Craig Colony Admission Registers

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of admission registers documenting patients at Craig Colony for Epileptics (known after 1920 as simply Craig Colony). Each register provides admission number, name, admission and discharge dates, county, reimbursing or indigent, sex, age, occupation, age at onset, marital status, nativity of patient and parents, heredity, number in patient's fraternity, birth order, prenatal influences, probable cause, character and frequency of attack, seizures when awake or asleep, nature of aura, mental state, physical examination, paralysis, and results.
Title
Admission registers
Quantity
1.5 cubic feet; 2 volumes
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B2316
Creator
Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

Information contained in these volumes typically includes admission number, name, date of admission, date of discharge, county, reimbursing or indigent, sex, age, occupation, age at onset, civil condition (marital status), nativity of patient and parents, heredity, number in patient's fraternity, number in line of birth, prenatal influences, probable cause, character of attack, frequency of attack, seizures when awake or asleep, nature of aura, mental state, physical examination, paralysis, laboratory [always blank], results, and autopsy summary [always blank].

B1714Series B1714, Patient admission histories and

14197Series 14197, Patient case files, contain related records documenting patients at Craig Colony and later the Craig Developmental Center.

Other Finding Aids

Name index to earlier volume is available.

Volume list.

Acquisition Information

This series was transferred to the New York State Archives by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

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