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Displaying 27 Finding Aids
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center admission and discharge registers
Series Number
- B1456
Summary
- This series consists of registers of admitted and discharged patients at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). Also included are a few quarterly or annual statistical summaries. Earliest registers include marital status; habits (snuff, tobacco, etc.); nativity; occupation; religion; if mental illness in family and how supported. Later registers usually includes consecutive number of admission or discharge; name of patient; date; form (dementia, mania, etc.) and treatment result (if discharged). Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (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
- Willard Psychiatric Center documentary images
Series Number
- B1442
Summary
- This series consists of photographic materials such as prints, slides, postcards, and film from Willard Psychiatric Center. Images span the institution's history providing extensive visual documentation of most daily activities. Images of staff and patients, both in groups and individually, include therapies and rehabilitation; meetings; and treatments. Recreational scenes include parties, sports, dining; ceremonies; receptions; holidays; and entertainment. This series includes images of the buildings and grounds.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Patient identification photographs and other images 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
- Ward admission, transfer, and census books
Series Number
- B1473
Summary
- This series consists of books documenting Willard State Hospital ward admissions, transfers, and censuses. Information includes patient name; and ward or building. Also included is a "Tranquilizer record" which includes patient name; identification number; and date tranquilizer use began or ended. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center background materials for Board of Visitors' reports
Series Number
- B2505
Summary
- These records consist of materials used to generate final monthly reports of the Board of Visitors. They contain summaries of work performed by functional units at Willard (primarily statistical analysis) and raw statistical data pertaining to patients and staff. The board was responsible for reviewing incidents involving staff and/or patients to ensure that standards for quality of service were being met.
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
- Program planning and evaluation files
Series Number
- B2480
Summary
- The records in this series consist of surveys, censuses, reports, periodic medical reviews, accreditation information, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the planning and evaluation of programs at Willard Psychiatric Center. Surveys usually include raw responses from patients and staff, summary data, analysis, and comments from evaluators. Annual reviews were performed for individual programs or units. Accreditation information includes evaluations, surveys, and reports created for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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
- Press releases
Series Number
- B2738
Summary
- This series consists of press release files maintained by the administration of Willard Psychiatric Center (previously Willard State Hospital). These files were maintained to help executive staff keep abreast of news relating to the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene and Office of Mental Health (OMH).
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Board of Visitors' reports
Series Number
- B1436
Summary
- The monthly reports of the Board of Visitors of Willard Psychiatric Center consist of superintendent/directors' reports and Board of Visitors meeting minutes. The reports discuss epidemics; patient and staff health; accidents; department reports; statistics related to admissions, deaths, and discharges; staff promotion and activities; and fund allocations. The minutes record each member's observations, inspections, and interviews.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center nursing school student academic records
Series Number
- B2935
Summary
- This series contains academic records of nursing students from Willard State Hospital (later known as Willard Psychiatric Center). Content varies by time period but the following records for each student typically include final summary of instruction and clinical practice; secondary school transcripts; application for admission; entrance examination report; and health record.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Access to certain information in this series is restricted in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL, Section 87.2), U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA, 20 USC Section 1232(g)), or New York State Education Law (Section 2-D) regarding unauthorized release of personally identifiable information about students. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with applicable laws.
Title
- Unit annual reports to director
Series Number
- B2504
Summary
- These records consist of annual reports from individual units to the director of Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as Willard State Hospital), who used the reports to create Willard's official annual report to the State Legislature. Units that submitted reports include the business office, maintenance, dental department, laboratory, personnel, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, nursing service, psychology department, outpatient services, quality assurance, recreation, library, radiology, volunteer services, youth opportunity, chaplain's offices, statistical office, education unit, and psychogeriatric services.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Morgue registers
Series Number
- B1802
Summary
- This series was compiled by morgue personnel to document deaths. Information varies over time but typically includes date, patient number, building, names of attendants transporting body to the morgue, name of person giving religious rites, person identifying deceased, and name of person or funeral home removing body. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (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 State Archives.
Title
- Board of Visitors sign-in logs
Series Number
- B1502
Summary
- This series consists of sign-in logbooks for the Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center) Board of Visitors. Special visits by board members to specific areas of the hospital are noted with dates and signatures, as well as attendance at regularly scheduled board meetings. Minutes of board meetings are included for the earliest years.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center ward inspection reports
Series Number
- B1476
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of inspection reports including night watch reports, which document supervising nurses' visits to sick patients; weekly ward inspections by assistant physicians, which contain observations regarding cleanliness of facilities and recommendations for improvement of conditions through elimination of fire hazards and completion of needed repairs; and brief facility reports filed by the Safety department. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Portions of this series 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
- Willard Psychiatric Center Hospital chaplain's records
Series Number
- B1477
Summary
- This series consists of subject files documenting the work of Father Thomas J. Florack, Hospital Chaplain at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). A large portion of the series consists of sermons (homilies). Also included are memorandums from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester; material from the Association of Mental Hospital Chaplains; administrative guidelines and policies; publications related to mental health, social counseling, and social issues; and monthly reports.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Committee meeting files
Series Number
- B2484
Summary
- This series consists of minutes, memoranda, and calendars relating to meetings held by Willard Psychiatric Center and Willard State Hospital committees in the Psychiatric, Nursing, and Medical Departments. Most records do not identify patients.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Reports to director
Series Number
- B2490
Summary
- This series consists of staff reports to the director of the Nursing Department of Willard Psychiatric Center. The records include reports from nurse administrators, nursing grounds supervision daily reports, nursing care needs assessment reports, patient acuity reports, scheduling reports, and departmental monthly and annual reports.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Restraint and seclusion reports
Series Number
- B2483
Summary
- These files consist of physicians' orders for individual patients to undergo protective restraint or seclusion, and of regular statistical reports detailing the use of the practice at Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as Willard State Hospital). The Department of Mental Hygiene and later the Office of Mental Health used these figures to provide each facility director with a monthly record showing where his or her institution stood with respect to the average for other institutions in the department.
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
- Historical background and research files
Series Number
- B1440
Summary
- This series consists of various records considered to be historical that were collected or retained by the Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital and Willard Psychiatric Center). Records include chapel books; hospital rules and regulations; patient and staff handbooks; orientation material; histories of Willard facilities; biographies of founders and officials; training materials; legal documents and photographs of groups and activities. Also included are early reference works on psychoanalysis, demonic possession, hysteria epidemics, and double consciousness.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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.