Summary Information
Wisconsin State Reformatory: Case Files 1927-1940
- Wisconsin State Reformatory
Series 2083
11 c.f. (11 record center cartons)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Sampled institutional case files of men and boys between the ages of 16 to 30 who were admitted to the Wisconsin State Reformatory between October 1927 and December 1940. Files typically include a summary admission record; case history; medical records; psychiatric records; correspondence; and administrative records relating to confinement, parole, and discharge. The files were weeded by the Division of Corrections. This series is a 10% sample from the Reformatory's files for case numbers 6,235 to 11,632. Every tenth file, beginning with a randomly selected number was retained.
There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
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Arrangement of the Materials
By case number, assigned chronologically by date of admission to the institution. Case numbers were assigned upon admission to the institution, and some had the prefix “R” or “WSR.” The contents list includes the case number for every file retained after sampling.
Other Finding Aids
Series 2101, Master file cards, 1921-1993, is a partial name index to this series. The index is incomplete in two ways: 1) many Wisconsin State Reformatory inmates are not included, and 2) not all cards include the institutional case number needed to access records in this series. Case numbers for the Wisconsin State Reformatory may appear with the prefix “WSR,” or “R.” 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.
Related Material
Series 1390, Inmate case history books, contains an abbreviated case record for every inmate admitted to the Wisconsin State Reformatory between 1898 and 1954.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Portions of these files are confidential under §§ 51.30 and 146.82, Wisconsin Statutes.
Processed by Lee C. Grady, May 14, 1997.
Contents List
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