Winnebago County asylum, county home and poor farm records, 1867-1969.

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Winnebago County asylum, county home and poor farm records, 1867-1969.

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Records of Winnebago County's asylum, county home and poor farm which opened in 1871. This series only contains records of the institution from 1867 to 1969 by which time the asylum operations were known as the Winnebago County Hospital and the county home was known as Pleasant Acres. The records document the administration of the institution(s) as an asylum, county home and poor farm, and information about the population of the institution(s) in general. Administrative records include minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings (1889-1956) and financial records (1913-1951). Patient records (1867-1969) contain biographical data on residents and some information on individual patient care.

20.4 c.f. (13 archives boxes and 31 volumes)

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Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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Pleasant Acres (Winnebago County, Wis.)

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Park View Health Center (Winnebago County, Wis.)

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Winnebago County Poor Farm (Wis.)

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Winnebago County Hospital (Wis.)

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Winnebago Mental Health Institute (Wis.)

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The Legislature established the Northern Hospital for the Insane (Chapter 175, Laws of 1872) as an institution for the mentally ill from the northern part of the state. Located in Winnebago, near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the name was changed in 1935 to Winnebago State Hospital and in 1973 to Winnebago 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 Board of Control (WI...