Matteawan State Hospital Records
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series contains records pertaining to Auburn Asylum for Insane Convicts and Matteawan State Hospital. Auburn Asylum records include prison inspectors' minutes; superintendent's reports; employee records; an inmate register; account books and inventory records; and case record books. Matteawan State Hospital records include case records; account books; lunacy commissioners' notes; medical inspectors' notes; and special files relating to notorious criminal cases.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital records
Quantity
- 33 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A0505
Creator
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- Central New York Psychiatric Center
- State Asylum for Insane Criminals (Auburn, N.Y.)
- Fishkill Correctional Facility
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
- New York (State). Department of Correction
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Mentally ill--Commitment and detention
- Correctional institutions
- Prisons
- Corrections--New York (State)
- Inmates of institutions--New York (State)