Youth residential facilities client summary cards, 1940-1978.

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Youth residential facilities client summary cards, 1940-1978.

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This series consists of 3" x 5" index cards containing summary data on approximately 50,000 former inmates of youth residential facilities. Most cards include the following data on former inmates: name; date admitted or received; offense; case number; district; date committed and judge's name; county where committed; date of birth; birthplace; race or ethnicity; religion; court/trial dates; orphan or half-orphan status if applicable; whether parents living or deceased; parents' religion; parents' and stepparents' birthplaces and addresses; information on foster parents; date and person to whom paroled; and final disposition or discharge date. Scattered cards contain handwritten notes highlighting certain activities or actions.

18 cu. ft.

New York State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6725512

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New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services

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In 1944, Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed an interdepartmental committee to study the problem of juvenile delinquency. Upon the recommendation of this committee, the New York State Youth Commission, a temporary state commission comprised of a chairperson appointed by the governor and the commissioners of the departments of Correction, Education, Health, Mental Hygiene, and Social Welfare, the industrial commissioner, and the chairperson of the Board of Parole, was established in 1...

New York (State) Dept. of Social Services.

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New York (State). Division for Youth

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Ersa H. Poston was appointed Regional Director of the New York State Youth Commission in 1957 and continued in that capacity when the State Division for Youth superseded the Youth Commission in 1960. Poston directed the agency's operations in New York City, Long Island, and the counties of Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Greene, and Columbia. In 1963, Poston was appointed to the position of Youth and Work Coordinator, with responsibility for overseein...

New York (State) Dept. of Social Welfare.

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