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Displaying 50 Finding Aids
Title
- Bindery and printing records
Series Number
- B1558
Summary
- This series consists of records relating to bindery and printing work done at the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). It contains correspondence about articles for publication, printing accounts, order books for bindery services, instructions, lists of materials to be bound, and ledger books.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Public Works employee history cards
Series Number
- B1418
Summary
- This series consists of card files documenting the employment history of individuals who worked in the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor; the Department of Public Works, including Division of Canals and Waterways and Division of Highways; and Department of Highways. Cards typically contain employee name and address; assignment; dates appointed, reappointed, resigned, or terminated; position title or rank; and salary. Full-time and seasonal employees are included.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Utica State Hospital statements and transcripts relating to incidents involving alleged staff misconduct or neglect of duty
Series Number
- B1593
Summary
- This series documents official investigations into complaints of charges of misconduct or neglect of duty by staff members. The complaints originate from patients, former patients, and staff members. Record types include correspondence from former patients and notifications of hearings, personnel suspensions, and terminations. Types of incidents include escapes, accidents, injuries to staff members and patients, intoxication on duty, gambling, inappropriate use of force in restraining patients, and other inappropriate conduct.
Creator
- Utica State 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
- Accounts for construction of New York State Lunatic Asylum, Utica
Series Number
- A1450
Summary
- This series consists of small leather bound or paperbound books containing accounts for construction of the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Each book contains an account with a supplier of construction materials (lumber, nails, paint, etc.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Newsletters
Series Number
- B1585
Summary
- This series consists of newsletters produced by patients and staff of Utica and Marcy State Hospitals (later consolidated as Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center) to provide current information on the people and programs at these institutions. Patient publications feature quotations, poems, and short pieces on current events and issues; staff publications focus on personnel issues, staff training, departmental and hospital policies, and visits of public officials.
Creator
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Sudden death, accident, and escape reports
Series Number
- B1584
Summary
- This series consists of carbon copies of typed reports of sudden deaths, accidents, injuries, escapes, and returns from escapes. The printed form of the report varies over time but typically includes date of report; name of patient; identification number; date of admission; ward number; mental diagnosis; age; and physician's signature. Escape reports include a narrative description of how the escape was accomplished and the law enforcement officials notified.
Creator
- Mohawk Valley 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
- 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
- Resident engineer's notebook
Series Number
- B1736
Summary
- This series consists of a notebook kept by the resident engineer at the Utica Canal Office, Information includes estimated costs for enlargements of the Erie Canal and Moses Kill Lock, Champlain Canal; costs of cutting stone for the North Lock of Lock No. 24, Whipples iron bridges and farm bridges; a water color of washers for Whipples bridges; pencil sketches of tunnel cross sections and railroad tunnels; notes on tunneling; and a sketch of pile driving at the Fort Edward Aqueduct.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Motions denied
Series Number
- J2013
Summary
- This series consists of affidavits and notices of motions which were denied by the court. Each document bears on the dorso the letter 'D' or the word "Denied." Sometimes a clerk or justice added notes explaining why the motion should be denied. The series also contains a few declarations and other documents which were not filed because the clerk's fees were not paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- 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
- 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
- Urban arterial highway route planning files
Series Number
- A0733
Summary
- The series consists of plans, correspondence, graphs, and maps relating to arterial highway planning in 38 cities throughout New York. It was the state's intention to integrate arterial highways in the state highway system and cost share with the federal government for the construction and maintenance of the system, with the remainder of costs for required rights of way assumed by the city. Files are organized by city.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Social and economic surveys of New York cities
Series Number
- A4343
Summary
- This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities. The reports, which detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation - and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas - were sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Coffee and Spice Department ledger
Series Number
- B1501
Summary
- This ledger, created at the Utica State Hospital, apparently records sales or transfers of quantities of coffee and spices to other state hospitals. Accounts include date; item and amount purchased; price per unit; and total amount paid. The ledger also contains an account for coffee and spices purchased by Utica State Hospital, and three accounts for purchases from coffee and spice vendors.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Utica State Hospital patient indexes
Series Number
- B1485
Summary
- This series consists of patient indexes maintained by staff of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Patient references are arranged by county or roughly alphabetically. Information includes name, case book and page number, date admitted, and date discharged. Some references also include burial information; number of attacks; number of admissions; date of attack; officer committing (name, position, or title); and result and observations.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (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
- State Commission in Lunacy policy and meeting records
Series Number
- B1491
Summary
- This series consists of informational and policy documents issued by the State Commission in Lunacy and maintained by the Utica State Hospital. Documents include meeting minutes; conference transcripts; patient transfer orders; Commission decisions; guidelines; policy resolutions; samples forms; and laws relating to the insane. Issues discussed at the meetings include proposed expenditures, repairs, and construction; condemnation and acquisition of property; personnel issues claims against the hospitals; licensing of private mental health facilities; and other legal and procedural issues and policies.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Commissioners in Lunacy visiting book
Series Number
- B1490
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.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.