ROCHESTER STATE HOSPITAL:

An Inventory of Its Patient Registers and Indexes at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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Creator:Rochester State Hospital (Minn.).
Title:Patient Registers and Indexes.
Dates:1879-1986.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:The indexes list surname, case file number, and admission and discharge dates. The registers list all patients admitted to the hospital and record case number, name, county, admission date, age, civil (i.e., marital) condition, occupation, education (grade level), religion, habits (temperate or intemperate), nativity (state or country), nativity of parents, diagnosis, suicidal or homicidal, number of attack, number of admission (i.e., whether being readmitted), age at first attack, duration of insanity, time in hospital, date discharged, result (condition of dismissal), and observations.
Quantity:6.0 cubic feet (8 boxes, 1 partial box, and 1 volume, unboxed).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged in three series: 1) Indexes, alphabetical by surname, 1879-1951, 2) Index cards, approximately 1880-1986; 3) Registers, chronological by case file number, 1879-1965.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:

Includes private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. 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]. Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). Patient Registers and Indexes. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 982-131; 983-23; 2024-41

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017045920104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapsePATIENT INDEXES

Divided into men's and women's indexes, the volumes broadly overlap date spans. The relationship among them has not been determined.


Location
114.G.1.6F-1Men.
1879-1913.
1881-1922.
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114.G.1.6F-2Volume D, 1880-1928.
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114.G.1.6F-1Volume E, 1887-1947.
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114.G.1.6F-21879-circa 1951.
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114.G.1.8F-1Women.
1881-1913.
1882-1922.
Location
114.G.1.8F-2Volume D, 1916-1927.
Volume E, 1888-1947.
Location
106.D.16.1B-21881-1951.
[0.5 cubic feet empty]

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Expand/CollapsePATIENT INDEX CARDS

Incomplete. Includes name, patient number, demographic information, admission and discharge information, correspondents, and social security number (if applicable). Organized alphabetically by last name.


Location
139.H.4.4F-2 Approximately 1880-1986.

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Expand/CollapsePATIENT REGISTERS

Location
102.I.4.6F-1Volume [A], Case File Nos. 1-7338, 1879-1906.
Volume [B], Case File Nos. 7339-15135, 1906-1923.
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102.I.4.6F-2Volume C, Case File Nos. 15136-22923, 1923-1936.
[0.25 cubic feet empty]
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121.J.2.3Volume [D], Case File Nos. 22924-30402, 1936-1948.
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102.I.4.7B-1Volume E, Case File Nos. 30403-38401, 1948-1960.
Volume F, Case File Nos. 38402-44881, 1960-1965.

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Additional State Hospital statistical records are found in the Public Welfare Department: Public Institutions Division: Patient registers and indexes, also housed in the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Medicine -- Minnesota.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Registers.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Registers.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Admission and discharge -- Minnesota.
State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
State hospitals -- Admission and discharge -- Minnesota.
Document Types:
Registers (lists).
Indexes.
Places:
Rochester (Minn.)

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