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Title
- Matteawan State Hospital clothing room log
Series Number
- A1520
Summary
- This series consists of entries made by the officer responsible for the clothing room of Ward 8 at Matteawan State Hospital. The entries describe what supplies are on hand, names of inmates transferred from Ward 8, and maintenance actions taken in the clothing room. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Suicide attempt register
Series Number
- A1509
Summary
- This series consists of brief descriptions of suicide attempts made by patients at Matteawan State Hospital. Information includes date, time, patient's name and number, description of the attempt made, and disposition of patient. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Assault registers
Series Number
- A1508
Summary
- These series contains brief descriptions of assaults made by patients housed at Matteawan State Hospital. Each volume contains accounts of occurrences in a particular ward. Each description provides the date, time, name of patient(s) involved, at whom the assault was directed, and name of the officer witnessing the assault. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital inmate trip register
Series Number
- A1528
Summary
- This series records trips made by Matteawan inmates for reasons other than medical treatment. The entries record the date of the trip; destination; accompanying correctional officer(s); inmate's name and number; reason; time out and in; and total time gone. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Physical examination and ward transfer registers
Series Number
- A1514
Summary
- This series consists of information pertaining to physical examinations and the transfer of Matteawan inmates to wards. Volume one (1957-1964) provides the inmate's name, admission date, weight, height, from where transferred (county only), ward transferred to and date. The second volume differs in content, providing the inmate's date of admission, name, number, age, marital status, date of physical examination, examining doctor, date of transfer, and to which ward (or occasionally, other institution). Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Inmate case files from Matteawan and Dannemora state hospitals
Series Number
- A1500
Summary
- This series contains case files that document the commitment, diagnosis and treatment of inmates of the Matteawan and Dannemora State Hospitals for the Criminally Insane. The bulk of the case files contain legal papers documenting the commitment process; admission sheets; statistical data forms; ward admission records; physical examination reports; criminal identification forms furnished by both the FBI and the Department of Correction; inmates' photographs; laboratory reports; psychiatric report; and a transcript of psychiatrist's interview with the inmate.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital log of inmate visits to physicians
Series Number
- A1513
Summary
- This series records the names of inmates who left their ward to visit one of the physicians at the Matteawan State Hospital. Each entry provides the date of visit, name and number of inmate, ward number, physician's name, inmate visited, date returned, and name of doctor who returned the inmate. Some entries also provide times left and returned. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital visitor log books
Series Number
- A1507
Summary
- This series contains data on visitors to Matteawan State Hospital, patients who went to the visitor's room to receive visitors, and visitors to a specific ward. Visitor logs include the date of visit, visitor's name, address, purpose, and duration. Visiting professional staff include the reason and time of visit. For instances when patients went to the visitor room, information includes date, patient's name and number, and the officer's name who escorted the patient to the room.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital inmate transfer register
Series Number
- A1523
Summary
- This series records the names of inmates transferred to different wards or institutions or discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. The entries record the inmate's name, number, date of admission, from where received (Volume 2 only), place of transfer, and date. Ward numbers are typically entered in the "transferred from" column. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Commissary register
Series Number
- A1522
Summary
- This series consists of items purchased by or issued to inmates at Matteawan State Hospital. The entries for a particular day record the patient's name (later entries include patient's number) and the type and number of supplies received. Entries are made every two weeks. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Admission and discharge registers
Series Number
- A1525
Summary
- This series records names of inmates who were admitted to and discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. In addition to inmate name and ward census, volume one notes admission and discharge dates and volume two records discharge date, from where he was admitted (ward or institution), the ward originally assigned, expired if appropriate, and the inmate's number.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Inmate identification files
Series Number
- A1501
Summary
- Records contain fingerprints, photographs and negatives, DCI or NYSIIS criminal record, FBI criminal record, Bertillion Records, other non-probationary criminal records. Files are only for inmates sent to Matteawan. These records are related to inmate case files.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
- Rap sheets and fingerprints found in this series are restricted.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital search logs
Series Number
- A1515
Summary
- This series records the results of searches made in wards 10, 12, 13 and laundry room of the Matteawan Branch of the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Each volume contains entries for a ward describing the particular area that was searched, date, time, name of officer conducting the search, and the results of the search. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Inmate clothing registers
Series Number
- A1516
Summary
- This series consists of six bound volumes describing clothing issued to and received by inmates at Matteawan State Hospital. In addition, volume six contains an overall inventory of an unknown ward detailing unused clothing and clothing ordered. The content varies between volumes, but generally provides information on what clothing was issued to an inmate, his/her name, number, date of admission, private clothing owned by the inmate, and ward number to which inmate was transferred.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital packages received registers
Series Number
- A1517
Summary
- This series consists of volumes describing the contents of packages received by inmates of Matteawan State Hospital. Each entry records the date the package was received, name of inmate, inmate number, from whom sent, a detailed inventory of the package, and the name of the officer who inspected the package. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Inmate identification cards
Series Number
- A1504
Summary
- These cards provide biographical and physical information about inmates at Matteawan State Hospital, usually including individual photographs on the front of the card. These cards were originally part of the Inmate Identification Files. The identification envelopes for these cards are do not exist. The case files for the inmates described by the cards do exist though. Data on the card includes name, residence, number, aliases, sentencing and commitment information, crime, birth, height, weight, build, nativity, occupation, and fingerprints.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital yard visitor log
Series Number
- A1510
Summary
- This series consists of a register of persons who visited Matteawan's outside prison yard. The entries contain name(s) of officer(s) on duty, patient's name, ward number, inmate number, visitor's name and address, name of holiday if applicable, and occasionally, time in and out. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital nurse's register
Series Number
- A1511
Summary
- This series documents nurses' visits to patients at Matteawan State Hospital. Information includes patient's name, ward number, and a brief description of his/her symptoms or the condition from which he/she suffered. Some entries record types of drugs administered or if the patient refused to eat or take the prescribed medication. Occasionally the attending physician's name is recorded in the entry. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Inmate medical prescription registers
Series Number
- A1524
Summary
- This series records the types of medicines prescribed to inmates in Ward A of Matteawan State Hospital. The registers provide the name of the inmate, drug prescribed, date started, dosage and frequency of dosage. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital special watch logs
Series Number
- A1518
Summary
- This series consists of volumes reporting guard's observation on inmates at Matteawan who have suicidal tendencies. Observations are recorded usually at half hour intervals, twenty four hours a day. Entries typically provide the patient's name and number, the officer assigned the special watch, relieving officer, and actions made by the inmate or taken by the officer.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.