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New York State Agricultural and Industrial School Admission Registers


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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 contains background information compiled upon inmate admission. Information may include; inmate name and institutional number; age; occupation; nativity; offense; committing court, county and judge; previous commitments and arrests; religion; physical attributes; habits, family status; parents' names, residence, occupation, and arrest record; education; school grade; shop assignment; and admission, discharge and/or parole dates.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Agricultural and Industrial School admission registers
Quantity:

3 cubic feet

6 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1876-1960
Series Number:
A1970

Arrangement

Chronological by admission date and then numeric by inmate number.

Scope and Content Note

The registers contain background information compiled upon inmate admission. Volume 1 contains information on male inmates admitted from 1879 to 1884 and on female inmates admitted from 1876 to 1884. All other volumes contain entries only for male inmates. There are no entries for the years 1885 and 1887. Entries for 1886 and the years from 1888 through the early 1890s are very sporadic and incomplete.

Entries contain the following categories of information: name; date admitted; inmate number; age; occupation (volume 1 only); nativity (volumes 1 through 4 only); offense (volumes 1 through 4 only); committing court, e.g., police court (volume 1 only); location of committing court or city from which committed (volumes 1 through 4 only); county from which committed (volumes 5 and 6 only); presiding officer or judge of the court (volumes 1 and 6 only); previous institution life or time spent in any institution (volumes 1 through 4 only); number of previous arrests (volume 1 only); religion (volumes 2 through 6 only); habits: temperate or intemperate, if uses tobacco, if uses profanity (volume 1 only); color of hair, eyes, and complexion, and scars or marks (volumes 2 through 4 only); condition of clothing (volume 1 only); if an orphan, single-parent child, stepchild, or homeless (volume 1 only); parents' names (volumes 2 through 6 only); parents' occupations (volumes 1 through 4 only); parents' residence (volume 2 only); nativity of one parent (volume 1 only); if parent is temperate or intemperate (volume 1 only); if anyone in family was ever arrested or in prison: where, when, and offense (volume 1 only);

number of school division to which assigned (volume 2 only); school grade (volume 2 from April 19, 1886 to July 8, 1898 only); shop assignment, e.g., printing, blacksmith (volume 2 from April 19, 1886 to July 13, 1898 only); amount of time spent in jail before admission (volumes 3 and 4 only); date of discharge or parole (volumes 1, 5 and 6 only); and remarks, such as: to whom discharged (volume 1 only), name of inmate's step-parents, foster parents, guardian, or last place of residence (volume 5 only), and name of inmate's parole officer, deputy sheriff, sheriff, or other case worker (volume 6 only).

Alternate Formats Available

A microform use copy of the series is available at the New York State Archives; however, the copy is not available for use because of access restrictions that apply to the records.

Related Material

A1965 Boys receiving books, contains related records.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Volumes 2 and 3 contain rough alphabetical indexes to inmate last names.

Volume list.

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Access Terms

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Volume

Accretion: A1970-77
1876 October 3-1884 August 27; 1879 January 2-1884 March 10 Admissions 1 1
1946 January 1-1954 October 6 Admissions 1 5
1954 October 7-1960 December 28 Admissions 1 6
1886 April 19-1912 September 9 Admissions 2 2
1912 September 9-1929 June 29 Admissions 3 3
1929 July 1-1945 November 27 Admissions 4 4