FARIBAULT STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL:

An Inventory of Its Reports and Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Faribault State School and Hospital.
Title:Reports and Miscellaneous Records.
Dates:1879-1972.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:The files include regular reports made by the superintendent to the State Board of Corrections and Charities, Board of Control, Division of Public Institutions, Bureau for Feeble-Minded, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Department of Health; sample forms of various kinds; circular letters or informational material for parents, county officers, and the public; events programs for Faribault and sometimes other institutions; leases and deeds; specifications, bids, and contracts for purchasing and building; accident, death, and autopsy reports; physicians' reports; and materials relating to research on "mongolism," epilepsy, and heredity done at Faribault and elsewhere.
Quantity:8.25 cubic feet (10 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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In addition, there are membership lists, treasurer's reports, vouchers, and other materials relating to the American Association on Mental Deficiency and other organizations; forms relating to procurement of tax-free alcohol; and federal census reports.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

The collection is organized into the following sections:

1873-1901
1901-1917
1927-1937
1937-1952
Miscellaneous records, 1879-1976


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Faribault State School and Hospital. Reports and Miscellaneous Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 320; 979-84

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001704401


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Location
109.H.10.6FGeneral Administration, 1879-July 1901.
Statistics and Other Lists of Feeble-Minded, 1879-1880.
Total Business Management: Forms, Directives, Stationery, 1880s-1890s.
Teacher Assignment and Programs (and Job Application Blank), 1887-1901.
Forms Relating to Entrance and Payment for Care of Inmates, 1880s-1890s.
Directives and Forms Relating to Care of Inmates and Conduct of Employees, 1886-1900.
Informational Material for Parents, County Officers and Public, 1880s-1890s.
Application Blank, etc.: Relating to Training of Nurses and Attendants, 1896-1900.
Letters, Lists, etc.: Regarding Gifts at Christmas and Expenditure of Funds, 1880-1895.
Programs by Inmates, and Special Events, 1880s-1901.
Salary Analyses and Comparisons, 1891-1901.
Circulars and Entertainment Programs of Institutions Other Than Faribault, 1888-1890.
Letters Concerning Overdue Inmate Accounts, 1898-1901.
Individual Admission Papers, 1881-1886.
Accounts, Inventories, etc., 1883-1901.
Copies of Bills and Laws (some non-Minnesota), 1887-1901.
Examination for or Warrants to St. Peter State Hospital (probably later transferred to Faribault), 1874-1879.
Quarterly Statements to Board of Corrections and Charities(Inmates Funds), 1896-1900.
Statistical Reports to the Federal Government, 1890-1898.
Re: Special Skills for Pupils, prior to 1901.
Report to Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1886.
Reports to Board of Directors, 1883-1886.
Monthly Reports to Board of Directors, 1887-1901. 2 folders.
Location
109.H.10.7BPurchasing and Building, 1873-1901.
Contract for Water Supply, 1899, 1901.
Land Leases, Abstracts, Deeds, etc., 1873-1901.
Specifications, Estimates, Bids, and Contracts for Buildings, 1893-July 1901. 2 folders.
Specifications, Estimates, Bids, and Contracts for Wiring, Plumbing, etc., 1886-1901.
Financial Reports for the Institute for Defectives, 1897-July 1901.
Medical, 1888-1901.
Examination, Accident, and Death Reports, 1888-July 1901.
Reports to State Board of Health, May, July 1901.
Letters to Inmates from a Christian Science Practitioner, 1898-1899.
Research, 1884-1901.
Worksheet of Heredity Study Made by Dr. A.C. Rogers, 1884.
Made at Glenwood, Iowa, before 1884.
Autopsy Report, 1894.
Research on Epilepsy Studies, 1896-1900.
Study on Mongolism, 1897 and 1899?
Directions and Forms for Tests Recorded in Book of Psychological Studies, 1899-1901.
Includes study of the mental condition of the inmates of St. Cloud State Reformatory done by Dr. R. M. Phelps, Rochester State Hospital, possibly between 1893-1899.
Census of Epileptics in Minnesota, 1899-1900.
Anthropometrical Study, Etiological or Heredity Study, 1900.
A.A.M.D., 1884-1901.
Lists, Notes, and Programs, 1884-1901.
Translations of Papers and Seguin Bibliography.
Membership Lists, Minutes, and Notes, 1894-1901.
Organizations Other Than A.A.M.D., 1892-1901.
Talks by Dr. Rogers and Miscellaneous Material, 1895-1900.
Accounts of meetings or other institutions (clippings from scrapbooks), 1892-1901.

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Location
109.H.13.9BResearch, Medical, Personal, Other Organizations, August 1901-May 1917.
Children's Programs (other than Christmas) and Other Special Programs, 1901-1917. 1 envelope.
Programs of Institutions Outside Minnesota, 1901-1917. 1 envelope.
Christmas Letters and Programs, 1901-1915. 1 envelope.
Monthly Reports of Physicians, 1901-1911. 4 folders.
Form reports on which are recorded numbers of cases treated and discharged, and types of cases treated (conjunctivitis, convulsions, diarrhea, tuberculosis, and others).
Reports by Dr. Rogers to State Superintendent of Education and Board of Visitors, 1910, 1912.
Laws, Bills, and Forms for Minnesota Laws, 1904-1913.
Medical: Reports of Investigations Following Accidents or Harsh Treatment and Accidental Death, 1901-1914.
Medical: Directives, Reports, etc., 1902-1915.
Personal: Talks to Clubs to Which Dr. Rogers Belonged, and other Participation, 1906-1915.
[Personal: Record book relating to Oak Harbor, apparently real estate development in which Rogers was partner?], 1890s. 1 volume.
Lists of Special Action Relative to Inmates, [1906?]-1916.
Questionnaire Information for Federal Government, 1903-1916.
General Administration: Forms and Directives Relating to Employees and to their Duties Regarding the Children; and School Schedules, 1901-1916.
Research, 1902-1916.
Papers or Notes by Dr. Rogers or Other State Employees, 1901-1916.
Newspaper Publicity and Programs, etc., of Organizations other than the American Association of Mental Deficiency, 1904-1915.
Newspaper Clippings Following Dr. Rogers' Death, January 2, 1917.
Location
109.H.13.10FBusiness Administration, Employment, and Personnel, 1901-1917.
Monthly Report to Board of Control, October 1913-May 1917. 3 folders.
Statistical Monthly Report to Board of Control, August 1901-July 1902.
Contracts or Specifications for Work on New Buildings, or Repairs, 1901-1915.
Land and Building Surveys and Special Service Arrangements, 1901-1916.
Land Option Leases or Purchases and Deeds, [1901?]-1911.
Purchasing, Building, and Grounds: List and Description of Buildings, 1914.
Specifications for Coal, 1909, 1911.
Inventories, Requisitions, Comparative Costs, etc., 1901-1912.
Institution Farm, 1913-1916.
Report by Farm Consultant for All Institutions for Biennium, 1914-1916.
Report to Board of Control.
Reports of Public Examiner, 1908-1917. 2 folders.
Reports of Inspections by Bureau of Labor, 1904, 1909, and by Board of Visitors, 1911-1915.
Salaries and Wages: Proposed, Comparative, and Other Institutions, 1902-1908.
Some Menus, 1902-June 1917.
Business Administration-Miscellaneous, 1902-1917.
Applications, Forms, etc., for Nurses and Teachers, 1901-1912.
Payments to Inmates, August 1905-September 1908.
Location
109.H.15.1BA.A.M.D., 1901-1917.
Meeting Programs, 1903-1914.
St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
Newspaper Clippings, 1903-1906.
Information on other institutions or talks by AAMD members.
Forms from Institutions Outside Minnesota Probably Sent for St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
Treasurer's Reports, 1902-1917.
Incomplete.
Journal of Psycho-Asthenics, circa 1902-1910. 11 folders.
Edited journal copy.
Vouchers, circa 1900s-1910s.
Possibly relating to the Journal of Psycho-Asthenics.

