Title: Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women: Parole Officer's Case Files for Women Prisoners at Waupun
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1932

Creator:

• Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women

Call Number: Series 2380

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Incomplete parole files on women incarcerated at Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun and at several county jails prior to the construction of the Wisconsin Prison for Women at Taycheedah in 1933. This series is thought to have been part of the files of State Parole Officer Muriel McGinley whose office was located at the Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women at Taycheedah. Included are personal histories (“matron's examinations”) and correspondence and reports to and from parole officers, social workers, relatives, and friends. Some files contain results of mental and physical examinations and information on conduct and prison visitors.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02380

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Alphabetical.

For the documented period, this series represents the only set of case files in archival custody for women who were not incarcerated at the Wisconsin Industrial Home for Women, 1926-1932. Case files of prisoners at Taycheedah containing information in their individual parole histories are part of Series 2081, Wisconsin Home for Women: Case Files (Institutional Series), 1921-1954.

This series is included in the coverage of a general guide to Division of Corrections case files at the Archives Reading Room reference desk.

Access Restrictions

Portions of these files are confidential under ss. 51.30 and 146.82, Wisconsin Statutes, relating to patient health care and mental illness treatment records. Researchers desiring to use these records should consult the Reference Archivist.

Box   1	Ambrose, Rose-Matheson, Vera
Box   2	Melcher, Leora-Zinger, Helen
Box   2	Miscellaneous correspondence