Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
Prior to 1978, the Department of Mental Hygiene was responsible for services to the mentally disabled and mentally ill, and
for treatment oversight. It received patient admission lists from public and private treatment facilities throughout the state.
This series consists of admission lists from those institutions under jurisdiction of OMRDD (1978-1983) as well as those Department
of Mental Hygiene facilities that were of a type that would have come under OMRDD jurisdiction had it existed during that
time period (1927-1978).
Creator:
Title:
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities patient admission lists
Quantity:
12 cubic feet
(96 volumes)
Inclusive Dates:
1927-1983
Series Number:
20147