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Displaying 179 Finding Aids
Title
- Hearing transcripts and investigation reports
Series Number
- B1660
Summary
- This series consists of typed transcripts of hearings and reports of investigations conducted by the State Commission on Lunacy (later the State Hospital Commission), which was responsible for inspecting mental health institutions. Subjects include alleged mistreatment of patients, theft of food, poor food quality, and unsanitary conditions at state hospitals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Hospital Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Asset appraisals
Series Number
- 10153
Summary
- This series consists of appraisals of various mental and psychiatric centers, state schools, and hospitals of the Department of Mental Hygiene done by an outside contractor, Joseph J. Blake and Associates. The purpose of these reports was to estimate the deprecation under Medicare/Medicaid regulation of all assets of the Department of Mental Hygiene. Included in these reports are definitions of terms, listings of assets appraised, plot/floor plans, and narrative descriptions of buildings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Buffalo State Hospital Board of Managers quarterly meeting minutes
Series Number
- B2927
Summary
- This series contains meeting minutes documenting matters reported to Buffalo State Hospital's Board of Managers. Topics include resolutions passed, financial reports, discussions about conditions and improvements, and other business.
Creator
- Buffalo State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene facility plans
Series Number
- B1975
Summary
- This series consists of plans pertaining to three New York State-operated mental health facilities on Long Island: Kings Park State Hospital, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Central Islip State Hospital. Plans are generally grouped by building and facility. The majority of the plans are blue prints on paper; some are microform copies mounted on aperture cards.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center photographic images of mental health patients, staff, and facilities
Series Number
- B1560
Summary
- Prints, slides, and photo albums provide extensive visual documentation of the daily activities at several central New York state mental health facilities. Scenes include parties; sports; field trips; dining; ceremonies; entertainment, patient therapy and treatments and interior and exterior of buildings. Staff, patients, and visitors are shown in committees; classes; meetings; therapy groups; nursing school, and other settings. Images include facilities and equipment, and patient art.
Creator
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
Access Restrictions
- Photographs depicting 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.
Title
- Transcripts of investigation concerning death of Buffalo State Hospital patient
Series Number
- B2928
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of testimonies given by witnesses involved or having knowledge of issues and circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at Buffalo State Hospital.
Creator
- New York (State). State Commission in Lunacy
Access Restrictions
- Access to certain information in this series is restricted by multiple state laws. State Archives staff will review requests for specific information and disclose in accordance with the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
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
- Accident, injury, and escape reports
Series Number
- B1801
Summary
- This series consists of accident, injury, and escape reports prepared by the ward physician and other staff. The reports usually include date of report, name of patient, patient number, date of admission ward, mental diagnosis, age, date and time of incident. Accident reports also include patient's general mental and physical condition, nature and cause of accident, physician's findings, treatment, witnesses, and persons notified. The escape reports include manner of escape and law enforcement agencies notified. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Trustees' or visitors' record book
Series Number
- B1746
Summary
- This series documents visits and inspections by the Board of Trustees (after 1896 called Visitors) of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (previously known as the State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane at Middletown). The entries are relatively brief and describe conditions at the hospital as well as visits with individual patients.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (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.
Title
- Gowanda Psychiatric Center master patient index cards
Series Number
- B2914
Summary
- These cards serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental Health and is one number per individual regardless of where the individual is receiving treatment). Cards often include additional patient-related notations.
Creator
- Gowanda Psychiatric 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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene research studies
Series Number
- B2531
Summary
- Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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
- Survey and field notes of portions of the Allegany Indian Reservation
Series Number
- B1549
Summary
- This series consists of copies of a dependent re-survey of portions of the boundary of the Allegany Indian Reservation and portions of the village lines within the reservation at Cattauragus County, New York. Included are two copies of a survey map and a forty-four page duplicate copy of associated field notes. The city of Salamanca is located on land leased from the Indians. These records probably relate to a dispute which occurred when the long-term lease of that property ended.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Geographic Names
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Hudson River State Hospital patient case books
Series Number
- B2849
Summary
- This series contains case files consisting of official forms and administrative data for patients at Hudson River State Hospital.
Creator
- Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, 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
- Policy and procedure manuals
Series Number
- B2478
Summary
- This series consists of policy and procedure manuals for Willard programs and departments, with most submitted to or reviewed by the Quality Assurance office. Some manuals contain updates, notes, commentary, or review requests. All contain established administrative instructions for how each program or department was expected to be run, as well as standards on which to be judged during review.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of reports of alleged non-resident or deportable aliens
Series Number
- B2450
Summary
- This register is a bound volume that lists persons who were alleged to be aliens or non-residents living in state or public mental health facilities. It appears to be the first (and possibly only) volume created after the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene was given authority to deport or remove such persons, pursuant to Chapter 766 of the Laws of 1946. Each person's entry is on a two-page form, and includes basic biographical data and often more detailed personal information.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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
- Annual reports
Series Number
- B2444
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports describing the functions, activities, and events of the Central Islip State Hospital.
Creator
- Central Islip State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Willard State Hospital special therapies report
Series Number
- B1817
Summary
- This series documents the use of a variety of therapies and the number of patients receiving therapies each month at Willard State Hospital. Some reports are categorized by ward; some list patients by name; some categorize information by gender of patient. Types of therapies include tranquilizing drugs, convulsive therapy, insulin therapy, and psychotherapy. Extensive lists of tranquilizing drugs are given.
Creator
- Willard 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
- 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.