Women's Prison Association of New York records 1845-1983

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Women's Prison Association of New York records 1845-1983

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3378

The Women's Prison Association, founded in 1854, promotes improvement in the treatment of women prisoners in New York and offers rehabilitation assistance to ex-offenders. The Association also has proposed various reforms in the criminal justice system for women and has operated the Isaac T. Hopper Home since the mid-19th century, making it the oldest women's "halfway house" in the U.S. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, legislative bills, project files, client case files, financial records, photographs, and printed matter documenting the activities of the Women's Prison Association (WPA). Within the administrative records there are Executive Committee and Board of Directors minutes, 1888-1979 (with gaps); directors and staff correspondence and reports, 1845-1983 (with gaps); fundraising records, 1933-1973; scattered records of the Treasurer, 1869-1977; and auditors' reports, 1929-1977. Also, administrative files for all the major projects of the 1970s and a fairly complete set of annual reports, 1859-1981. Client case records (comprising about three-quarters of the collection) contain case books, rolls, registration cards, and samples of daily reports on residents of the Hopper Home. Case files for individual clients form the largest element of the client records and contain information about closed cases from the 1920s to the 1970s.

116 linear feet (148 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313251

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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The Women's Prison Association, founded in 1854, promotes improvement in the treatment of women prisoners in New York and offers rehabilitation assistance to ex-offenders. The Association also has proposed various reforms in the criminal justice system for women and has operated the Isaac T. Hopper Home since the mid-19th century, making it the oldest women's "halfway house" in the U.S. From the description of Women's Prison Association of New York records, 1845-1983. (New York Publi...

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