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Displaying 53 Finding Aids
Title
- Willard State Hospital parole registers
Series Number
- B1457
Summary
- This series consists of registers documenting patient paroles at Willard State Hospital. Early entries include parole date and name, relation, and address of person to whom the patient is paroled. Some entries include period of parole/expiration date. Most include results of parole (discharged, returned, parole extended). Later registers include parole date; aftercare; parole expiration/extension date; date of discharge or return to hospital; condition at end of parole; and to whom paroled, relation to patient, and address.
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
- Office of Mental Health patient case files
Series Number
- 14231
Summary
- This series consists of the official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and discharge of patients in the state's mental health facilities. Records include admission, death, and discharge records; patient photographs; census statistics; and autopsy reports of patients in facilities across the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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
- 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
- Willard State Hospital clinical laboratory records
Series Number
- B1472
Summary
- This series consists of results of blood alcohol tests performed for local law enforcement agencies; water supply tests for coliform bacilli; lists of surgical specimens received; biopsy reports; a list of patients tested as possible typhoid carriers; results of blood and spinal fluid tests; and monthly statistical reports of tests performed. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Access to records of identified 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. State Archives staff will review requests for access to other records in the series and disclose in accordance with the State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Willard State Hospital employee hospital records
Series Number
- B1467
Summary
- This series consists of hospital records of Willard State Hospital employees who were treated there for physical ailments. Records include narrative descriptions of illnesses and treatments; instructions to nurses; laboratory test results; temperature charts; ward notes on patients' conditions and activities; and x-rays. At least one record is included for an employee's family member. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
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
- Employee payroll records
Series Number
- B1466
Summary
- This series consists of payroll records for employees of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Payroll for each month includes employee name; service (position); rate per month; time worked; and amount due. Total amounts are given for each month. Records of overtime worked and employee time reports are included for the twentieth century portion of the series.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Willard Drug Treatment Campus inmate case files
Series Number
- W0058
Summary
- Willard Drug Treatment Campus, located in Seneca County, N.Y., is a drug treatment center for male and female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of confined men and women.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Annual reports of state commissions and institutions overseeing the mentally ill
Series Number
- B1434
Summary
- This series consists of published annual reports of commissions and institutions with management oversight of those deemed to be mentally deficient. The volumes were maintained at the Willard Psychiatric Center library, most likely for research purposes and later as historical references. Also included is an 1888 photograph of resident officers of the Willard Asylum for the Insane.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- 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
- 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
- Assorted admission, discharge, and death records
Series Number
- B1816
Summary
- This series documents patient admissions, discharges, and deaths. The records may have been used for reporting purposes or for the compilation of statistics. Information includes patient admission, re-admission, discharge, and death cards and weekly lists of patients discharged and admitted. Weekly lists vary in content from detailed to mere lists of patient names, date, sex, patient numbers, and manner of leaving for discharges or legally liable relative for admissions. 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 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 State Hospital autopsy reports
Series Number
- B1462
Summary
- This series consists of autopsy reports from Willard State Hospital. Information includes case name; autopsy number; date of death; place of death (ward or building); physician in charge; place of autopsy; date; physician conducting autopsy; others present; age at death; form of insanity; duration; cause of death; external appearance; weights of various organs; and anatomical details and remarks. Some include diagrams and measurements of the skull. Some reports provide more complete medical and mental histories. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Access to records in this series is restricted in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law Section 87(2)(a).
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
- Meeting minutes of regional mental health facilities directors
Series Number
- B1503
Summary
- This series consists of minutes of meetings of directors of regional mental health facilities. Minutes typically include memoranda; budget information; statistical tables; resolutions; agendas; plans and reports; and narratives of discussions. Topics include interpretation and impact of regulations; relationships between the local facilities and other government entities; staffing and salaries; outside contracting of services; deinstitutionalization of patients; budgets and funding; physical facilities; and centralization of services.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.