Middletown Psychiatric Center Newsletters

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
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).
Title
Newsletters
Quantity
2.5 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B1922
Creator
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).

B1540Series B1540, Issues of "Marcy News," Marcy Psychiatric Center Newsletter, 1968-1976

B1585Series B1585, Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Newsletters, 1957-1994

B1453Series B1453, Willard State Hospital Newsletter, 1957-1980, and

B1480Series B1480, "The Opal" Patient Newsletter, 1851-1860, also contain newsletters of mental health institutions.

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