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Displaying 317 Finding Aids
Title
- Manhattan State Hospital night officers' report book
Series Number
- B2613
Summary
- This series documents the observations and actions of the night officers or watchmen in an unidentified ward or branch of Manhattan State Hospital housing male patients.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center historic prints and photographs
Series Number
- B1695
Summary
- Photographs take 1878-1925 consist of images of children in their school environment and in individual portraits taken for case files or descriptive admission applications. Later 20th century images show institutional activities like woodworking, farming, sports, and picnics. Some images are enlarged portraits of staff and board members. There is a small amount of miscellaneous print material such as descriptive application files, a plan of the school, greeting cards, programs and brochures.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office historical background files
Series Number
- B2388
Summary
- This series contains reports, correspondence, memorandums, policy documents, manuals, newsletters, and other publications that were collected or retained by several entities at the Rome State School (later Rome Developmental Center). The records were assembled for their historical interest, to provide information to the public, or for research value in the areas of treatments and conditions, patient life, staff training, facility expansion, and infrastructure repair and improvement.
Creator
- New York (State). Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center clipping files
Series Number
- B1656
Summary
- The series consists of clipping files and a small amount of publicity material tracing the history and development of the Syracuse Developmental Center. The files were likely kept by the institution's museum.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility. Use with assistance of archivist.
Title
- Office of Mental Health Office of Counsel legal files
Series Number
- 12045
Summary
- These files were generated by the Department of Mental Hygiene's Office of Counsel, which acts as such to both the Commissioners of Mental Health and People with Developmental Disabilities. The bulk of the files document claims, legal suits, and grievances filed against the state and/or the department and contracts and agreements entered into by the department. Records include claim documentation, motion papers, affidavits, opinions, orders of dismissal, releases, grievances, contracts and agreements.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Office of Counsel
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part in accordance with Section 33.13 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access to restricted records is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Utica State Hospital daybooks and journals
Series Number
- B1497
Summary
- This series consists of accounting journals of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Series includes a steward's journal listing payments made for supplies, food, services, labor, and routine maintenance; a vendor specific journal recording accounts payable by companies and providers; and a daybook and journal recording payments for household stores, patients' expenses, miscellaneous expenses, provisions, farm, and petty expenses.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. The daybook and journal for the period 1883-1891 includes accounts of individual patients, whose identity is restricted. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Employee payroll records
Series Number
- B1483
Summary
- This series consists of payroll records for employees of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Information for each month includes employee name; position; rate per month; time worked; expenses or any additional payment and amount due. Employees leaving the payroll are noted. Total numbers are given for each month.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital order and commitment books
Series Number
- B1753
Summary
- This series consists of certificates of lunacy, medical certificates, forms, petitions, and case histories documenting the process used to commit people to the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Early commitment orders include name, case number, address or residence, occupation, and by whom brought. The physician's certificates include a brief statement of symptoms. Indigent patients are noted. Name indexes appear at the front of each volume. There is no information for 1890-1892. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Autopsy record book
Series Number
- B1747
Summary
- This series consists of autopsy reports for deceased patients of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Reports include date and time of death; name of doctor performing autopsy; attending physicians; patient's age at death; form and duration of insanity; cause of death; external appearance of cadaver (nourished or malnourished); weight, in ounces, of organs; and indication whether the cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen, and pelvic organs had been examined. Reports conclude with a detailed postmortem.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Patient diagnosis meeting notes
Series Number
- B1592
Summary
- This series consists of eight typewritten volumes of patient case histories and diagnoses. The format of a diagnosis typically consists of a family history; personal history; description of onset of symptoms of mental disturbance; abstract of continued notes; notes of interview prior to presentation; conclusions; diagnosis; prognosis; proposed treatment; extensive notes of interview of patient at staff meeting; and staff discussion and conclusion of each physician present at the meeting.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner's outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- 19096
