Research

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Creator:

New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

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This series consists of two types of forms listing physicians. The county list includes name and address of a physician in each city, and remarks such as "physician to poor house" or "no physician". The other list provides the same information for each ward of a designated city..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

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Questionnaires provide information on medical facilities and conditions in poorhouse hospitals: amount of space; amount and type of facilities, including special facilities; names and salaries of medical personnel; dietary practices and kitchen facilities; sanitary conditions; heating, plumbing, and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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New York State Hospital for the Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Ray Brook, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of applications for admission to the State Hospital for the Treatment of Tuberculosis at Ray Brook. Entries may include application date; applicant's name and residence; name of welfare officer making application; acceptance or rejection; whether admitted or not; examining physician .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

 

 

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This volume records the local boards and staffs of the state normal and training schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Oswego and Potsdam. The entry for each school provides: local board member - name and appointment date; employees (mostly teachers) - name, date of confirmation, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of a daily statistical record of inmates. Daily entries include the number of inmates on state work; sick in hospital; excused from labor; in punishment; new men received; miscellaneous; total in prison; discharged; and remarks..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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

 

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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

 

8

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a listing of patients admitted to the Clinton prison hospital. The register contains inmate number; name; former residence; occupation; nationality; disease duration; infection source; family history; sanitary condition of former surroundings; status (apparently cured, improved, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of one volume listing inmate admissions to the prison hospital for surgery. The entries, which are both handwritten and typed, contain the inmate number, name, age, county in which convicted, admission date, description of surgery performed, date, postoperative treatments if any, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of two bound volumes of hospital ledgers documenting the admission, treatment, and discharge of inmates for various ailments. Each entry contains the inmate name, prison number, consecutive number, cell number, age, color, religion, occupation, date received at Clinton, crime, sentence, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series contains case files that document the commitment, diagnosis and treatment of inmates of the Matteawan and Dannemora State Hospitals for the Criminally Insane. The bulk of the case files contain legal papers documenting the commitment process; admission sheets; statistical data forms; ward .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series records the types of medicines prescribed to inmates in Ward A of Matteawan State Hospital. The registers provide the name of the inmate, drug prescribed, date started, dosage and frequency of dosage. Records are restricted..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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The dispensary record, tracking the health and medical treatment of inmates, was a source the physician's monthly and annual reports. Included are: inmate number; division; inmate name; admission date; diagnosis/physical condition; treatment; name of doctor (rarely); occasional remarks (such as the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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Hospital admission registers, tracking the health and medical treatment of inmates, were a source for the compilation of the physician's monthly and annual reports. The admission registers from the House of Refuge include admission date; inmate number; age; division; diagnosis/physical condition; treatment; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives