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Long Lane School
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Published histories/articles | State
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Statutory Authority
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Chpt. 402, P.A. 1921
1868, Industrial School for Girls
incorporated as a private charity.
1870, School opened on donated land in Middletown.
1921, June 24, property transferred to the State, and the name changed to
Long Lane Farm per Public Acts chpt. 402. About this time, the
State set up the Juvenile Court System. Long Lane Farm and the
Connecticut
School for Boys at Meriden became juvenile detention centers for persons
committed by the Juvenile Courts.
1943, name changed to Long Lane School per 1943 Cum. Suppl. s. 373g.
1970, Jan. 3, administratively became part of the new
Dept. of Children and
Youth Services, per 1969 Public Act 664.
1972, Merged with the School for Boys. All boys transferred from Meriden to
the Long Lane facility.
1993, July, Dept. of Children and Youth Services renamed
Dept. of Children and Families.
2003, February 7, Long Lane School facility is shut down. Girls are
dispersed to facilities throughout the state, boys are sent to the new
Connecticut Juvenile
Training School in Middletown.
Published Histories/Articles
:
Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published
under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House
Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of
Connecticut. 1946. pp. 207-214. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G25 ar]
Leavitt, Sarah A. "Neglected, Vagrant, and Viciously Inclined : The Girls of the Connecticut Industrial School, 1867-1917." B.A. Thesis, Wesleyan University, 1992. [Available in Special Collections at Olin Library, Wesleyan University]
Mayerwitz, Scott. Attempted Acquisition of Long Lane, 1956-7. Wesleyan History Project at Wesleyan University web site.
Report on the Reformatory and Prison for Women at Niantic and Long Lane School in Middletown. [1957?] [CSL Call Number ConnDoc P931 rer]
Agency Documents in the State Library
Collections:
Check the State Library catalog,
CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency
available in the State Library :
Connecticut Industrial School for Girls.
Long Lane Farm (Middletown, Conn)
Long Lane School Middletown, Conn
Annual Reports are located in :
1870-1948, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Sch67]
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number
ConnDoc F40 d]
State Archives Record Group : RG 178:002
Name |
Years of Service |
Rev. J.H. Bradford |
Sept. 3, 1869-1873 |
James H. Eastman (pro tem) |
Sept. 2, 1873-1874 |
S. N. Rockwell |
Mar. 4, 1874-1877 |
Charles H. Bond |
Dec. 5, 1877-1886 |
William G. Fairbank |
Sept. 6, 1886-June 1917 |
Caroline deFord Penniman |
1917-1946 |
Alice P. Sells |
1946-1954 |
Ethel D. Mecum |
1955-1968 |
June C. Tanner |
July 1, 1968-1971 |
Dr. Samuel Santoro |
1971-1972 |
Dr. Charles W. Dean |
1972-1973 |
Dr. Kenneth R. Roulx |
1974-1979 |
Neil G.Nilson |
1979-1990 |
John LaChapelle |
1991-August 2000 |
Douglas McAvay (Acting) |
2000 |
Lesley Mara |
August 2000-July 2002 |
Hamish DeWilde (Acting) |
2002 |
Michael J. Schultz (Acting) |
July-October 2002 |
Roxanne T. O'Brien |
October 2002-February 2003 |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.