FERGUS FALLS STATE HOSPITAL:
An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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details, please see restrictions.
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Fergus Falls State Hospital.
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| Title: | Subject Files. |
| Dates: | 1891-1990. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Files relating to all aspects of the institution's management, including general administration, personnel, patients, and medical service. Topics covered include accreditation; building and construction; 1990 centennial; improvements; nursing school; patient activities, particularly holiday programs and concerts and gymnasium class; and various diseases and treatments, including psychopathic personality, lobotomy, staphylococcus infections, tranquilizers, phenothiazines, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever. |
| Quantity: | 0.8 cubic feet (1 box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
There are also minutes of the cabinet, library staff, pharmacy committee, and volunteer council; social service staff memos; occupational therapy reports (1940-1941); and socially hazardous persons bulletins (1964-1965). Materials dated after 1984 were created under the hospital's successor, the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center.
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Access Restrictions:
Some of these records include private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Fergus Falls State Hospital. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2000-57; 2005-42; 2008-43
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001716974
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 126.I.16.9B | | Accreditation, 1959-1965. |
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| | Administration, 1958-1965. |
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| | Bang, George E., Business Manager, 1960-1969. |
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| | Budget estimates, July 1947-June 1949. |
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| | Building and construction, 1959-1961. |
| | | Contains a history, current status, remodeling projects, future plans, and budget
requests for the institutions buildings. |
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| | Burlingame, Dr. C. Charles, 1948-1950. |
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| | By-Laws, Fergus Falls State Hospital, 1961-1965. |
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| | Cabinet meeting minutes, July 6-September 7, 1965. |
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| | Centennial celebration, 1990. |
| | | Includes a history of the institution, centennial program, flyer, and script from a play by Daniel Nordquist called Milk & Rest. Milk and rest was the treatment prescribed for early patients. |
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| | Chaplains in Minnesota Public Institutions: Proposed policies, June 1951. |
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| | Dehumanization, 1963-1965. |
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| | Employee classifications and numbers, March 1, 1941. |
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| | Goals Seminar, 1963-1964. |
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| | Governor’s Committee on the Care of Insane Criminals and Sex Criminals, undated. |
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| | Hastings State Hospital, Rules and Regulations, undated. |
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| | Hospital Improvement Grants, 1963-1965. |
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| | Hospital Improvement Program, Proposals, undated. |
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| | Industrial Shop: List of patients attending, August 4, 1924. |
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| | Legislation, 1961-1965. 2 folders. |
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| | Letterheads of Fergus Falls State Hospital, 1891-1900. |
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| | Library staff minutes, July 21, 1965. |
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| | Lobotomy, undated, 1948-1954. |
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| | Medical correspondence and information, 1962-1966. |
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| | Northwest Regional Mental Health Coordinating Committee, 1962-1965. |
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| | Nursing school, 1930-1965. |
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| | Nursing practices, 1907-1938. |
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| | Occupational Therapy Department: Monthly reports, November 1940-January 1941. |
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| | Park Region Medical Society, 1965. |
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| | Patient activities: |
| | | Christmas programs, 1933-1942, 1950. |
| | | Concert and theater programs, 1934-1948. |
| | | An Evening of Magic, undated. |
| | | Field Day, 1934. |
| | | Gymnasium class record sheets, 1937-1948. |
| | | Song sheets, 1930s. |
| | | Miscellaneous, circa 1930s–1940s. |
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| | Pharmacy Committee meetings, 1964-1965. |
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| | Pharmacy drug list, October 1964. |
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| | Phenothiazines, 1964-1965. |
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| | Poster: Special Rules, G.O. Welch, Medical Superintendent, circa 1910. |
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| | Psychopathic personality, 1953-1963. |
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| | Rehabilitation therapy, 1963-1965. |
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| | Social Service staff memos, 1961-1965. |
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| | Socially hazardous persons bulletins, 1964-1965. |
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| | Staphylococcus infections, 1958. |
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| | Tranquilizers, 1965. |
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| | Tuberculosis, 1954-1963. |
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| | Typhoid fever, 1961-1962. |
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| | Volunteer Council meeting minutes, October 15, 1976-December 11, 1981. 2 folders. |
| | | Citizen volunteers dedicated to improving the quality of life opportunities for the residents at the hospital. |
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| | Work-Study Task Force Committee Report, September 10, 1965. |
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:
- Antipsychotic drugs -- Minnesota.
- Antisocial personality disorders -- Minnesota.
- Dangerously mentally ill -- Minnesota.
- Frontal lobotomy -- Minnesota.
- Hospital pharmacies -- Minnesota.
- Hospitals -- Accreditation -- Minnesota.
- Institution libraries -- Minnesota.
- Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
- Nursing schools -- Minnesota.
- Occupational therapy -- Minnesota.
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
- People with mental disabilities -- Recreation -- Minnesota.
- Phenothiazine.
- Psychiatric hospital care -- Minnesota.
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Design and construction.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Employees.
- Staphylococcal infections -- Minnesota.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
- State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Design and construction.
- State hospitals -- Officials and employees -- Minnesota.
- Tuberculosis -- Minnesota.
- Typhoid fever -- Minnesota.
- Volunteer workers in mental health -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center (Fergus Falls, Minn.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Fergus Falls State Hospital -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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