Research

1

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of daily census records maintained by staff of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Records include total number of male and female patients with number admitted and discharged. Information generally includes brief notes concerning visitors; religious services .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series records visits to the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital) by the members of the State Commission in Lunacy. Information includes date of visit, names and signatures of commissioner, and areas of the hospital visited. Recommendations, including those for safety, orderliness, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of informational and policy documents issued by the State Commission in Lunacy and maintained by the Utica State Hospital. Documents include meeting minutes; conference transcripts; patient transfer orders; Commission decisions; guidelines; policy resolutions; samples forms; and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of nightly ward reports of patient activities, conditions, and events observed by Utica State Hospital personnel. Information usually includes census; names of patients present and absent on home visits; notes on medication given; and notes on patients' physical condition and be.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

 

 

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This series consists of a logbook of signatures of visitors to the State Lunatic Asylum. Date, name, and residence are recorded for each visitor. Brief notes concerning purpose of the visit are sometimes included. "With patient" indicates visitor was delivering patient for commitment..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

 

 

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This series consists of lists of items ordered at the State Lunatic Asylum. No prices or costs are given. Amounts or numbers of items are frequently not given. A wide variety of items are listed including window shades; medicine cups; tobacco; fabric; plow parts; clothing; clams; coal; pine boards; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Marcy Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a sign-in register for the Board of Managers (later Board of Visitors) of Marcy State Hospital (later Marcy Psychiatric Center). Each entry typically records only date and signature of each manager. Purpose or occasion of visit is rarely given..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of logbooks recording information related to x-rays taken of patients and employees of Utica State Hospital (later Utica Psychiatric Center). Each entry typically records date, number, name, and area of the body x-rayed. Some volumes contain only lists of patients to be x-rayed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

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

 

10

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of accounting journals of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Series includes a steward's journal listing payments made for supplies, food, services, labor, and routine maintenance; a vendor specific journal recording accounts payable by companies and providers; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series consists of visitation books and minutes of meetings of the Board of Managers (later Board of Visitors) of the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center and its predecessors. Minutes document matters discussed by or reported to the board including resolutions passed; financial reports; conditions .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This ledger, created at the Utica State Hospital, apparently records sales or transfers of quantities of coffee and spices to other state hospitals. Accounts include date; item and amount purchased; price per unit; and total amount paid. The ledger also contains an account for coffee and spices purchased .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of contracts, specifications, and proposals from contractors and suppliers for construction projects; work on building additions, repairs and improvements; and for equipment for Utica State Hospital. Contracts included work on fire escapes; chimneys; greenhouses; windows; skylights; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives