Clinton Prison Correspondence and Subject Files of the Warden B0120

Clinton Prison Correspondence and Subject Files of the Warden

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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:

Office files of the Clinton Prison Warden contain correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms. Subjects include accidents involving staff; aliens in custody; arms and ammunition; amusements; Champlain College; chaplains; commissary; contraband; duty chart; fires; grievance procedures; insurance; lands owned by Clinton Prison; and medical reports. The remainder of the files are not extant.

Creator:

Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Title:

Clinton Prison correspondence and subject files of the Warden

Quantity:

1.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1932-1951

Series Number:

B0120

Arrangement

Alphabetic by subject.

Scope and Content Note

Office files of the Clinton Prison Warden contain correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms. Subjects include accidents involving staff (Employer's Report of Injury submitted to the State Insurance Fund, giving name of employer and injured person, description of accident, employment, nature of injury, whether fatal, cause of accident or disease); aliens (including lists of aliens in the prison); arms and ammunition; amusements (including programs from amateur theatricals and field days); Champlain College (post-World War II special state college); chaplains; commissary; contraband; duty chart (this file includes blueprint of steam service lines at prison); fires (including inspection and prevention); grievance procedures; insurance; lands owned by Clinton Prison; and medical reports (monthly statistics from the hospital and clinics, ca. 1937-1950). The remainder of the files are not extant.