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The records of the Allegheny County Workhouse consist of minute books of the
Board of Managers, 1866-1971, 11 volumes; oaths of officials, 1888-1912, 1 volume;
visitors' records, 1871-1880, 1 volume; account books, 1866-1940, 9 volumes;
and various population records (admission and discharge books, 1870-1877, 3
volumes; conduct books, 1870-1906, 1915-1919, 8 volumes; discharge and descriptive
dockets, 1873-1971, 24 volumes; daily sick call books, 1896-1940, 18 volumes;
escaped prisoners records, 1882-1971, 3 volumes; hospital record books, 1913-1939,
6 volumes; prison registers, 1869-1951, 17 volumes; punishment books, 1870-1873,
1880-1892, 1904-1959, 7 volumes; and hard labor registers, 1869-1971, 24 volumes.
Included are 11 annual reports (printed) partially covering the period 1873-1899,
and a typed manuscript entitled "Feeding of Inmates of Allegheny County Workhouse,"
by E. W. Tillotson, Jr., and W. A. Hamor.
Board of Managers
Population Records
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