Garrett Heyns Collection, 1913-1991 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Richard Harms, 1999

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Collection Overview

Title: Garrett Heyns Collection, 1913-1991

Predominant Dates:1935-1970

ID: COLL/348

Primary Creator: Heyns, Garrett (1891-1969)

Extent: 22.0 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Subjects: Criminals -- Rehabilitation., Heyns, Garrett, 1891-1969, Parole, Prison administration -- Michigan, Prison administration -- Washington (State), Prison labor, Prison psychology, Prisons - Officials and employees

Languages: English

Abstract

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.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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 20^th 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 5^th 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.

Collection Historical Note

(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).

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Criminals -- Rehabilitation.
Heyns, Garrett, 1891-1969
Parole
Prison administration -- Michigan
Prison administration -- Washington (State)
Prison labor
Prison psychology
Prisons - Officials and employees

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 44 Boxes

Access Restrictions: Collection open for research. Materials do not circulate.

Acquisition Source: Washington State Library

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

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biography, Incoming Correspondence, 1936-1969],
[Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1936-1969],
[Series 3: Correspondence from and about Inmates, 1937-1967],
[Series 4: Date Books],
[Series 5: Awards, Obituaries, and Eulogies, 1959-1975],
[Series 6: Articles and Speeches, 1913-1965],
[Series 7: Articles and Speeches on Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1941-1968],
[Series 8: Administration and Organization, 1941-1968],
[Series 9: Articles and Speeches, 1937-1980],
[Series 10: Associations and Congresses, 1937-1968],
[Series 11: Michigan Department of Corrections, 1936-1957],
[Series 12: Michigan Reformatory; Ionia, Michigan, 1939-1961],
[Series 13: Reports on the Michigan Department of Corrections, 1938-1957],
[Series 14: Legislation and Proposed Legislation, 1929-1957],
[Series 15: Investigation of Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson, 1939-1949],
[Series 16: Washington State Institutions, 1956-1991],
[Series 17: States Responses of the District of Columbia to a "Survey on Administrative Situations in State Governments", 1966],
[Series 18: Background material for a study: "A Long Range Plan for the Colorado Division of Corrections,"; by Sharpe, Beto, and Heyns, 1968],
[Series 19: Joint Commission on correctional Manpower and Training, 1965-1969],
[Series 20: Unbound Reports of the Joint Commission, 1968],
[Series 21: Bound Reports of the Joint Commission, 1967-1970],
[Series 22: Michigan Inmates Newspapers],
[Series 23: News Clippings, Michigan],
[Series 24: News Clippings, Michigan and Washington State],
[Series 25: News Clippings, Washington State],
[Series 26: Publications, 1885-1886],
[Series 27: Addendum, 1912-1991],
[Series 28: Photographs],
[All]

Series 1: Biography, Incoming Correspondence --- 1936-1969

Box 1

Folder 1: Biographical sketches
Folder 2: Incoming Correspondence-A --- 1936-1969
Folder 3-4: Incoming Correspondence-B --- 1936-1969
Folder 5: Incoming Correspondence-C --- 1936-1969
Folder 6: Incoming Correspondence-D --- 1936-1969
Folder 7: Incoming Correspondence-E --- 1936-1969
Folder 8: Incoming Correspondence-F --- 1936-1969
Folder 9-10: Incoming Correspondence-G --- 1936-1969

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence, H
Folder 2: Correspondence, J-K
Folder 3: Correspondence, L
Folder 4: Correspondence, M
Folder 5: Correspondence, N-O
Folder 6: Correspondence, P-Q
Folder 7: Correspondence, R

Box 3

Folder 1: Correspondence, S
Folder 2: Correspondence, T-V
Folder 3: Correspondence, W-Z
Folder 4: Incoming miscellaneous and anonymous material
Folder 5: Correspondence re: congressional race for Michigan 5th District --- 1936-1937 and 1939-1940
Folder 6: Speeches and material re: Michigan 5th District congressional race --- 1936-1937 and 1939-1940
Folder 7: Diary and personal accounts of events in the years --- 1937-1957
Folder 8: Correspondence re: the campaign to G. Heyns as warden of the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia --- 1938-1939

Box 4

Folder 1: Appointment to Director of Institutions, Washington State --- 1957
Folder 2: Heyns' retirement --- 1966
Folder 3: After heart attack --- 1967
Folder 4: From friends, after his death in --- 1969
Folder 5: From professional associates, after his death

Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence --- 1936-1969

Box 5

Folder 1: 1920-1939
Folder 2: 1940-1942
Folder 3: 1943-1945
Folder 4: 1946-1948
Folder 5: 1949-1953
Folder 6: 1954-1957
Folder 7: 1957-1959
Folder 8: 1960-1963
Folder 9: 1964-1966
Folder 10: 1967-1969

Series 3: Correspondence from and about Inmates --- 1937-1967

Box 6

Folder 1-2: Correspondence from Michigan inmates
Folder 3: Correspondence from Washington State inmates
Folder 4: Correspondence from parents and relatives
Folder 5: Correspondence of Helmer Gellein with inmates --- 1943-1961
Folder 6: Correspondence of Chaplain Wenger of Southern Michigan Prison --- 1938-1940
Folder 7: Scheduling lists of Warden Heyns' interviews with inmates
Folder 8: Compositions of inmates
Folder 9: Administrative memos re: good time, etc. about inmates

Series 4: Date Books

Box 7: 1930-1949
Box 8: 1950-1959
Box 9: 1960-1969

Series 5: Awards, Obituaries, and Eulogies --- 1959-1975

Box 10

Folder 1: Old Masters Program, Purdue University --- 1959

Folder 2: Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Michigan --- 1960

Folder 3: E. R. Cass Award --- 1965

Folder 4: Distinguished Alumni Award, Calvin College Alumni Association --- 1966

Folder 5: Miscellaneous awards and tributes

Folder 6: Obituaries --- 1969

Folder 7: Eulogies after --- 1969

Folder 8: "Writings (selected) of Garrett Heyns"

Folder 9: Dr. Conte's incoming correspondence regarding "Writings of Garrett Heyns"

Folder 10: Dr. Conte's outgoing correspondence regarding "Writings of Garrett Heyns"

Folder 11

Item 1: Letters in response to the book
Item 2: Bound copy of the "Conte Papers" --- 1975

Series 6: Articles and Speeches --- 1913-1965

Box 11

Folder 1: "Why the US is at War," 1917 and "Revolutionary Statesmen and the Political Philosophers,", articles --- 1918

Folder 2: University of Michigan seminar papers --- 1913-1922

Folder 3: "American Statesmen of 1775 and the Political Philosophers," Religion and Culture --- 1920

Folder 4: Published PhD thesis, "Estates General of 1484" --- 1926

Folder 5: Speeches given to the Exchange Club in Holland, Michigan:

Item 1: “Revolutions” --- 1933
Item 2: “Current World Situations” --- 1935
Item 3: “Second Report on World Situation” --- 1936
Item 4: “The New Deal”

Folder 6: Articles in the "Young Calvinist"-list of 32 titles at front of folder --- 1931-1966

Folder 7: "A Call to Action-Vital Issues" Speech 1948 at 25th Convention of AFRYMS, Chicago --- 1948

Folder 8: Speeches given to the Torch Club and Academians Club in Grand Rapids --- 1939-1944

Item 1: “Current World Situations"
Item 2: “Future Role of the US in World Politics"
Item 3: “World Peace"
Item 4: “On Tariffs”

Folder 9: Speeches on special occasions:

Item 1: Athletic Banquet, Holland Christian High --- 1932
Item 2: Memorial Day, Hull, Iowa --- 1928
Item 3: "Easter address" --- 1938
Item 4: Memorial Day, Grand Rapids, Michigan --- 1939
Item 5: Memorial Day, Ionia, Michigan, Vets’ Hospital --- 1950
Item 6: Chapel address at Calvin College --- 1950

Folder 10: Articles in Christian School Magazine: March-June issues, 1922. 50th anniversary issue --- 1920

Folder 11: Commencement addresses:

Item 1: Western Academy, Hull, Iowa --- 1923-1928
Item 2: Holland Christian High --- 1933-1936
Item 3: Calvin College --- 6/1/1943

Folder 12: Article in The Banner --- 8/2/1930

Folder 13: Speech: "Preparing Johnny for Life," Exchange Club, Holland Michigan --- 1935

Folder 14: "Looking Forward," in Newsletter of Southern Michigan Reformatory --- 1938

Folder 15: "Relationship of Education to Industrial Employment of Prisoners." Article on proceedings of the 81st Annual Congress of Corrections --- 1951

Folder 16: Article on Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Congress of Corrections. "Areas of Agreement and Disagreement between Correctional Educators and Wardens" --- 1952

Folder 17: Speech given to Michigan Education Association --- 10/1955

Folder 18: Speech: "How to Stimulate Inmate Interest and Motivation in Educational Programs" --- 1956

Folder 19: "A Time to Think" one preface in Maple Leaf, newsletter of Maple Lane School, Centralia, Washington, 4/1964

Folder 20: "Aims of Correctional Education" Speech: Washington Correctional Education Association --- 1965

Folder 21: Statement of G. Heyns for Washington Correctional Association Conference --- 1/1965