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Location
109.F.19.12FGeneral Administration, 1927-1937.
Monthly Reports of Casualties, 1928-1938. 3 folders.
Statistics for American Medical Association, 1931-1936.
Biennial Reports, 1928-1936.
Monthly Reports, 1928-1937. 3 folders.
Payroll, 1932.
Statistics on Coal Consumption, 1927-1933.
Statistics on Weather (temperature), 1930-1933.
Statistics on Power Plant Operation, 1930-1935.
Record of Tax-Free Alcohol Received and Used, 1927-1933.
Forms and Correspondence on Procuring Alcohol, 1927-1937. 5 folders.

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Location
108.D.15.2FGeneral Administration, 1937-1952.
Monthly Reports, 1937-1946. 18 folders.
Location
131.J.5.1BMonthly Reports, 1947-1952. 17 folders.
Yearly Reports, 1938-1946.
Biennial Reports, 1938-1948; Federal Census Reports, 1942-1949.
American Hospital Association Census of Hospitals, 1937-1948.
American Hospital Association Statistics, 1941-1949.
Budget Requests, 1938-1948.
Forms and Correspondence on Procuring Alcohol, 1937-1949. 3 folders.

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Location
109.H.7.3BMonthly Reports to Superintendent, 1959-1968.
Nurses Training Files, 1923.
Contains applications, high school transcripts, and evaluation forms.
Legislation, 1937.
Correspondence, 1946-1949.
Correspondence Relating to Billing, 1953.
Personnel Administration Miscellany, 1954-1956.
Legislative Building Commission, Presentations to, 1965, 1969, 1972. 3 volumes.
Surveys and Evaluations, 1967-1969.
Information Prepared for Legislative Interim Commission on State Buildings, 1956. 1 volume.
Employee Policy Manual, 1962. 1 volume.
Development of a Normalized Program-Supportive System for Resident Dining, Phase I, undated.
Library Reports, 1946-1976.
Annual and quarterly reports, include Library Committee minutes (post-1966).
Excerpts from Letterpress Book, 1895.
Appears to be responses to a legislative investigating committee.
Draft of Article Prepared by Mildred Thomsen, circa 1963.
Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Hospital and Dr. Arthur C. Rogers.
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126.1.3.4Chart of Hereditary Backgrounds of Some 800+ Inmates, circa 1900. 20 items.
Skull Drawings of Several Inmates (possibly Mongolism study), 1899. 5 items.
Physical Characteristics of Mongols, [1899?]. 1 item.
Consolidated Payrolls of All State Institutions, January 1900. 6 leaves.
Classified Statements of Current Expense Fund (annual comparison), 1879-1884; Table of Weekly Current Expense Per Inmate of Six Institutions (annual comparison), 1880/1881-1883/1884. 1 item.
Statistical Chart Showing Cause of Death at Ten Year Periods, 1881-1901. 3 leaves.
1890 Federal Census of Inmates of Institution. 21 leaves.
Newspaper Account of 1897 A.A.M.D. Meeting and other Newspaper Clippings. 11 items.
Dairy Rules of Board of Health, 1898. 1 item.
Statistics for Federal Census Bureau, 1927-1941. 3 folders.

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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:
Alcohol -- Taxation -- Minnesota.
Down syndrome -- Research.
Epilepsy -- Research.
Health services administrators -- Minnesota.
Heredity, Human -- Research.
Medicine -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.
Medicine -- Minnesota.
Mental health personnel -- Minnesota.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Education -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Schools -- Minnesota -- Administration.
State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Persons:
Engberg, E. J.
Murdoch, J. M.
Rogers, Arthur Curtis, 1856-1917.
Organizations:
American Association on Mental Deficiency.
Places:
Faribault (Minn.)
Document Types:
Medical records -- Minnesota.

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