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Displaying 3 Finding Aids
Title
- Indenture agreements
Series Number
- A1902
Summary
- This series consists of contractual agreements between reformatory managers, inmates, and employers (or "masters") to bind out inmates for vocational training until the age of twenty-one. In return for the inmate's labor, the master agreed to provide the inmate with clothing, room and board, medical care, and educational and vocational training. Each form includes inmate's name and age; master's name; residence; and type of vocational training, e.g. farming, shoemaking, chair making, house painting, carpentry, and brush making. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
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
- Hempstead (N.Y.) records
Series Number
- A4615
Summary
- Microfilmed records from the Town of Hempstead include record and minute books of the town clerk (1644-1901 with gaps), including proceedings of town meetings, and notices of stray cattle, election returns, emancipated slaves, etc.; highway maps (1830-1958); survey maps (1797-1958); and maps of waterways (1891-1963).
Creator
- Hempstead (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge indenture agreements
Series Number
- A2066
Summary
- These volumes contain contractual agreements between the reformatory managers, inmates, and employers for indentured labor or apprenticeships. Contracts specified the employer must teach a trade, literacy and arithmetic; provide food, clothing, shelter, and, end of the apprenticeship terms. Inmates could not be hired out and the agreement could be not canceled without reformatory's consent. Contracts include agreement date; master's name, address, and occupation; inmate's name, age, case number; the type of trade to be taught; and apprenticeship duration.
Creator
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.