Folder 22: Notes and outlines of speeches on education

Series 7: Articles and Speeches on Corrections and Rehabilitation --- 1941-1968

Box 12

Folder 1: Radio talk-WKAR, MSU Radio, Lansing, Michigan --- 1941
Folder 2: "Comments on the Salvation Army" in Salvation Army booklet --- 1945
Folder 3: "Modern Philosophy and Practice of Correctional Treatment" --- 1948
Folder 4: "Some Trends in Modern Penology," speech to Wisconsin Corrections Conference --- 1953
Folder 5: Revision of "Some Trends in Modern Penology," speech in Young Calvinist, "Ye have heard it has been said" --- 1953
Folder 6: "National Trends in Corrections" in Proceedings of Wisconsin Corrections Conference. Also basis for presidential address to the Central States Parole Association --- 1955, 1957
Folder 7: "Towards the Millennium in Corrections-Penal Institutions" Central States Correctional Conference Speech --- 1955
Folder 8: "Time, Crime and Treatment," article in National Probation and Parole Association issue on "Crime and Delinquency Treatment." Revised for The Torch --- 1969
Folder 9: Article: "The Dramatic New Role of Washington Institutions" in Puget Soundings --- 1961
Folder 10: "Correctional Institutions in Century 21" article in Agenda published by inmates. Washington State penitentiary --- 1962
Folder 11: "Lions in the Pathway" inspirational tale at Central States Correctional Association, Louisville --- 1942
Folder 12: "Selling Corrections" National Probation and Parole Yearbook --- 1949
Folder 13: "Job of Custodial Personnel in Adult Institutions," Wisconsin Workshop --- 1955
Folder 14: "Why Do We Have These Gatherings?" president's remarks 23rd Annual Conference of the Central States Corrections Association --- 1957
Folder 15: "A Survey of Adult Corrections Speech," 55th Annual Meeting of Governors' Conference, Florida --- 7/19/1963
Folder 16: "What the Public Should Know About Adult Corrections," Reunion of "Selling Corrections" in Miami --- 1963, 9/1964
Folder 17: "The Likes of the Warden," West Wardens Conference Shelton, Washington --- 5/2/1966
Folder 18: "Road Ahead in Corrections," American Corrections Association Proceedings of 98th Congress --- 1968
Folder 19: Notes and outlines for speeches in corrections and rehabilitation
Folder 20: Radio Talk WKAR, MSU, Lansing, Michigan --- 9/10/1942
Folder 21: "Someday He'll Get Out of Prison and Then What?" National Observer (see folder 13, box 12 for complete article) --- 9/21/1964
Folder 22: Remarks to Washington State Federation of Democratic Women's Club, Yakima, Washington --- 5/5/1963
Folder 23: Several miscellaneous speeches to church and civic groups and Chicago Christian High Alumni --- 1950-1957

Series 8: Administration and Organization --- 1941-1968

Box 13

Folder 1: "Coordinated Approach to Corrections" American Congress of Social Work Convention. Atlantic City, New Jersey --- 1941
Folder 2: "Three Soldiers in Step," American Prison Association Proceedings of 71st Congress of Correction, San Francisco --- 1941
Folder 3: Radio Talk WKAR, MSU, Lansing, Michigan --- 9/10/1942
Folder 4: Four writings and speeches on kinds of organization for Corrections Department --- undated
Folder 5: "Orientation Class," and "Orientation Process" --- 1943
Folder 6: "Prison Industries" --- 1943
Folder 7: "Practical Problems of Administration-a Summation," American Prison Association Proceedings of 73rd Congress of Corrections, New York --- 1943
Folder 8: Statement of president-elect of the American Prison Association in Proceedings of the 73rd Congress of Correction. New York --- 1943
Folder 9: "Planning for the Future," Prison World, November/December --- 1944
Folder 10: "Swords into Plowshares" presidential address, American Prison Association Proceedings of 75th Annual Congress of Correction, New York --- 1945
Folder 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
Folder 12: "Prison" Article for "Britannica Junior" --- 1952
Folder 13: "Merit System and the State Administration," 3rd Annual Institute of Government, Michigan Employees Association --- 1954
Folder 14: Speech: "What Types of Personnel-What Kind of Staff Organization Should Be Planned?" American Prison Association 84th Annual Congress of Corrections, Philadelphia --- 1954
Folder 15: "Prison Visiting," Encyclopedia of Criminology --- 1949 and 1955
Folder 16: "Updating Institutional Clarification Standards," speech to Revision Committee for a manual of suggested standards of the American Corrections Association --- 1957
Folder 17: "Supervision of Inmates' Relationships with Persons Outside the Adult Correctional Institution," proceedings of the 87th Congress of Corrections, American Correctional Association --- 1957
Folder 18: "State Organization of Classification," proceedings for 88th Congress; also reports of Workshop II --- 1957
Folder 19: "Adult Corrections in the Western States," for the American Correctional Association --- 1959
Folder 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
Folder 21: "Communications-Central Office to Institutions," article in Proceedings of 82nd Congress of Corrections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --- 9/1962
Folder 22: "Department of Institutions New Programs," Heyns report to directors --- 6/2/1964
Folder 23: "Philosophy of Administration-A Policy Statement," Dr. Wm. Conte, Division of Mental Health Department of Institutions Washington State --- 1965
Folder 24: "Patterns of Correction," article for National Council of Crime and Delinquency --- 7/1967
Folder 25: Notes and outlines of speeches and administration
Folder 26: "Competent Guards Recruitment" --- 1/12/1945
Folder 27: "The Characteristics and Qualifications of the Good Custodial Officer," from Proceedings of the 81st Annual Congress of Corrections. Biloxi, Mississippi --- 1961
Folder 28: "In Service Training," speech, Ames, Iowa --- 5/8/1957
Folder 29: "Training for What?" article in The Bulletin division of Mental Health --- 5/8/1957
Folder 30: "Strategies for State and Local Action in Using Field Placement in Correctional Settings." Montana State Institute, Utah Conference report --- 03/1964
Folder 31: "Closing Remarks," given at Pacific Coast Institute on Correctional Manpower and Training Union, Washington --- 1965
Folder 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
Folder 33: "Problems of Staff Recruitment and Development." National Institute for Crime and Delinquency, Anaheim, California --- 06/1967
Folder 34: Speech on Manpower needs to deal with the problem of Juvenile delinquency, at National Governors' Conference on Juvenile Delinquency, Chicago --- 04/1967
Folder 35: "The Challenge of a Career in Corrections in a Changing Society." 1968 Institute of Adult Corrections. Washington State Department of Corrections
Folder 36: Notes for a speech on the traits of a good guard and for state police trainees

