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Belle DeAcosta Green - Alice Carpenter - Kath. Davis - Maude Wetmore (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2024
Dr. Katherine Davis & Deputy Lewis (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2010
Com'r Kath. Davis & Deputy Lewis (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2010
B.G. Lewis, Dr. Kath. Davis, Dr. J.A. Campbell, Warden P.A. Mallon (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2010
Com'r Kate Davis, Blackwell's Island (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2010
Dr. Katherine [Davis] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2010
Katherine Davis (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2010
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Dr. Katherine Davis & Deputy Lewis (LOC)
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Com'r Kate Davis, Blackwell's Island (LOC)
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Kilted Cowboy said:
Blackwell's Island has had many names, here's a brief history of the island www.correctionhistory.org/rooseveltisland/ it appears they are at the penitentiary Dr Katherine Davis was the Commissioner of Corrections and there were investigations regarding the treatment of prisoners (quite common across the country as society was in a period of analyzing punishment vs rehabilitation) here is a report on her achievements 4 months into her term query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9505E5DC143AE6...
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Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell's_Island en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Bement_Davis
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Wystan said:
More Bain/LOC photos of NYC Corrections Commissioner Katharine Bement Davis, newly posted. (She took office on January 1, 1914, and the photos show her in action soon after.):
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Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks to all of you for filling in the name of this important woman. We'll add the information the next time we update the record.
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Wystan said:
Bain/LOC photos of Dr. Katharine Davis, posted earlier:
Dr. Katherine [Davis] (LOC)
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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Sociologist Katharine Bement Davis (1861?-1935), New York CIty Corrections Commissioner beginning in 1914. www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/kbd/kbdframe.html
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Wystan said:
Appointed to her position by the newly-elected Mayor of New York, John Puroy Mitchel. Another Bain/LOC portrait of Katherine Davis:
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Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Bement_Davis
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Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
pennylrichardsca: Thanks for the further information on Dr. Davis. We will add to the record when we update.
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Wystan said:
Dr. Davis assumed her position as NYC's Commissioner of Corrections on January 1, 1914, and the Bain News Agency immediately circulated photos of her on the job: