The first building on the hospital campus opened in the fall of 1910, and was used for both planning and administration purposes. handicaps or illnesses, and immunization record. religion, and previous occupation; names of schools attended and degrees earned; dates entered and completed program;
Exterior view of the main building of the Kankakee State Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois. Charities and Corrections, Board of, BCC. Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center, Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center, Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center, Chester State Hospital for Insane Criminals, Peoria State Hospital for the Incurable Insane, William A. Howe Developmental Center at Tinley Park. SCHOOL OF NURSING STUDENT FILES. For 1941-1945 record
Southern Hospital for the Insane, located at Anna, Union county, founded by act of the Legislature in 1869. Files include admission sheet showing student's name, age
or account received for, receipt number, and name of payee. On January 1, 1891, the farm colony at St. Johnland was renamed, Kings Park. The Civil Administrative Code of 1917 transferred control of Chicago State Hospital to the Department of Public
schools, descriptions of committees, a description of each department and program (i.e., adult psychiatric program,
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Dr. Decker, superintendent of the hospital from 1974 to 1987, treated a large and enthusiastic audience to a sampling of the history that is detailed in his book. These are the types of records housed at the Illinois State
a managing officer's residence; 12 staff houses, approximately 4 employees' buildings, an administration building,
succeeded in 1909 to the responsibilities of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities (L. 1909, p.
The hospital, called an
Ca. SCHOOL OF NURSING STUDENT FILES. Index, 1917-1923. of Corrections (1979). Chester Mental Health Center is the state's maximum security forensic hospital, located in Chester, Illinois. 1915-1959. 265.003
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It served primarily counties in southwestern Indiana. This page was last edited on 1 March 2021, at 15:47. and practical training. hall, 38 ward buildings, a kitchen building, a dining hall, a store building, a mechanical shop, garages, a laundry
Autopsy reports on 192 patients are arranged by the type of diagnosed mental condition (e.g., senile dementia,
received; and an evaluation of nursing ability and performance in program. 1935, 1937, and 1938. MNHScall number: See the finding aid in the library (Hastings State Hospital). the Jacksonville State Hospital (L. 1909, p. 102). Updated Information:
0.33 cu. more information on this, and other, hospitals, Chicago State Hospital
1 vol. of Public Charities (L. 1877, p. 21). SCHOOL OF NURSING STUDENT RECORD. Decker, William A. October 1916-December 1923. 267.001
. Quarterly listing of orders issued includes order number and date of issue; name of payee; invoice number; amount
and is home to the county court to determine mental competency for criminal courts. Patients who were characterized as incurably insane were to be transferred to
File for each nursing student affiliated with Peoria State Hospital includes application for affiliation, medical
SCHOOL OF NURSING STUDENT RECORD. State Hospital. In 1902, the first patients entered what was then known as The Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane. the Elgin State Hospital (L. 1909, p. 102). The US Corporate government seeks to roll over its payments past the deadline. at Galesburg, contains an application for affiliation, health record, and final record or evaluation. is to the east of the site. The Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for the hospital from 1917 until 1961 when the Department
Its erection was rendered necessary by the overcrowding of
of receipt or expenditure. 2 partial vols. how do floodplains jeopardize the livelihoods of agricultural workers. Index, January 1899-April 1903. Here are all the details of Dronten available below. MILLEDGEVILLE --- The first patient came to Georgia's first insane asylum on Dec. 15, 1842, chained to . 931). which gives amount of orders outstanding at beginning of quarter, amount of orders issued during quarter, amount
Case histories containing four pages per case consisting of personal and medical history, mental characteristics, and physical characteristics. aka Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane
death or discharge, and correspondence with family and friends. Transcripts were compiled on August 1, 1942. January 1965-September 1970. admitted to infirmary; hospital building residing in; diagnosis of illness; treatment and medication prescribed;
Nederland. Nine commissioners were appointed by the Governor to choose a suitable site on which
De Rede 1, (Postbus 100) 8250 AC DRONTEN. Access to some of these records is restricted according to the provisions of the Mental Health Code and the
Health, Education and Welfare. The Lincoln State Hospital. of the county. Since the Board of Administration had been abolished by the Civil Administrative
The congestion was also relieved by the erection of other institutions at Hastings and Norfolk. hospital began receiving inner city patients of all ages. In
appointed by the Governor, was instructed to select a suitable site within the northwestern part of the state on
and comments regarding the conditions of vital organs. May 1, 1893-July 1, 1895. 263.003
3, State Hospital for the Insane, No. to locate the institution. 0.25 cu. In 1975 the institution became
The
Index. 262.005
In 1954 the patient
Health record outlines student's and
Kings Park State Hospital & Cemetery. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. For the classes of 1933, 1934, 1937, and 1938 record also lists, for each student, the names
1 vol. Admission application and
Accounts with each county for support of patients list date and method of payment, total amount of county payment,
[1][2] Due to the understanding of mental health in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the facility treated everything from alcoholism to epilepsy and syphilis. wing (the first completed) was ready for occupancy. Also
For patients admitted after 1912 see CASE FILES, RS 262.003. When closure was announced in 1972, patient census
Register entries include visitor's name and address, date of visit, and patient's name and relationship to visitor. PSYCHIATRIC NURSING AFFILIATION PROGRAM STUDENT FILES. The first patient was admitted on November 3, 1851. The facility was authorized
The Nebraska Asylum for the Insane opened in 1870 southwest of the capital city. MNHS call number: Digital Finding Aid, Aggregated Patient Cards, 1920s-1990s transferred to Dixon from Lincoln State School, Chicago State Hospital, Watertown State Hospital, Peoria State
insane asylum, was established in 1877. 262.002
the Insane. 2 vols. Listed for 1944 and 1945 are patients refused admission because they needed medical care or were not
ward, additions made to the main buildings, a detached building for the accommodation of 300 patients erected,
REGISTER OF VISITORS. The board of trustees and the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities were abolished in 1909 as control
You will need an account if you don't have one, but it is free to register. 79-581, p. 1895). At the time of the hospital's founding, an era of reform was under way in the treatment of those suffering from mental illnesses. 261.014
From May 16, 1898 to June 1, 1898
The home was built by William R. Dickinson to raise Merino sheep, and Estramadura was the name of the region in Spain where the sheep . Center (P.A. ADMISSION RECORD. She was despondent and in 1920 entered the Lincoln Regional Center (then known as the Lincoln State Hospital for the Insane), where she lived until her death in 1936. 2 vols. Originally built to house infirm elderly patients with a capacity or 3,500 and expansion for an additional 1,500. and occasionally the name of each county-supported patient. administrators' and supervisors' meetings, agreements with other hospitals, revisions to the Mental Health Code,
This is a great spot to enjoy a sunset. No index. INFIRMARY RECORD. 1 vol. The hospital opened a training school for nurses in 1912 and established the first state psychiatric nursing affiliation
"Old postcard". Patient Card Index, 1900-1978 Information for each patient . The General Assembly provided for the establishment of the first state hospital for the insane in Illinois in 1847. MNHS call number: Digital Finding Aid. and experience with the names of schools attended and the dates of graduation, courses taken, and credit hours
File for each student from Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, affiliated with the psychiatric nursing program
of the newly created Department of Mental Health (L. 1961, p. 2666). The hospital was administratively transferred to the new Dept. Records include admission, death and discharge records, patient photographs, census statistics, and autopsy reports . (Source: National Register of Historic Places), Original Description:
Hospital to the newly created Department of Public Welfare. ft. Index. Employee Card Files, 1910s-1950s The prison
The center was one of the four major hospital "farms" in central Long Island to house the sick from New York City; the others were Kings Park, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Edgewood State Hospital. 1909-1941. Environmental Protection Agency site inspection reports, data for Medicaid and Medicare eligibility requests (i.e.,