Series 9: Articles and Speeches --- 1937-1980

Box 14

Folder 1: Juvenile Delinquency-"A Glimpse Behind the Headlines" --- 1939 or 1940
Folder 2: Juvenile Delinquency-"Concerning the Wayward Minor Program," in Michigan --- 1944
Folder 3: Juvenile Delinquency-"Special Problems-Juvenile Delinquency," at West Governor's Conference, Seattle --- 05/1980
Folder 4: Juvenile Delinquency-"Changing Perspectives Regarding Institutions and Home." Speech to 3rd annual session of Juvenile Court Summer School. Eugene, Oregon --- 7/1960
Folder 5: Juvenile Delinquency-Speech at Dedication of Child Study and Treatment Center West State Hospital, Fort Steilacoom, Washington --- 7/1961
Folder 6: Preface to a Juvenile Delinquency Report for Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education --- 7/1963
Folder 7: Keynote address: "Juvenile Delinquency," Second Annual Institute on Corrections. John Howard Society, Edmonton, Alberta
Folder 8: Juvenile Delinquency-"Ultimate Goals of the Therapeutic Community," speech, British Columbia Congress of Corrections, Vancouver --- 1963
Folder 9: Juvenile Delinquency-"The Treat 'em Rough Boys are Here Again" Article in Federal Probation --- 6/1967
Folder 10: Notes and outlines of speeches on juvenile delinquency --- 9/1960
Folder 11: "Areas of Agreement and Disagreement between Wardens and Psychiatrists," American Prison Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin --- 1949
Folder 12: Report on state mental hospitals, State of Washington --- [1959]
Folder 13: Annual Convention of the Washington Association for Retarded Children, speech 8/1963, and speech at conference on mental illness, 6/13/1964
Folder 14: "Comprehensive Planning in Mental Retardation." Conference of American Association on Mental Deficiency. Kansas City, 5/7/1964
Folder 15: Speech before Psychiatric Division of Washington State Medical Association --- 1965
Folder 16: "Some Recommendations Concerning a Proposed Administrative Structure for Washington State-Supported Mental Health Program" --- 1965
Folder 17: Western Inter-State Commission for Higher Education report regarding the Mental Health Council --- 1966
Folder 18: "Olympic Center Report from the Director," in Hope for Retarded Children --- 1966
Folder 19: Speech on probation, prisons, and parole; the Michigan system --- 1941
Folder 20: Speech to the inmates of Michigan Prison-the parole system and army induction
Folder 21: "Paroles," in Prison World --- 1947
Folder 22: "Probation-Institutions: Their Relationship to Sound Correctional Planning." American Prison Association, 85th Annual Congress of Correction --- 1955
Folder 23: "Coordination of Institutions and Parole Service" --- undated
Folder 24: "A Halfway Station" --- undated
Folder 25: "Criteria for Parole Selection." American Correctional Association Proceedings for 88th Congress of Corrections --- 1958
Folder 26: "Penal Institutions"-Recreation the Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science, 9/1957
Folder 27: "The Ill and Handicapped in your Community," Recreation Pacific Northwest District Recreation Conference, Yakima, Washington --- 1959
Folder 28: Guest editorial on Research in Bulletin, Newsletter of the Mental Health Research Institute, Washington State, 3/1960
Folder 29: "Organization for Research in Institutions," also a summary in "Conference Report on Program Development through Research," Ocean Lake, Oregon --- 1961
Folder 30: "Effective utilization of Research findings: Possibility of Probability." American Corrections Association --- undated
Folder 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
Folder 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

Box 15

Folder 1: "Michigan's Experience with Murderers in the First Degree Regarding Capital Punishment." American Correctional Association, Detroit --- 1957

Folder 2: "Brief History of Capital Punishment Legislation," in Michigan --- 1954

