William G. Hinkle Collection, 1907-1995 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Collection Overview

Title: William G. Hinkle Collection, 1907-1995

Predominant Dates:1907-1940

Primary Creator: Hinkle, William G. (1954-)

Extent: 0.22 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Postcards are arranged alphabetically by state and alphabetically by prison within the state when applicable. Photographs are filed after postcards.

Date Acquired: 08/02/2013. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Corrections--Pictorial Works.

Languages: English, French, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of postcards of prisons and reformatories from forty-five states. Also included are a few postcards of convict ships, torture devices and foreign prisons. These postcards have been collected by Dr. William G. Hinkle over a twenty-five year time period from various vendors. The collection also includes numerous photographs of the Indiana State Prison and the Cambria County, Pennsylvania Jail taken by Dr. Hinkle.

Most of the postcards were not dated, so dates were derived from postmarks when available. The title is the name of the institution as it appeared on the postcard and 'prison' and 'penitentiary' are sometimes used interchangeably.

Biographical Note

Dr. William G. Hinkle is currently an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. From 2003 to 2007 he was Chair of the Criminal Justice Program at Ivy Tech State College, in South Bend, Indiana. He worked in the criminal justice system for 15 years, before obtaining his doctorate in sociology from Western Michigan University in 1995. In 2006 he published A History of Bridewell Prison: 1553-1700 (Mellen Press).

Subject/Index Terms

Corrections--Pictorial Works.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Accruals:

06/27/2017 North Carolina Correctional photos and Elmira Reformatory materials were added.

01-14-2017 Two photographs added (Wallkill Prison and Georgia State Prison in Tattnall County, GA).

Acquisition Source: William G. Hinkle

Acquisition Method: gift

Other Note: Photographs were initially numbered with the accession number; however, a decision was made to change to collection number. The database was changed, but the numbers written on the images were not changed.

Box and Folder Listing

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Folder 1: Postcards - Prisons, Alabama-Michigan

Item 1: Kilby State Prison, Alabama
Item 2: Arizona Territorial Prison
Item 3: Alcatraz Island, California, 1988
Item 4: San Quentin Prison, California
Item 5: San Quentin Prison, California: Dining Room
Item 6: San Quentin Prison, California: Cell Block
Item 7: San Quentin Prison, California
Item 8: Folsom Prison, California: Museum
Item 9: Folsom Prison, California
Item 10: Folsom Prison, California, 1989
Item 11: Folsom Prison, California
Item 12: State Penitentiary, Colorado
Item 13: State Penitentiary, Colorado, 1947
Item 14: Connecticut State Prison
Item 15: Newgate Prison, Connecticut, 1908
Item 16: Kent County Jail, Delaware
Item 17: St. Augustine Jail, Florida: Bird Cage
Item 18: Federal Prison, Georgia
Item 19: United States Penitentiary, Georgia
Item 20: State Penitentiary, Idaho, 1917
Item 21: State Penitentiary, Idaho
Item 22: Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
Item 23: Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
Item 24: Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet: Main entrance
Item 25: Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
Item 26: Women's Prison, Illinois State Prison, Joliet, 1909
Item 27: Women's Prison, Illinois State Prison, Joliet, 1914
Item 28: Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet: Cells
Item 29: Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville
Item 30: Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville: Wagon Lock and Railroad Gate
Item 31: Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville, 1935: Interior of Cell House
Item 32: Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville, 1944: Bird's Eye View
Item 33: State Prison, Iowa
Item 34: State Prison, Iowa, 1907
Item 35: State Prison, Iowa
Item 36: State Prison, Iowa: Dining Room
Item 37: State Prison, Iowa: Electric Chair
Item 38: Indiana Reformatory, 1915
Item 39: Indiana Reformatory, 1910: Lawn and Superintendent Residence
Item 40: Indiana Reformatory
Item 41: Indiana State Prison
Item 42: Indiana State Prison
Item 43: Indiana State Prison
Item 44: Indiana State Prison
Item 45: Indiana State Prison: Entrance
Item 46: Indiana State Prison
Item 47: Indiana State Prison: Main entrance
Item 48: Indiana State Prison: Main entrance
Item 49: Indiana State Prison
Item 50: Indiana State Prison: Main entrance
Item 51: Indiana State Prison: Home of Indiana State Twine
Item 52: State Prison, Kansas, 1909
Item 53: State Prison, Kansas
Item 54: State Prison, Kansas, 1944
Item 55: State Reformatory, Kansas
Item 56: State Reformatory, Kansas
Item 57: Federal Prison, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1910
Item 58: Federal Prison, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1909
Item 59: State Prison, Kentucky
Item 60: State Penitentiary, Louisiana
Item 61: State Prison, Maine: Yard
Item 62: State Prison, Maine
Item 63: Charles Street Jail, Massachusetts
Item 64: Charlestown State Prison, Massachusetts
Item 65: Michigan Reformatory
Item 66: Michigan State Prison, 1910
Item 67: Michigan State Penitentiary, 1914
Item 68: Michigan State Penitentiary, 1915
Item 69: Michigan State Prison, 1913
Item 70: Michigan State Prison: Interior View
Item 71: New Michigan State Prison
Item 72: New Michigan State Prison: View from top of Rotunda
Item 73: New Michigan State Prison: Dining room
Item 74: New Michigan State Prison: Cell Block
Item 75: Jackson Prison, Michigan

