Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of reports gathered by the Commission in its investigation of mental institutions throughout the country. Most are annual reports from state mental health agencies, private charitable organizations, hospitals, asylums, and schools in other states. Also included is correspondence .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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The Commission undertook an extensive survey of the mentally deficient in New York State and held public hearings to gather additional evidence. This series contains correspondence, mostly from physicians, government officials, private charitable agencies, and school administrators, relating to the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of testimony from public hearings held by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to gather evidence on the care and treatment of mentally deficient persons. Topics included nature and causes of mental deficiency (such as the role of heredity, poverty, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of completed surveys from public school principals in New York providing information on students in classes for the mentally deficient. Information includes number of special classes, teachers, and students; special training received by teachers; and student personal information .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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The series contains completed survey forms from physicians at county jails in the state on policies and procedures relating to mentally deficient prisoners. The survey form contains: policies for examining mentally deficient prisoners; numbers of prisoners considered mentally deficient and insane; transfer .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series contains surveys completed by superintendents of training schools and other custodial institutions for the mentally deficient throughout the country. Information includes institutional information (name, staffing, operating costs); statistics on inmates (gender, classification of mental .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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The series contains pamphlets and article reprints from mental health journals discussing topics relating to mental deficiency including patient diagnosis, methods and costs of care and training, epilepsy, and delinquency of mental deficients. A large portion of the records relate to Eugenics, the science .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of several hundred black and white photographs illustrating conditions at custodial institutions for the mentally deficient in New York and other states. The photographs were gathered by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to illustrate its final report. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of outgoing correspondence from the commissioner and secretary directed to superintendents of custodial institutions; public school principals and superintendents; private charitable agencies; federal, state, and local health officials; university faculty; newspaper editors; physicians; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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The series consists of a daily journal of activities of the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient. Included are very brief summaries of Commission correspondence, meetings, phone conversations, and visits, with information on persons involved and topics discussed..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of reports and meeting minutes prepared by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient. The minutes include discussions, resolutions and recommendations; survey information (especially in Westchester County); reports on visits to custodial institutions; monthly .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of blank medical forms used by custodial institutions for mentally deficient inmates. The majority of the forms are from New York institutions; most were collected from the Craig Colony for Epileptics. Forms include admission applications; personal and family histories; medical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

 

 

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This series consists of blank survey forms used by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to examine statewide needs and current programs for the care and training of mentally deficient persons. Most forms relate to surveys sent to schools and custodial institutions in the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives