Series III. Subseries B. Correspondence and Reports, 1902-1939.

Containers:

Box 385-388 and Oversize Box 2.

Scope and content:

This subseries is housed in four (4) boxes and is arranged chronologically and by subject. These records contain the correspondence of the Board and/or Clerk of the Virginia State Prison Board. Notable subjects include the establishment of a State Farm for Women in Goochland County, 1930-1931; and the State Farm.

Correspondence regarding the State Farm for Women include: hiring of superintendent, purchasing of furnishings, (box 385, f2); selection of State Farm for Women site (b385, f7) including petition of Goochland County property owners protesting the location of the farm (undated); various offers of land to State Prison Board for State Farm for Women (b385, f7-f8); memorandum listing requirements for new Women's Farm, 26 May 1930 (b385, f8); and well for State Farm for Women (b386, f1). Notable documents concerning the State Farm include: applications for physician at State Farm, 1932 (b385, f3); report of R.R. Penn, Supt., State Farm, on the shooting of Ballard Campbell, 20559, while trying to escape, 15 Feb. 1932 (b385, f3); and blueprints for hospital at State Farm, October 1933 (oversize box 2, f1).

Other records include Dept. of Health report on the water supply and sewage system at the State Industrial Farm for Women in Goochland County, 15 Sept. 1932, 3 Nov. 1932 (b385, f3); escape reports sent by Supt. Youell, 1931-1933 (b385, f6); and Specifications for Hall and Shop Building, Virginia State Penitentiary, 9 January 1928 (b286, f3).

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