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Josephine Shaw Lowell police station report
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Describes her research into the Eldridge St. police station prisoner records. Reports that the police matrons have noticed a decrease in prisoners and improved prisoner conduct since the Excise law. Recommends that the Committee not take the time to review records of accepted candidates.
Date:
1895-12-04
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station visitation report
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners.
Date:
1895-05-04
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee letter to Police Commissioners extract
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee letter to Police Commissioners extract
Description:
Extract of a letter sent to Police Commissioners concerning the employment of police matrons across New York City, written on Women's Prison Reform Committee stationary. Based on inspections of police stations employing matrons in 1894, the Women's Prison Reform Committee recommends the transfer of current matrons to locations with higher rates of women prisoners and more need for their services.
Date:
1897-02
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Fragment. Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, including Lowell, Anna M. Jackson, Mrs. Davis (probably Katharine B. Davis), and Mrs. Curtis.
Date:
1895-05-07
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell and Anna M. Jackson were prominent social reformers and members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. States the Committee's recommendations for the Chairman to enforce certain regulations. Includes notes and a letter to the Board of Police concerning the inappropriate conduct of a matron name Caroline M. Fox, whom the Committee opposed receiving a pension.
Date:
1899-11-08
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the Seventh Precinct police station on Madison Street and its holding facilities, which could be fitted to hold women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee.
Date:
1895-02-24
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Title:
Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Josephine Shaw Lowell was a prominent social reformer and member of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. Inspected by members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee, including Lowell, Anna M. Jackson, Mrs. Davis (probably Katharine B. Davis), and Mrs. Curtis.
Date:
1895-05-06
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Ellen Collins letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Ellen Collins letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Ellen Collins was a philanthropist. Describes a New York police station and its holding facilities, which she believes would benefit from the presence of a matron to manage women prisoners.
Date:
1895-05-09
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Ellen Collins letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Ellen Collins letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Ellen Collins was a Quaker philanthropist, abolitionist, social reformer, and member of the executive committee of the Woman's Central Association of Relief. Discusses multiple police matrons, including her interaction with a matron named Mrs. Reynolds. Describes the procedures and conditions for women prisoners and children whose parents have been arrested.
Date:
1870-1912
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Katharine S. Day letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Katharine S. Day letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Katharine S. Day served as treasurer of the Women's Municipal League. Describes her observations of the MacDougal St. station house conditions and discusses the police matrons and prisoners.
Date:
1870-1918
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Francis V. Greene letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Francis V. Greene letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Francis V. Greene was the police commissioner of New York City from 1903-1904. Discusses possible arrangements for Women's Prison Reform Committee members to visit police matrons. Briefly explains the protocol for parents claiming their lost children from police stations.
Date:
1903-05-26
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Josephine Shaw Lowell letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Josephine Shaw Lowell was a progressive reform leader, best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. She sends Anna Jackson a batch of reports concerning New York City police station inspections. She has not yet visited her own precinct.
Date:
1902-08-27
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred E. Ommen letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Alfred E. Ommen letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Alfred E. Ommen was a New York City magistrate. He writes that he has consulted with the commissioner after receiving her inquiry regarding securing permission for certain women to visit station houses. He relates the commissioner's desire for the Women's Municipal League to get money from the Board of Estimate for the things they want done. Additionally, he reports that the commissioner knows what needs to be done but does not have the money to do those things.
Date:
1907-05-15
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred E. Ommen letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Alfred E. Ommen letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Alfred E. Ommen was a New York City magistrate. He thanks Anna Jackson for her letter complimenting his work regarding the station houses. He invites her to look over the plans for the 30th Street station house with him in the fall.
Date:
1906-08-20
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College