Class action suit records, 1971-1981.

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Class action suit records, 1971-1981.

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Copies of court documents, correspondence, departmental memos, clippings, and other records relating to court cases with which medical director Dr. Francis A. Tyce was concerned. They include cases in which he served as an expert witness or consultant; cases in which he and Rochester State Hospital were named as defendants; and cases whose outcome was likely to affect policy and practice at Minnesota's state hospitals for the mentally ill or institutions for care of the mentally retarded. Not all were actually class action suits.

0.9 cu. ft. (15 folders).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6777182

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Tyce, Francis A.

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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...