COLL/348 Guide to the Garrett Heyns Collection Heyns, Garrett Collection Finding Aid Authors: Richard Harms, 1999.

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Guide to the Garrett Heyns Collection 1913/1991 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Garrett Heyns Collection 1913-1991 1935-1970 COLL/348 Heyns, Garrett, 1891-1969 22.00 44 Boxes English Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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The collection details the various facets of the career of Garrett Heyns (1891-1969) including particularly his service for the Michigan Department of Corrections; his attempt at politics in West Michigan as a Democrat; his work in Washington, which includes raw data on his 1966 survey of the administrative situations in the fifty states and the District of Columbia; and his work on the Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training during the 1960s. The material provides insight into the civil service reform efforts in Michigan during the mid 20th century, the development of education during the first half of the century, prison reforms, vocational training, and the status of penology.
Biographical Information:

Garrett Heyns (21 September 1891, Allendale, MI - 3 November 1969, Olympia, WA) was an educator and later a penologist of some accomplishment. A lifelong scholar, Heyns wrote and spoke extensively, particularly on the theme that education was important to self-improvement and dealing with the problems of society. Both in Michigan and in the state of Washington he worked diligently providing academic and vocational training to prison inmates and finding employment for them prior to their release on parole.

The son of William Wynant Heyns and Henrietta Tien, Garrett Heyns completed the two-year educational program at Calvin College in 1911; obtained from the University of Michigan an AB in 1915, MA in 1916, and a PhD in 1928. He taught and served at schools in New Jersey, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan, and became the superintendent of the Holland, Michigan, Christian Schools in 1928. In 1937 he became the warden of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, and was then appointed State Director of Corrections. In 1957 he was appointed Director of the State of Washington Department of Institutions. On 25 December 1916 Heyns married Rosa Klooster of Grand Rapids, Michigan. They had two children, Roger W. and Jacqueline J. (Rudeen).

Administrative History:

(1891-1969)

Garrett Heyns (21 September 1891, Allendale, MI - 3 November 1969, Olympia, WA) was an educator and later a penologist of some accomplishment. A lifelong scholar, Heyns wrote and spoke extensively, particularly on the theme that education was important to self-improvement and dealing with the problems of society. Both in Michigan and in the state of Washington he worked diligently providing academic and vocational training to prison inmates and finding employment for them prior to their release on parole.

The son of William Wynant Heyns and Henrietta Tien, Garrett Heyns completed the two-year educational program at Calvin College in 1911; obtained from the University of Michigan an AB in 1915, MA in 1916, and a PhD in 1928. He taught and served at schools in New Jersey, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan, and became the superintendent of the Holland, Michigan, Christian Schools in 1928. In 1937 he became the warden of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, Michigan, and was then appointed State Director of Corrections. In 1957 he was appointed Director of the State of Washington Department of Institutions. On 25 December 1916 Heyns married Rosa Klooster of Grand Rapids, Michigan. They had two children, Roger W. and Jacqueline J. (Rudeen).

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Personal Name: Heyns, Garrett, 1891-1969 Title: Parole Topical Term: Criminals -- Rehabilitation. Prison administration -- Michigan Prison administration -- Washington (State) Prison labor Prison psychology Prisons - Officials and employees
Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access:

Collection open for research. Materials do not circulate.

Preferred Citation:

Preferred Citation: [item], folder, box, Garrett Heyns Collection, Heritage Hall (Hekman Library), Calvin University

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Scope and Contents

The Garret Heyns Collection houses the personal papers of Garret Heyns. This collection, which dates from 1913 – 1991, consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, and one 35mm film, evidencing Heyns’s career as a penologist. The material provides insight into the civil service reform efforts in Michigan during the mid 20th century, the development of education during the first half of the century, prison reforms, vocational training, and the status of penology.

The ‘Biography, Incoming Correspondence, 1935-1969’ series consists of biographical sketches of Garrett Heyns as well as over 30 years of correspondence. This series also contains correspondence and materials related to Heyns’s 1936-1937 and 1939-1940 candidacy for Michigan’s 5th district. Other topics documented by correspondence in this series include Heyns’s major career transitions as well as his retirement and condolences after his death. Heyns’s personal accounts of the years 1937-1957 are included in this series. The ‘Outgoing Correspondence’ series is much smaller than the previous series but covers the same time period.

The ‘Correspondence from and about Inmates’ series contains correspondence between Heyns and inmates from Michigan and Washington. Two other prison employees’ correspondence are also included in this series. This series provides insight into the prisoners’ experiences. The prisoners express their frustrations and desires in the correspondence and interviews with Heyns.

The ‘Date Books’ series is composed of Garrett Heyns’s datebooks from the years 1930 – 1969.

The ‘Awards, Obituaries, and Eulogies’ series contains the materials described in the title and notably includes Calvin College’s first Distinguished Alumni Award. These materials speak to Heyns’s achievements and legacy.

Though the bulk of the collection documents Heyns’ career as a penologist, the ‘Articles and Speeches, 1913-1965’ series contains papers Heyns wrote as a student at the University of Michigan and as an educator in Holland, Michigan. In several of these articles, Heyns reflects on the state of the world between World War I and World War II. The subject of war and its effect on the prison system appears in this collection from time to time. This series also contains speeches about recurrent themes in Heyns’s career such as prison education, prison employment and calls for a more passionate society. 

The ‘Articles and Speeches on Corrections and Rehabilitation’ series contains speeches and articles that look forward to the future of corrections. The bulk of the materials in this series were written for an audience of penologists, but several speeches appear to be written for a more general audience with the objective of informing them about corrections and rehabilitation.

The ‘Administration and Organization’ series consists of mostly speeches and articles about prison administration. The series covers a broad range of topics related to prison administration but a considerable amount of materials are related to staff organization and the hiring and training of competent prison employees.