Folder 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

Folder 4: Letters in reply to a Survey on Detainers --- 12/1947

Folder 5: Foreword to the 2nd, 3rd Department of Corrections --- 1939-1944

Folder 6: Same for Washington Department of Institutions --- 1956-1966

Folder 7: "The Director's Comments," in Perspective, Department of Institutions --- 1956-1966

Folder 8: Eulogy for John W. Baker. Bulletin, Department of Institutions, State of Washington --- 1963

Folder 9: "Former Warden Relates Mural History," Hill Top News, Southern Michigan Reformatory --- 2/1961

Folder 10: Collaboration reports for/with American Correctional Association

Item 1: Chapter 25, “Parole,” in Manual of Suggested Standards for a State Corrective System on Revision Committee --- 1959
Item 2: Collaboration on chapter 2 on “Central Administration of the same Manual”; Central Organization, 1966 edition, chapter 8
Item 3: Classification

Folder 11: American Prison Association Committee on Prison Riots and Disturbances, 5/1963

Folder 12: Co-author of Report of the Joint Commission on Detainers

Folder 13: Material for a book, Accomplishments --- 1937-1951

Folder 14: Material for a course in penology, University of Michigan --- 1943, 1947

Folder 15: Material for a course in penology, University of Michigan --- 1953-1954

Folder 16: Material for a course on prison management, University of Michigan --- 1955

Folder 17: Booklet for a course on crime and delinquency at Calvin College

Folder 18: Four book reviews --- 1946-1962

Series 10: Associations and Congresses --- 1937-1968

Box 16

Folder 1: Correspondence and Programs of the American Prison Association (as of 1956, American Correctional Association), Heyns as president --- 1956
Folder 2-3: 76th Annual Congress of Correction in Detroit --- 1946
Folder 4: 77th Annual Congress of Correction in Detroit --- 1947-1948
Folder 5: Correspondence and reports of the American Correctional Association --- 1966-1968
Folder 6: Manual of "Suggested Standards for a State Correctional System," American Prison Association --- 1946
Folder 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

Box 17

Folder 1: Michigan Corrections Association --- 1938-1947
Folder 2: National Probation Association, 1943-1947 (combined with American Parole Association) --- 1946
Folder 3: American Parole Association to (see folder 2, box 17) --- 1946

Series 11: Michigan Department of Corrections --- 1936-1957

Box 17

Folder 4: National Probation and Parole Association (see folder 2, box 17) --- 1946-1948
Folder 5: 12th International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, The Hague --- 1950
Folder 6: Publications of the 12th International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, The Hague --- 1950
Folder 7: Central States Correctional Association --- 1950-1955
Folder 8: Announcements of speeches by Dr. Heyns with programs of various organizations --- 1937-1957
Folder 9: Announcement of speeches by Dr. Heyns with programs --- 1957-1967

Box 18

Folder 1

Item 1: The Structure and Organization of the Department of Corrections, 1938 --- 1938
Item 2: "Rules for Employees" --- 1939

Folder 2: History of Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Parole in Michigan --- 1938

Folder 3: Biennial Reports: --- 1939-1940

Item 1: 1st --- 1937-1938
Item 2: 2nd --- 1939-1940

Folder 4: Biennial Reports: 3rd 1941-1942, 4th --- 1943-1944

Item 1: 3rd --- 1940-1942
Item 2: 3rd --- 1943-1944

Folder 5: Statistical Report --- 1936, 1936-1938; June and July, 1957

Folder 6: Draft reports from Director Heyns --- 1940, 1942

Folder 7: "Bureau of Prisons Report" --- 1945

Folder 8: Michigan Corrections --- 1949

Folder 9: "Annual Report," Michigan Corrections Commission --- 1956

Folder 10: Memos, bulletins, and directives --- 1937-1949

Folder 11: Inmate Rules and Regulations --- 1936, 1945, 1947

Folder 12: Internal reports and statistics --- 1939-1957

Folder 13: Prison Industries, memos, reports --- 1940-1948

Folder 14: Committee for Institutional Long-Range Planning, State of Michigan Corrections --- 1956-1957

Series 12: Michigan Reformatory; Ionia, Michigan --- 1939-1961

Box 19

Folder 1

Item 1: History of Reformatory --- 1877-1937
Item 2: History of Reformatory Prisons --- 1839-1941
Item 3: Story of the Michigan Reformatory (Public Employee Press) --- May 1957

Folder 2: Photo-essay on procedure at the Reformatory done by a LIFE photographer --- 1939

Folder 3: Rules and Regulations for the Discipline and Government of the Michigan Reformatory --- 1936

Folder 4: Michigan Reformatory Appropriation Record --- 1937-1938

Folder 5: Financial Reports Michigan Reformatory --- 1933-1948

Folder 6: Lists of donations to inmates, shift registers, etc.

Folder 7: Monthly reports --- 6/1938-5/1939

Folder 8: "High School Subjects Offered,"; plays and programs --- 1946

Folder 9: "Michigan Reformatory," a part of "Review of Corrections, 1955" --- April, 1956

Folder 10: Miscellaneous reports of the Reformatory, list of improvements --- 1949-1959

Folder 11: Warden's letters to staff --- 1952-1956

Folder 12-13: Plans and justification for a new institution --- 1951-1954

Folder 14: Miscellaneous notes and lists

Series 13: Reports on the Michigan Department of Corrections --- 1938-1957

Box 20

Folder 1: 1940 Survey of Michigan Penal Institutions --- 1940

Folder 2: Survey of the medical and dental facilities of Jackson Prison --- 1948

Folder 3: Recommendations to Governor Kim Sigler. Also a letter to the Governor --- 1949

Folder 4: Report to the President and Members of the Senate, with a minority statement to Senator Stanley Novak --- 1947

Folder 5: Survey of the Michigan Corrections System by Noel P. Fox --- 1949

Folder 6: Recommendations relating to Statutory Provisions, Policies, and Functional Organization of the Michigan Department of Corrections --- 1949

Folder 7: Staff report to the Michigan Joint Legislative Committee on Reorganization of State Government; by Donald Clemmer --- 1951

Folder 8: Michigan Corrections Survey by J. J. Sheehy --- 7/1953

Folder 9: Report of the Committee on State Prisons of the House of Representatives --- 2/1954

Folder 10: Minutes of a Michigan Committee on "Research in the Department of Corrections" --- 1956-1957

Folder 11: Unionism at the Michigan Reformatory --- 1955

Folder 12: Michigan Penal Problem-Proposed Character Clinic and Board of Penal Management --- undated

Folder 13: General comment on and proposals for the Southern Michigan Prison --- undated

Folder 14

Item 1: Michigan Reforms Its Reform Program, by James Raymond; “Institutional Merit System,” by James Raymond --- 1940
Item 2: “Psychiatric Clinical Services for Penology,” by H. Freedman --- 1946
Item 3: "Comparative Study of Forger,” by I. A. Berg --- 1944

Box 21

Folder 1: Annual reports of the Classification Committee of the Michigan Reformatory

Folder 2: Classification reports --- 1938-1946

Folder 3: Four reports on classification --- 1940-1941

Folder 4: "Parole in Michigan," a report from the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles --- 1939

Folder 5: Parole Procedure in Michigan --- 1939

Folder 6: "Social Interpretation-A Function of Parole Administration." G. F. Bush --- undated

Folder 7: Statements of the Parole Board --- 1949-1950

Folder 8: In-Service Training for Parole Officers --- 1949-1950

Folder 9: A study by the National Probation and Parole Association --- 1955

Folder 10: Report of:

Item 1: Senate Committee on Michigan Indeterminate Sentence Law --- 1952
Item 2: Indeterminate Sentences --- 1942

Folder 11

Item 1: “Michigan’s Experiment on Minimum Security Penology,” Vernon Fox --- 1949
Item 2: “The Staff of a Minimum Security Prison,” Dennis J. Fernly --- 1956

Folder 12: "A Survey of Security Camps," report, Price Chenault --- 1947

Folder 13: "Cassidy Lake Honor Camp" --- 1945-1947

Folder 14

Item 1: Education: Report to Warden on Department of Education, 1949 D. E. Clay; “Education—its contribution to young first offenders in the Michigan Reformatory" --- 1945
Item 2: “Group therapy—a Social Education Medium” --- 1954-1955
Item 3: “Intelligence, Race and Age as Selective Factors in Crime,” V. Fox --- 1943
Item 4: “I.Q.—a comparison of 1948 statistics to 1955,” A follow-up to a 1948 report

Folder 15

Item 1: Vocational Guidance: “A Prison Trade Students and Training,” E. R. Akers --- 1944
Item 2: “Social Re-education and Training in Mechanical Skills and Industrial Habits”; “Trade, Training, Michigan Reformatory, Problems and Recommendation” --- 1946
Item 3: Training Program, Ionia --- 1949

Folder 16: "Postwar Public Works Program for the Michigan Penal System" --- 1943

Folder 17: "Prisons in War-time," War Production Board --- 1943

Folder 18: "Postwar Penological Prospectus," by inmate Hurl and Sherwood --- 1944

Box 22

Folder 1

Item 1: Minors: Michigan Wayward Minor Law --- 1944
Item 2: Michigan Wayward Minor Division --- 1945
Item 3: Report on Wayward Minor and Juvenile Delinquents by the State Advisory Council of Corrections --- 1948
Item 4: Evaluation of Michigan’s Wayward Minor Law --- 1948

Folder 2: Report on Services Available to Michigan children --- 1943

Folder 3: Children with Problems-County of Kent, Bureau of Probation, Dept. of Correction --- 1943

Folder 4

Item 1: Digest of Survey Committee: Report, Boys’ Vocational School, Lansing --- 1945
Item 2: Vocational Enterprise --- 4/1942

Folder 5: Condensed Report of the Michigan Youth Guidance Program --- 1943-1947

Folder 6

Item 1: On Riots: “Report of the Board of Inquiry—Southern Michigan Prison Riot,” by Dodd, Rogers, Smith --- 1952
Item 2: “Message to Legislature,” by Gov. Williams --- 1953
Item 3: Letter to Gov. Williams from Parole Board, Pascoe, Bush, Eliakson

Folder 7

Item 1: “Michigan Prison Riots.” Report of special committee to study the Michigan Department of Corrections --- 1953
Item 2: By MacCormick, Clemmer, Waite, Wise. Comments by Warden Heyns

Folder 8: Clippings on the Riot at Southern Michigan Prison --- 1952

Folder 9

Item 1: Inmates’ account of the riot at Jackson Prison --- 1952
Item 2: Inmates’ diary concerning the riot --- 1952

Folder 10: Research, Report and Recommendation of the Seminar on Research in correctional Treatment. Department of Correction and U of M Social Science Division --- 1956

Folder 11: Miscellaneous items about Ionia by Garrett Heyns

Series 14: Legislation and Proposed Legislation --- 1929-1957

Box 23

Folder 1: Warden: appointment, term, qualification, removal --- 1929
Folder 2: Michigan Corrections Law --- 1937
Folder 3: Michigan Legislative Bills --- 1947
Folder 4: Michigan Legislative Bills --- 1949
Folder 5: Michigan Legislative Bills --- 1951, 1953
Folder 6: Michigan Legislative Bills --- 1951, 1953

Series 15: Investigation of Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson --- 1939-1949

Box 24

Folder 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
Folder 2: Interrogation by State Police --- September 2-30, 1941
Folder 3: Correspondence re: Jackson investigation. Three letters from Governor Van Wagoner --- 1941
Folder 4: Investigation of irregularities in use of state gas --- 1941
Folder 5: Documents and reports of investigation re: unauthorized use of inmate labor --- 1939-1942
Folder 6: Report of Adult Inmates Store Account, Cigar Case Trend and Community Store Accounts of the State Prison at Jackson --- 1940-1941
Folder 7: Accounts and Records of Supplies State Prison at Jackson --- 1940-1941
Folder 8: News accounts of the investigation (additional clippings in the scrap books) --- 1940-1941

Box 25

Folder 1

Item 1: Report by the Attorney General on the Investigation with summary of action taken by the Michigan Corrections Commission --- 1945
Item 2: “Reasons for Separation” for seven men involved with materials on their appeal to the Civil Service Commission --- 1947

Folder 2: Confession of Howard Frieland on the Medley escape --- 1946

Folder 3: Heyns' Diary of Events of 3/12-4/2/1945 re: investigation at Jackson Prison

Folder 4: Heyns' Statement to Attorney General re: Jackson Prison --- 1945, 1948

Folder 5: Statements to the investigator --- 1945-1949

Folder 6: Investigation of Inmate Labor on Private Property --- 1943-1945

Folder 7-8: Investigation of Papers from Attorney General --- 1948

Folder 9: Investigation of the Inmate Store at Jackson --- 1948

Folder 10: Correspondence re: Jackson Investigation --- 1945-1947

Folder 11: Vouchers and reports from Jackson Prison --- 1946-1948

Folder 12: Press editorials, clippings, and comments re: the investigation of Jackson Prison (additional clippings are in the two scrapbooks)

Series 16: Washington State Institutions --- 1956-1991

Box 26

Folder 1: Biennial reports --- 1956-1958, 1959-1961, 1961-1963, 1962-1964, 1964-1966
Folder 2: "Adult Corrections in Washington State" American Journal of Corrections, G. Heyns, v. 24, no. 6 --- 1962
Folder 3: "The Challenge of a Career in a Changing Society,", Institute on Adult Corrections, p. 167. Washington State Department of Institutions --- 1968
Folder 4: Washington Corrections Center including 24 photographs; Shelton, WA
Folder 5: Garrett Heyns High School, Washington Corrections Center
Folder 6: Washington Corrections Center, clippings
Folder 7: Washington Correctional Education Association --- 1991
Folder 8: Washington Citizens Council correspondence --- 1956-1962

Box 27

Folder 1: Washington institutions for women
Folder 2: Juvenile institutions
Folder 3: Mental hospitals
Folder 4: Handicapped children
Folder 5: Honor camps
Folder 6: Washington State Prison, Walla Walla
Folder 7: "Volcano Named White" --- 1961
Folder 8: Radio transcript --- 1961
Folder 9: Miscellaneous publications
Folder 10: "Perspective" Department of Institutions Publication --- 1957-1971
Folder 11: Photos Washington State institutions

Series 17: States Responses of the District of Columbia to a "Survey on Administrative Situations in State Governments" --- 1966

Box 28

Folder 1: District of Columbia
Folder 2: Alabama
Folder 3: Alaska
Folder 4: Arizona
Folder 5: California
Folder 6: Colorado
Folder 7: Connecticut
Folder 8: Delaware
Folder 9: Florida
Folder 10: Georgia
Folder 11: Hawaii
Folder 12: Idaho
Folder 13: Illinois
Folder 14: Indiana
Folder 15: Iowa
Folder 16: Kentucky
Folder 17: Maine
Folder 18: Maryland
Folder 19: Massachusetts
Folder 20: Michigan
Folder 21: Minnesota

Box 29

Folder 1: Missouri
Folder 2: Mississippi
Folder 3: Montana
Folder 4: Nebraska
Folder 5: Nevada
Folder 6: New Hampshire
Folder 7: New Jersey
Folder 8: New Mexico
Folder 9: New York
Folder 10: North Carolina
Item 11: North Dakota
Folder 12: Ohio
Folder 13: Oklahoma
Folder 14: Oregon
Folder 15: Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
Folder 16: South Carolina
Folder 17: South Dakota
Folder 18: Tennessee
Folder 19: Texas
Folder 20: Utah
Folder 21: Vermont
Folder 22: Virginia
Folder 23: Washington
Folder 24: West Virginia
Folder 25: Wisconsin
Folder 26: Wyoming

Series 18: Background material for a study: "A Long Range Plan for the Colorado Division of Corrections,"; by Sharpe, Beto, and Heyns --- 1968

Box 30

Folder 1: Department of Adult Parole folder --- 1968
Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1965, 1968
Folder 3: Rough draft Interim Report - Project 1420, 1068
Folder 4: Colorado State Penitentiary Statistical Report --- 1966-1967
Folder 5: Work Release Program brochures
Folder 6: Colorado State Penitentiary financial statement

Series 19: Joint Commission on correctional Manpower and Training --- 1965-1969

Box 31

Folder 1: Documents --- 1965-1969
Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1965-1969
Folder 3: Staff memorandum and correspondence --- 1966-1968
Folder 4: Documents and memos --- 1966-1969
Folder 5: By-Laws and minutes of Board of Directors --- 1965-1969
Folder 6: Introduction and Preface to the Commission Reports --- undated
Folder 7: Comments on interstate report set up by Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training --- 2/16/1968
Folder 8: Expense records
Folder 9: Photos with commission members

Box 32

Folder 1: Newsletter --- 1966-1968
Folder 2: Fact sheets published for the Commission --- 1968
Folder 3: Speech by Louis Harrison to the Commission --- 3/1/1968
Folder 4: Integrated report --- 1967
Folder 5: Monthly reports --- 1968

Series 20: Unbound Reports of the Joint Commission --- 1968

Box 33

Folder 1: Preface and Introduction to the Report on Correctional Manpower and Training
Folder 2: Nature and Use of Confinement
Folder 3: Correctional Institution Systems
Folder 4: Adult Correctional Institutions
Folder 5: Juvenile Institutions
Folder 6: Problems and Issues
Folder 7: Local Jails and Workhouses
Folder 8: Considerations in Planning
Folder 9: Toward a Collaborative Institution and Offender Economic Competence
Folder 10: Core Correctional Roles, Task Analysis, Core Correctional Confinement Jobs, and the Outlook
Folder 11: Joint Commission Reports
Folder 12: Chapters on the Correctional Administrator

Series 21: Bound Reports of the Joint Commission --- 1967-1970

Box 34

Item 1: "A Time to Act," final report --- 10/19/1969

Item 2: Two staff reports

Item 1: 12/1969
Item 2: 1/1970

Item 3: One research report, "Developing Correctional Administrators" --- 11/1969

Item 4: Five seminar reports --- 1967, 1968

Item 5: Four survey reports --- 1968

Item 6: Three consultants' papers --- 1968-1969

Series 22: Michigan Inmates Newspapers

Box 35: 1937-1956

Series 23: News Clippings, Michigan

Box 36: 1936-1954
Box 37: 1955

Series 24: News Clippings, Michigan and Washington State

Box 38: 1956-1957

Series 25: News Clippings, Washington State

Box 39: 1958-1960
Box 40: 1964-1970

Series 26: Publications --- 1885-1886

Box 41

Item 1: History of Correction Report, Ionia, Michigan --- 1885-1886
Item 2: Michigan State House of Correction Reformatory --- 1896
Item 3: Microfilm inventory list (9 rolls of microfilm)

Series 27: Addendum --- 1912-1991

Box 42

Folder 1: Calvin College appointments --- 1920-1928

Folder 2: Correspondence re: Western Academy --- 1935-1937

Folder 3: Letters written by E. Van Roekel --- 1968

Folder 4: Article, published in Holland City News --- undated

Folder 5: Rock Valley, Iowa, Christian School, 50th anniversary booklet --- 1912-1962

Folder 6: Yearbooks: Western Academy --- 1923-1925

Folder 7

Item 1: Personal correspondence --- 1935-1937
Item 2: Materials sent by son, Roger

Box 43: Two Large Scrapbooks

Box 44: One Large 35mm film entitled, "The Heyns Decade"

Series 28: Photographs

Box 26

Folder 4: Washington Corrections Center including 24 photographs; Shelton, WA

Box 27

Folder 11: Photos Washington State institutions

Box 31

Folder 9: Photos with commission members