ITASCA COUNTY: PROBATE COURT:

An Inventory of Its Insanity Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Itasca County (Minn.). Probate Court.
Title:Insanity Records.
Dates:1899-1935.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Petitions in insanity giving details on the case, reports of jury or board of examiners, and related orders and commitment documents.
Quantity:2.25 cubic feet (6 volumes and 3 folders in 3 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Volumes contain indexes.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Itasca County (Minn.). Probate Court. Insanity Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 985-196

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017121710104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
114.E.10.2F-1Probate Order Book 8, 1899-1904.
Pages 545-640, removed from a volume of otherwise non-archival documents. Certificate of jury, commitment warrant, and related administrative documents for each case. Includes an alphabetical list of cases.
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114.E.10.1B-2Probate Record - Insanity [1], 1904-1906.
Information of insanity and certificate of jury, both giving details on the case; committal order; related administrative documents.
Order Book, Insane Cases 2, 1907-1914.
Separate sections for petitions in insanity, report of board of examiners (both with details on the case), committal orders, and related administrative forms and orders.
Probate Record—Detention Hospital [5?], 1910.
Two entries, removed from an otherwise blank volume.
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114.E.10.2F-1Detention Hospital Record 3, 1914-1919.
Petition in insanity, report of board of examiners (both with details on the case), committal order, and judgment for costs for each case.
Detention Hospital Record 4, 1919-1925.
Same as Record 3.
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114.E.10.2F-2Detention Hospital Record 5, 1925-1930.
Two sections: (1) petition and examiners report in insanity; (2) petition and examiner’s report, including family data, in feeblemindedness.
Detention Hospital Record 6, 1927-1935.
Same as Record 5.
Detention Hospital Record 7, 1935.
Petitions and examiners reports for insanity and epilepsy. Pages 1-5, removed from an otherwise blank volume.

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Miscellaneous order books (cataloged separately as part of Final Decrees of Distribution) contain additional insanity records.

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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:
Capacity and disability -- Minnesota -- Itasca County.
Insanity records -- Minnesota -- Itasca County.

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