Unidentified indexes to institution records
Statement on Language
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- These indexes provide no indication of, or insufficient information to determine, which records they index. None of the volumes index any existing institution records. Each index includes inmate name; and page number(s). Records are restricted.
Title
- Unidentified indexes to institution records
Quantity
- 0.5 cubic feet; 3 volumes
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A3137
Creator
Arrangement
Alphabetic by inmate name.
Scope and Content Note
These indexes provide no indication of, or insufficient information to determine, which records they index.
One volume mentions a "parole book" but does not index any extant parole records, and none of the volumes indexes any other existing institution records. Each index provides: inmate name; page number or numbers in black ink or pencil; and sometimes a page number in red ink.
Custodial History
The Department of Social Welfare placed these records on loan to the Syracuse University Library from 1960-1977.
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
Corporate Name(s)
- New York (State). Division for Youth
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
- Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Prisoners--Classification
- Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation
- Juvenile delinquency
- Reformatories
- Juvenile delinquents
- Juvenile detention homes
- Juvenile corrections