FERGUS FALLS STATE HOSPITAL:

An Inventory of Its Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Fergus Falls State Hospital.
	Title:	Photographs.
	Dates:	1894-1990.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Photographs of hospital staff and residents and various aspects of the hospital facility, including aerial views of the campus; exterior shots of various buildings and the grounds; major remodeling of the wards in 1958, 1960, and 1961; and interior shots of the boilers and heating plant, kitchen, patient rooms, dayrooms, dining areas, physical education and physical/occupational therapy facilities, school rooms, recreation areas, library, canteen, vocational training center, and speech and audiology equipment. Also photographs of the first motorized bus, laundry and kitchen staff, a volunteer services banquet (circa 1958), occupational therapy activities (1953, 1967), and Boy Scout Troop 310 (circa 1990); and two pen and ink sketches of the campus (1990). Photographs dated after 1984 were created under the hospital's successor, the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center.
	Quantity:	0.4 cubic feet (9 oversize folders).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Fergus Falls State Hospital. Photographs. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 984-75; 2008-43

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 006649968

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
106.G.1.6F-1	Exterior views, 1898–1970s. 32 photographs.
		Aerial views (1950, 1960s), buildings, grounds, and reroofing.


		Interior views, miscellaneous, undated, 1896, 1950s-1970s. 14 photographs.
			Includes photographs of the main congregate dining room decorated for Christmas, beauty shop, laundry room, patient dayroom, bathroom, hallway, and patient rooms.


		Interior views, boilers and heating plant, undated, circa 1900, 1949. 7 photographs.
			Many of the photographs include staff.


		Interior views, kitchen, circa 1900, 1902, circa 1960s. 9 photographs.
			Many of the photographs include staff.


		Exterior and interior views, 1970s. 81 photographs.
			Color snapshots, numbered and labeled, adhered to scrapbook pages. Include patient rooms, dayrooms, dining areas, physical education facilities, schoolrooms, tunnels, recreation areas, physical and occupational therapy facilities, speech and audiology equipment, library, canteen, vocational training center, and washroom.


		Staff, patients, and volunteers, undated, 1894, 1953, 1958, 1967. 21 photographs.
			Includes driver Bert Hoxie and the first motorized bus (undated), laundry staff (1894), occupational therapy patients (1953), Dr. and Mrs. Patterson at dedication of building named for him (April 1958), volunteer services banquet (circa 1958), and Elmer Fick, occupational therapy (1967).


		Remodeling, 1958, 1960-1961. 51 photographs.
			Documents three remodeling projects; the Northeast in 1958 (18 snapshots), the East Center Ward in 1960 (21 snapshots), and the West Center Ward in 1961 (12 snapshots).


		Boy Scout Troup 310, circa 1990. 11 photographs.
			Troup which includes hospital patients; all color snapshots.


		Sketches, 1990. 2 items.
			Two pen and ink sketches of the hospital, one an aerial view, one of the main building. Signed by Heiman.

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:: Boy Scouts -- Minnesota -- Fergus Falls -- Photographs.; Institution libraries -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Mentally ill -- Minnesota.; Occupational therapy -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Employees -- Photographs.; State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; State hospitals -- Officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Volunteer workers in mental health -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Organizations:: Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center (Fergus Falls, Minn.) -- Photographs.; Fergus Falls State Hospital -- Photographs.

Document Types:: Aerial photographs.; Drawings (visual works).; Photographs.

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FERGUS FALLS STATE HOSPITAL:

OVERVIEW

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS