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- Creator
- California State Prison at San Quentin
- Call number
- MssCol 18376
- Physical description
- .33 linear feet (2 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
San Quentin execution register, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Administrative information
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Messick, 2010
Related Material
Forms part of Patricia Cornwell collection
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328