New York State Vocational Institution inmate case files, [ca. 1930-1965] (bulk 1935-1960).

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New York State Vocational Institution inmate case files, [ca. 1930-1965] (bulk 1935-1960).

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This accession consists of approximately 7,500 case files relating to inmates confined at the New York State Vocational Institution from 1935 to 1960. (There are only a few case files from 1960.) The case files relate to inmates with inmate numbers between #1 and #10362. The earliest of these case files include records from the New York House of Refuge which transferred its inmates to the Vocational Institution when it closed in 1935. Reflecting the institution's function as a reformatory, the case files include a large number of records relating to inmate academic and vocational training.

392 cu. ft.

New York State Archives

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