FERGUS FALLS STATE HOSPITAL:

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

Government Records

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Creator: Fergus Falls State Hospital.
Title:Published Records and Reports.
Dates:circa 1898-2006.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Fergus Falls State Hospital. The records cover all aspects of the hospital's programs, activities, and history, including its newsletter, The Weekly Pulse/The Pulse/Between Us (1933-2001), hospital histories (1966-2006), news clippings and releases (1944-1989), brochures (circa 1898), and various publications, many written by hospital staff, covering such topics as nursing schools, Native American patients, personnel, student live-in program, procedures and policies, accreditation, chemical dependency treatment, in-patient psychiatric care, and parental involvement. Materials dated after 1984 were created under the hospital's successor, the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center.
Quantity:3.9 cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 oversize folder).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

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

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 985-181; 2000-57; 2004-27; 2005-42; 2008-43

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 006649986


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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105.G.2.1BHistories:
The Early Years at the Fergus Falls State Hospital, October 10, 1966.
By Emery Johnson, Jr.
The Weekly Pulse, Diamond Jubilee Issue, October 21, 1966.
Contains historical sketches of the hospital.
A Short History of the Fergus Falls State Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, June 1972.
By Emery Johnson, Jr.
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106.G.1.6F-1100 Years: Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center Centennial July 25, 1990. 1 oversize folder.
Supplement to The [Fergus Falls] Daily Journal and the Lake Country Shopping News.
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105.G.2.1BThe History of the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center: 1890-1997, 1997.
Photocopy; compiled through 1968 by Emery Johnson, volunteer services coordinator at the state hospital/regional treatment center for 27 years, and brought up to date in 1997 by Linda Aune, regional treatment center communications staff.
The History of the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center 1890–2006, 2006. 1 folder.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services Welcomes You to..., circa 2006. 1 folder.
Includes a history of the Fergus Falls State Hospital.
Newsletters:
The Weekly Pulse, 1933-1987:
Newsletter founded by Marguerite Patterson, wife of Superintendent William L. Patterson, M.D., to give patients and employees an opportunity to express their views and report on events and news happening within the hospital.
Volumes 1–24, February 1933-February 1957. 25 volumes.
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105.G.2.2FVolumes 25-44, February 1957-February 1977. 17 volumes, 3 folders.
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105.G.2.3BVolumes 45-55, February 1977-February 1987. 11 folders.
Missing issues: April 28, 1978; February 9, June 22, 1979; February 1, March 21, May 16, 1980; January 30, March 20, December 18, December 25, 1981; January 29, October 15, 1982; January 21, May 7, May 14, 1983; February 10, 1984; January 18, 1985.
The Pulse/Between Us, 1987-1990, 1997-2001:
In April 1987, it became a monthly newsletter. Soon after Between Us, interfiled with The Pulse, was added to report more frequent happenings including notices of parties, retirements, new employees, and coming events.
Volumes 1-4, April 1987–July 1990. 4 folders.
1997-2001. 5 folders.
Incomplete set.
News clippings and releases:
Primarily concerning events involving the hospital and related topics.
Some years are arranged in reverse chronological order.
1944-1966. 1 folder.
Mainly 1948-1949.
July 3, 1968-1972. 5 folders.
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105.G.2.4F 1973-1989. 8 folders.
Miscellaneous publications:
Staff publications, undated. 9 items in 1 folder:
An Advocacy Program in A State Hospital.
By Bill Johnson and David Aanes.
A Comparative Analysis of the Fergus Falls State Hospital and the Day-Night Unit on Selected Psychiatric Patient Population Variables.
By David Aanes, Dale Klaessy, and Jim Wills.
Income and Hospitalization for Mental Illness.
By Milton R. Ravensborg.
Level of Staff Assistance: An Index of Physical Nursing Care for Hospitals for the Mental Ill and Retarded.
By Milton R. Ravensborg and Patricia Madden.
Native American Patient Population Characteristics at the Drug Dependency Rehabilitation Center.
By Curt Ramberg and David Aanes.
Nursing and Boarding Home Survey.
The Part-Time Employee: Asset, Liability, or Necessity.
By Douglas Boyer and David Aanes.
Some Aspects of Neurological Consultations in the Psychiatric Hospitals.
By Milton R. Ravensborg and Dorette Larson.
A Student Live-In Program—Its Beginnings, Its Potentials, and Its Problems.
