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...

Access Note

Collection closed pending conservation treatment, except boxes 79 and 81, which are open for research. Digital content is open for research.

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