Papers, 1945-1949 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1945-1949 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of a program for a production of King Lear, performed at the Framingham Reformatory for Women as well as four photographs presumably of the same production, 1945; also a printed pamphlet entitled The Van Waters Case published by the Friends of the Framingham Reformatory and inscribed to Rowse by Van Waters, 1949.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Friends of Framingham Reformatory.

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The Friends of Framingham, Inc. (FOF) was formed in 1948 in support of Miriam Van Waters and the progressive methods she had implemented as Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham, with emphasis on rehabilitation of women prisoners rather than on punishment. Van Waters had served with distinction and to the satisfaction of six Commissioners of Corrections from 1932 to 1948. Eliot McDowell became Commissioner in February 1948; Van Waters...

Massachusetts. Reformatory for Women (1911-1952)

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The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181 and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham. From the description of Photographs of recreational events, 1911-1950 (bulk 1917-1924)....

Van Waters, Miriam, 1887-1974

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Miriam Van Waters, penologist, was born October 4, 1887, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, the eldest living child (an older daughter died before Miriam was born) of George Browne (1865-1934) and Maude Vosburg (1866-1948) Van Waters. She had two sisters and two brothers: Ruth Van Waters Burton (1893-1967); Rebecca Van Waters Bartholomew (1898-1974?); George, Jr. (1899-19??); and Ralph (1906-). She graduated in 1904 from St. Helen's Hall in Portland, Oregon, and then attended the Univers...

Rowse, Ethel Hobart.

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Ethel Hobart Rowse was a friend of penologist and reformer Miriam Van Waters, who served as superintendent of the Reformatory for Women in Framingham, Mass. (1932-1957). From the description of Papers, 1945-1949 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 407128710 ...