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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of patient medical records from Willard State Hospital and from the Sampson State School facility. Information for each record includes patient name; admission and discharge dates; gender; age; civil condition; nativity; occupation; cause and form of insanity and if inherited; cause .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of medical certificates, petitions, lunacy orders, and forms containing patient information documenting the process used to commit people for care at Willard Asylum (later Willard State Hospital). Earliest forms include patient name, admission date, case number, number committed .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of court papers, and correspondence relating to legal proceedings involving patients at Willard State Hospital. Material includes notices, petitions, transcripts, and affidavits relating to appointing representatives for legally committed patients to manage their property and affairs .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of published annual reports of commissions and institutions with management oversight of those deemed to be mentally deficient. The volumes were maintained at the Willard Psychiatric Center library, most likely for research purposes and later as historical references. Also included .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of registers documenting patient paroles at Willard State Hospital. Early entries include parole date and name, relation, and address of person to whom the patient is paroled. Some entries include period of parole/expiration date. Most include results of parole (discharged, returned, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of patient indexes created by staff of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Series consists of separate county and patient indexes. For some patients, the volume and page number given in the indexes refer to other series of patient case files; in other cases, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of personnel records created at Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Included are applications for employment; reference letters; information about appointments, terminations; resignations; promotions and deaths; and correspondence about benefits and the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of autopsy reports from Willard State Hospital. Information includes case name; autopsy number; date of death; place of death (ward or building); physician in charge; place of autopsy; date; physician conducting autopsy; others present; age at death; form of insanity; duration; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of notes from staff meetings at Willard State Hospital. The notes document staff presentations and discussions of cases of individual patients. Information includes date; staff in attendance and persons giving reports and summaries. Patients discussed were sometimes at the meetings. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes of the Willard State Hospital Committee on Mental Hygiene and After Care. Members of the committee were mostly private citizens interested in the wellbeing of patients after they were discharged from Willard State Hospital. Minutes provide reports on former patients .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of accident, injury, and escape reports prepared by the ward physician and other staff. The reports usually include date of report, name of patient, patient number, date of admission ward, mental diagnosis, age, date and time of incident. Accident reports also include patient's .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series documents patient admissions, discharges, and deaths. The records may have been used for reporting purposes or for the compilation of statistics. Information includes patient admission, re-admission, discharge, and death cards and weekly lists of patients discharged and admitted. Weekly .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series documents the use of a variety of therapies and the number of patients receiving therapies each month at Willard State Hospital. Some reports are categorized by ward; some list patients by name; some categorize information by gender of patient. Types of therapies include tranquilizing drugs, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of information about surgeries performed at Willard State Hospital. Information for each procedure includes date, name of patient, name of surgeon, name of assistant, description of procedure, anesthesia used, and name of anesthesiologist. Names of assisting nurses may also be given. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of payroll records for employees of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Payroll for each month includes employee name; service (position); rate per month; time worked; and amount due. Total amounts are given for each month. Records of overtime worked and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of hospital records of Willard State Hospital employees who were treated there for physical ailments. Records include narrative descriptions of illnesses and treatments; instructions to nurses; laboratory test results; temperature charts; ward notes on patients' conditions and activities; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence to Willard State Hospital officials and their replies. Most concerns the disposal of the estates of patients who died at Willard State Hospital and/or inheritances bequeathed to patients. Other topics include patient condition inquiries; death and discharge notifications; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of reports documenting formal inspections and official visits by Department of Mental Hygiene personnel to Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Included are meeting minutes; observation notes on buildings and grounds tours as well as visitations with staff .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of inventories of equipment on wards at Willard State Hospital. Items inventoried include office furniture and equipment; recreational, janitorial, and medical equipment; and hospital furniture, apparatus, and equipment. Each item notes quantity, condition, and number requested .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives