Financial records [microform], 1852-1895.

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Financial records [microform], 1852-1895.

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Financial records of the State Prison at Waupun including accounts of staff salaries, barn and garden expenses, buildings and equipment, convict earnings and convict labor, and general institutional operations.

10 reels of microfilm (35 mm.)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6813864

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin State Prison

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The Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun was opened in July 1851. It was under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Supervisors (WIHV87-A1267) in 1881, then the State Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) in 1891. Until the opening of the Women's Prison at Taycheedah (see WIHV88-A50) in 1933, it served as a maximum security facility for both men and women and since then for men only. In 1939, the prison became part of the newly created Department of Public Welfare's (WIHV85-A488) Division of Corrections...