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Displaying 28 Finding Aids
Title
- Register of addresses of discharged female inmates
Series Number
- A3148
Summary
- This series consists of addresses of discharged females likely kept by the institution's Protestant Chaplain. Entries may provide former inmate's name and number; living arrangement; marital status; institutionalized elsewhere and address. Some entries list two or more addresses and sometimes provide the date on which the address changed. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Lists of inmates returned to the institution
Series Number
- A1962
Summary
- This series contains lists of inmates returned to the institution after violating parole, escaping, or committing a new offense. Information may include date returned or paroled; inmate name and number; date admitted and/or time spent in the institution; cause of return; religious affiliation; and a second parole date. Also included are lists of "Boys of Catholic Division Returned," and "Girls to be paroled after August 1, 1904," with information on name, age, parole date, and to where and whom paroled.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Indexes to Chaplains' registers of inmate case histories and parole agents' registers of occupation and conduct of paroled inmates
Series Number
- A3153
Summary
- The Protestant Chaplain created these indexes to access his volumes of Chaplains' Registers and Parole Agents' Registers which record inmate case histories and conduct of paroled inmates. Information includes names of male and female inmates; volume and page in Parole Agents' and Chaplains' registers and inmate number. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Protestant parole officer's directory of contacts in various cities and rough notes on visits to paroled inmates
Series Number
- A3147
Summary
- Chaplains served as parole officers for inmates. This volumes which varies in content, consists of a directory of Protestant clergy, judges, police officers, and others in various cities (provides city, name, address, position); and notes on visits to parolees including monthly count of parolees visited at homes (number of parolees visited, employed, violating parole) and lists of boys and girls parolees (name, where visited, parole date, inmate number). Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Inmate questionnaires concerning institution facilities
Series Number
- A1963
Summary
- This series consists of two questionnaires filled out by each inmate. In one questionnaire, the superintendent requests inmates to discuss what they like about the institution; in the other, what they do not like. Both questionnaires provide inmate's name, division, grade, and shop. Opinions are given on institution shops; schools; military, yards; sleeping halls; dining rooms and food; bath room; guard house; and chapel service. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Chaplains' registers of inmate case histories
Series Number
- A3146
Summary
- Chaplains were required to keep records of inmates' background, behavior, and progress at the institution and to supervise their parole. Gathered by Protestant and Catholic Chaplains, the registers may include inmate's name and number; date received; division assigned; occupation(s), religion(s), economic status, habits; family structure and background; educational background; employment history; legal and institutional history; offense; parole date(s); occupation and conduct while on parole; date of escapes and return to the institution. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- Lists of paroled inmates compiled by chaplains
Series Number
- A3150
Summary
- This series consists of lists of paroled inmates compiled by Protestant and Catholic chaplains. Information includes name; year paroled; home conditions; current and previous occupation; offense for which committed; terms; grade in school; to whom paroled and if doing well on parole. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).
Title
- New York State Industrial School supplementary case files for paroled female inmates
Series Number
- A1961
Summary
- Files in this series contain contractual custody agreements, signed by guardians of paroled inmates; parole reports, containing information regarding paroled inmates' employment, education, habits, and associates; correspondence between parole agents and social services agencies, guardians, and inmates' families; and questionnaires used to evaluate the suitability of families to serve as guardians of paroled inmates.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
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).