Research

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of patient admission lists from those institutions that were of a type that would have come under the jurisdiction of OMH had it existed in the period 1908-1974. The lists are bound into 447 volumes, arranged chronologically by year. For the period 1946-1974 separate volumes were used for private and for public facilities; in other years, the lists from both types of facilities are combined into single volumes.

The informational content of the lists varies slightly over the years. Most commonly, lists show patients admitted to the facility during the designated time period; date admitted; name; birth date; age; citizenship status; town of residence; legal status (certified, voluntary, criminal order, etc.); and the name and mailing address of a legally liable relative or guardian. Lists include a department-assigned identification number. Some of the categories are omitted (or left blank) at times.