Prisoner registers, 1937-1957.

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Prisoner registers, 1937-1957.

Series 1 of record group RG 87-138 consists of prisoner registers of the Marquette Branch Prison, Marquette, Michigan for the years 1937-1957. Provide a statistical history of the lives of the prisoners. Includes: name, id. number, county where born, birth date, date of transfer to Marquette, aliases, length of sentence, crime committed, and the judge who pronounced sentence. Also includes information on physical descriptions of prisoners, list of relatives, any ownership of real estate, and personal information, such as addictions to drugs or alcohol, venereal diseases, etc.

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State Archive of Michigan

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State House of Corrections and Branch of State Prison in Upper Peninsula

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The State House of Correction and Branch of State Prison in Upper Peninsula (also known as the Marquette Branch Prison) was established by law in 1885 in Marquette, Michigan, and was completed in 1889. The prison is under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Corrections, which was established in 1937. From the description of Administrative records, 1925-1973. (State Archive of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 50562229 From the description of Inmate record books, 1889...