US Census Bureau Punch Cards for 1934 Census of Prisoners
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: U. S. Census Bureau
notes: label: Description
content: These tan 24-column punch cards have fields for Inst., State, Sheet no., Line no., Ad., Offense, Def. or Min., Maximum, Prev. Com., Sex, Mar. cond., Age, and Race and C of B. These fields are quite possibly institution, state, sheet number, line number, offense, minimum sentence, maximum sentence, previous commitments, sex, marital condition, age, and race and country of birth. Each card is marked: PA. Each card also is marked on the right edge: PRISONERS: 1934 (/) CENSUS BUREAU.
label: Description
content: Between 1926 and 1946, the United States Bureau of the Census collected and compiled yearly statistics on prisoners at state and federal prisons in the United States. This data analysis would be continued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. These cards were part of that effort.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Margaret Cahalan and Lee Parsons, <I>Historical Corrections Statistice in the U.S. 1850-1984</I>, Rockville, Md.: Westat, Inc., 1986, pp. 4-6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Punch Cards
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Milton Schwartzbart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.3080.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 1995.3080
label: catalog number
content: 1995.3080.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch cards, group of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .5 cm x 17 cm x 8.4 cm; 3/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 3 5/16 in