Summary
- This series contains the outgoing correspondence of Marguerite T. Saunders, who served as served as Commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) from 1992-1994, and as Executive Deputy Director (1984-1988) and Director (1988-1992) of the Office of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. The series supplements Series 19095 Commissioner's Subject and Correspondence Files of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center Team B Self Governing Group subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2409
Summary
- This series documents "Team B," a self-advocacy group for the developmentally disabled. The records provide information on the team's activities and evidence of how the team functioned and governed itself. This series includes memoranda, correspondence, speeches, testimony to commissions and legislative committees, and monthly reports in the form of newsletters.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Pupil evaluation reports
Series Number
- B1666
Summary
- The series consists of registers that provide brief narrative evaluations of cognitive and skills development of pupils of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, later the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. The remarks shed light on diagnostic techniques used to assess mental ability and learning progress (for example, sorting colored beads, walking a ladder, using an iron) as well as early techniques used in educating the developmentally disabled.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Monthly payroll books
Series Number
- B1667
Summary
- This series consists of monthly payrolls "of attendants and servants" at the New York State Asylum for Idiots (1876-1890) and the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1911). Occupations of those listed include cook, baker, seamstress, table girl, nurse, attendant, gardener, hall girl, farmer, engineer, man, gymnast, and carpenter, among others. Payroll format changes slightly over time.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes of monthly meetings of Board of Visitors
Series Number
- B1673
Summary
- The series consists of typescript copies of monthly meeting minutes of the Board of Visitors of the Syracuse State School, submitted by the secretary of the board. Contents typically reflect presentations to the board by various school departments and special committees, often about such topics as progress on remodeling or building projects, the status of newly acquired residences, and status of various school programs.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- Names of students or clients found in this series are restricted pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law sect. 33.13. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Assorted estrayed institutional records
Series Number
- B1698
Summary
- This series contains an assortment of unrelated records that were apparently removed from institutional records for purposes of research or exhibit. Volumes include: an admissions book (July 1925-June 1926); a parole/elopement book (May-December 1917); a book of escapes (April 1953-August 1957); a clothing account check book (mostly blank) with receipts for the New York Asylum for Idiots (ca. 1862); and a hospital admission/discharge book (1928). It also contains an assortment of apparently unrelated material collected for historical or documentary significance.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. Restricted records in accession B1698-00 are located in Box 2.
Title
- Utica State Hospital Superintendent's correspondence
Series Number
- B1539
Summary
- Utica State Hospital superintendent's correspondence includes copies of responses to inquiries regarding patient's condition, serious illness, or prognosis. Some correspondence is with officials of other mental health facilities, supervisors of the poor, private physicians, or private attorneys.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center incident reports
Series Number
- B2540
Summary
- These reports describe "incidents" where dangerously unusual behavior was displayed by a patient or staff member. Reports are present from both the Nursing and Quality Assurance Offices. The Quality Assurance Office reviewed reports to ensure that staff were properly following policies and procedures; some reports (particularly those involving major injury or death) were additionally reviewed by the Board of Visitors for final response.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
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
- Daily reports and census records
Series Number
- B1458
Summary
- This series consists of daily census records created by the Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as the Willard State Hospital and even earlier as the Willard Asylum for the Insane) to keep an accurate daily account of numbers of patients admitted, discharged, and the total population. Other recorded information may include thermometer readings, wind direction, general weather conditions, and daily remarks. Information and format of the records vary over time.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
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
- Willard Psychiatric Center administrative records
Series Number
- B1470
Summary
- These records include newsletters, circular letters, and memorandums relating to administrative policies, procedures, and activities distributed to Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center) by the Department of Mental Hygiene. Also included are statistical reports; lists of patients' property on admission; death register books; diphtheria and syphilis test results; and a register of reported diseases. The department's newsletter, "Mental Hygiene News," contains news of staff changes; activities; and mental health related topics. Records are partially restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.