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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 documents admissions; discharges and transfers of the New York State Asylum for Idiots; the Syracuse State Institution
for Feeble-Minded Children; the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives and the Syracuse State School. Information is
also present in some volumes for death, parole, and escape (elopement). Of note in the early descriptive and admission volumes
are the family history data and physiognomic and phrenological data. A few applicant photographs accompany the earliest descriptions.
Records are restricted.
Creator:
Title:
Syracuse State School admission, discharge, death, and transfer records,
Quantity:
7.5 cubic feet
42 volumes
Inclusive Dates:
1851-1945
Series Number:
B1647
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