HASTINGS STATE HOSPITAL:
An Inventory of Its Cemetery Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Hastings State Hospital. | |
| Title: | Cemetery Records. | |
| Dates: | 1953-1999. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Documents detailing administration of the hospital's cemetery, including an alphabetical index to burials for 1901-1964, a 1967 survey and plat, correspondence, drawings, interagency agreements, and newspaper clippings. A few post-1978 records document the cemetery's administration under the Minnesota Veterans Home (Hastings), following transfer from the Public Welfare Department to the Veterans Affairs Department. | |
| Quantity: | 0.2 cubic feet (1 partial box and 1 folder in map case drawer). | |
| 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]. Hastings State Hospital. Cemetery Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Originals:
Original of the index to burials in hospital cemetery, with accompanying cemetery plat is at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 988-181; 2015-53
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001713493
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 104.E.1.4F | Index to burials in hospital cemetery, post-1964. | ||||||||||
| Photocopy of an alphabetical index to burials in the Hastings State Hospital cemetery. Covering 1901-1964, the index lists name of deceased, medical case file number, date of death, and row and grave number of burial. The compiler and date of compilation are unknown. | |||||||||||
| Cemetery information, undated, 1953-1999. | |||||||||||
| Includes correspondence, drawings, interagency agreements, newspaper clippings and related records documenting the history, maintenance, and operation of the cemetery. A few post-1978 records document the cemetery’s administration under the Minnesota Veterans Home (Hastings), following its transfer from the Public Welfare Department to the Veterans Affairs Department. | |||||||||||
| Cemetery report, 1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Survey report done by Harry S. Johnson, Associates, Inc., containing a survey of cemetery depicting grave row numbers, individual grave numbers, and medical file numbers of patient burials; alphabetical listing of patients interred, including patient medical file number, grave row number and individual grave number; list of graves by medical file number; list of graves by interment date, including patient medical file number, grave row number and grave number; and fiscal year summary of patient deaths and interment or removal. There are two copies of the report, with unique information appearing in each report. | |||||||||||
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| A3/OV4 | 6 | Cemetery plat, January 1967. 2 sheets in 1 folder. | |||||||||
| Depicts individual grave sites including grave number and patient medical file number. | |||||||||||
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:
- Cemeteries -- Minnesota -- Maps.
- Mentally ill -- Mortality -- Minnesota.
- People with mental disabilities -- Mortality -- Minnesota.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Veterans Hospital (Hastings, Minn.).
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Statistics, Vital.
- Document Types:
- Death registers -- Minnesota.
- Death registers -- Minnesota.
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