Folder 2: Postcards - Prisons, Minnesota-Wyoming

Item 76: Minnesota State Prison, 1909: Women inmates in prison yard
Item 77: Minnesota State Prison, 1909: Hospital
Item 78: Minnesota State Prison, 1909: Balling and Sacking Room in the Twine Factory
Item 79: Minnesota State Prison, 1909: Convicts in yard
Item 80: Minnesota State Prison, 1909
Item 81: Minnesota State Prison
Item 82: Minnesota State Prison
Item 83: Minnesota State Prison, 1908: Main gate
Item 84: Minnesota State Prison, 1912: Birdseye view
Item 85: Minnesota State Reformatory
Item 86: Missouri State Penitentiary
Item 87: Missouri State Prison
Item 88: Missouri State Penitentiary: Binder twine plant
Item 89: Missouri State Penitentiary: Main entrance
Item 90: Western Montana State Prison, Deer Lodge: Interior old cell house
Item 91: Western Montana State Prison, Deer Lodge
Item 92: Montana State Penitentiary, Deer Lodge
Item 93: Nebraska State Penitentiary
Item 94: Nevada State Penitentiary
Item 95: New Jersey State Penitentiary
Item 96: New Hampshire State Prison: By moonlight
Item 97: New Hampshire State Prison, 1912
Item 98: New Mexico Penitentiary
Item 99: Attica State Prison, New York
Item 100: Auburn State Prison, New York
Item 101: Auburn State Prison, New York, 1917: Prison gates
Item 102: Auburn State Prison, New York
Item 103: Auburn State Prison, New York: Prison gates
Item 104: Auburn State Prison, New York: Air view
Item 105: Auburn State Prison, New York, 1920: Inside the gates
Item 106: Auburn State Prison, New York: Entrance
Item 107: Auburn State Prison, New York: Mess room
Item 108: Auburn State Prison, New York, 1911: Mess hall
Item 109: New York State Reformatory, Elmira
Item 110: New York State Reformatory, Elmira: Dress parade
Item 111: New York State Reformatory, Elmira: Dress parade
Item 112: New York State Reformatory, Elmira
Item 113: New York State Reformatory, Elmira
Item 114: New York State Reformatory, Elmira: Shops and trade school
Item 115: New York State Reformatory, Elmira
Item 116: New York State Reformatory, Elmira
Item 117: New York State Reformatory, Elmira, 1947: Aeroplane view
Item 118: Sing Sing Prison, New York
Item 119: Sing Sing Prison, New York
Item 120: Sing Sing Prison, New York
Item 121: Sing Sing Prison, New York, 1907
Item 122: Sing Sing Prison, New York: Cell house
Item 123: Sing Sing Prison, New York: Inside Cell house
Item 124: Sing Sing Prison, New York
Item 125: Sing Sing Prison, New York: Electric chair
Item 126: North Carolina State Prison: Main building
Item 127: North Carolina State Prison, 1917
Item 128: North Dakota State Penitentiary, 1909
Item 129: Ohio State Penitentiary, 1908: Annex
Item 130: Ohio State Penitentiary: Banker's Row
Item 131: Ohio State Penitentiary
Item 132: Ohio State Penitentiary
Item 133: Ohio State Penitentiary
Item 134: Ohio State Reformatory, 1907
Item 135: Ohio State Reformatory, 1908
Item 136: Ohio State Reformatory for Women
Item 137: Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Item 138: Oregon State Penitentiary
Item 139: Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory: Eastern Side
Item 140: Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory: Main entrance
Item 141: Rockview Penitentiary, Pennsylvania
Item 142: Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary, 1911
Item 143: Rhode Island State Prison
Item 144: South Carolina State Penitentiary: Main building
Item 145: South Dakota State Penitentiary
Item 146: South Dakota State Penitentiary
Item 147: Tennessee State Prison
Item 148: Tennessee State Prison, 1923
Item 149: Texas State Prison, 1937
Item 150: Utah State Prison
Item 151: Vermont State Prison
Item 152: Vermont State Prison, 1907
Item 153: Virginia Colony Prison: Showing stocks
Item 154: Virginia State Penitentiary: View from Gambles Hill Park
Item 155: Old Libby Prison, Virginia
Item 156: Old Libby Prison, Virginia
Item 157: Washington State Penitentiary
Item 158: Washington State Penitentiary
Item 159: West Virginia State Penitentiary
Item 160: Wisconsin State Penitentiary, 1909
Item 161: Wisconsin State Penitentiary: Appraisal Information: Wisconsin State Reformatory; Arrangement: 1931
Item 162: Wisconsin State Reformatory, 1931: Appraisal Information: Wisconsin State Reformatory
Item 163: Wisconsin State Reformatory
Item 164: Wyoming State Penitentiary