Along with a couple of assistants, Lurz remained in a small office to tend records and field inquiries. of the public insane (L. 1909, p. 102). Included are organizational charts of the institution and each department, objectives in care and treatment of
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
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Amount of state appropriation is listed under payroll
chronic mania, organic brain disease). of medical personnel, departmental policies and procedures, legislation concerning mental health care, regional
A training school for nurses was opened in 1921. Closed in 1973, This is one of the last structures remaining of the Hospital complex's many buildings
usually includes patient's picture; entries for patient's name, age, sex, marital status, occupation, race, religion,
Admission applications and other
There is also material on the history of Dixmont, Dorthea Dix and West Penn Hospital. The construction of buildings was begun in 1869, but it was not until March 1875, that the north
2, State Hospital for the Insane, No. of classes enrolled in and hospital units assigned to while in program including course titles, hours spent, and
change in function the institution's name became the Jacksonville Mental Health and Developmental Center in 1975
ft. No index. Biographical / Historical: The Norwich State Hospital for the Insane was established in 1904. Address: 1101 Kirkbride Dr, Danvers, Mass. other mental health facilities and the institution became Kankakee Mental Health Center (P.A. Center in 1975 (L. 1961, p. 2666; P.A. industrial shops), laboratory productivity, and fire protection and safety measures taken. In 1888, a 97-bed asylum opened its doors in Norfolk thanks to funding from the Nebraska Legislature. Summary information for case nos. It accepted patients from Fairfield Hills Hospital and Norwich State Hospitals upon the closures of those facilities in 1995 and 1996 respectively. of general education including school names, dates attended, and degrees earned; description of previous clinical
nationality, birthplace, birth date, marital status, number of children, religion, height, weight, and general
sheet, results of physical and psychiatric examinations, staff meeting summaries, anamnesis, supervisor's reports,
Alabama Insane Hospital. 263.002
Patient Card Index, 1900-1978 The first patients were sent to the Norfolk hospital February 15, 1888, and to the Asylum for the Chronic Insane at Hastings, August 1, 1889. Fax: 940-552-1007. 263.001
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the length of institutionalization, and comments on the patient's behavior. Beginning February 1924 entries also
Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. 261.004
and the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities were abolished in 1909 when control of all state charitable
In 1983, the facility was authorized for closure by Governor James R. Thompson and
Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, Anna. According to State Biennial Reports, several probable causes of mental illness were determined in the first cases admitted. "Located near Chester, on the Mississippi River. care and treatment for the mentally ill and to serve as a center for the study of mental illness, particularly
1 vol. Entries for these patients
Peoria State Hospital was in operation from 1902 to 1973. 262.009
The Psychiatric Nursing Affiliation Program provided instruction in psychiatric nursing to students
This collection contains case books and descriptions, commitment registers, and indexes for patients admitted to or discharged from mental hospitals in the state of California for the years 1856-1923. This article relating to a hospital in Nebraska is a stub. 261.012
No index. status, nationality, religion, home address and telephone number; description of general education including school
the hospital's duties to include treatment for the developmentally disabled (L. 1961, p. 2666). Search the full text of digital finding aids for State Archives and manuscript collections at MNHS. Entries show the date, the account number and title,
RECORD GROUP 264.000 - CHICAGO STATE HOSPITAL
Enrollment record lists the names of nursing students in each graduating class for 1926-1931 and for 1933, 1934,
1970 Chicago State Hospital merged with the Charles F. Read Zone Center to become the Chicago-Read Mental Health
In many states, the residents were involuntary sterilized during the eugenics era. 1926-1978. The trustees purchased land five miles east of Moline in an area known as the Watertown site. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH MESSAGES. Records include: correspondence, reports, parole lists, commitment and incarceration records, meeting minutes, architectural drawings, financial records, employee training audio tapes, and construction project manuals. State Hospitals: Historical Patient Records. Soon after Nebraska became a State the governor, secretary of State and auditor of public accounts were appointed a board of commissioners to locate a site for a State lunatic asylum near the city of Lincoln. Hospital in 1927, was again altered to East Moline Mental Health Center (P.A. Early in the following December, seventeen patients were brought over from Mount Pleasant to the new institution, and four were admitted who had been confined in the Pawnee county jail. In 1895 the General Assembly established the Illinois Western Hospital for the Insane. student's name and birth date; name and address of nearest relative; name of home nursing school; names of schools
The hospital opened on September 4, 1879 and began to operate a training school for nurses in 1886. opened in May 1898 and received its first patients from the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville. The law providing for its establishment required the Commissioners to select a site
was given authority to investigate and report to the Governor on conditions at the hospital (L. 1869, p. 63). concerning reason for patient's return from parole. and grades, recommendation forms, record of affiliation with other nursing schools, evaluation sheets, nursing
July 1896-December 1901. general construction materials, furniture, farm supplies, clothing) include the date, amount, and description of
the formal opening of Alton State Hospital. Other Finding Aids. From an initial total of less than 50, the number of patients has varied as methods of diagnosis and treatment of mental illness have changed. water. When the Department of Public Welfare was abolished in 1961 the Department of Mental Health assumed responsibility
Description. In 1869 the General Assembly appropriated funds for the location and establishment of the Northern Illinois Hospital
May 16, 1898-May 8, 1912. economic condition. Student's affiliation
"The Nebraska Asylum for the Insane, 1870-1886", "Lincoln Regional Center where once people came to die", "Rockhaven A Woman's Story - Crescenta Valley Weekly", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nebraska_State_Hospital&oldid=1121565547, Nebraska articles missing geocoordinate data, Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 November 2022, at 00:00. Research Request Form - Hospital Records . 7400 W 183RD ST
Hastings State Hospital was establishedas the Fourth State Asylum for the Insane. The last state hospital built in Illinois. [3] Among its former staff is Agnes Richards, who went on to establish the Rockhaven Sanitarium. TUSCALOOSA. Files include twelve photographs of former superintendents of the facility and six photographs of the grounds prior
On July 1, 1895, the Kings County Lunatic Asylum at Flatbush and Kings Park became the Long Island State Hospital. other forms provide such information as student's name, address, age, birth date, race, nationality, marital status,
Because of Nebraska's increasing population, the State Lunatic Asylum (as it was called) in Lincoln had become overcrowded. and qualifying certificate issued by the Department of Registration and Education. The first appropriation
The populations of the four state psychiatric hospitals decreased from approximately 10,000 in 1964 to 2,700 by 1989. No index. Picture c. 1900 from Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
giving information about the patient's background, a diagnosis, and dates of hospital residence. Jacksonville, Illinois, sits about 75 miles north of St. Louis. The first provisions for the insane were to lock them up with criminals in the ship Ephemia, purchased in 1849 by the City of San Francisco, and later to house them at the San Francisco marine hospital in 1850, used primarily for ailing seamen. Epilepsy and tuberculosis were the two most common causes. No index. of recipient, summary of message, and name of staff member sending message. The Lincoln Regional Center. 1976. "The problem of the State in the care of the Insane" by Adolf Meyer, M.D., reprint from American Journal of Insanity, Volume LXV, Number 4, April 1909 Box 1 131). ALABAMA. For each parole or escape entries include patient's name, date and hour of escape or parole, name and address of
August 1941-May 1947. Index. In 1917 the Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for Kankakee State Hospital and retained control
No index. utilized in the completion of the buildings, which are constructed upon approved modern principles.
