Boston Insane Hospital
Biographical notes:
The Boston Lunatic Hospital was established as a municipal agency in 1839; it was renamed Boston Insane Hospital in 1897. It was made a Massachusetts state agency under the name Boston State Hospital in 1908 and closed in 1981.
From the description of Commitment papers, 1848-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81313194
Links to collections
Boston Insane Hospital. Admission and Discharge Register, 1883-1886 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston State Hospital. Agency history record.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Register, 1857-1899 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston State Hospital. Autopsy reports 1881-1977.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Census of Women, 1904-1910 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston State Hospital. Annual reports, 1889-1962.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Boston Insane Hospital. Admission Records, 1839-1919 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston State Hospital. Inpatient case files, 1856-1930 (bulk 1890-1930).
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Boston Insane Hospital. Fiscal Records, 1900-1908 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston Insane Hospital. Histories of Cases of General Paralysis, circa 1880.
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston Insane Hospital. Commitment papers, 1848-1899.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Boston Insane Hospital. Case Records, 1870-1898 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Register, 1898-1902 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Boston Insane Hospital. Index to Lunatic Hospital Register, 1839-1897 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health. Institutional registers, 1863-1947 (bulk 1863-1907).
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
Related names in SNAC
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Boston Lunatic Hospital.
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Boston State Hospital.
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Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health.
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Subjects:
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Mentally ill
- Patients
- Psychiatric hospital patients
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Places:
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Boston (as recorded)
