Scope and Content Note
The series consists of logbooks that record the receipt of packages (19 volumes, 1927-1941), letters (2 volumes, 1932-1939), and Christmas gifts (13 volumes, 1925-1940, 1958-1970) by patients of the Syracuse State School.
Volumes listing packages sent to patients show the date of receipt, name of recipient, name and address of sender (with a penciled checkmark that may denote delivery of the package to the patient). There is typically no mention of the contents of the package (only very occasionally), and sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened."
Volumes listing letters sent to patients show the date the letter was received, name of recipient, and the name of sender, sometimes including (or abbreviated as) the relationship of the sender to the patient (e.g., mother, sister, cousin). There is no disclosure of contents.
Volumes listing Christmas gifts sent to patients typically show the date, name of recipient, and the gift item(s). The volume for 1958-1970 also shows name and address of the gift giver.
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