Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Litigation Support Services
Title:
Series:
21414
Dates:
1972-1986
Abstract:
In the early 1970s, the publicized conditions at Willowbrook led to a class action suit alleging civil rights violations (New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Rockefeller). Willowbrook clients were deinstitutionalized or transferred to other state facilities. These records document .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Title:
Series:
21101
Dates:
1940-2003
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Title:
Series:
B1684
Dates:
1835-1903
Abstract:
This series consists of account books of receipts and disbursements by New York State Asylum and the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children for board and clothing expenses for private pay students. Volume 1 shows cash received on account for "paying pupils." Entries include date; name; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
Syracuse State School
Abstract:
This series consists of an assortment of books from the Syracuse State School and its predecessors indexing parts of various unspecified institutional records. The correlation of the indexes to the ledgers, journals, registers, or other volumes they index is unknown; only two of the volumes have titles .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
Syracuse Developmental Center
Abstract:
This series contains an assortment of unrelated records that were apparently removed from institutional records for purposes of research or exhibit. Volumes include: an admissions book (July 1925-June 1926); a parole/elopement book (May-December 1917); a book of escapes (April 1953-August 1957); a clothing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Title:
Series:
20147
Dates:
1927-1983
Abstract:
Prior to 1978, the Department of Mental Hygiene was responsible for services to the mentally disabled and mentally ill, and for treatment oversight. It received patient admission lists from public and private treatment facilities throughout the state. This series consists of admission lists from those .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract:
This series contains registers which record the number of patients in the custody of the Rome State School and its predecessor, the Rome State Custodial Asylum. Information includes a daily count of males and females for each month and notes regarding patient admissions, discharges, deaths, physicians .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract:
This series consists of observational notes on the condition of women inmates housed in the Rome State Custodial Asylum. It consists of brief, handwritten entries, with an alphabetical index in the front of the volume. The record for each patient varies in length, and it documents the patient's changing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series indicates daily number of orders given to seclude patients at the Rome State School, later the Rome Developmental Center (note: only male patients are secluded) or to place them in either a camisole (straight-jacket) or restraint sheet. Numbers are given by gender. One sheet is used per .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Abstract:
These books record the use of the colony telephone by patients at one of the colonies at the Rome Developmental Center. The entries are recorded in diary or journal fashion by the ward attendee or other staff. Information includes names of patients and attendees, date and time phone calls were made, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Abstract:
These inspection reports on Rome State School colonies track the population census. Data represents the overall Rome population for most reports (wards and colonies). There are also some reports for individual colonies, but it is unclear whether all colonies were inspected individually on a routine .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
Rome Developmental Center (N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of reports of the ward service and patient environment (incidents or lack thereof) as reported by ward attendees during their shifts at the Rome Developmental Center and predecessor Rome State School. Earlier journals also include alphabetical indexes of patients on the ward for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
Syracuse State School
Title:
Series:
B1648
Dates:
1925-1970
Abstract:
This series consists of logbooks recording receipt of packages and letters and Christmas gifts sent to Syracuse State School patients. Log entries include receipt date; recipient name; name and address of sender. Sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened." Volumes listing letters .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
Syracuse State School
Abstract:
This series records those released "on parole" from the Syracuse State School, formerly the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (until 1919). Most volumes simply list name, date of parole, and date of return or discharge. Occasionally there are references, with dates, to escapes (elopement) .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Syracuse Developmental Center
Abstract:
This series consists of registers, organized by county, listing those admitted to the Syracuse Developmental Center (from the time it was called the New York State Asylum for Idiots, through all successive institutional name changes). The first volume lists name; town; class; age; sex; color; nativity; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
Syracuse State School
Abstract:
The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
The registers in this series contain handwritten entries of admissions, discharges, and case observations, among other critical patient information. Data includes name, date of admission, age, county and/or municipality of origin, date of commitment, maintenance, and staff remarks. The indexes in this .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Abstract:
These cards provide summary patient information. The front of the card includes patient's name, case number, county of origin, address if known, patient number, date of admission, and emergency contact. The reverse of the card gives visitor and/or transfer information and other notes regarding patient .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Syracuse Developmental Center
Abstract:
Photographs take 1878-1925 consist of images of children in their school environment and in individual portraits taken for case files or descriptive admission applications. Later 20th century images show institutional activities like woodworking, farming, sports, and picnics. Some images are enlarged .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives
Title:
Series:
B1640
Dates:
1894-1920
Abstract:
The series consists of dietary records of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which was renamed in 1919 as the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. The registers list separate breakfast, dinner, and supper menus for family, employees, and pupils according to date and b.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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