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Middletown Psychiatric Center Newsletters


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of newsletters produced at Middletown State Hospital (later Middletown Psychiatric Center). Titles include "Empathy," the quarterly newsletter of staff and volunteers (1965, 1968); "We Speak," patient newsletter (1958-1967); The "Hilltop," patient newsletter (1935-1953); "The Hilltop Herald," and "MPC Herald," staff newsletter (ca. 1978-1996); and other short-lived or untitled publications (1961-2002).
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Newsletters
Quantity:

2.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1935-2002
Series Number:
B1922

Arrangement

Arranged by title and roughly chronological therein.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of newsletters produced by staff, patients, and volunteers at Middletown State Hospital (later Middletown Psychiatric Center). Titles include "Empathy," the quarterly newsletter of staff and volunteers (1965, 1968); "We Speak," patient newsletter (1958-1967); The "Hilltop," patient newsletter (1935-1953); "The Hilltop Herald," and "MPC Herald," staff newsletter (ca. 1978-1996); and other short-lived or untitled publications (1961-2002).

Related Material

B1540 Issues of "Marcy News," Marcy Psychiatric Center Newsletter, 1968-1976

B1585 Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Newsletters, 1957-1994

B1453 Willard State Hospital Newsletter, 1957-1980, and

B1480 "The Opal" Patient Newsletter, 1851-1860, also contain newsletters of mental health institutions.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: B1922-06
1958-1960 We Speak 1
1962-1965 We Speak 2
1965-1967 We Speak 3
1965, 1968 Empathy (volunteer quarterly newsletter) 4
1961-2002 Other short-lived or untitled publications 4
1935-1953 The Hilltop patients' newsletter 5
circa 1978-1988 The Hilltop Herald staff newsletter 6
1989-1996 MPC Herald 6
1984-1990 MPC Education and Training Dept Newsletter 7
1978-1979 MPC Staff 7
1958-1962 We Speak 7
1990-1995 PRN – Nurses Talk to Nurses 7
1994-2000 MPC Pharmacy Focus (scattered issues) 7