Research

1

Creator:

Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of moving image media, including both videotapes and motion picture films. Some of the film is original and dates to the 1930s; some of the videotapes are duplicates of the films. Subjects and titles include "Out of the Shadows: Admission of a Patient," (1930); "The Patient Needs .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of Utica State Hospital accounting books documenting requisitions and expenditures primarily for patient apparel. Other items include bedding; fabric; thread; yarn; combs; brushes; clothing and shoe repair and soap. Information includes date; patient name; item requested; and price. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

 

 

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This series consists of bound copies of "The Opal," a monthly literary newsletter edited by patients at the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. The newsletter contains poems, essays, news articles, correspondence, and editorials on national and local events and subjects. Subjects and themes are mostly social, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a register of medical prescriptions given to patients at the New York State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Information includes patient name; date each prescription was commenced; discontinued and amount of medication prescribed. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

 

 

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This series consists of a ledger of expenses for female patients kept by the matron of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica (N.Y.). Patient accounts are listed either under the county responsible for the expenses, or as private accounts. Articles issued for each patient are listed by date with price and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series consists of newsletters produced by patients and staff of Utica and Marcy State Hospitals (later consolidated as Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center) to provide current information on the people and programs at these institutions. Patient publications feature quotations, poems, and short pieces .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

 

 

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Prints, slides, and photo albums provide extensive visual documentation of the daily activities at several central New York state mental health facilities. Scenes include parties; sports; field trips; dining; ceremonies; entertainment, patient therapy and treatments and interior and exterior of buildings. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series contains a wide assortment of records, compiled at Utica and Marcy State Hospitals, that were determined to possess historical value. The records document treatments and facility conditions, patient life, staff life and training, and facility expansion. Records cover a wide array of subjects .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives