Research

Scope and Content Note

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 and the dates of scheduled appointments. There are no actual x-rays in the series.

A second set of volumes marked "census" list patients in roughly alphabetical order with a date (post-dating the appearance of the name in the logbook) and status (expired, CC, FC, or discharged). Exact purpose of these volumes is uncertain, but it may be inferred that they were created to track the status of patients who had received x-ray treatment, possibly for followup.

The remaining volumes in the series consist of logbooks for patients receiving x-rays at other facilities; for x-rays of employees, potential employees, and students; for x-rays of patients from other hospitals; and of appointments for x-ray rechecking in Albany.