Death certificate stubs, 1912-1967.

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Death certificate stubs, 1912-1967.

Stubs completed by the funeral director as a record of death for persons who died while at the Mendota Mental Health Institute.

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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...