Abstract: The records of the Almshouse Ledger Collection represent the activities of the institutions under the purview of various city departments on Blackwell’s Island. 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. These records document the social service, cultural, medical...

Scope and Contents: Admissions, Admissions, Discharges and Deaths and Requisitions, Inventory and Distribution ledgers make up the bulk of this series. Patient/Inmate religion is sporadically entered. As with previous series some of these ledgers are separated between male and female inmates. This series also contains the only “Condensing Register” in the entire collection. This ledger contains all the same information as the Admissions, Death and Discharge ledgers, but the dates follow the date of death or...