Warm Springs State Hospital records 1877-1973

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Warm Springs State Hospital records 1877-1973

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These records (1877-1973) consist of materials related to the Warm Springs State Hospital and its governing body, the Montana State Board of Commissioners for the Insane. The hospital operated under a variety of names including Mitchell and Mussigbrod, Insane Asylum of the State of Montana, Montana State Hospital for the Insane, Montana State Insane Asylum, Montana State Hospital, and Warm Springs State Hospital. The Hospital records include patient registers, dockets, the history of the hospital, scrapbooks, correspondence, financial records, and legal documents. The Board records consist of minute books. The collection includes a total of 21 volumes. RESTRICTION: Patient records are confidential and privileged (M.C.A. 53-21-166), but may be used for research under the administrative rule adopted by the Department of Public Health and Human Services. Consult an archivist for details and a copy of the Application to Conduct Research form.

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Prior to 1869, Montana Territory made no special provisions for mental patients, their care generally being left to regular hospitals. The Helena Weekly Herald in a September 19, 1867, article on the county hospital commented on the need for a territorial insane asylum, stating that the county hospital was not the proper place for a "lunatic." Two years later the 6th Territorial Legislative Assembly passed a law authorizing an official territorial insane asylum to be own...