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Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This single volume was used by the keepers of the State Reformatory at Elmira to specifically enumerate and track inmates
of Italian birth. Institutional authorities considered Italian immigrants to be among the new "dangerous classes" threatening
American society. State authorities also feared that immigrant criminals were overburdening the prison system and that the
federal government should bear a greater share of the expense of incarceration.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Reformatory register of new inmates of Italian citizenry
Quantity:
0.2 cubic feet
1 volume
Inclusive Dates:
1915-1930
Series Number:
B0126
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