Research

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Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a record of nicknames used to identify certain inmates. Information includes the nickname, full name of inmate, and consecutive number. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of information relating to inmates sent to Elmira from federal courts. Since they were not eligible for parole, the registers document admission to release. Information includes name; date received; country of birth; age; names and addresses of parents and siblings; maximum sentence; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of information on men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name and number; date of return; date of first admission; maximum sentence or "Class" number; crime; county of sentencing; previous occupation; previous incarcerations; age; marital status; color; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of 11 volumes of registers containing summary information on inmates at the time of their admission to Elmira. The registers cover the period from May 24, 1877 to December 27, 1950 and inmate consecutive numbers from 1 to 51274. Registers covering the period from October 14, 1886 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name; age; initial crime; date first received at Elmira; date paroled; date returned; time on parole; trade taught at Elmira; situation during parole (employment, personal and social habits, arrest .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a daily count of the inmate population at the Elmira Reformatory taken at various intervals Monday through Friday. Locations at which population counts were taken include work areas (construction, laundry, kitchen, etc.); educational classes; guard house; hospital; library; cellblocks; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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The volumes in this series were used to record the daily activities and work assignments of guards at Elmira Reformatory. Assignments are listed for up to eighty locations in the institution. Volumes also include remarks regarding unusual events, incidents, disciplinary measures, and staff absences..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series indexes the consecutive number given to inmates upon admission to Elmira Reformatory. Information includes last name, first name, and consecutive number..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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These registers contain a two-page summary of information on each inmate admitted to Elmira during the period 1879 to 1957. The majority of the information was recorded at the time of admission to Elmira, with only minor notations relating to inmate conduct and discharge. The detail of information recorded .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of new inmates received at Elmira. Information includes the sentencing date, date received, inmate consecutive number, and name of inmate..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of a register of men received at the Elmira Reformatory. The register contains inmate number; full name of inmate; and date and time received. The volume relates to inmate consecutive numbers 44713 to 49700..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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The two volumes in this series document the discharge of inmates, by various means, from Elmira Reformatory. Entries include inmate name, consecutive number, date of discharge, and manner in which discharged. Within certain categories of discharge, other information is included such as location to which .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series documents the disciplinary movement of inmates into and out of the institution's guardhouse where they were confined in isolation. Entries include inmate number, inmate surname, date received in guard house, name of receiving officer, date released from guard house, and name of physician .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of summary information for employee absences, make-up days, and scheduling adjustments at the Elmira Reformatory. Information includes names, dates absent or made up, and nature of absences, usually sickness or vacation..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of thirty-seven, two-page biographical entries relating to New York State Industrial School inmates who were ordered to serve temporary, definite sentences in the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Entries include past criminal history; date of order confining inmate in the State .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives