Biographical Note

Howard Belding Gill attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School. He was the first superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Norfolk. He served as the Superintendent of Prisons in Washington D.C. from 1944 to 1946 and then taught at the University of Wisconsin. He established the Institute for Correctional Administration in Washington, D.C. in 1952. A nationally renowned penologist and prison administrator for over six decades, Gill also had a long consulting career and published frequently in his field.

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Howard Belding Gill papers

 Collection

Identifier: MS-1995-018

Abstract The Howard Belding Gill papers consist of the personal and professional papers of penologist Howard Belding Gill (1890-1989). These include artifacts, audiovisual materials, awards and certificates, clippings, correspondence, lecture notes, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, speeches, and writings and publications. The bulk of the materials document Gill’s professional career, notably as superintendent of Norfolk Prison Colony (1927-1934) and as founder and director of the Institute...

Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research; portions available digitally. Selected student materials and prisoner records are closed due to privacy restrictions, including the entirety of the Institute of Correctional Administration student materials. Recordings on audiotape reel are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Reading Room staff know of your specific interest, and if possible, reformatting will be scheduled....

Dates: 1912 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1970