The materials in the ‘Articles and Speeches, 1937 – 1980’ were written during the span of Heyns’s penologist career. The materials in this series cover topics including juvenile delinquency, prison mental health programs, parole, probation, sex offenders, and capital punishment. This series also contains materials for penology and prison management courses at the University of Michigan and a course in Crime and Delinquency that was offered at Calvin College.

The ‘Associations and Congresses’ series contains correspondence, reports, and, programs from prison organizations and events. A manual for suggested standards for a state correctional system is also included in this series.

The ‘Michigan Department of Corrections’, ‘Michigan Reformatory’, and ‘Reports on the Michigan Department of Corrections’ series document Garrett Heyns’s time as the Warden of the warden of the Michigan Reformatory and the Michigan State Director of Corrections. This series is composed of reports, memos, financial reports, essays, surveys and studies. The bulk of the material in this series documents the operations of the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia and the Michigan Department of Corrections as a whole. It contains some materials related to programming at the Michigan Reformatory including a list of high school courses offered to inmmates and programs from plays put on in the institution. This series also contains a detailed history of corrections in the state of Michigan. The subjects of prison labor, prison education, inmate health, prison riots, and parole are heavily featured in this series.

Detailed List of Contents id60980 Biography, Incoming Correspondence 1936-1969 id60981 1 id60982 1 1 Biographical sketches id60983 1 2 Incoming Correspondence-A 1936-1969 id60984 1 3-4 Incoming Correspondence-B 1936-1969 id60985 1 5 Incoming Correspondence-C 1936-1969 id60986 1 6 Incoming Correspondence-D 1936-1969 id60987 1 7 Incoming Correspondence-E 1936-1969 id60988 1 8 Incoming Correspondence-F 1936-1969 id60989 1 9-10 Incoming Correspondence-G 1936-1969 id60990 2 id60991 2 1 Correspondence, H id60992 2 2 Correspondence, J-K id60993 2 3 Correspondence, L id60994 2 4 Correspondence, M id60995 2 5 Correspondence, N-O id60996 2 6 Correspondence, P-Q id60997 2 7 Correspondence, R id60998 3 id60999 3 1 Correspondence, S id61000 3 2 Correspondence, T-V id61001 3 3 Correspondence, W-Z id61002 3 4 Incoming miscellaneous and anonymous material id61003 3 5 Correspondence re: congressional race for Michigan 5th District 1936-1937 and 1939-1940 id61004 3 6 Speeches and material re: Michigan 5th District congressional race 1936-1937 and 1939-1940 id61005 3 7 Diary and personal accounts of events in the years 1937-1957 id61006 3 8 Correspondence re: the campaign to G. Heyns as warden of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia 1938-1939 id61007 4 id61008 4 1 Appointment to Director of Institutions, Washington State 1957 id61009 4 2 Heyns' retirement 1966 id61010 4 3 After heart attack 1967 id61011 4 4 From friends, after his death in 1969 id61012 4 5 From professional associates, after his death id61013 Outgoing Correspondence 1936-1969 id61014 5 id61015 5 1 1920-1939 id61016 5 2 1940-1942 id61017 5 3 1943-1945 id61018 5 4 1946-1948 id61019 5 5 1949-1953 id61020 5 6 1954-1957 id61021 5 7 1957-1959 id61022 5 8 1960-1963 id61023 5 9 1964-1966 id61024 5 10 1967-1969 id61025 Correspondence from and about Inmates 1937-1967 id61026 6 id61027 6 1-2 Correspondence from Michigan inmates id61028 6 3 Correspondence from Washington State inmates id61029 6 4 Correspondence from parents and relatives id61030 6 5 Correspondence of Helmer Gellein with inmates 1943-1961 id61031 6 6 Correspondence of Chaplain Wenger of Southern Michigan Prison 1938-1940 id61032 6 7 Scheduling lists of Warden Heyns' interviews with inmates id61033 6 8 Compositions of inmates id61034 6 9 Administrative memos re: good time, etc. about inmates id61035 Date Books id61036 7 1930-1949 id61037 8 1950-1959 id61038 9 1960-1969 id61039 Awards, Obituaries, and Eulogies 1959-1975 id61040 10 id61041 10 1 Old Masters Program, Purdue University 1959 id61042 10 2 Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Michigan 1960 id61043 10 3 E. R. Cass Award 1965 id61044 10 4 Distinguished Alumni Award, Calvin College Alumni Association 1966 id61045 10 5 Miscellaneous awards and tributes id61046 10 6 Obituaries 1969 id61047 10 7 Eulogies after 1969 id61048 10 8 "Writings (selected) of Garrett Heyns" id61049 10 9 Dr. Conte's incoming correspondence regarding "Writings of Garrett Heyns" id61050 10 10 Dr. Conte's outgoing correspondence regarding "Writings of Garrett Heyns" id61051 10 11 id61052 10 11 Letters in response to the book id61053 10 11 Bound copy of the "Conte Papers" 1975 id61054 Articles and Speeches 1913-1965 id61055 11 id61056 11 1 "Why the US is at War," 1917 and "Revolutionary Statesmen and the Political Philosophers,", articles 1918 id61057 11 2 University of Michigan seminar papers 1913-1922 id61058 11 3 "American Statesmen of 1775 and the Political Philosophers," Religion and Culture 1920 id61059 11 4 Published PhD thesis, "Estates General of 1484" 1926 id61060 11 5 Speeches given to the Exchange Club in Holland, Michigan: id61476 11 5 “Revolutions” 1933 id61477 11 5 “Current World Situations” 1935 id61478 11 5 “Second Report on World Situation” 1936 id61479 11 5 “The New Deal” id61061 11 6 Articles in the "Young Calvinist"-list