Miscellaneous records, 1857-1895.

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Miscellaneous records, 1857-1895.

Miscellaneous documents including accounts; lists of services, 1865; number of applications from each county; correspondence about the 8th Congressional District election, 1874; inventory of stock; admissions and discharges, 1894-1895; contract bids, 1866; and miscellaneous correspondence and financial records, 1857-1859, primarily concerning the construction of the hospital.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

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Mendota Mental Health Institute (Wis.)

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The Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane opened in 1860. It was built on a site near Madison purchased by commissioners of the Wisconsin State Lunatic Asylum (authorized in 1854 but never constructed). In the 1930's the institution began to be known as the Mendota State Hospital and in 1973 it became the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The institution reported to the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267), 1881-1891; the State B...