Research

1

Creator:

Gowanda Psychiatric Center

 

 

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These cards serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental Health and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Manhattan Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series of journals and diaries documents admission and discharge information for specific wards of Manhattan State Hospital and its successor, Manhattan Psychiatric Center..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of a register of persons who visited Matteawan's outside prison yard. The entries contain name(s) of officer(s) on duty, patient's name, ward number, inmate number, visitor's name and address, name of holiday if applicable, and occasionally, time in and out. Records are restrict.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Manhattan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records time worked by individual employees. Records typically indicate name of employee, date appointed, dates and hours worked, and other notes..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Manhattan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of two volumes documenting meetings of the Board of Managers. Minutes document in varying detail matters discussed by or reported to the board including resolutions passed, financial reports, reports and discussions of conditions and improvements, and other business..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Manhattan State Hospital

 

 

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This series documents the observations and actions of the night officers or watchmen in an unidentified ward or branch of Manhattan State Hospital housing male patients..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Manhattan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of carbon copies of printed forms containing raw statistical data on individual female patients..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Rockland Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series consists of registers of patients admitted to and discharged from Rockland State Hospital (later Rockland Psychiatric Center). Information typically includes date of admission; sex; consecutive number; identification number; type of admission; residence; and diagnosis..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

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New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

 

 

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This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings relating to a variety of topics: Willard State Hospital; other mental institutions; mental health professions; medical societies; legislation; mental illness and its treatment. Also included are public announcements; proposed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of daily entries made by Matteawan State Hospital officers detailed to keep watch on traffic entering and leaving hospital wards. Information includes names of officers on duty; time; patients placed on the suicide watch; ward visitors; patients visiting other wards; ward census .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series documents nurses' visits to patients at Matteawan State Hospital. Information includes patient's name, ward number, and a brief description of his/her symptoms or the condition from which he/she suffered. Some entries record types of drugs administered or if the patient refused to eat or .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of signed forms stating that a patient had been searched prior to transfer from Matteawan State Hospital (later Fishkill Correctional Facility) to another institution. Forms provide date of search and transfer, from where transferred, to where transferred, departure and arrival .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records the names of inmates who left their ward to visit one of the physicians at the Matteawan State Hospital. Each entry provides the date of visit, name and number of inmate, ward number, physician's name, inmate visited, date returned, and name of doctor who returned the inmate. Some .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records the results of searches made in wards 10, 12, 13 and laundry room of the Matteawan Branch of the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Each volume contains entries for a ward describing the particular area that was searched, date, time, name of officer conducting the search, and the results .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of volumes reporting guard's observation on inmates at Matteawan who have suicidal tendencies. Observations are recorded usually at half hour intervals, twenty four hours a day. Entries typically provide the patient's name and number, the officer assigned the special watch, relieving .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This volume contains a listing of supplies received by one of the wards at Matteawan for the months of June, July and August of 1976. The entries record type of supplies, quantity, and date of receipt. The entries start on page 13 of the volume; the previous twelve pages are missing..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of entries made by the officer responsible for the clothing room of Ward 8 at Matteawan State Hospital. The entries describe what supplies are on hand, names of inmates transferred from Ward 8, and maintenance actions taken in the clothing room. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

19

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records items that were sent out of Matteawan State Hospital to be dry cleaned and items that were returned. The entries list items sent out, whether the clothing was state issue or private, number of items, date, items returned and date..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records the names of inmates transferred to different wards or institutions or discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. The entries record the inmate's name, number, date of admission, from where received (Volume 2 only), place of transfer, and date. Ward numbers are typically entered in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives