New York State Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient Survey of Custodial Institutions for the Mentally Deficient
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
0.2 cubic feet
(1 microfilm roll)
Arrangement
Alphabetic by state in which institution is located.
Scope and Content Note
The series contains approximately fifty survey forms completed by superintendents of training schools and other custodial institutions for the mentally deficient throughout the country. There are forms for nine institutions in New York.
The three-page survey form contains approximately fifty questions relating to the following: institutional information (name, when founded, staffing, cost of operation); inmate information (number of men, women, boys, and girls; classification of numbers of imbeciles, feeble-minded, moral imbeciles, and epileptics); training programs (type of work done by inmates, special courses, any research done); release and follow-up of inmates (percentages of cases that become self-supporting, return cases, inmates released who commit crimes); and suggestions from the superintendents on need for new legislation, changes in administration procedures, and improvements in classification and methods of mental and social diagnosis.
Alternate Formats Available
Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through inter-library loan.
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Access Terms
People with mental disabilities--Care--United States