By Maurice H. Reyerson.
Guest meal ticket and ward leave card, undated.
Information Bulletin, undated.
Brochures, circa 1898. 2 items in 1 folder.
Tuberculosis Survey of State Institutions in Minnesota, March 1935.
Nursing School Survey, June 1935.
By Harriet Bailey, R.N.
Inspection Report, November 1, 1935.
Medical Survey of State Institutions, September 1936.
Leisure Time Activities at State Institutions (Indiana), December 1937.
By Lester Engel.
Minnesota State Public Welfare Study, November 1940.
Legislative Research Committee, Report of Sub-Committee on Public Welfare, August 2, 1948.
Industrial Job Analysis of Wards and Industries, June 1951.
Fire Protection Survey, 1953. 1 volume.
Procedure Manual, Clinical Director, 1958.
Compilation of methods used by the hospital.
Legislative Building Commission, Building Needs for the Next Ten Years at Fergus Falls State Hospital, September 20, 1963.
Policy Manual, April 1965.
Communications Bulletins, July 12-September 23, 1965.
From Institution to Institute of Learning, The Fergus Falls State Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital in Transition, circa 1967.
Compilation of 1965-1967 newspaper articles.
Summary of Research Projects Completed, 1967-1969 Biennium, circa 1970.
By Milton R. Ravensborg.
Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1997. 5 items in 1 folder.
Level of Staff Assistance Needed to Maintain Life, Hygiene, and Decency in a State Hospital, June 1971.
By Milton R. Ravensborg.
Treatment of Drug Overdose and Withdrawal, Drug Dependency Rehabilitation Center, July 1972.
By Julian Pawlyszyn, Ken Toso, and Pat Harles.
Summary of Research Projects Completed, 1971-1972 Fiscal Year, circa 1973.
By Milton R. Ravensborg.
A Descriptive Analysis of Sick Leave Taken at the Fergus Falls State Hospital in 1972, March 1973.
By David Aanes and Myrtle Peterson.
The Impact of a Community-Based In-Patient Psychiatric Facility on Psychiatric Admissions to a Regional State Hospital, July 1973.
By David Aanes, Dale Klaessy, and Jim Wills.
Welfare Directors Perception of the Role and Impact of the Day-Night Unit’s In-Patient Services: A Systems Approach, August 1973.
By David Aanes.
A Comparison of A Community Based In-Patient Psychiatric Facility and A Regional State Hospital on Patient Contacts with the Community, September 1973.
By David Aanes, Dale Klaessy, and Jim Wills.
Local Physicians’ Assessment of Alcohol Dependency in Their Community Practice, September 19, 1973.
The Fergus Falls State Hospital Responds to the Energy Crisis, December 1973.
By David Aanes, Gerald Drews, and Debbie Tullos.
Evaluation of the Fergus Falls State Hospital Student Live-In Program With an Emphasis on Supervision, January 1974.
By Alvi Borgen and David Aanes.
Admissions and Readmissions to the Drug Dependency Rehabilitation Center, May 1974.
By Curt Ramberg and David Aanes.
Why Native Americans Leave a Chemical Dependency Treatment Program Prior to its Completion, September 1974.
By David Aanes and Curt Ramberg.
Manual of Dietary Practice, June 29, 1971.
Utilization of a Parental Relief Program for the Mentally Retarded, October 1974.
By David Aanes and Amy Whitlock.
Too Much Staff? The Increase of Demands Upon Staff at State Hospitals, October 1974.
By David Aanes, John Bloom, and R. F. Hoffman.
The Treatment Processes and Outcomes of a Chemical Dependency Treatment Program as Perceived by Patients and Community Members, June 1975.
By Lyn Haagenson, Betty Hoff, and Eva Vraspir.
An Evaluation of the Applicability of the American Psychiatric Association’s Model Criteria Set to the Mental Illness Treatment Cottage of the Fergus Falls State Hospital, June 1975.
By Lynn Haagenson, Betty Hoff, and Eva Vraspir.
Fergus Falls State Hospital Study Final Recommendation to the Minnesota State Legislature, January 1977.
Psychiatric Unit Manual and Plans Book, 1978. 1 volume.
Public Relations Plan, 1986.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, circa 1996-1997.
Regional Treatment Center Update, 1999-2002.
A Handbook for Volunteers: A Helping Hand, August 1975.
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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:
Community college students -- Minnesota.
Hospitals -- Accreditation -- Minnesota.
Indians of North America -- Substance abuse -- Minnesota.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
Nursing schools -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospital care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Employees.
State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
State hospitals -- Officials and employees -- Minnesota.
Substance abuse treatment facilities -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Fergus Falls Community College (Minn.) -- Student housing.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center (Fergus Falls, Minn.) -- History.
Fergus Falls State Hospital -- History.
Fergus Falls State Hospital -- Student housing.
Fergus Falls State Junior College (Minn.) -- Student housing.
Document Types:
Brochures.
Clippings (information artifacts).
Press releases.
Titles:
Between us.
Pulse (Fergus Falls, Minn.).
Weekly pulse.

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