Burial permits, 1930-1968.

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Burial permits, 1930-1968.

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Burial stub-permit books, 1930-1968, for residents of Mendota Mental Health Institute. The permit provides the name, date and place of death, race, sex, age, and place of burial. Records from 1931-1959 appear to be complete, records from the 1960s are likely fragmentary.

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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...