of 32 titles at front of folder 1931-1966 id61062 11 7 "A Call to Action-Vital Issues" Speech 1948 at 25th Convention of AFRYMS, Chicago 1948 id61063 11 8 Speeches given to the Torch Club and Academians Club in Grand Rapids 1939-1944 id61480 11 8 “Current World Situations" id61481 11 8 “Future Role of the US in World Politics" id61482 11 8 “World Peace" id61483 11 8 “On Tariffs” id61064 11 9 Speeches on special occasions: id61484 11 9 Athletic Banquet, Holland Christian High 1932 id61485 11 9 Memorial Day, Hull, Iowa 1928 id61486 11 9 "Easter address" 1938 id61487 11 9 Memorial Day, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1939 id61488 11 9 Memorial Day, Ionia, Michigan, Vets’ Hospital 1950 id61489 11 9 Chapel address at Calvin College 1950 id61065 11 10 Articles in Christian School Magazine: March-June issues, 1922. 50th anniversary issue 1920 id61066 11 11 Commencement addresses: id61490 11 11 Western Academy, Hull, Iowa 1923-1928 id61491 11 11 Holland Christian High 1933-1936 id61492 11 11 Calvin College 6/1/1943 id61067 11 12 Article in The Banner 8/2/1930 id61068 11 13 Speech: "Preparing Johnny for Life," Exchange Club, Holland Michigan 1935 id61069 11 14 "Looking Forward," in Newsletter of Southern Michigan Reformatory 1938 id61070 11 15 "Relationship of Education to Industrial Employment of Prisoners." Article on proceedings of the 81st Annual Congress of Corrections 1951 id61071 11 16 Article on Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Congress of Corrections. "Areas of Agreement and Disagreement between Correctional Educators and Wardens" 1952 id61072 11 17 Speech given to Michigan Education Association 10/1955 id61073 11 18 Speech: "How to Stimulate Inmate Interest and Motivation in Educational Programs" 1956 id61074 11 19 "A Time to Think" one preface in Maple Leaf, newsletter of Maple Lane School, Centralia, Washington, 4/1964 id61075 11 20 "Aims of Correctional Education" Speech: Washington Correctional Education Association 1965 id61076 11 21 Statement of G. Heyns for Washington Correctional Association Conference 1/1965 id61077 11 22 Notes and outlines of speeches on education id61078 Articles and Speeches on Corrections and Rehabilitation 1941-1968 id61079 12 id61080 12 1 Radio talk-WKAR, MSU Radio, Lansing, Michigan 1941 id61081 12 2 "Comments on the Salvation Army" in Salvation Army booklet 1945 id61082 12 3 "Modern Philosophy and Practice of Correctional Treatment" 1948 id61083 12 4 "Some Trends in Modern Penology," speech to Wisconsin Corrections Conference 1953 id61084 12 5 Revision of "Some Trends in Modern Penology," speech in Young Calvinist, "Ye have heard it has been said" 1953 id61085 12 6 "National Trends in Corrections" in Proceedings of Wisconsin Corrections Conference. Also basis for presidential address to the Central States Parole Association 1955, 1957 id61086 12 7 "Towards the Millennium in Corrections-Penal Institutions" Central States Correctional Conference Speech 1955 id61087 12 8 "Time, Crime and Treatment," article in National Probation and Parole Association issue on "Crime and Delinquency Treatment." Revised for The Torch 1969 id61088 12 9 Article: "The Dramatic New Role of Washington Institutions" in Puget Soundings 1961 id61089 12 10 "Correctional Institutions in Century 21" article in Agenda published by inmates. Washington State penitentiary 1962 id61090 12 11 "Lions in the Pathway" inspirational tale at Central States Correctional Association, Louisville 1942 id61091 12 12 "Selling Corrections" National Probation and Parole Yearbook 1949 id61092 12 13 "Job of Custodial Personnel in Adult Institutions," Wisconsin Workshop 1955 id61093 12 14 "Why Do We Have These Gatherings?" president's remarks 23rd Annual Conference of the Central States Corrections Association 1957 id61094 12 15 "A Survey of Adult Corrections Speech," 55th Annual Meeting of Governors' Conference, Florida 7/19/1963 id61095 12 16 "What the Public Should Know About Adult Corrections," Reunion of "Selling Corrections" in Miami 1963, 9/1964 id61096 12 17 "The Likes of the Warden," West Wardens Conference Shelton, Washington 5/2/1966 id61097 12 18 "Road Ahead in Corrections," American Corrections Association Proceedings of 98th Congress 1968 id61098 12 19 Notes and outlines for speeches in corrections and rehabilitation id61099 12 20 Radio Talk WKAR, MSU, Lansing, Michigan 9/10/1942 id61100 12 21 "Someday He'll Get Out of Prison and Then What?" National Observer (see folder 13, box 12 for complete article) 9/21/1964 id61101 12 22 Remarks to Washington State Federation of Democratic Women's Club, Yakima, Washington 5/5/1963 id61102 12 23 Several miscellaneous speeches to church and civic groups and Chicago Christian High Alumni 1950-1957 id61103 Administration and Organization 1941-1968 id61104 13 id61105 13 1 "Coordinated Approach to Corrections" American Congress of Social Work Convention. Atlantic City, New Jersey 1941 id61106 13 2 "Three Soldiers in Step," American Prison Association Proceedings of 71st Congress of Correction, San Francisco 1941 id61107 13 3 Radio Talk WKAR, MSU, Lansing, Michigan 9/10/1942 id61108 13 4 Four writings and speeches on kinds of organization for Corrections Department undated id61109 13 5 "Orientation Class," and "Orientation Process" 1943 id61110 13 6 "Prison Industries" 1943 id61111 13 7 "Practical Problems of Administration-a Summation," American Prison Association Proceedings of 73rd Congress of Corrections, New York 1943 id61112 13 8 Statement of president-elect of the American Prison Association in Proceedings of the 73rd Congress of Correction. New York 1943 id61113 13 9 "Planning for the Future," Prison World, November/December 1944 id61114 13 10 "Swords into Plowshares" presidential address, American Prison Association Proceedings of 75th Annual Congress of Correction, New York 1945 id61115 13 11 "How is Prison Labor to be Organized to Yield Moral Benefit and Social and Economic Return?" 