San Quentin execution register

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Extent

• .33 linear foot (2 volumes)

Access Restrictions

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Scope/Contents Note

Volumes record 141 capital commissions with captioned photographs of each inmate executed. Entries include annotations by prison staff recording execution number, name, height, weight, build, nationality, date executed, distance of drop for hanging, whether the execution was successful on first attempt, and a brief description of the crime committed. First volume is stamped 1893-1923, but pages from 1893-1902 are missing.

Controlled Access Terms

• California State Prison at San Quentin -- History.
• Capital punishment -- California -- Marin County.
• Executions and executioners -- California -- History.
• Identification photographs.
• Prisoners -- California -- San Quentin.
• Photograph albums.
• Registers.

Additional Creator Name

• Patricia Daniels Cornwell collection