Volume 1 contains a name index for 1898 to 1903. Series 2101, Master file cards, is a partial name index to this series for 1921 to 1954. The index is incomplete in two ways: 1) many Wisconsin State Reformatory inmates who were discharged before 1945 are not included, and 2) not all cards include the institutional case numbers needed to access records in this series. Case numbers for the Wisconsin State Reformatory may appear with the prefix “WSR,” or “R.”
In addition, there is a general guide to Division of Corrections case records at the Archives Reading Room Reference Desk. The guide describes all case records at the Archives for men, women, boys and girls in the Wisconsin corrections system since 1837.
