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Minutes of the Board of Trustees (Roll 6875)

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1931-1954, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by meeting date. Minutes of the monthly meetings of the Western State Penitentiary Board of Trustees. The minutes are not verbatim, but rather are merely summaries of the proceedings. Each set of minutes gives the names of the board members present. Matters discussed at each meeting include recommendations made to the governor to parole certain inmates. Other topics discussed are parole violators and delinquents, requisitions, personnel matters, and funding and construction issues for the Western State Penitentiary and Rockview Prison. At the start of each meeting the previous month's minutes were reviewed and approved. The signature of the secretary officially marks the end of each meeting's minutes.
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APA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania,. (1954). Minutes of the Board of Trustees (Roll 6875). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Amotbotpa_493
MLA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania,. Minutes Of The Board Of Trustees (Roll 6875). no date. Pennsylvania. Department of Justice, 1954.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania,. “Minutes Of The Board Of Trustees (Roll 6875)”, Minutes of the Board of Trustees (PA) 1931-1954, 1954. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Amotbotpa_493.
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Title

Minutes of the Board of Trustees (Roll 6875)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Prisoners
Prisons
Minutes (Records)

Description

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1931-1954

Creator

State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice

Department

Department of Justice

Division

Western State Penitentiary

Date

1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG15-6875

Language

English

Relation

RG 15, Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Series 141, Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1931-1954

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Arranged chronologically by meeting date. Minutes of the monthly meetings of the Western State Penitentiary Board of Trustees. The minutes are not verbatim, but rather are merely summaries of the proceedings. Each set of minutes gives the names of the board members present. Matters discussed at each meeting include recommendations made to the governor to parole certain inmates. Other topics discussed are parole violators and delinquents, requisitions, personnel matters, and funding and construction issues for the Western State Penitentiary and Rockview Prison. At the start of each meeting the previous month's minutes were reviewed and approved. The signature of the secretary officially marks the end of each meeting's minutes.