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Displaying 85 Finding Aids
Title
- County admission registers
Series Number
- B1665
Summary
- This series consists of registers, organized by county, listing those admitted to the Syracuse Developmental Center (from the time it was called the New York State Asylum for Idiots, through all successive institutional name changes). The first volume lists name; town; class; age; sex; color; nativity; date admitted; how supported; how clothed; by whom committed; date discharged; date died; and remarks. Volumes 2 and 3 list name; number; age; date admitted; by whom committed; town; nativity; religion; date discharged; to whom discharged; and remarks.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Rome State School appointment and resignation correspondence
Series Number
- B2378
Summary
- This series contains correspondence regarding appointments and resignations to the Board of Visitors; copies of letters to the newly appointed or reappointed board members from the commissioner of the Department of Mental Hygiene or the Director of the Rome State School; letters from the governor's secretary to the director confirming new appointees; and resignation letters. Few newspaper clippings regarding appointments are also included. The series also contains correspondence regarding the appointment of attending and consulting medical staff.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children storeroom issuing books
Series Number
- B1671
Summary
- The series consists of registers that list items "Issued from [the] Storeroom" of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children during 1897-1910. Items were issued to various departments, such as the "Boys' Building," Fairmount, the bakery, hospital, and the "Superintendent's House." Headings include date; requisition number; issued "For" (department); folio (number); goods; brand (sometimes); cost of items; and total.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Storehouse receiving books
Series Number
- B1670
Summary
- This series consists of receiving registers that list items received at the "Storehouse" of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children during 1907-1916. A variety of foodstuffs and dry goods, including utensils, equipment, and materials are listed as "goods." Headings for entries in both volumes are identical: date; from (name of company from which goods were received); folio (number); goods; cost of items; and total.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office public relations files
Series Number
- B2379
Summary
- This series includes reports, research materials, and newspaper clippings related to histories, articles, and other materials written over the years by staff of the Rome State School and Rome Developmental Center.
Creator
- New York (State). Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Syracuse State School record of paroles/releases
Series Number
- B1664
Summary
- This series records those released "on parole" from the Syracuse State School, formerly the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (until 1919). Most volumes simply list name, date of parole, and date of return or discharge. Occasionally there are references, with dates, to escapes (elopement) or the reason for parole. There are rare mentions of transfer or death.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Abstracts and analyses of bills
Series Number
- B1682
Summary
- This series consists of monthly abstracts or analyses of bills paid by the New York State Asylum for Idiots (later the New York State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children). Entries are by type of product or commodity and cover salaries, provisions, utilities, maintenance and repairs, inmate needs (clothing, transportation, funeral expenses), medical supplies, shop and farm supplies, and household needs.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center closing ceremony exhibits
Series Number
- B1696
Summary
- These exhibits, created as part of its closing ceremonies, consist of mounted photographs forming a retrospective on the Syracuse Developmental Center (SDC). The images depict facilities and programs; farm colonies; original buildings; demolition of the Syracuse State School and construction of the new school; vocational programs; services; training; and students, staff, and advocates.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Images depicting students are restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Daily census and activity registers
Series Number
- B1641
Summary
- The series consists of daily registers that record the population and activities of patients at the Syracuse State School and its predecessors. Starting in 1883, the asylum purchased and remodeled farm buildings at which older students were placed to learn farming and to produce crops. By 1931 the Syracuse State School had fifteen such "colonies" (eight junior boys' colonies, three senior boys' colonies, and four girls' colonies) and the work activities noted in these registers reflect that system.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Vouchers and purchase estimates
Series Number
- B1655
Summary
- The series consists of a small amount of contingent account vouchers (1854-1859) from the State Asylum for Idiots, and special fund estimates (1920-1923) from the Syracuse State School. These are probably only a small part of a larger (unknown) group of institutional finance or purchase records. The estimates are for office stationery items, rubber footwear, coal, and other commodities approved for purchase by the State Department of Purchase.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center closure files
Series Number
- B2374
Summary
- This series contains meeting minutes, memoranda, closure lists, planning documents, notes, and reports relating to the closure of the Syracuse Developmental Center. Also included are some Rome Developmental Center closure documents, which were used as a model on which to base the Syracuse closure.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Logbooks of residents and visitors
Series Number
- B1669
Summary
- The series consists of a group of logbooks that record visits to/from various institutional sites by residents, employees, state officials, and private citizens over a span of many years. The exact place for which visitation is monitored is not always specified.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Quarterly civil service position reports
Series Number
- B1668
Summary
- This series consists of forms in a "Civil Service Report for the Quarter" covering quarterly time periods ending June 3, 1890 through September 30, 1912. The volume profiles the workforce of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, the Syracuse State School for Feeble-Minded Children, and later the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. Information is found under four categories: appointments, removals, deaths, and promotions.
Creator
- Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Colony journal/telephone log
Series Number
- B2375
Summary
- These books record the use of the colony telephone by patients at one of the colonies at the Rome Developmental Center. The entries are recorded in diary or journal fashion by the ward attendee or other staff. Information includes names of patients and attendees, date and time phone calls were made, and duration of phone calls. The series also contains notes pertaining to the content of phone calls and patients' activities and behavior.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Syracuse State School meeting minutes and reports of board of visitors and director
Series Number
- B1654
Summary
- The series consists of monthly reports of the board of visitors and the director of the Syracuse State School, as well as minutes of general and girls' staff meetings held at the school. Laws establishing the school and appointing its board of visitors and superintendent (later director) required such reporting. Transmittal letters are typically included. Reports of the school's director, which include general statistics on patients and frame the narrative of the visitors' reports, are very often attached.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying individual students are restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives dietary record books
Series Number
- B1640
Summary
- The series consists of dietary records of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which was renamed in 1919 as the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. The registers list separate breakfast, dinner, and supper menus for family, employees, and pupils according to date and building.
Creator
- Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Exhibit material
Series Number
- B1697
Summary
- The exhibit material, possibly from of the New York exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 includes illustrations of instructional techniques, student products, and educational programs. Also shown are student activities relating to music, physical education, and sewing from the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (originally the New York State Asylum for Idiots). Other exhibit material includes reproductions of student progress reports and sample classwork like knitting, crochet, letters, and other writing exercises.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility, pending treatment.Use with assistance of archivist.
Title
- Institutional accounts
Series Number
- B1683
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of money received and expended by the New York State Asylum for Idiots and the Syracuse Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. Accounts show bills paid; institutional receipts and disbursements and statements for goods purchased. Included are superintendent's accounts; receipts and disbursements; institutional expenses; and goods purchased from vendors.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rome Developmental Center colony food inventory
Series Number
- B2386
Summary
- This series includes inventories of standard food items and household products kept on hand and ordered on a regular basis by an unidentified colony at the Rome State School and later the Rome Developmental Center. Items and amounts are listed weekly or monthly.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Colony supervisors' and matrons' files
Series Number
- B2387
Summary
- Colonies were created in 1883 as homes outside the main institution for younger patients who were judged to be potentially competent to be trained and transitioned to occupational and personal independence. This series documents duties and activities of female Colony Matrons, Colony Assistant Supervisors, and Colony Supervisors. Types of records include colony policies and procedure manuals for supervision and training of girl patients; individual colony descriptions and histories; colony personnel job descriptions; matron attendance sheets; notices; and subject files.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.