Folder 3: Postcards - Torture Devices, Prison Ships, Foreign

Item 165: Die Backertaufe wegen zu kleinen Brodes
Item 166: Eiserne Jungfrau: Iron Maiden
Item 167: Convict Ship "Success": An unfortunate in the embrace of the iron maiden
Item 168: The Iron Maiden
Item 169: Convict Ship "Success": Stern view showing antique carvings
Item 170: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: Paris: La Bastille
Item 171: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: Rome: la Prison Mamertine
Item 172: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: La Tour de Londres
Item 173: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: Le chateau de Chilon
Item 174: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: Venise: Palais de doges et Pont des Soupirs
Item 175: Prisons D'etat et leurs hotes celebres: Marseille: Le Chateau d'If

Folder 4: Cambria County Jail, Pennsylvania, 1995

26 photographs (176-201) of the Cambria County Prison. These include interior and exterior shots of the facility.

Photographer: Hinkle, William G.

Folder 5: Indiana State Prison, ca 1983

16 photographs (202-217) of Indiana State Prison. Some are photographic copies of postcards and earlier photographs, but others are photographs of the prison.

Folder 6: Elmira Reformatory, New York, 1886-1900

Item 218: General View of the Elmira Reformatory/Reception of Inmates, 1886: Woodcut images from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. 22, July-December 1886, page 725.
Item 219: In the Workshop of the Elmira Reformatory, 1886: Woodcut images from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. 22, July-December 1886, page 728.
Item 220: The Dining-Hall at the Elmira Reformatory, 1886: Woodcut images from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. 22, July-December 1886, page 732.
Item 221: The Schoolroom at the Elmira Reformatory, 1886: Woodcut images from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. 22, July-December 1886, page 732.
Item 222: Plan of the Reformatory and Enclosure: Sketch from an unidentified publication.
Item 223: Plan of New York State Reformatory at Elmira: Sketch from an unidentified publication
Item 224: Edward Livingston: Engraving from an unidentified publication.
Item 225: Elmira Chapel Filled with Boys, ca 1900

Folder 7: Other Prisons, 1930s

Item 226: Wallkill State Prison, ca 1935

Postcard

Item 227: Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, 25 Oct 1937

Creators:: International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (1937-1968)

Folder 8: Southern Prisons, 1890-1984

Item 228: Velma Margie Barfield, 1984

Item 229: Velma Margie Barfield, 1984

Item 230: Where Georgia Chain Gang Prisoners Sleep, 31 Jan 1933

Steel prison on wheels in Whitfield County, Georgia

Creators:: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (1924-1958)

Item 231: Unidentified African American Prisoner

Item 232: Pitt County, North Carolina Chain Gang, 1910

Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Carolina. Autumn 1910. The inmates were quartered in the wagons shown in the picture. Wagons were equipped with bunks and move from place to place as labor is utilized. The central figure in the picture is J.Z. McLawhon, who was at that time county superintendent of chain gangs. The dogs are bloodhounds used for running down any attempted escapes. (findbyplace.com print of a Library of Congress photograph)

Item 233: The Chain Gang, Thomasville, Georgia, ca 1890

Original at the Library of Congress.

Creators:: Kirkbride, Joseph John (1842-1899)

Item 234: Group of Convicts on a Turpentine Farm in Florida, 1898

Original at the Library of Congress and title taken from Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, Issues 340-352.

Creators:: Weis, Carl

Item 235: Barber Scene on a Turpentine Farm in Florida, 1898

Original at the Library of Congress and title taken from Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, Issues 340-352.

Creators:: Weis, Carl

Item 236: Dining Hall at Occaquan Workhouse, 4 May 1929

Creators:: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (1924-1958)

Item 237: Lt. Charles Carrol Stands Inside Execution Chamber of Raleigh's Central Prison, 7 Feb 1984

Folder 9: Oversized Photographs, ca 1900

Item 238: Unidentified African American Prisoners, ca 1900

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