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Displaying 113 Finding Aids
Title
- Reports of inmate conduct and punishments for offenses
Series Number
- A3136
Summary
- This series provides information on inmate conduct, and punishments for misconduct. Inmate conduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; offense or an indication of good or improved behavior, and by whom reported. Punishments for misconduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; and punishments for reported offenses. Institution bylaws required a misconduct report be filed in a "Complaint Book" before any inmate could be punished for an offense. 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
- Registers of escapes from farm colonies
Series Number
- A3054
Summary
- This series contains information on escaped inmates including name of colony from which escaped; date of escape; name of inmate; inmate's city of residence (occasionally); and if returned or sent to another institution. Similar information is provided for inmates who escaped from hospitals or during trips to or from hospitals. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and 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
- Inspector's reports on conditions at the State Industrial School
Series Number
- A3056
Summary
- This series contains inspections reports of the State Industrial School by a State Board of Charities inspector. Information includes date of inspection, names of institution management and name of inspector. Reports may contain general or detailed discussion of buildings and grounds conditions, sanitary conditions, general health of inmates; disciplinary measures; number in solitary confinement; number sent to Elmira Reformatory; recreation; education; religious services; budgetary constraints and supply shortages; and number of inmates by gender, officers, and employees at the institution.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Orders transferring inmates to the Annex of State Training Schools for Boys
Series Number
- B0648
Summary
- This series consists of unsigned copies of orders of the commissioner of social welfare transferring inmates from a state training school for boys to the higher security Annex at New Hampton. Information includes transferee's name; place and date of birth; dates of commitment and admission to a training school; training school to which committed; name of committing judge; statement of reasons necessitating transfer to the Annex; and date of transfer. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Audited accounts for new construction
Series Number
- A3254
Summary
- This series consists of information used to track expenditures for construction of new buildings for the House of Refuge on Randalls Island including a school, dining rooms, and a "female house." For each building, information includes payment date; to whom or for what payment was made; payment amount; and certification by member of Finance Committee that account is correct. Much of the writing in this volume has been obliterated by water damage.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Matron's daily journals for the female department
Series Number
- A1905
Summary
- This series contains narrative journals recording daily institutional and inmate activity. Topics include staff and inmate illnesses or medical problems; special events such as holidays and entertainment; inmate behavior; contact with discharged inmates; and facility conditions. A weekly summary is usually entered on Saturday. Also included are printed holiday and entertainment programs, with readings and songs.
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
- Superintendent's orders to staff
Series Number
- A1904
Summary
- This series consists of memoranda directing staff to carry out specific assignments or to follow general regulations with regard to treatment and discipline of inmates; daily routines and procedures; repairs to buildings and facilities; arrangements for special events; scheduling and conduct of religious services; and other aspects of the institution's administration. Some orders concern grants, denials, and revocations of parole or investigations of paroled inmate's the living conditions of. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part 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
- Registers of points and prizes awarded at Annual Exhibitions
Series Number
- A3126
Summary
- Fairs were held in part to provide incentive for improved agricultural production. This series consists of registers of points and prizes awarded at annual exhibitions. Information includes year of exhibition; names of colonies; competition categories; number of points awarded to each colony in each category; total points for each colony; and individuals and colonies awarded specified prizes. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and 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 House of Refuge ladies' committee minutes
Series Number
- A2057
Summary
- This series consists of minutes of committee meetings and reports of committee visits to the Girl's Division. Committee reports usually discuss the following: conditions of facilities, clothing, and food; discipline and relations between matron and inmates; education and recitation of Biblical verses; and health of inmates and staff.
Creator
- South Mall (Albany, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcript of testimony taken by a special committee of the Board of Social Welfare investigating conditions at the school
Series Number
- A3058
Summary
- This series consists of hearing transcripts of a committee investigating conditions at the Agricultural and Industrial School. Testimony of management and staff concerned background and experience; methods of discipline and punishment and their effectiveness; responsibilities and extent of cooperation among staff; contact with and responsibilities toward inmates; work, education, and recreation programs; bureaucratic obstacles, method for assigning inmates to cottages or skill training programs; and criteria for granting inmates visits home or parole.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proceedings relating to the dissolution of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York
Series Number
- A2081
Summary
- Meeting minutes and related records document the dissolution of the Society following the closing of the House of Refuge and inmate transfer to the New York State Vocational Institution in West Coxsackie. Includes special meeting minutes about the site returning to New York City, unexpended funds disposition; certificates of notification of Society members of each special meeting; meeting notices sent to members; meeting proxies; copy of certificate of dissolution; and some itemized balance sheets.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State House of Refuge girls' division daily journals
Series Number
- A2056
Summary
- The Matron of the Girls' Division kept this journal of daily entries which includes inmate's name, identification number, and notes on her background and crime for inmates admitted, indentured, or discharged. Visits of officials and other dignitaries and absence of staff are also noted.
Creator
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Dispensary record
Series Number
- A2080
Summary
- The dispensary record, tracking the health and medical treatment of inmates, was a source the physician's monthly and annual reports. Included are: inmate number; division; inmate name; admission date; diagnosis/physical condition; treatment; name of doctor (rarely); occasional remarks (such as the inmate is to see the doctor again or to see another doctor); and discharge date or other disposition (e.g. to isolation ward, to hospital).
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Printed items concerning school operations
Series Number
- A3163
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.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge payroll register
Series Number
- A3188
Summary
- This series, apparently an employee payroll register, bears no identification and was recorded in a volume previously used to record hospital admissions. Information includes date; employee name; amount paid and position (sometimes).
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual reports and miscellaneous publications
Series Number
- B1831
Summary
- This series consists predominantly of published annual reports of the Western House of Refuge, which became known as the New York State Industrial School and later as the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School. Reports from 1894 to 1900 are missing. Also included are by-laws; newspaper reprints; pamphlets; an event program from the institution's centennial and published annual reports of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Industrial School financial records of the institution
Series Number
- A3129
Summary
- This series consists of payment records made by the State Industrial School to employees and to businesses or individuals who supplied goods or services. Records include pay roll information including name and position; invoices listing items or services purchased; and abstracts of accounts for the preceding month which contains to whom paid or purpose (e.g. pay roll; company name) and for what paid (e.g. salaries; coal; meat).
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly reports of the Board of Visitors
Series Number
- A3060
Summary
- These reports summarize inspections of the institution conducted in accordance with institution bylaws by the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927).
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Partly 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
- Index to case files of female inmates
Series Number
- A3118
Summary
- This series contains indexes to the State Industrial Schools' female inmate's case files. Information is available only for names beginning A-S. Information includes volume number, name, 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
- Minutes of the Acting Committee (Executive Committee) of the Board of Managers
Series Number
- A1901
Summary
- This series consists of meeting minutes dealing primarily with planning, budgeting, and reviewing expenditures for salaries, supplies, and services. Information includes monthly expenditures and names of staff hired, fired, or resigned. Beginning in the 1870s, the minutes contain reports and recommendations presented to the committee by the superintendent on the admission, discharge, or transfer of specific individuals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part 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).