FARIBAULT STATE SCHOOL AND
HOSPITAL:
An Inventory of Its Historical Data Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Faribault State School and Hospital. | |
| Title: | Historical Data Files. | |
| Dates: | 1917-1997. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Essays and news articles documenting the institution's history (1917-1997), programs from various client activities and building dedications (1928-1991), a 1980s building layout drawing with index and an aerial view of the campus, and materials documenting the on-campus Engberg Museum (1989-1995) and the institution's employees (1963-1997). The latter include photocopied sheets containing a photograph and biographical information about individual employees (circa 1985), Annual Employee's Awards Ceremony programs (1963-1997, incomplete), and materials on the lives of two longtime employees, Arnold Madow and Peter K. Smith (1986, 1995). | |
| Quantity: | 0.1 cubic feet (7 folders in 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Faribault State School and Hospital. Historical Data Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 999-35; 2000-77
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001735840
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 106.I.5.2F | Historical essays and news articles, 1917-1997. | ||||||||||
| Various articles documenting the history of the institution, including the article, 100 Years of Service: A Chronology of the Faribault State Hospital, 1879-1979. | |||||||||||
| Event programs and photographs, undated and 1928-1991. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Programs for patient productions, including the Lawn Fete (1928), Christmas operettas (1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935), plays (Hiawatha, 1930; The Golden Age, 1932; Gypsiana, 1936; Saga of Asgard, 1937; Arabian Fantasy, 1938), and Christmas program (1959); building dedication program (1959); Parent Visitation Day (1966); and Nickerson Memorial Care Center dedication (1991). Accompanied by photographs of a lawn fete (undated), a parade (undated), Saga of Asgard, and Arabian Fantasy. | |||||||||||
| Focus on Faribault State Hospital, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Produced by the Community Relations Department. | |||||||||||
| Building layout drawing with index and an aerial print/view of the campus, 1980s. | |||||||||||
| Peter K. Smith file, undated, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Smith became a resident in 1936 at age nine, was discharged in 1969, and was employed as a service worker from 1969 until his death in 1986. Includes a photocopy of his reminiscence, several articles about him, and a eulogy and remembrance, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Engberg Museum, 1989-1995. | |||||||||||
| 33 postcards (photocopies) featuring various buildings on the campus over the years; flyers describing the museum, opened in 1979, and its contents; and correspondence documenting those contents in the Rice County Historical Society in 1995. | |||||||||||
| Employee recognition materials, 1963, circa 1985, 1989-1997. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Sheets (photocopies) containing a photograph and biographical information about individual employees, possibly compiled in 1985; programs for the Annual Employee’s Awards Ceremony (1963, 1989, 1992-1997), and obituary of Arnold Madow, former assistant chief executive officer (1995). | |||||||||||
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:
- Dedication services.
- Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Buildings.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- History.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- History.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Officials and employees.
- Persons:
- Madow, Arnold A.
- Smith, Peter K.
- Organizations:
- E. J. Engberg Museum (Faribault, Minn.).
- Faribault Regional Center.
- Faribault State Hospital.
- Faribault State School and Hospital -- Aerial photographs.
- Faribault State School and Hospital -- History.
- Places:
- Faribault (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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