12th International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, the Hague 1950 id61116 13 12 "Prison" Article for "Britannica Junior" 1952 id61117 13 13 "Merit System and the State Administration," 3rd Annual Institute of Government, Michigan Employees Association 1954 id61118 13 14 Speech: "What Types of Personnel-What Kind of Staff Organization Should Be Planned?" American Prison Association 84th Annual Congress of Corrections, Philadelphia 1954 id61119 13 15 "Prison Visiting," Encyclopedia of Criminology 1949 and 1955 id61120 13 16 "Updating Institutional Clarification Standards," speech to Revision Committee for a manual of suggested standards of the American Corrections Association 1957 id61121 13 17 "Supervision of Inmates' Relationships with Persons Outside the Adult Correctional Institution," proceedings of the 87th Congress of Corrections, American Correctional Association 1957 id61122 13 18 "State Organization of Classification," proceedings for 88th Congress; also reports of Workshop II 1957 id61123 13 19 "Adult Corrections in the Western States," for the American Correctional Association 1959 id61124 13 20 "Matter of Interrelationship between and among State Administrators and Institutional Heads," Correctional Administrators Association Proceedings of 80th annual Congress of Corrections, Denver. 8/31/1960 id61125 13 21 "Communications-Central Office to Institutions," article in Proceedings of 82nd Congress of Corrections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9/1962 id61126 13 22 "Department of Institutions New Programs," Heyns report to directors 6/2/1964 id61127 13 23 "Philosophy of Administration-A Policy Statement," Dr. Wm. Conte, Division of Mental Health Department of Institutions Washington State 1965 id61128 13 24 "Patterns of Correction," article for National Council of Crime and Delinquency 7/1967 id61129 13 25 Notes and outlines of speeches and administration id61130 13 26 "Competent Guards Recruitment" 1/12/1945 id61131 13 27 "The Characteristics and Qualifications of the Good Custodial Officer," from Proceedings of the 81st Annual Congress of Corrections. Biloxi, Mississippi 1961 id61132 13 28 "In Service Training," speech, Ames, Iowa 5/8/1957 id61133 13 29 "Training for What?" article in The Bulletin division of Mental Health 5/8/1957 id61134 13 30 "Strategies for State and Local Action in Using Field Placement in Correctional Settings." Montana State Institute, Utah Conference report 03/1964 id61135 13 31 "Closing Remarks," given at Pacific Coast Institute on Correctional Manpower and Training Union, Washington 1965 id61136 13 32 "Manpower Needs for the Helping Services-an Overview from an Institution Director's Position." Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Institute on Undergraduate for the Helping Services, Pocatello, Idaho 11/1965 id61137 13 33 "Problems of Staff Recruitment and Development." National Institute for Crime and Delinquency, Anaheim, California 06/1967 id61138 13 34 Speech on Manpower needs to deal with the problem of Juvenile delinquency, at National Governors' Conference on Juvenile Delinquency, Chicago 04/1967 id61139 13 35 "The Challenge of a Career in Corrections in a Changing Society."  1968 Institute of Adult Corrections.  Washington State Department of Corrections id61140 13 36 Notes for a speech on the traits of a good guard and for state police trainees id61141 Articles and Speeches 1937-1980 id61142 14 id61143 14 1 Juvenile Delinquency-"A Glimpse Behind the Headlines" 1939 or 1940 id61144 14 2 Juvenile Delinquency-"Concerning the Wayward Minor Program," in Michigan 1944 id61145 14 3 Juvenile Delinquency-"Special Problems-Juvenile Delinquency," at West Governor's Conference, Seattle 05/1980 id61146 14 4 Juvenile Delinquency-"Changing Perspectives Regarding Institutions and Home." Speech to 3rd annual session of Juvenile Court Summer School. Eugene, Oregon 7/1960 id61147 14 5 Juvenile Delinquency-Speech at Dedication of Child Study and Treatment Center West State Hospital, Fort Steilacoom, Washington 7/1961 id61148 14 6 Preface to a Juvenile Delinquency Report for Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 7/1963 id61149 14 7 Keynote address: "Juvenile Delinquency," Second Annual Institute on Corrections. John Howard Society, Edmonton, Alberta id61150 14 8 Juvenile Delinquency-"Ultimate Goals of the Therapeutic Community," speech, British Columbia Congress of Corrections, Vancouver 1963 id61151 14 9 Juvenile Delinquency-"The Treat 'em Rough Boys are Here Again" Article in Federal Probation 6/1967 id61152 14 10 Notes and outlines of speeches on juvenile delinquency 9/1960 id61153 14 11 "Areas of Agreement and Disagreement between Wardens and Psychiatrists," American Prison Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1949 id61154 14 12 Report on state mental hospitals, State of Washington [1959] id61155 14 13 Annual Convention of the Washington Association for Retarded Children, speech 8/1963, and speech at