Elmira Reformatory Index to Consecutive Numbers

Roughly alphabetical by incarcerated individual's last name.

These volumes provide access to the consecutive numbers of incarcerated individuals at Elmira. The consecutive number was the number given at the time of admission to the reformatory.

For each incarcerated individual, the volumes include last name, first name, and consecutive number. Volumes 1-6, covering roughly the first 31,000 consecutive numbers, are not clearly labeled and contain considerable overlap of information. Other volumes are clearly labeled, covering consecutive numbers 25,000 and above.

B0139-01: This series consists of a single volume consisting of incarcerated individuals' last names, first names, and consecutive numbers from July 24, 1876 through October 27, 1900, and consecutive numbers 1-9,999. While information in this volume overlaps considerably with earlier accretions, it appears to have been compiled at a later date.

B0139-01: This accretion was transferred to the State Archives by the New York State Library and accessioned during July 2001.

Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.