ST. PETER STATE HOSPITAL:
An Inventory of Its Death and Autopsy Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | St. Peter State Hospital. | |
| Title: | Death and Autopsy Records. | |
| Dates: | 1890s-1999. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Death records (1961-1995) and reviews (1986-1999), autopsy record (1892-1899, 1903-1912) with index covering 1890s-1908, and autopsy photographs of internal organs (1895-1910). | |
| Quantity: | 2.65 cubic feet (2 boxes and 3 partial boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Some of these records include private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].St. Peter State Hospital. Death and Autopsy Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 200; 2007-16; 2021-27
Processing Information:
Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, June 2021.
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 007157971
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 115.I.2.9B | Deaths record books, 1961-1989. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||
| One line per entry. Includes such information as date, name, number, where referred from. | |||||||||||
April 1961-September 1964
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September 1964-October 1989
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| 102.E.2.6F | Deaths, 1981-1995. | ||||||||||
| RESTRICTED | |||||||||||
| Includes detailed information about patients. | |||||||||||
| Death reviews, 1986-1999. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| RESTRICTED | |||||||||||
| Includes detailed information about patients. | |||||||||||
| 109.H.17.7B | Index to autopsy record, 1890s-1908. circa 500 index cards. | ||||||||||
| Arranged in a rough alphabetical order by surname; include case number and date of autopsy. | |||||||||||
| 109.H.17.6F | Autopsy record, 1892-1899, 1903-1912. | ||||||||||
| Chronological record of autopsies performed on patients (men and women) who died at the hospital; include case number, name, date autopsy was performed and time after death, form of mental disease on admission and at time of death, duration of illness, clinical history and autopsy report. | |||||||||||
| 1892-1899, 1903-1904. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 109.H.17.7B | 1905-1912. 4 volumes. | ||||||||||
| 108.J.6.3B-2 | Autopsy photographs of internal organs, 1895-1910. 2 folders. | ||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically; include case number and descriptions. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Autopsy -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Medical photography -- Photographs.
- Medicine -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Indexes.
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Registers.
- People with mental disabilities -- Mortality -- Minnesota.
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Indexes.
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Diseases -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Viscera -- Photographs.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Statistics, Vital.
- Saint Peter (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Medical records -- Minnesota.
- Indexes.
- Death records -- Minnesota.
- Photographs.
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