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Displaying 13 Finding Aids
Title
- Secretary letterpress copybook
Series Number
- B2638
Summary
- This series contains letters sent by James F. Maury, Secretary of the Burnham Industrial Farm Board of Directors. Correspondence includes acceptance and rejection notifications for applicants to the school, acknowledgments of contributions and payment, notices of future meetings, notices of resolutions passed, requests for payment, and letters relating to other administrative matters.
Creator
- Berkshire Industrial Farm
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
Title
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth photographs and audiovisual records
Series Number
- B2605
Summary
- This series consists of photographs, lithographic letter press prints, slides, and negatives depicting student activities and celebrations held at Berkshire Farm Center, including Anniversary Day and Recognition Day. Also included are assorted video recordings and reel to reel audio tapes of "Listen to Their Voices," a nationally syndicated radio broadcast featuring interviews with boys living at the center.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
Title
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth admission and discharge registers
Series Number
- B2608
Summary
- This series contains admission and discharge information for boys enrolled at Berkshire Farm. Each entry includes first and last name, date admitted, home address, date of birth, farm number, reason for admission, and date of discharge. Also provided are the physical and mental conditions of the child, title and name of committing officer, amount received per capita, and name of person to whom discharged.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
- Index to Intake Log 1886-1913 is in fragile condition and restricted from use. See the master file for a copy of the index.
Title
- Berkshire Industrial Farm staff member's daily log
Series Number
- B2589
Summary
- This daily log kept by a staff member of the Berkshire Industrial Farm includes updates on fellow staff members and describes daily life at the institution over the course of four years.
Creator
- Berkshire Industrial Farm
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
Title
- Executive Director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2576
Summary
- Topics of correspondence in this series include Anniversary Day, Chapter Number One donations, events, building and ground maintenance, surveys and reports from the Department of Social Welfare, pension and retirement plans from insurance companies, and the creation and management of the Berkshire Union Free School District.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
Title
- Burnham Industrial Farm biographical register
Series Number
- B2640
Summary
- This series consists of detailed biographical information regarding boys enrolled at Burnham Industrial Farm. Registers in the series also contain information regarding the boys' physical attributes, educational background, temperament, and personal habits.
Creator
- Burnham Industrial Farm
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), N.Y. State Public Health Law section 18, and Freedom of Information Law section 89.2(b)(ii) relating to personal health information.
Title
- Minutes of meetings of a special committee of the Board of Visitors
Series Number
- A3057
Summary
- This series consists of meeting minutes in the form of hearing transcripts from a committee investigating the problem of runaways at the Agricultural and Industrial School. Testimony included personality traits of good supervisors; methods of discipline and preventing runaways; punishing runaways; frequency of home visits; past and present conditions at the school; reasons for inmates running away; criteria for assigning inmates to colonies; and possibility of regular meetings of cottage supervisors to exchange ideas on treatment and discipline of inmates.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Board of Directors correspondence
Series Number
- B2573
Summary
- Correspondents in this series include representatives of state agencies, banks, and charitable organizations; parents and other family members; and other individuals. Correspondence relates to meetings, administrative procedures, payment notices, bank loans, enrollment, and acknowledgement of donations.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Access Restrictions
- Access administered according to the Freedom on Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.
Title
- Director's office daybooks
Series Number
- 19441
Summary
- This series consists of daybooks with copies of the facility director's outgoing correspondence for the Adirondack Wilderness Challenge/Adirondack Residential Center, Brookwood Secure Center, Youth Leadership Academy, Taberg Residential Center, and Industry Resident Center.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services. Director's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Biographical register of incarcerated individuals at the State Industrial School ordered to serve definite sentences
Series Number
- B2563
Summary
- This series consists of thirty-seven, two-page biographical entries relating to incarcerated individuals at the New York State Industrial School who were ordered to serve temporary, definite sentences at the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Entries include past criminal history; date of order confining them in the State Reformatory; age, nativity, and nationality; names of closest relatives; family history; personal history; physician's report at time of confinement and at time of departure; vocational assignment while confined; and criminal history following departure.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- 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.
Title
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth board of directors membership files
Series Number
- B2575
Summary
- This series contains letters from the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth executive secretary to potential members of the Board of Directors; news and updates relating to Berkshire Farms (details of fundraising successes, updates on staff and facility, and news on particular students); and references to contributions made by members of the Board of Directors.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
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
- State Library assorted archival records
Series Number
- A0076
Summary
- These are small amounts of unrelated archival material from several sources. They were gathered and retained by the New York State Library but remained unprocessed prior to transfer to the State Archives as state government records. Included are records of the centennial observance of the New York State School at Industry, the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Winter Tourists, and the Senate Committee on Public Affairs of the City of New York.
Creator
- New York State Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Board of Directors minutes
Series Number
- B2572
Summary
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Board of Directors minutes typically include board members' names and titles, budget reports, committee reports, and cases against the agency.
Creator
- Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.