volume 3 | 3 |
1919 July-1927 December | Volume 4 | 4 |
1928 January-1937 June | Volume 5 | 5 |
1937 July-1953 July | Volume 6 | 6 |