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This collection contains Board of Pardons reviews of criminal cases, except impeachment, to determine whether clemency should be recommended to the Governor for his or her more approval or disapproval. While the United States' Constitution grants the President of the United States the power to grant pardons, in Pennsylvania the pardoning power is shared between the Board of Pardons and the Governor. The Board of Pardons consists of five members including the Lieutenant Governor who serves as chairman, the Attorney General, and three members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. This collection contains applications made to, and proclamations issued by, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. Grouped into applications and proclamations and then arranged chronologically by date of action. The applications volumes provide brief narrative case histories and recommendations for pardons or commutations and whether the pardons or commutations were granted. Volume 1 covering the period 1874-1877 provides reasons why the Pardon Board made its recommendations while for the period 1882-1930 records of commutation actions are included. The last volume covering the period 1931-1934 contains mostly commutation records with only a few pardon actions. The proclamation volumes provide the Board's recommendations and reasons for its judgments. less

This collection has entries prior to 1913, arranged in strict alphabetical order but after 1913 they are only grouped alphabetically by surnames. A record of physicians more who were registered in Pennsylvania from 1870 to 1917. Normally, the doctor's name, license number (from 1895 onward), postal address, county where registered, and date of registration are given. Oftentimes information concerning the death or change of address of the practitioner is included.

Note: Volume H-M are not part of the physical holdings and as such are not available digitally. less

This collection contains a registry, arranged numerically by certificate numbers, of college graduates who were granted certificates to teach by the State Board of Education. Information more given includes the name, post office, and county of the teacher; the name of the college attended; the degree received; and the date the certificate was issued. less