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Women's Resources --Women, Law, and Criminal Justice--


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Manuscripts

MSS 253   American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio    1950-1969
Minutes of meetings, memoranda, budget, membership receipts, press releases and newsletters, from the Cleveland chapter and other chapters throughout Ohio and booklets and newspapers from national headquarters.
MSS 520   Vadae Harvey Meekison     1912-1970
One of the first women lawyers in the United States, practiced law in Ohio for 40 years. Correspondence, largely with Judge Florence Allen.
MSS 1274   Evva Kenney Heath    1855-1988
Contains correspondence, ephemera and photographs of Evva Kenney Heath and the Kenney (Kinney) family of Cardington, Ohio. Heath was a African American teacher and lawyer.
VFM 102   Job Johnson Papers    September 11, 1833
Memorandum of an agreement, Sept. 11, 1833, between Job Johnson and Mary and Eliza Shreve of Mount Union, Starke Co., O., for the purchase of property in Mount Union belonging to Job Johnson.
VFM 1379   Sarah Martin Papers    July 6, 1830
Last will and testament, July 6, 1830, of Sarah Martin, Union County, Ohio.
VFM 4993   Legal Correspondence of Mrs. H. Sands    1881
Two letters written in March 1881 by Mrs. H. Sands of Martinsburg, Knox County, Ohio to her lawyer describe her molestation and defamation by a Dr. Mirer [sic]. Go to top

State Archives

SA 649   Register of girls received and paroled, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School     1881-1943
Lists girls received at and paroled from the school.
SA 651   Monthly Grades, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School   1905-1906
Monthly grade reports of inmates.
SA 653   Inmate Case Record, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School 1869-1911
Case records listing inmate's name, number, date received, birth date, age, nationality, father's name, mother's name, habits of parents, education of parents, occupation of father, county of residence, court, name of sentencing judge.
SA 689   Superintendent’s orders, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School 1938-1940
Orders issued to matrons concerning inmates' activities.
SA 702   Chief Matron’s Correspondence, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School     1911-1912
Official correspondence of the Chief Matron.
SA 1108   Instructions to the Superintendent, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School     1880-1891
Lists instructions from the Board of Trustees to the superintendent concerning the operation of the facility.
SA 1110   Board of Trustees’ Minutes, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School     1869-1911
Minutes from the Board of Trustee’s meetings.
SA 1203   Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Pardon and Parole Commission, Ohio Reformatory for Women   1923-1950
Records of the Pardon and Parole Commission.
SA 1525   Superintendent’s daily journal, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School       1869-1892
Entries concerning the operations of the school, including the school's creation, admissions, discharges, and the scheduling of particular events.
SA 1552   Account Book, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School   1871-1877
Account books from the institution.
SA 1554   Monthly Conduct Reports, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School 1907
Institutional monthly conduct reports for the year 1907.
SA 1676 Ohio Reformatory for Women, Superintendent Correspondence      1917-1965
Official correspondence of the Superintendent.
SA 1677   Ohio Reformatory for Women, Register   1913-1943
Register of prisoners.
SA 1678   Ohio Reformatory for Women, Daily Journals   1944-1963
Lists inmates received into and discharged from the reformatory.
SA 1680   Ohio Reformatory for Women, Daily Population and Movement 1952-1962  
Daily population and movement reports of inmates, including new, discharged, and transferred prisoners.
SA 1681   Miscellaneous Records, Ohio Reformatory for Women 1912-1969
Minutes, newspaper clippings, and records of offenses committed by inmates within the institution.
SA 2439   Survey of Hearing, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School   1942
A survey of inmates' hearing problems and statistics concerning the number of inmates diagnosed with each type of problem.
SA 2736   Ohio Reformatory for Women, Postcards     n.d.
Commercial postcards of the reformatory.
SA 2759   Ohio Reformatory for Women, Aerial Photograph   n.d.
Aerial photographs of the facility.
SA 3096   Miscellaneous Records, Ohio Girls’ Industrial School  1876-1945
Records including rules, regulations, form letters, reports, runaway reports, correspondence, building information, building plans, student programs, newsletters, a housekeeper's narrative of daily life, and a journal of inmate punishments.

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Audiovisuals

MSS 1274 AV Evva Kenney Heath    1855-1988 Photographs of Evva Kenney Heath and the Kenney (Kinney) family of Cardington, Ohio. Heath was an African American teacher and lawyer.
P 99 Ohio Youth Commission, Girls Industrial School  ca. 1900-1942
Building and grounds, including interior shots, school activities, and graduation classes.
P 159 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Ohio Penitentiary, Executed - Prisoners Photographs   ca. 1885-1963
Portraits of executed prisoners and photographs of wardens, guards and items manufactured in prison shops.
P 173 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Marysville  1913-1965
Superintendents, buildings, and grounds, inmates engaged in various activities.

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Published Materials

Ohio Docs 396.2 Oh3L The Laws of Ohio Relating to Women  
Ohio Docs OAT  68/2.2:M52/977 Not for Men Only
PA Box 478 6   Inside a Women's Prison: Ohio's Reformatory is the Vassar of U.S. Penology, 1941.
PA Box 447 1   Jail with a College Atmosphere, 1946.
PA Box 496 5   The Legal Status of Homemakers in Ohio, 1977.
PA Box 595 64   Legal Status of Women in Ohio, ca, 1911.
PA Box 478 7   Life Goes to a Reformatory Revue, 1944.
PA Box 447 10   Maggie Has Her Methods, 1951.

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