conference on mental illness, 6/13/1964 id61156 14 14 "Comprehensive Planning in Mental Retardation." Conference of American Association on Mental Deficiency. Kansas City, 5/7/1964 id61157 14 15 Speech before Psychiatric Division of Washington State Medical Association 1965 id61158 14 16 "Some Recommendations Concerning a Proposed Administrative Structure for Washington State-Supported Mental Health Program" 1965 id61159 14 17 Western Inter-State Commission for Higher Education report regarding the Mental Health Council 1966 id61160 14 18 "Olympic Center Report from the Director," in Hope for Retarded Children 1966 id61161 14 19 Speech on probation, prisons, and parole; the Michigan system 1941 id61162 14 20 Speech to the inmates of Michigan Prison-the parole system and army induction id61163 14 21 "Paroles," in Prison World 1947 id61164 14 22 "Probation-Institutions: Their Relationship to Sound Correctional Planning." American Prison Association, 85th Annual Congress of Correction 1955 id61165 14 23 "Coordination of Institutions and Parole Service" undated id61166 14 24 "A Halfway Station" undated id61167 14 25 "Criteria for Parole Selection." American Correctional Association Proceedings for 88th Congress of Corrections 1958 id61168 14 26 "Penal Institutions"-Recreation the Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science, 9/1957 id61169 14 27 "The Ill and Handicapped in your Community," Recreation Pacific Northwest District Recreation Conference, Yakima, Washington 1959 id61170 14 28 Guest editorial on Research in Bulletin, Newsletter of the Mental Health Research Institute, Washington State, 3/1960 id61171 14 29 "Organization for Research in Institutions," also a summary in "Conference Report on Program Development through Research," Ocean Lake, Oregon 1961 id61172 14 30 "Effective utilization of Research findings: Possibility of Probability." American Corrections Association undated id61173 14 31 On the Sex-Offender, "Michigan's Experience with the Criminal Sexual Psychopath." Comments on "A psychiatric study of 250 sex offenders," by Apfelberg, Sugar and Pfeffer for the National Psychiatric Association 1944 id61174 14 32 "Washington's Sex Offenders: an Overview of Public Policies and Practices," with doctors Conte and Knutsen, presented at Washington State Medical Association Colloquium 1966 id61175 15 id61176 15 1 "Michigan's Experience with Murderers in the First Degree Regarding Capital Punishment." American Correctional Association, Detroit 1957 id61177 15 2 "Brief History of Capital Punishment Legislation," in Michigan 1954 id61178 15 3 Detainers: "Detainers in a State Correctional System," Atlantan 1945 and Federal Probation 1945; "Detainers," Central State News 1948 and Newsletter of the Central States Correctional Association, 1948; "Encyclopedia of Criminology," 1949 and revised 1953; "Detainer System," Federal Probation, vol. 9 1964 id61179 15 4 Letters in reply to a Survey on Detainers 12/1947 id61180 15 5 Foreword to the 2nd, 3rd Department of Corrections 1939-1944 id61181 15 6 Same for Washington Department of Institutions 1956-1966 id61182 15 7 "The Director's Comments," in Perspective, Department of Institutions 1956-1966 id61183 15 8 Eulogy for John W. Baker. Bulletin, Department of Institutions, State of Washington 1963 id61184 15 9 "Former Warden Relates Mural History," Hill Top News, Southern Michigan Reformatory 2/1961 id61185 15 10 Collaboration reports for/with American Correctional Association id61505 15 10 Chapter 25, “Parole,” in Manual of Suggested Standards for a State Corrective System on Revision Committee 1959 id61506 15 10 Collaboration on chapter 2 on “Central Administration of the same Manual”; Central Organization, 1966 edition, chapter 8 id61507 15 10 Classification id61186 15 11 American Prison Association Committee on Prison Riots and Disturbances, 5/1963 id61187 15 12 Co-author of Report of the Joint Commission on Detainers id61188 15 13 Material for a book, Accomplishments 1937-1951 id61189 15 14 Material for a course in penology, University of Michigan 1943, 1947 id61190 15 15 Material for a course in penology, University of Michigan 1953-1954 id61191 15 16 Material for a course on prison management, University of Michigan 1955 id61192 15 17 Booklet for a course on crime and delinquency at Calvin College id61193 15 18 Four book reviews 1946-1962 id61194 Associations and Congresses 1937-1968 id61195 16 id61196 16 1 Correspondence and Programs of the American Prison Association (as of 1956, American Correctional Association), Heyns as president 1956 id61197 16 2-3 76th Annual Congress of Correction in Detroit 1946 id61198 16 4 77th Annual Congress of Correction in Detroit 1947-1948 id61199 16 5 Correspondence and reports of the American Correctional Association 1966-1968 id61200 16 6 Manual of "Suggested Standards for a State Correctional System," American Prison Association 1946 id61201 16 7 Manual of "Suggested Standards for a State Correctional System," American Prison Association, 1953. With comments and letters re: the revision of Chapter 25 of the manual of parole 1953 id61202 17 id61203 17 1 Michigan Corrections Association 1938-1947 id61204 17 2 National Probation Association, 1943-1947 (combined with American Parole Association) 1946 id61205 17 3 American Parole Association to (see folder 2, box 17) 1946 id61206 Michigan Department of Corrections 1936-1957 id61207 17 id61208 17 4 National Probation and Parole Association (see