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Displaying 15 Finding Aids
Title
- Clinton Prison cash book
Series Number
- B1248
Summary
- This series consists of a journal recording Clinton Prison's cash receipts, disbursements, and balances and as such provides an on-going record of the prison's income, expenditures, and cash on-hand. Categories include cash receipts, balances, and disbursements. Entries list name of account, fund or payee.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Journal of receipts and disbursements
Series Number
- B0104
Summary
- This series consists of a daily account of receipts and expenditures at Clinton prison. Receipts include state appropriations and returns due to overcharges. Expenditure entries include voucher number; payee; itemized account of goods or services furnished; and total payment. Moneys were disbursed for monthly payroll, expenses of the prison, materials for the mining and manufacture of iron, transportation of convicts, and other expenditures.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Travel expense account of prison employees
Series Number
- B0113
Summary
- This series consists of a "Journal" kept by a prison employee at the Clinton State Prison. The account is for expenses of an employee who traveled frequently, escorting convicts, escapees, or parolees to prison, and investigating offers of employment for parolees, etc. Entries include expenditures for railroad and carfare, meals, hotels, and other travel expenses. Accounts are totaled monthly. There is no indication of the position or name of the employee.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Journal of expenditures for shirt industry
Series Number
- B0112
Summary
- This series consists of a daily record of purchases of cloth and other items relating to tailoring, apparently for a shirt industry at Clinton State Prison. Entries include the quantity, description, and price of the article purchased, with subtotals for each purchase. Also included are expenses for travel and other purposes.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Keeper's time book for convict labor
Series Number
- B0106
Summary
- This series consists of a time book for prisoner labor in Company No. 6 in the iron ore separator at Clinton State Prison. Listed are the names and numbers of prisoners; their absence or presence each day; and the total number of days worked by each man and by all men for each month. At the end of each month's figures is usually a statement by the keeper that the figures are correct.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledgers of appropriations and disbursements
Series Number
- B0103
Summary
- This series consists of ledger accounts for appropriations received from the state. Cash Accounts have entries for state appropriations and prison sales on the debit side and entries to the credit of the prison, with monthly totals and running balances. Also included are separate accounts for Legislative appropriations such as prison enlargement, a new shoe shop, heating apparatus, exploration for iron on state lands, and books for the prison library. The accounts contain detailed entries for labor and supplies and give name of contractor, date of payment, and amount paid.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Prison financial operating reports
Series Number
- A0620
Summary
- This series consists of monthly statements of receipts and expenditures maintained by the prison wardens of Auburn, Clinton, Great Meadow and Sing Sing prisons. Statements include receipts from the sale of goods manufactured at the prisons and records of the amount spent on items such as equipment, wages; and administrative expenses.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of ores mined by prison labor
Series Number
- B0108
Summary
- This series documents ores mined by prison labor under contract to the firms of Burton Davison and Co. and Thorne and Watson. Entries include the date and pounds of ore with sub-totals for each page, and recapitulations for each month.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Manufacturing department inmate employees time book
Series Number
- B0114
Summary
- This series consists of a book of inmate employees in the Manufacturing Department of the Clinton State Prison kept by or for the Principal Keeper. Each page lists employees in the department with job titles, and indicates their presence or absence each day of the month, the total days worked, rate of pay, and amount paid. Each page covers one month.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Clinton Prison general ledger
Series Number
- B1246
Summary
- This series consists of Clinton Prison's general ledger, which functioned as the principal record of final entry for all Clinton's financial transactions. The ledger records Clinton's production and sale of textiles, woodenware, tin ware, and other items. Most customer accounts consist of prisons, reformatories, almshouses, hospitals, asylums, schools, police, sheriff departments, and other state and local government agencies and institutions. Entries include transaction date; value of sales by type of merchandise and total value of the transaction.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Profit and loss journal
Series Number
- B1252
Summary
- This series consists of a journal containing information on miscellaneous Clinton Prison financial accounts. Most of the information apparently relates to profit and loss in the prison's production of iron and nails. Information includes the individual's name, the amount of the account, and a shorthand description of the account. Also included is a summary of expenses and sales in iron and nail production.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Financial records on construction and maintenance of Sing Sing ("Mount Pleasant") Prison
Series Number
- A1152
Summary
- The series consists of abstracts and vouchers submitted to the Comptroller's Office from the commissioners appointed to build a prison in the Town of Mount Pleasant and similar documents for operation of the prison after it was built. Also included are payrolls of prison employees and inventories of prison property.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts, vouchers, and reports on building and maintenance of Auburn Prison
Series Number
- A1150
Summary
- This series consists of accounts, vouchers and reports of Commissioners for construction of Auburn Prison. Also included are abstracts and vouchers of the agents and the principal keepers of the prison for maintenance of printers and other expenses.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Voucher register
Series Number
- B1247
Summary
- The Clinton Prison voucher register provides a chronological list of all vouchers paid by the prison agent in response to invoices received from contractors. Information includes the sequential number of the voucher; the name of the issuing agent; the names of the contractors being paid; and a description of the goods and services supplied. Also included is a running total of voucher amounts paid.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Auburn Prison accounts and vouchers of agent and warden
Series Number
- A1151
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers and accounts submitted by the Auburn Prison agent to the Comptroller's Office. Each voucher lists date services or materials were provided, amount owed, name of payee, a receipt and the payee's affidavit that the amount is correct. Attached to the vouchers are original bills or invoices. Abstracts for each month list and total the enclosed vouchers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.