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: This series contains a large collection of Admissions, Discharges and Deaths ledgers and simply, Admissions ledgers. All contain similar information, including name, age, occupation, where born, how they got to the institution and which location they lived at. Most group men and women together. There are a handful of ledgers which are separated by gender, and refer to the people in these ledgers as male or female inmates. These people likely resided in the Almshouse. Religion and country/place...