ROCHESTER STATE HOSPITAL:
An Inventory of Its Industrial Departments Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). | |
| Title: | Industrial Departments Records. | |
| Dates: | 1876-1970. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Reports and financial records of the quarry and rock crushing plant, printing shop, mattress shop, farm, dairy, butcher shop, garden, cannery, sewing room and tailor shop, shoe repair and harness shop, upholstery shop, laundry and dry cleaning department, culinary department, and soap making production. | |
| Quantity: | 1.2 cubic feet (1 partial box and 3 volumes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The soap making records share volumes with a journal and ledger of receipts and expenditures of the Minnesota Inebriate Asylum board of directors (1876-1878).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). Industrial Departments Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 468; 983-23
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001704577
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 118.E.15.7B | Quarry Ledger, 1924-1925. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Record of rock and dust sold from the quarry. | |||||||||||
| 114.B.10.12F | Rock Crushing Plant Trial Balances, 1923-1951. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Statement of Products of Industrial Departments Delivered to Business Manager, 1958-1970. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Monthly totals by type, quantity, and value of products of the institution's farm, dairy, butcher shop, garden, cannery, sewing room, shoe shop, print/mattress/ upholstery shops, and laundry/dry cleaning department. | |||||||||||
| Printing and Mattress Shop Reports, 1944-1958. | |||||||||||
| Predecessor to the above statements, for the printing and mattress operations only. | |||||||||||
| Printing and Mattress Shop Record, 1958-1966. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Appears to be a detailed record of the work done by a single employee. | |||||||||||
| Department Reports, 1947-1949. | |||||||||||
| Narrative reports of activities and production of the farm and garden department, sewing room and tailor shop, shoe repair and harness shop, mattress, print and upholstery shop, laundry department, culinary department, payroll and personnel, and general comments. | |||||||||||
| 109.H.18.2F | Soap Industry Journal, 1902-1902. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Pages 20-48; journal of production expenses and receipts for soap supplied to state institutions. | |||||||||||
| Includes journal entries of the Rochester Inebriate Asylum (1876-1878). | |||||||||||
| Soap Industry Journal, 1902-1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Pages 60-250; ledger of accounts for support, machinery and equipment, expense and profit, types of soap made, raw materials, labor, each state institution supplied, and freight. | |||||||||||
| Includes ledger accounts of the Rochester Inebriate Asylum. | |||||||||||
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:
- Canneries -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Harness making and trade -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Laundry industry -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Mattress industry -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Occupational therapy -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Printing industry -- Government ownership -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Food service.
- Quarries and quarrying -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Shoemakers -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- State farms -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Tailors -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Upholstery trade -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota State Inebriate Asylum (Rochester, Minn.).
- Places:
- Rochester (Minn.)
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