"Clothing books," ledgers, and cards, 1883-1941 (bulk 1926-1941).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

"Clothing books," ledgers, and cards, 1883-1941 (bulk 1926-1941).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122468919

The series consists of ledgers, cards, and "clothing books" that account for purchase, cost, and/or distribution of clothing and shoes among students/patients. Arrangement of the records is confused, and date entries often lack the year designation. The sequence of cards is especially unreliable; original order (most often alphabetical by surname within institutional colony) has been disrupted. Some books have index tabs that are badly worn or illegible. When accounts for boys and girls were kept separately, some appear to pertain to clothing items issued or discarded rather than purchased or charged to an account. It is often not possible to distinguish what colonies or class is being reported.

3.25 cu. ft. (27 volumes and 8 bundles of ca. 1,500 cards)

New York State Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6725499

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bd4qgj (corporateBody)

For the first fifty years of the State's history, local governments and private agencies were responsible for the care of New York State's mentally ill. In 1836 (Chapter 82), the legislature authorized the construction of the State's first mental health institution, the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which opened in 1843. By 1890, the State had opened nine additional asylums for the mentally ill. Local governments were responsible for expenses of inmates at these asylums and continu...

Syracuse State School.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn03pv (corporateBody)

Before the facility renovation in 1969-1970, Syracuse State School officials contracted with the firm of Bill Rothschild (Monsey, N.Y.) to comprehensively document the historic buildings by photography. The survey included comprehensive exterior and interior views of the main building, grounds, out-buildings, and other school facilities. A new cornerstone was laid in 1971 for what became the Syracuse Developmental Center. From the description of Photographic survey records, 1969-1970...

New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v9c9r (corporateBody)

Prior to 1978, the Dept. of Mental Hygiene was responsible for various services to the mentally disabled and mentally ill and for treatment oversight. It received patient admission lists from various public and private treatment facilities throughout New York State. Despite the 1978 split of the department into the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD), facilities under the jurisdiction of OMRDD continue...

New York State Asylum for Idiots

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z8mt1 (corporateBody)

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv5fsv (corporateBody)

An 1851 law provided for the state to undertake the care and teaching of "idiots" (the then accepted term for people with retardation). That year, Dr. Hervey B. Wilbur opened an experimental school, with 20 pupils, at a private residence in Albany, New York. Two years later the legislature appropriated funds to buy land and erect a new institution. A group of Syracuse's most prominent citizens wanted the school located in their city, and offered the trustees 18 acres of free land. The offer was ...

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t20ncr (corporateBody)