Boston Insane Hospital

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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

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Admission and Discharge Register, 1883-1886 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston State Hospital. Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Register, 1857-1899 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston State Hospital. Autopsy reports 1881-1977. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Census of Women, 1904-1910 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston State Hospital. Annual reports, 1889-1962. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Admission Records, 1839-1919 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston State Hospital. Inpatient case files, 1856-1930 (bulk 1890-1930). Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health. Institutional registers, 1863-1947 (bulk 1863-1907). Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Fiscal Records, 1900-1908 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Histories of Cases of General Paralysis, circa 1880. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Commitment papers, 1848-1899. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Case Records, 1870-1898 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Daily Register, 1898-1902 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Boston Insane Hospital. Index to Lunatic Hospital Register, 1839-1897 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
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Relation Name
associatedWith Boston Lunatic Hospital. corporateBody
associatedWith Boston State Hospital. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Boston
Subject
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
Mentally ill
Patients
Psychiatric hospital patients
Occupation
Activity
Admitting patients
Treating mental illness

Corporate Body

Active 1848

Active 1899

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