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Summary: This series consists of reports documenting formal inspections and official visits by Department of Mental Hygiene personnel to Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Included are meeting minutes; observation notes on buildings and grounds tours as well as visitations with staff and patients; recommendations; and requests for changes, improvements, and repairs. Some reports give detailed individual reports for each building. Most recent reports contain printed checklists and fewer narratives. Records are restricted.

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.

Summary: This series records visits to the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital) by the members of the State Commission in Lunacy. Information includes date of visit, names and signatures of commissioner, and areas of the hospital visited. Recommendations, including those for safety, orderliness, and cleanliness adopted during meetings are documented. Visitation notes address personal appearance of attendants; sanitary conditions; furniture; maintenance of buildings and grounds; dining and wards; fire prevention; and patient appearance, behavior, treatment, and care.

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Summary: This series consists of a sign-in register for the Board of Managers (later Board of Visitors) of Marcy State Hospital (later Marcy Psychiatric Center). Each entry typically records only date and signature of each manager. Purpose or occasion of visit is rarely given.

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.