Blotters and requisition books
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of Utica State Hospital accounting books documenting requisitions and expenditures primarily for patient apparel. Other items include bedding; fabric; thread; yarn; combs; brushes; clothing and shoe repair and soap. Information includes date; patient name; item requested; and price. Information given for each matron requisition includes date; patient name; county chargeable; article required or purchased; price; and total expense of purchase. Recapitulations for total numbers of items requested are given at two-month intervals for some years.
Title
- Blotters and requisition books
Quantity
- 0.75 cubic feet; 4 volumes
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- B1494
Creator
Arrangement
Arranged by type of record and therein chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of accounting books of Utica State Hospital documenting requisitions and expenditures primarily for patient apparel. Other items listed for patients include bedding; fabric; thread; yarn; combs and brushes; repair of clothing and shoes; and soap.
Information for each blotter entry includes date; patient name; item requested; and price. Also shown for each purchase are numbers which presumably refer to a patient account or a county account in a ledger which is no longer extant.
Information given for each matron requisition includes date; patient name; county chargeable; article required or purchased; price; and total expense of purchase. Recapitulations for total numbers of items requested are given at two month intervals for some years.
Other Finding Aids
Volume list.
Custodial History
These records were transferred to the State Archives on September 16, 1996 from Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center under RDA 19266.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Psychiatric hospital care--New York (State)
- Mentally ill--Care--New York (State)
- Hospitals--New York (State)--Accounting