State prisons, hospitals, soldiers' homes and orphan schools controlled by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : embracing their history, finances and the laws by which they are governed / compiled under authority of an act of assembly approved July 2, 1895, by direction of Amos H. Mylin, auditor general of Pennsylvania.

Main entry:

Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General, author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : Clarence M. Busch, State Printer, 1897.
[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Auditor General], 1897

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
"Penal and charitable institutions of Pennsylvania / Pedrick"--Spine, vol. 2
Includes index.
Part I, Historical and Descriptive: State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania -- State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania -- Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, Dixmont -- The Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, Harrisburg -- Pennsylvania State College -- Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan Schools -- State Hospital for the Insane, Danville -- State Hospital for the Insane, Warren -- Pennsylvania Reform School, Morganza -- State Hospital for the Insane, Southeastern District, Norristown -- Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, Huntingdon -- State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Fountain Spring, Schuylkill County -- Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Erie -- State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Hazelton -- Cottage State Hospital, Blossburg -- Cottage State Hospital, Connellsville -- Cottage State Hospital, Mercer -- Home for the Training in Speech of Deaf Children Before They Are of School Age, Philadelphia -- State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania.

Summary:

History of each institution and description of its operation.

Resources:
Volume 1, Internet Archive, State Library of Pennsylvania
Volume 2, Internet Archive, State Library of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Public welfare Pennsylvania.
State hospitals Pennsylvania.
Prisons Pennsylvania.
Soldiers' homes Pennsylvania.
Orphans Education Pennsylvania.
Public welfare.
Prisons
Social Welfare
Prisons Pennsylvanie.
Aide sociale Pennsylvanie.
Hôpitaux publics Pennsylvanie.
Maisons pour anciens combattants Pennsylvanie.
Aide sociale.
welfare services.
Orphans Education
Soldiers' homes
State hospitals
Pennsylvania

Added entries:

Mylin, Amos H. (Amos Herr), 1838-1926.
Pedrick, Alexander K., 1836-1920.

History and finances of state institutions
Penal and charitable institutions of Pennsylvania

Holdings:

Location: Library main 97784
Call No.: ID:86-B19384
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 97783
Call No.: ID:86-B19384
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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