Patient indexes, 1869-1962.

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Patient indexes, 1869-1962.

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This series consists of patient indexes created by staff of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). For some patients, the volume and page number given in the indexes refer to other series of patient case files; sometimes the reference of the citations is unknown. Dates for the indexes overlap as information was carried over from earlier to later volumes.

4.25 cu. ft. (8 volumes)

New York State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227891

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New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

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For the first fifty years of the State's history, local governments and private agencies were responsible for the care of New York State's mentally ill. In 1836 (Chapter 82), the legislature authorized the construction of the State's first mental health institution, the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which opened in 1843. By 1890, the State had opened nine additional asylums for the mentally ill. Local governments were responsible for expenses of inmates at these asylums and continu...

Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

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The Willard State Hospital School of Nursing grew out of two-year hospital attendant classes begun in 1887 at Willard Asylum. In 1922, in attempting to standardize education and training of nurses, all nursing schools in the State (affiliated with both general hospitals and mental hospitals) were brought under the authority of the State Education Department. From the description of Willard State Hospital School of Nursing records, 1917-1977. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record...

Willard Asylum for the Insane (N.Y.)

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New York State Office of Mental Health

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