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

ArchivalResource

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

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).

116 linear feet (148 boxes)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6806698

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Emerson, Sara M.

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Gibbons, Abigail M.

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Daniel, A.S.

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Isaac T. Hopper Home

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Atkinson, Miriam.

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Woodbridge, Alice.

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Hunt, E. Mebane.

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Executive secretary of the Women's Prison Association of New York. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 238012453 ...

Clark, Mary Virginia

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Women's Prison Association of New York

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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...

Powell, Rachel H.

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Steinmetz, Margaret B.

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