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This series contains many detailed Admissions, Discharge and Death ledgers for the various institutions. This series also holds a strong group of Census ledgers, with most records pertaining to the later years of the Commissioners of the Almshouse and Bridewell.
Almshouse ledgers collection. The records of the Almshouse ledgers represent the activities of the institutions under the purview of various city departments on Blackwell’s Island. Records date from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the records falling between 1832 and 1925.
This historic collection contains over 400 handwritten volumes pertaining to city-run institutions including the Almshouses, Workhouses, Lunatic Asylum, Penitentiary and various hospitals, which all found their home on Blackwell’s Island, now Roosevelt Island. The span covers the years 1758-1952.
This collection contains records for individuals admitted to Almshouses between 1758 and 1952 in New York City. The term “almshouse” is used to broadly define institutions that provided aid to the poor and sick.
Records in this collection date from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the records falling between 1832 and 1925. This collection represents a comprehensive, yet incomplete collection of materials produced by each department overseeing the Almshouses and their related entities.
new project: processing, preserving and cataloging the Almshouse Ledger Collection. This historic collection contains over 400 handwritten volumes pertaining to city run institutions
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The ledger-style admissions, discharges and deaths and census books record the names of people who were confined (voluntarily or otherwise) in the almshouses, asylums, hospitals, workhouse or penitentiary that made up the numerous facilities on Blackwell’s Island.
