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Displaying 108 Finding Aids
Title
- Minutes of Reception and Parole Committee
Series Number
- A2060
Summary
- These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole of new inmates, inmates eligible for parole, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole. The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action to earn parole; investigation to be made; father applied in prison; denied; and parole approved.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- New York House of Refuge chaplain's reports to the indenturing committee
Series Number
- A2071
Summary
- The Reformatory's Protestant chaplains functioned as "home visitation agents" or parole agents. They evaluated an inmate's former home, the master's home of an indentured inmate, or the home of a paroled inmate. The brief narrative reports may include master's name, residence, occupation and treatment of inmate; inmate's school habits and church attendance; residence, occupation, and economic status of inmate's family; conditions of inmate's house; whether inmate's family will take back inmate; and recommendations on returning inmate to family on parole.
Creator
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- School admission and discharge registers
Series Number
- A2065
Summary
- The registers of admissions and discharges, track the arrival, departure, and academic level of students in the intuition's schools.. Each entry in the admission register includes date, class (1st - 6th grade), boys name, house number, age, ability in reading, writing, and arithmetic, where he attended school, and 'remarks' (usually how long attended or out of school). Discharge registers entries includes date, name, house number, level of competency in arithmetic and class (1st - 6th grade).
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge receipt book for employees' wages
Series Number
- A2079
Summary
- This volume, documents the payment of wages to institution employees. Information for each payment includes date, name of superintendent (payor), amount paid, length of service paid for (usually one month), occupation, and employee signature.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Receipt book for construction of new House of Refuge on Randall's Island
Series Number
- A2082
Summary
- These receipts document expenses for the construction of buildings and related facilities on Randall's Island. Information on receipts include date; amount paid; service for which paid; and signature of payee. Expenditures were for: plans and related architectural work for buildings; surveys and maps; printing of specifications; grading and excavating; building of docks; building sea wall; brick and stone; water pipes; iron work; carpentry; and inspection work.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge daily journal of the city office
Series Number
- A2055
Summary
- Maintained by the clerk in the Manhattan office of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, the daily entries include description of the weather; names of persons requesting passes with name of person visited; names of persons requesting information about inmates; and delivery of correspondence and reports listing names of the sender and receiver but not contents.
Creator
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge parole registers
Series Number
- A2069
Summary
- These volumes contain summary information about discharge and parole/indenture ship history of inmates including: name and case number; discharge date; school division, class; religion; race; reason for or manner of discharge, occupation during previous indentures; and length of time served at the House of Refuge. Some years include date of original commitment; and dates of previous paroles.
Creator
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Children and Family Services Executive Deputy Commissioner's files
Series Number
- 19652
Summary
- This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence of Office of Children and Family Services Executive Directors and Executive Deputy Commissioners; copies of original, incoming correspondence are often attached. The correspondence covers a wide range of subjects relating to the administration and management of various Division programs, policies, and procedures, personnel matters, facilities, and facility inmates (including inmate complaints and requests to redress grievances).
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services. Executive Office
- New York (State). Division for Youth. Executive Director's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.