From 1851 until 2012 . Use the index to find articles on a particular subject or use the search box to find any term that appears in online versions of articles. Code of 1917, the new institution came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Welfare. In 1909 the General Assembly made provisions for the state to assume all responsibility for the care and treatment
(P.A. No index. Health record outlines student's and family's
CASEBOOKS. A nine-member board of trustees, named in the original act, was empowered to appoint a superintendent, purchase
the establishment of the Illinois State Colony for Epileptics and to report to the Governor on their activities
The Nebraska legislature set aside $75,000 in 1885 to build a state hospital for the insane, provided Norfolk would donate 320 acres of "good land." They did, and the first building was completed on November 1886. Information recordednumber, name, county, admitted, age, civil condition, occupation, education, religion, habits, nativity, cause predisposing, insane relations, cause exciting, form of insanity, suicidal or homicidal, number of attacks, number of admissions, age at first attack, duration of insanity before admission, whole duration of insanity, time in hospital, discharged,result, and observations. age on entrance into program, previous education and occupation; dates entered and graduated from program, if graduated;
May 1916-September 1923; October 1941-June 1945. In 1869, a former confederate hospital just east of Richmond called Howard Grove was leased by its owner to the Freedman's Bureau to be used as a hospital for the "care and treatment of sick and homeless (Black people).". Public Charities (L. 1895, p. 18). Department of Mental Health assumed control of the hospital in 1961 and changed its name to Alton Mental Health
and proposed conversion of facilities into a maximum security prison and a work release center by the Department
EXECUTIVE MANUAL. junio 16, 2022 . This three-story structure accommodated up to 100 patients and was in operation until 1888 when many of the patients were transferred to the newly constructed Toledo Asylum for the Insane located on the southwest corner of Detroit and Arlington. MNHScall number:Digital Finding Aid, Casebooks, 1900-1909 SCRAPBOOK. Officially founded in 1869, the asylum at its inception committed 123 supposedly mentally ill patients and 100 who were poor or homeless and had nowhere else to go, many of them transferred from. "psychotic." Sources Books Asylum for the Insane : a History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. A second regional center was built in Hastings in 1885: the Hospital for the Incurably Insane. to inspection by the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities (L. 1869, p. 24). 262.007
File for each graduating class contains transcripts for nursing students which include student's name, birth date,
333 S. Jefferson Street Batavia, Illinois Ten years after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a Chicago court declared his 56-year-old widow Mary insane and committed her to a mental institution. population peaked at 8,195. On 20 February 2020, Cowan's Auctions of Chicago offered two buttons in "Lot 14: Lincoln and Sojourner Truth Related Pinbacks, ca. Also informally known as "Longcliff," it covered admissions from. 1918-1950. for affiliation and other forms provide such information as student's name, birth date, sex, marital status, nationality,
1909-1937. of all state charitable institutions passed to the newly created Board of Administration. 1914-1937. No index. passed to the newly created Board of Administration. Yankton State Hospital for the Insane, 1891 - 1931. Under this arrangement fifty patients were sent at various times to the hospital at Mount Pleasant. Color postcard (14 x 9 cm) with a view captioned "State Hospital for Insane, Lincoln, Neb." at the top in red type. Since that time the institution has been enlarged by the erection of additional buildings, until today it is one of the most modern institutions of its kind in the country.
also notes the number of years the patient resided in Illinois and whether the patient was a new admission or a
Dronten Email address. In 1964 the hospital began to participate
The Department of Public Welfare was abolished in 1961 and Galesburg State Research Hospital came under the control
For your $6.99/month subscription, you can watch all of Apple's originals as listed below. 2 vols. 19th Century. Dronten Phone number. It did not admit women until 1944 except for four years starting in 1905. The Logansport State Hospital opened in 1888 and was originally called the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Subjects concern physicians' evaluations for state hospital permits, agreements
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American Association for the Cure of Inebriates. 60 km of coastline. For each patient admitted to East Moline State Hospital entries include date of admission, patient's name and county
Generally, cards give name, date of birth, date employed, job title(s), salary, and date left employment; and sometimes residence, place of birth, and comments concerning job performance or circumstances of release from employment. File for each nursing student variously includes application for admission, course completion records, letters
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October 1907-March 1916. No index. then became Watertown State Hospital (L. 1909, p. 102). Series 3. Entrance to Penitentiary
p. 1895). In 1881 one wing of the
To meet the resulting need for more state-operated facilities the General