Transcript of testimony taken by a special committee of the Board of Social Welfare investigating conditions at the school, 1938.

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Transcript of testimony taken by a special committee of the Board of Social Welfare investigating conditions at the school, 1938.

This is a carbon transcript of hearings held March 9 and 10, 1938 by an eight-person committee comprised of members of the Board of Social Welfare from the 4th through 8th Judicial Districts and New York City, the Deputy Commissioner, and the Director of the Bureau of Child Welfare; four members of the institution's Board of Visitors were also present by invitation.

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