State hospital files, 1964-1979.

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State hospital files, 1964-1979.

Letters, memos, reports of meetings, a few maps and plans, and miscellany relating to additions and improvements to the physical facilities at the Owatonna State School and Rochester State Hospital.

0.2 cu. ft. (12 folders).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6773533

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Minnesota. Dept. of Administration.

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Minnesota. Architectural and Engineering Division.

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Owatonna State School

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Rochester State Hospital (Minn.)

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The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery was originally named Rosemont, with the male patients buried south of, and the female patients north of, the road which ran down the center of the cemetery. In 1940, that practice ended and the sites were then filled in sequence of death until the last burial in 1965. Over 2000 bodies and body parts were laid to rest in the cemetery over the institution's existence. The cemetery's location as of 2002 was in the City of Rochester's Qu...