folder 2, box 17) 1946-1948 id61209 17 5 12th International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, The Hague 1950 id61210 17 6 Publications of the 12th International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, The Hague 1950 id61211 17 7 Central States Correctional Association 1950-1955 id61212 17 8 Announcements of speeches by Dr. Heyns with programs of various organizations 1937-1957 id61213 17 9 Announcement of speeches by Dr. Heyns with programs 1957-1967 id61214 18 id61215 18 1 id61508 18 1 The Structure and Organization of the Department of Corrections, 1938 1938 id61509 18 1 "Rules for Employees" 1939 id61216 18 2 History of Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Parole in Michigan 1938 id61217 18 3 Biennial Reports: 1939-1940 id61510 18 3 1st 1937-1938 id61511 18 3 2nd 1939-1940 id61218 18 4 Biennial Reports: 3rd 1941-1942, 4th 1943-1944 id61512 18 4 3rd 1940-1942 id61513 18 4 3rd 1943-1944 id61219 18 5 Statistical Report 1936, 1936-1938; June and July, 1957 id61220 18 6 Draft reports from Director Heyns 1940, 1942 id61221 18 7 "Bureau of Prisons Report" 1945 id61222 18 8 Michigan Corrections 1949 id61223 18 9 "Annual Report," Michigan Corrections Commission 1956 id61224 18 10 Memos, bulletins, and directives 1937-1949 id61225 18 11 Inmate Rules and Regulations 1936, 1945, 1947 id61226 18 12 Internal reports and statistics 1939-1957 id61227 18 13 Prison Industries, memos, reports 1940-1948 id61228 18 14 Committee for Institutional Long-Range Planning, State of Michigan Corrections 1956-1957 id61229 Michigan Reformatory; Ionia, Michigan 1939-1961 id61230 19 id61231 19 1 id61514 19 1 History of Reformatory 1877-1937 id61515 19 1 History of Reformatory Prisons 1839-1941 id61516 19 1 Story of the Michigan Reformatory (Public Employee Press) May 1957 id61232 19 2 Photo-essay on procedure at the Reformatory done by a LIFE photographer 1939 id61233 19 3 Rules and Regulations for the Discipline and Government of the Michigan Reformatory 1936 id61234 19 4 Michigan Reformatory Appropriation Record 1937-1938 id61235 19 5 Financial Reports Michigan Reformatory 1933-1948 id61236 19 6 Lists of donations to inmates, shift registers, etc. id61237 19 7 Monthly reports 6/1938-5/1939 id61238 19 8 "High School Subjects Offered,"; plays and programs 1946 id61239 19 9 "Michigan Reformatory," a part of "Review of Corrections, 1955" April, 1956 id61240 19 10 Miscellaneous reports of the Reformatory, list of improvements 1949-1959 id61241 19 11 Warden's letters to staff 1952-1956 id61242 19 12-13 Plans and justification for a new institution 1951-1954 id61243 19 14 Miscellaneous notes and lists id61244 Reports on the Michigan Department of Corrections 1938-1957 id61245 20 id61246 20 1 1940 Survey of Michigan Penal Institutions 1940 id61247 20 2 Survey of the medical and dental facilities of Jackson Prison 1948 id61248 20 3 Recommendations to Governor Kim Sigler. Also a letter to the Governor 1949 id61249 20 4 Report to the President and Members of the Senate, with a minority statement to Senator Stanley Novak 1947 id61250 20 5 Survey of the Michigan Corrections System by Noel P. Fox 1949 id61251 20 6 Recommendations relating to Statutory Provisions, Policies, and Functional Organization of the Michigan Department of Corrections 1949 id61252 20 7 Staff report to the Michigan Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of State Government; by Donald Clemmer 1951 id61253 20 8 Michigan Corrections Survey by J. J. Sheehy 7/1953 id61254 20 9 Report of the Committee on State Prisons of the House of Representatives 2/1954 id61255 20 10 Minutes of a Michigan Committee on "Research in the Department of Corrections" 1956-1957 id61256 20 11 Unionism at the Michigan Reformatory 1955 id61257 20 12 Michigan Penal Problem-Proposed Character Clinic and Board of Penal Management undated id61258 20 13 General comment on and proposals for the Southern Michigan Prison undated id61259 20 14 id61517 20 14 Michigan Reforms Its Reform Program, by James Raymond; “Institutional Merit System,” by James Raymond 1940 id61518 20 14 “Psychiatric Clinical Services for Penology,” by H. Freedman 1946 id61519 20 14 "Comparative Study of Forger,” by I. A. Berg 1944 id61260 21 id61261 21 1 Annual reports of the Classification Committee of the Michigan Reformatory id61262 21 2 Classification reports 1938-1946 id61263 21 3 Four reports on classification 1940-1941 id61264 21 4 "Parole in Michigan," a report from the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles 1939 id61265 21 5 Parole Procedure in Michigan 1939 id61266 21 6 "Social Interpretation-A Function of Parole Administration." G. F. Bush undated id61267 21 7 Statements of the Parole Board 1949-1950 id61268 21 8 In-Service Training for Parole Officers 1949-1950 id61269 21 9 A study by the National Probation and Parole Association 1955 id61270 21 10 Report of: id61543 21 10 Senate Committee on Michigan Indeterminate Sentence Law 1952 id61544 21 10 Indeterminate Sentences 1942 id61271 21 11 id61520 21 11 “Michigan’s Experiment on Minimum Security Penology,” Vernon Fox 1949 id61521 21 11 “The Staff of a Minimum Security Prison,” Dennis J. Fernly 1956 id61272 21 12 "A Survey of Security Camps," report, Price Chenault 1947 id61273 21 13 "Cassidy Lake Honor Camp" 1945-1947 id61274 21 14 id61522 21 14 Education: Report to Warden on Department of Education, 1949 D. E. Clay; “Education—its contribution to young first offenders in the Michigan Reformatory" 1945 id61524 21 14 “Group therapy—a Social Education Medium” 1954-1955 id61525 21 14 “Intelligence, Race and Age as Selective Factors in Crime,” V. Fox 1943 id61526 21 14 “I.Q.