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Escaped Convicts Proclamation Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2019.s208
Scope and Contents
The collection was purchased for SHSU Special Collections in June 2019. Each flyer was signed in Huntsville, Texas by Searcy Baker, Superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiaries during the earlyb1900s. There are a total of 35 flyers, one being a duplicate.
Dates:
1905 - 1906
James V. Bennett Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2012.s005
Scope and Contents
The materials that make up this collection represent the life and work of James Van Benschoten Bennett. More specifically, the materials portray his role as the second Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and as a prolific prison reformer. The most popular theme represented in the collection is prison policy and reform – which is often discussed in articles and speeches composed by Bennett. The collection also contains numerous correspondence and case histories of prison inmates. Pictorial...
Dates:
1905 - 1971
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- Criminal Justice, Administration of 1
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- History -- United States of America 1
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- Letters 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Massachusetts. Department of Correction 1
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- Newsletters 1
- Peace officers 1
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- Prison reformers -- United States 1
- Prison reformers -- United States -- History 1
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