Finding Aid Search Results
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Rome State Custodial Asylum (N.Y.). Superintendent's Office
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This series consists of an extensive letter from the Superintendent, Rome State Custodial Asylum, to Miss Ruth F. Leonard, Vassar College.The letter concerns the Superintendent's position on "colonization" of patients in an early outpatient alternative, specifically the examples practiced at Rome and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Department of State
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This series consists of statistical summary reports of admissions to and discharges from county jails. Admission reports contain summaries of the number of offenses; formal committals; felon's age, sex, race, nationality, occupational skills, marital status, past prison record or reformatory history, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of contracts made by the Prison Agent with individuals and firms for the mining and manufacturing of iron and nails, and the making of barrel hoops, boots and shoes, and other products of prison industry. Included are details concerning the employment of prison labor in these en.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms compiled by the office of the warden of Clinton Prison. Records pertain to insurance claims, aliens incarcerated at the prison, arms and munitions, amusements (amateur theatricals and field days), Champlain College, chaplains, contraband, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Auburn Prison
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The series is a daily account of financial transactions taking place at Auburn State Prison. Chapter 169 of the Laws of 1817 required the agent for each state prison to keep a regular and correct account of the monies received and disbursed. This daybook, or journal, is part of the agent's account for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of a time book for prisoner labor in Company No. 6 in the iron ore separator at Clinton State Prison. Listed are the names and numbers of prisoners; their absence or presence each day; and the total number of days worked by each man and by all men for each month. At the end of each .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of minutes of the Board of Prison Inspectors quarterly meetings at Clinton State Prison and monthly reports of the Inspector in Charge. Topics include administration of the prison, such as changes in personnel, the manufacture of iron, and financial accounts. The books also contain .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
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This series contains annual reports and handbooks published by the Board of Managers of the State Reformatory at Elmira. Also included are annual reports created by the State Board of Managers of Reformatories and scattered topical reports and studies relating to juvenile delinquency..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)
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This series contains summary information on prisoners received into the State Prison of the City of New York (Newgate Prison). The register is divided into sections by gender and race and lists name, birthplace, crime, county of conviction, sentence, and date of sentence. Some entries include residence, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Auburn Prison
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The series consists of daily reports describing punishments at Auburn Prison. Assistant keepers could punish those incarcerated at their discretion if they reported their actions in writing to the prison's agent or deputy keeper. The short narratives include date; name of assistant keeper; name of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series documents ores mined by prison labor under contract to the firms of Burton Davison and Co. and Thorne and Watson. Entries include the date and pounds of ore with sub-totals for each page, and recapitulations for each month..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of a daily record of purchases of cloth and other items relating to tailoring, apparently for a shirt industry at Clinton State Prison. Entries include the quantity, description, and price of the article purchased, with subtotals for each purchase. Also included are expenses for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of a "Journal" kept by a prison employee at the Clinton State Prison. The account is for expenses of an employee who traveled frequently, escorting convicts, escapees, or parolees to prison, and investigating offers of employment for parolees, etc. Entries include expenditures for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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This series consists of a book of inmate employees in the Manufacturing Department of the Clinton State Prison kept by or for the Principal Keeper. Each page lists employees in the department with job titles, and indicates their presence or absence each day of the month, the total days worked, rate .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
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This scrapbook kept by an individual incarcerated in Auburn Prison, titled "Revolutionary Thoughts and Liberation," consists of clippings from magazines and newspapers related to political protests of the 1960s and 1970s, the Black liberation movement, police violence and war..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Elmira Reformatory
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This series consists of a register of men received at the Elmira Reformatory. The register contains consecutive number; full name of incarcerated individual; and date and time received. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 44713 to 49700..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Western Reformatory for Women
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none
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Elmira Reformatory. Classification Clinic
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This series consists of a register of incarcerated individuals received at Elmira Reformatory. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 42170 to 49999. The register contains the incarcerated individual's name and number; date received; room number; room moved to; age; county; religion; and color. In .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Division of Parole
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This series consists of a sample of chronological records of convicts received and evaluated at the Elmira Prison Reception Center, documenting the accompanying transfer and program recommendations to state prison. The records include inmate personal history, behavioral reports, case analyses, medical .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
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This series documents the actions and decisions of the Board of Classification who determined parole requirements or transfer options. Minutes includes meeting dates; board members present; names of inmates and actions taken regarding their parole or division assignments; and inmate's offense or other .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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