—a comparison of 1948 statistics to 1955,” A follow-up to a 1948 report id61275 21 15 id61527 21 15 Vocational Guidance: “A Prison Trade Students and Training,” E. R. Akers 1944 id61528 21 15 “Social Re-education and Training in Mechanical Skills and Industrial Habits”; “Trade, Training, Michigan Reformatory, Problems and Recommendation” 1946 id61529 21 15 Training Program, Ionia 1949 id61276 21 16 "Postwar Public Works Program for the Michigan Penal System" 1943 id61277 21 17 "Prisons in War-time," War Production Board 1943 id61278 21 18 "Postwar Penological Prospectus," by inmate Hurl and Sherwood 1944 id61279 22 id61280 22 1 id61530 22 1 Minors: Michigan Wayward Minor Law 1944 id61531 22 1 Michigan Wayward Minor Division 1945 id61532 22 1 Report on Wayward Minor and Juvenile Delinquents by the State Advisory Council of Corrections 1948 id61533 22 1 Evaluation of Michigan’s Wayward Minor Law 1948 id61281 22 2 Report on Services Available to Michigan children 1943 id61282 22 3 Children with Problems-County of Kent, Bureau of Probation, Dept. of Correction 1943 id61283 22 4 id61541 22 4 Digest of Survey Committee: Report, Boys’ Vocational School, Lansing 1945 id61542 22 4 Vocational Enterprise 4/1942 id61284 22 5 Condensed Report of the Michigan Youth Guidance Program 1943-1947 id61285 22 6 id61538 22 6 On Riots: “Report of the Board of Inquiry—Southern Michigan Prison Riot,” by Dodd, Rogers, Smith 1952 id61539 22 6 “Message to Legislature,” by Gov. Williams 1953 id61540 22 6 Letter to Gov. Williams from Parole Board, Pascoe, Bush, Eliakson id61286 22 7 id61536 22 7 “Michigan Prison Riots.” Report of special committee to study the Michigan Department of Corrections 1953 id61537 22 7 By MacCormick, Clemmer, Waite, Wise. Comments by Warden Heyns id61287 22 8 Clippings on the Riot at Southern Michigan Prison 1952 id61288 22 9 id61546 22 9 Inmates’ account of the riot at Jackson Prison 1952 id61547 22 9 Inmates’ diary concerning the riot 1952 id61289 22 10 Research, Report and Recommendation of the Seminar on Research in correctional Treatment. Department of Correction and U of M Social Science Division 1956 id61290 22 11 Miscellaneous items about Ionia by Garrett Heyns id61291 Legislation and Proposed Legislation 1929-1957 id61292 23 id61293 23 1 Warden: appointment, term, qualification, removal 1929 id61294 23 2 Michigan Corrections Law 1937 id61295 23 3 Michigan Legislative Bills 1947 id61296 23 4 Michigan Legislative Bills 1949 id61297 23 5 Michigan Legislative Bills 1951, 1953 id61298 23 6 Michigan Legislative Bills 1951, 1953 id61549 Investigation of Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson 1939-1949 id61301 24 id61302 24 1 Report to the Corrections Commission regarding the investigation at Jackson, 10/27/1941 by G. Heyns and Resolution of the Corrections Commission Pursuant to the Reports 1941 id61303 24 2 Interrogation by State Police September 2-30, 1941 id61304 24 3 Correspondence re: Jackson investigation. Three letters from Governor Van Wagoner 1941 id61305 24 4 Investigation of irregularities in use of state gas 1941 id61306 24 5 Documents and reports of investigation re: unauthorized use of inmate labor 1939-1942 id61307 24 6 Report of Adult Inmates Store Account, Cigar Case Trend and Community Store Accounts of the State Prison at Jackson 1940-1941 id61308 24 7 Accounts and Records of Supplies State Prison at Jackson 1940-1941 id61309 24 8 News accounts of the investigation (additional clippings in the scrap books) 1940-1941 id61310 25 id61311 25 1 id61550 25 1 Report by the Attorney General on the Investigation with summary of action taken by the Michigan Corrections Commission 1945 id61551 25 1 “Reasons for Separation” for seven men involved with materials on their appeal to the Civil Service Commission 1947 id61312 25 2 Confession of Howard Frieland on the Medley escape 1946 id61313 25 3 Heyns' Diary of Events of 3/12-4/2/1945 re: investigation at Jackson Prison id61314 25 4 Heyns' Statement to Attorney General re: Jackson Prison 1945, 1948 id61315 25 5 Statements to the investigator 1945-1949 id61316 25 6 Investigation of Inmate Labor on Private Property 1943-1945 id61317 25 7-8 Investigation of Papers from Attorney General 1948 id61318 25 9 Investigation of the Inmate Store at Jackson 1948 id61319 25 10 Correspondence re: Jackson Investigation 1945-1947 id61320 25 11 Vouchers and reports from Jackson Prison 1946-1948 id61321 25 12 Press editorials, clippings, and comments re: the investigation of Jackson Prison (additional clippings are in the two scrapbooks) id61322 Washington State Institutions 1956-1991 id61323 26 id61324 26 1 Biennial reports 1956-1958, 1959-1961, 1961-1963, 1962-1964, 1964-1966 id61325 26 2 "Adult Corrections in Washington State" American Journal of Corrections, G. Heyns, v. 24, no. 6 1962 id61326 26 3 "The Challenge of a Career in a Changing Society,", Institute on Adult Corrections, p. 167. Washington State Department of Institutions 1968 id61327 26 4 Washington Corrections Center including 24 photographs; Shelton, WA id61328 26 5 Garrett Heyns High School, Washington Corrections Center id61329 26 6 Washington Corrections Center, clippings id61330 26 7 Washington Correctional Education Association 1991 id61331 26 8 Washington Citizens Council correspondence 