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Title
- Manhattan State Hospital incident reports
Series Number
- B2610
Summary
- This series documents a wide variety of incidents involving patients and staff. Types of incidents reported typically include altercations between patients, escapes, accidents, staff complaints, and reports of staff infractions. Reports give details of investigations conducted and conclusions reached. Also included are copies of correspondence and reports of transfers to other facilities.
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
- Manhattan State Hospital annual reports
Series Number
- B2604
Summary
- The series consists of published volumes of annual reports of the board of managers of the Manhattan State Hospital summarizing the management and progress of the institution.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Manhattan State Hospital patient identification cards
Series Number
- B2406
Summary
- This series gives basic identifying information for Manhattan State Hospital patients.
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 approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Manhattan State Hospital financial records
Series Number
- B2611
Summary
- This series consists of one treasurer's cash book detailing disbursements to many individuals and companies.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying individual 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
- Manhattan State Hospital personnel records
Series Number
- B2609
Summary
- This series records time worked by individual employees. Records typically indicate name of employee, date appointed, dates and hours worked, and other notes.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center historical files
Series Number
- B1582
Summary
- This series contains a wide assortment of records, compiled at Utica and Marcy State Hospitals, that were determined to possess historical value. The records document treatments and facility conditions, patient life, staff life and training, and facility expansion. Records cover a wide array of subjects related to the development, functions, and operations of the institution from its earliest days as the State Lunatic Asylum to its current identity as Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center.
Creator
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
Access Restrictions
- Portions of these records 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 New York State Office of Mental Health.
Title
- N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum female visiting book
Series Number
- B2618
Summary
- This series includes basic information regarding visitors to female asylum patients. Information typically includes name of patient, date visited, and name of visitor.
Creator
- N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum
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
- 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
- Patient cartoons
Series Number
- B2452
Summary
- This series consists of 114 cartoons, in pencil, drawn by a patient at Middletown State Hospital in the late 1950s and early 1960s, depicting life at the hospital from the patient's perspective. The patient was assigned to a continued care, community-centered program at Middletown. The cartoons include reactions to major changes, such as women being permitted in men's wards. Also included are clinical notes pertaining to the patient.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Use photocopies are disclosable, as the patient's name has been redacted. However, clinical notes and the original cartoons found in the series are 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
- Utica Psychiatric Center training and publicity motion pictures and videotapes
Series Number
- B1581
Summary
- This series consists of moving image media, including both videotapes and motion picture films. Some of the film is original and dates to the 1930s; some of the videotapes are duplicates of the films. Subjects and titles include "Out of the Shadows: Admission of a Patient," (1930); "The Patient Needs All of Us" (n.d.); and an open houses television special (1972). Some of the films were used for staff training; others were created for public relations purposes.
Creator
- Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Access to records depicting patients is 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
- Manhattan State Hospital Board of Managers meeting minutes
Series Number
- B2612
Summary
- This series consists of two volumes documenting meetings of the Board of Managers. Minutes document in varying detail matters discussed by or reported to the board including resolutions passed, financial reports, reports and discussions of conditions and improvements, and other business.
Creator
- Manhattan 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
- Manhattan Psychiatric Center admission, discharge, and death registers
Series Number
- B2404
Summary
- This series consists of scattered documentation of patient admissions, discharges, and deaths. The registers cover several facility branches, wards, and asylums. Exact coverage is sometimes uncertain.
Creator
- Manhattan 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
- 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
- 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
- Hudson River State Hospital photographic images
Series Number
- B2330
Summary
- This series consists of black and white negatives, glass plate negatives, and glass lantern slides that depict Hudson River State Hospital facilities, patients, staff, and hospital activities.
Creator
- Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Photographs depicting identifiable 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
- "The Opal" patient newsletter
Series Number
- B1480
Summary
- This series consists of bound copies of "The Opal," a monthly literary newsletter edited by patients at the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. The newsletter contains poems, essays, news articles, correspondence, and editorials on national and local events and subjects. Subjects and themes are mostly social, literary, religious, and political.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Manhattan State Hospital patient census records
Series Number
- B2837
Summary
- This series consists of statistical data documenting numbers of patients present, admitted on parole or leave, escaped, and died. Statistics are categorized by male and female. Some average populations are given by month. No patients are identified by name.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Court petitions in behalf of incompetent persons
Series Number
- B2614
Summary
- This series consists of petitions made to the Supreme Court of the City and County of New York. Some petitions are for orders granting relief to the committees of persons previously declared incompetent and committed to Manhattan State Hospital. Some are for orders granting formation and relief of such committees. Other petitions are for orders directing surrender by such committees to the petitioner sums of money or other control of the estate of an incompetent person.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
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
- Manhattan State Hospital statistical data sheets for female patients
Series Number
- B2615
Summary
- This series consists of carbon copies of printed forms containing raw statistical data on individual female 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
- Manhattan Psychiatric Center photographs
Series Number
- B2603
Summary
- This series of photographs depicts staff and patient daily activities, visitors, facilities, patient therapy, recreation, rehabilitation, and special occasions.
Creator
- Manhattan 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.