Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

 

 

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This series documents the admission, treatment, therapy, education, and progress of Willowbrook School consumers before and after their transfer to the Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Service Office in Tupper Lake. Records typically include admission sheets, admission/transfer records, psychological .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series documents "Team B," a self-advocacy group for the developmentally disabled. The records provide information on the team's activities and evidence of how the team functioned and governed itself. This series includes memoranda, correspondence, speeches, testimony to commissions and legislative .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Client Records Unit

 

 

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This series includes master microfilm copies of original terminated case files of clients served by the Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office (CDDSO). The records filmed chronicle all services provided to clients, including administrative, legal, and programmatic. As such they provide clinical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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Staten Island Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of case files of patients who died, discharged, or were transferred to other institutions, from Willowbrook State School. Case files document patients' admission, treatment, therapy, and education. They typically contain admission records; records of visitors and correspondents; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of a Syracuse State School's record of patient surgeries. Typical procedures include appendectomy, suturing, tonsillectomy. Entries include type of operation; date; patient name; surgeon; surgical assistant; anesthetist (sometimes), and nurse. Early listings note patient's sex; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of patient case files from the Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessors. Case files typically contain documentation of court commitment or voluntary admission, patient mental and medical history, progress reports, records of medical treatments, family contacts, transfers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives