Admissions records, 1860-1908, 1935-1968, 1981-1982.

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Admissions records, 1860-1908, 1935-1968, 1981-1982.

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Records of early admissions to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane which later became known as the Mendota Mental Health Institute. Includes orders for commitments, reports by examining physicians, and judgments of insanity and commitment.

14.0 c.f. (35 archives boxes); plusadditions of 58.0 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6846892

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...