1956-1962 id61332 27 id61333 27 1 Washington institutions for women id61334 27 2 Juvenile institutions id61335 27 3 Mental hospitals id61336 27 4 Handicapped children id61337 27 5 Honor camps id61338 27 6 Washington State Prison, Walla Walla id61339 27 7 "Volcano Named White" 1961 id61340 27 8 Radio transcript 1961 id61341 27 9 Miscellaneous publications id61342 27 10 "Perspective" Department of Institutions Publication 1957-1971 id61343 27 11 Photos Washington State institutions id61344 States Responses of the District of Columbia to a "Survey on Administrative Situations in State Governments" 1966 id61345 28 id61346 28 1 District of Columbia id61347 28 2 Alabama id61348 28 3 Alaska id61349 28 4 Arizona id61350 28 5 California id61351 28 6 Colorado id61352 28 7 Connecticut id61353 28 8 Delaware id61354 28 9 Florida id61355 28 10 Georgia id61356 28 11 Hawaii id61357 28 12 Idaho id61358 28 13 Illinois id61359 28 14 Indiana id61360 28 15 Iowa id61361 28 16 Kentucky id61362 28 17 Maine id61363 28 18 Maryland id61364 28 19 Massachusetts id61365 28 20 Michigan id61366 28 21 Minnesota id61367 29 id61368 29 1 Missouri id61369 29 2 Mississippi id61370 29 3 Montana id61371 29 4 Nebraska id61372 29 5 Nevada id61373 29 6 New Hampshire id61374 29 7 New Jersey id61375 29 8 New Mexico id61376 29 9 New York id61377 29 10 North Carolina id61552 29 North Dakota id61381 29 12 Ohio id61382 29 13 Oklahoma id61383 29 14 Oregon id61384 29 15 Pennsylvania and Rhode Island id61385 29 16 South Carolina id61386 29 17 South Dakota id61387 29 18 Tennessee id61388 29 19 Texas id61389 29 20 Utah id61390 29 21 Vermont id61391 29 22 Virginia id61392 29 23 Washington id61393 29 24 West Virginia id61394 29 25 Wisconsin id61395 29 26 Wyoming id61396 Background material for a study: "A Long Range Plan for the Colorado Division of Corrections,"; by Sharpe, Beto, and Heyns 1968 id61397 30 id61398 30 1 Department of Adult Parole folder 1968 id61399 30 2 Correspondence 1965, 1968 id61400 30 3 Rough draft Interim Report - Project 1420, 1068 id61401 30 4 Colorado State Penitentiary Statistical Report 1966-1967 id61402 30 5 Work Release Program brochures id61403 30 6 Colorado State Penitentiary financial statement id61404 Joint Commission on correctional Manpower and Training 1965-1969 id61405 31 id61406 31 1 Documents 1965-1969 id61407 31 2 Correspondence 1965-1969 id61408 31 3 Staff memorandum and correspondence 1966-1968 id61409 31 4 Documents and memos 1966-1969 id61410 31 5 By-Laws and minutes of Board of Directors 1965-1969 id61411 31 6 Introduction and Preface to the Commission Reports undated id61412 31 7 Comments on interstate report set up by Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training 2/16/1968 id61413 31 8 Expense records id61414 31 9 Photos with commission members id61415 32 id61416 32 1 Newsletter 1966-1968 id61417 32 2 Fact sheets published for the Commission 1968 id61418 32 3 Speech by Louis Harrison to the Commission 3/1/1968 id61419 32 4 Integrated report 1967 id61420 32 5 Monthly reports 1968 id61421 Unbound Reports of the Joint Commission 1968 id61422 33 id61423 33 1 Preface and Introduction to the Report on Correctional Manpower and Training id61424 33 2 Nature and Use of Confinement id61425 33 3 Correctional Institution Systems id61426 33 4 Adult Correctional Institutions id61427 33 5 Juvenile Institutions id61428 33 6 Problems and Issues id61429 33 7 Local Jails and Workhouses id61430 33 8 Considerations in Planning id61431 33 9 Toward a Collaborative Institution and Offender Economic Competence id61432 33 10 Core Correctional Roles, Task Analysis, Core Correctional Confinement Jobs, and the Outlook id61433 33 11 Joint Commission Reports id61434 33 12 Chapters on the Correctional Administrator id61435 Bound Reports of the Joint Commission 1967-1970 id61436 34 id61437 34 "A Time to Act," final report 10/19/1969 id61438 34 Two staff reports id61553 34 12/1969 id61554 34 1/1970 id61439 34 One research report, "Developing Correctional Administrators" 11/1969 id61440 34 Five seminar reports 1967, 1968 id61441 34 Four survey reports 1968 id61442 34 Three consultants' papers 1968-1969 id61443 Michigan Inmates Newspapers id61444 35 1937-1956 id61445 News Clippings, Michigan id61446 36 1936-1954 id61447 37 1955 id61448 News Clippings, Michigan and Washington State id61449 38 1956-1957 id61450 News Clippings, Washington State id61451 39 1958-1960 id61452 40 1964-1970 id61453 Publications 1885-1886 id61454 41 id61455 41 History of Correction Report, Ionia, Michigan 1885-1886 id61456 41 Michigan State House of Correction Reformatory 1896 id61457 41 Microfilm inventory list (9 rolls of microfilm) id61458 Addendum 1912-1991 id61459 42 id61460 42 1 Calvin College appointments 1920-1928 id61461 42 2 Correspondence re: Western Academy 1935-1937 id61462 42 3 Letters written by E. Van Roekel 1968 id61463 42 4 Article, published in Holland City News undated id61464 42 5 Rock Valley, Iowa, Christian School, 50th anniversary booklet 1912-1962 id61465 42 6 Yearbooks: Western Academy 1923-1925 id61466 42 7 id61711 42 7 Personal correspondence 1935-1937 id61712 42 7 Materials sent by son, Roger 1991 id61467 43 Two Large Scrapbooks id61468 44 One Large 35mm film entitled, "The Heyns Decade" id61469 Photographs id61470 26 id61471 26 4 Washington Corrections Center including 24 photographs; Shelton, WA id61472 27 id61473 27 11 Photos Washington State institutions id61474 31 id61475 31 9 Photos with commission members