Printed items concerning school operations

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of miscellaneous printed materials from the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Records include a menu headed "An Improved Diet - Begun in 1868," a newspaper article about schooling, discipline, parole, and rewards for good behavior at the school; clippings about the arrest of four jewel thieves, one of whom had been an inmate at the Elmira Reformatory; and a report entitled "Is It Worth 8 Cents a Day?" summarizing the previous year's parole practices at the school.
Title
Printed items concerning school operations
Quantity
0.2 cubic feet; 4 items
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
A3163
Creator
Scope and Content Note

This series contains a one-week menu headed "An Improved Diet - Begun in 1868," ca. 1875; newspaper article about schooling, discipline, parole, and rewards for good behavior at the school, July 20, 1930; news clippings about the arrest of four jewel thieves, one of whom had been an inmate at the Elmira Reformatory, December 13, 1907; and report by the Parole Director entitled "Is It Worth 8 Cents a Day?" summarizing the previous year's parole practices at the school, 1939.

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