Background
Hart, Hastings Hornell was born on December 14, 1851 in Brookfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Major Albert Gailord (Doctor of Medicine surgeon of 41st O.V.I. in Civil War) and Mary Crosby (Hornell) H.
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Hastings Hornell Hart
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Graduate Cleveland (O.) Institute, 1867. Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1875, Master of Arts, 1885. Bachelor of Divinity, Andover Theological Seminary, 1880.
Doctor of Laws, Oberlin, 1898, Wilberforce University, 1915.
Career
Clerk in the United States Indian Service, Sisseton Agency, South Dakot, 1875-1877. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1880. Pastor, Worthington, Minnesota, 1880-1883.
Secretary Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities, 1883-1898.
Superintendent Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society, 1898-1908. Director department child-helping, 1908-1924, consultant in delinquency and penology, since 1924, Russell Sage Foundation, New New York President National Conference of Charities and Correction, 1893, general secretary same, 1894-1901.
President American Prison Association, 1921-1922. American vice president International Prison Congress, 1925.
Honorary member Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce.
Member Loyal Legion, South.R.
Achievements
Membership
Member Loyal Legion, South.R.
Connections
Married Josephine M. Newton, August 5, 1902. Children: William Prosser (1st marriage), Laurence Hastings, Hornell, Helen, Frances Jeannette (all by 2d marriage), Elizabeth Haven and Albert Gailord (3d marriage).
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American
Awards
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Awarded gold medal by Roosevelt Memorial Association “for the promotion of social justice,” 1930. Round Table Studies for Trustees of Institutions. Also a Program for the State Council of Defense of West Virginia, 1917.tempSpaceA Social Welfare Program for the State of Florida, 1918. The War Program of the State of South Carolina, 1918. Social Problems of Alabama, 1918.tempSpaceSocial Progress of Mississippi, 1919. Report of Committee on Treatment of Persons Awaiting Court Action and Misdemeanant Prisoners, 1921. The Third Degree—Methods of Obtaining Confessions and Information from Persons Accused of Crime, 1921.tempSpaceThe Restoration of the Criminal, 1922. Penology an Educational Problem, 1922. A Study of the Penitentiaries of Pennsylvania, 1923.tempSpaceTwo Reports on Reorganization and Reconstruction of the New York City Prison System, 1925. United States Prisoners in County Jails, 1926. Report on the Penal and Reformatory System of Missouri, 1929.tempSpaceTestimony before special committee of the United States House of Representatives on Federal Penal and Reformatory Institutions, 1929. Training Schools for Prison Officers, 1930.Awarded gold medal by Roosevelt Memorial Association “for the promotion of social justice,” 1930. Round Table Studies for Trustees of Institutions. Also a Program for the State Council of Defense of West Virginia, 1917.tempSpaceA Social Welfare Program for the State of Florida, 1918.
The War Program of the State of South Carolina, 1918. Social Problems of Alabama, 1918.tempSpaceSocial Progress of Mississippi, 1919. Report of Committee on Treatment of Persons Awaiting Court Action and Misdemeanant Prisoners, 1921.
The Third Degree—Methods of Obtaining Confessions and Information from Persons Accused of Crime, 1921.tempSpaceThe Restoration of the Criminal, 1922. Penology an Educational Problem, 1922. A Study of the Penitentiaries of Pennsylvania, 1923.tempSpaceTwo Reports on Reorganization and Reconstruction of the New York City Prison System, 1925.
United States Prisoners in County Jails, 1926. Report on the Penal and Reformatory System of Missouri, 1929.tempSpaceTestimony before special committee of the United States House of Representatives on Federal Penal and Reformatory Institutions, 1929. Training Schools for Prison Officers, 1930.