Historical background and research files, 1869-1987.

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Historical background and research files, 1869-1987.

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This series contains a wide assortment of record types considered to be historical or archival in nature which were collected or retained by several entities at the Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital and Willard Psychiatric Center), including the Willard Staff Library. The records were collected and preserved for their historical interest, to provide information to the public, or for research value in the areas of treatments and conditions, patient life, staff training, facility expansion, and infrastructure repair and improvement.

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New York (state) Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

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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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Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

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By act of the legislature passed on April 30, 1864, the secretary of the State Medical Society, Dr. Sylvester D. Willard, was authorized to investigate the condition of the insane poor in the various poorhouses, almshouses, insane asylums, and other institutions throughout the state (except those required by law to report to the legislature), and to transmit the acquired information to county judges in the state. Each judge then appointed a physician to visit the institutions where ...

New York State Office of Mental Health

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Previously known as the Buffalo State Hospital, the facility became Buffalo Psychiatric Center according to Chapter 558 of the Laws of 1974. From the description of Buffalo Psychiatric Center patient case files, 1920-1975. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82286416 The original cemetery was started at Willard Asylum for the Insane (as the facility was then called) in 1870. Included in the original cemetery grounds was a Civil War cemetery for patien...