Children; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Buildings
A piece from the 1892 May 13 edition of the Stockton Independent reports that there is a proposal to rent a building for the girls of the reform school in Whittier because of overcrowding.
Whittier (Calif.); Schools; Reformatories; Children; Family
Article from the 1891 September 6 edition of the San Francisco Call reports that parents attempting to bring their unruly children to the Whittier State School.
Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Children; Child welfare
An article from the 1892 March 24 edition of the San Francisco Report protests the practice of chaining boys together and exposing them to the public while they are waiting for their steamer to the reform school in Whittier.
Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Investigations; Jury; Court decisions and opinions
An article from the 1892 January 12 edition of the Los Angeles Herald discloses that a report on the conduct of the reform school in Whittier was stolen.
Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Children
The Antelope Valley Times reports that it received a circular of information concerning the reform school in Whittier courtesy of Dr. Walter Lindley in its 1892 March 31 edition.
Newspapers; Crime; Children; Juvenile delinquents; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Schools; Buildings; Industrial arts; Marching drills; Church services
An article from the 1891 December 16 edition of the Ontario Record reports on the living conditions and activities of the children housed at the reform school in Whittier.
Newspapers; Investigations; Jury; Furniture; Reformatories; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Politics; Politicians; Governors; Business enterprises
An article from the 1891 November 10 edition of the Los Angeles Express reports on its view that the Los Angeles Herald is prejudicing its readers against Republican officials.
Schools; Reformatories; Drawing; Buildings; Rites and ceremonies; Waterman, Robert Whitney, 1826-1891; Whittier (Calif.)
Article from the 1890 February 12 edition of The Tribune reports on the founding of the Whittier State School for Boys and the history of the city of Whittier.
Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Schools; Children; Juvenile delinquents
An article from the 1892 January 23 edition of the Grass Valley Union reports that Mr. Theobald, secretary of the Humane Society in Oakland, has given a very enthusiastic description of the reform school in Whittier.
Governors; Prisons; California State Prison at San Quentin; Children; Juvenile delinquents; Reformatories
An article from the 1892 February 6 edition of the San Francisco Examiner reports that reform should be the main objective in confining young lawbreakers.