gr00084.xml St. Peter State Hospital An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Cheri Thies. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, July 2010. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society St. Peter State Hospital. Published records and reports. 1932-1999. Materials in English. Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about St. Peter State Hospital and its successor, the Minnesota/St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, and adjunct facility, the Minnesota Security Hospital. The records cover all aspects of the hospital's duties and activities, including the hospital's history and status as the state's oldest hospital for the mentally ill, incidents, quality assurance, staff, volunteers, employee accidents, the Intensive Treatment Program for Sexual Aggressives, industrial and occupational therapy, employee and patient surveys, nurses, chemical dependency treatment, 125th anniversary celebration, and abuse prevention. 2.2 cu. ft. (2 boxes, 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Included in the records are annual (1979-FY1988) and quarterly (1991-1999) statistical reports, a hospital library scrapbook (1946?), various by laws and regulations, former employee oral histories (1995), and strategic plans (1995-1997).

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Institutional libraries -- Minnesota -- Photographs. Medicine -- Minnesota. Mentally ill -- Minnesota. Oral history. People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota. Sexual disorders -- Minnesota -- Treatment. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Periodicals. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- History. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Officials and employees. Substance abuse -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota/St. Peter Regional Treatment Center. Minnesota Security Hospital. St. Peter State Hospital -- Centennial celebrations, etc. St. Peter State Hospital -- History. Places: Saint Peter (Minn.) Document Types: Oral histories. Periodicals. Photographs. Transcripts. Scrapbooks. Titles: ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 984-75; 993-27; 998-120; 2005-16; 2005-42; 2007-16; 2007-30

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001729091

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 113.D.1.1B Newsletters. Recreator [resident newsletter], Volume X, Nos. 1-2, ca. 1953. MSH Eagle [resident newsletter], January-February 1961, [November 1970]. Voice of Patients [resident newsletter?], September, November 1961. Compas, Volume 2 (scattered issues), 1989. Vol-Camp News, October 1972–1975. Histories. The First Decade 1866-1976, William Erickson, undated. History of St. Peter State Hospital, 1961; An Introduction to St. Peter State Hospital, Minnesota’s Oldest Hospital for the Mentally Ill, March 11, 1964. 2 items in folder.

Both written by Elizabeth Seaquist.

 General historical data, 1964-1991. 3 folders.

Includes materials documenting staff, buildings, the 100th anniversary (1966), proposed closings, and National Historic Register nomination.

The Great Charity: Minnesota’s First Mental Hospital at St. Peter, Minnesota: 1866-1991, William Erickson, 1991. 1 volume in folder. Annual Statistical Report, 1979-FY1998. 7 folders.

Office of Program Evaluation (1979-FY1993), Department of Clinical Psychology (FY1994), and Utilization Management (FY1995-FY1998).

Quarterly Statistical Reports, 1991-1999. 20 folders.

Incomplete.

Office of Program Evaluation Reports. Incident Report Summary, Fiscal Year 1985-1986; Incident Report Summary, 1987–1988; Incident Report data, 1987. 3 items in folder. A Review of Quality Assurance Program Evaluation Activities, November 15, 1989. A Review of Staff Development and SPRTC Training: Strengths, Issues and Concerns, and Proposed Solutions, May 25, 1990. Mental Health Division Social Services Time Study: A Program Evaluation Review, October 1990. Volunteer Services at SPRTC…, June 24, 1991; An Evaluation of Brief Psychiatric Rating…: Part I, Admission Scores, July 1, 1991 and Part II, A Comparison of Admission and Discharge Scores, July 8, 1991. 3 items in folder. 102.E.2.4F Staff Satisfaction at SPRTC, 1990-1991. Program Evaluation reports, 1992-1994. 3 folders. Reports from Safety Officer D. Kuznia: Employee Accident Summaries, 1987-1988; Annual Accident Evaluations, 1989-1994, 1997-1998. 2 folders. Intensive Treatment Program for Sexual Aggressives [ITPSA]. 2 folders. The First Three Years, June 1975-June 1978. The Fourth Year, July 1978-June 1979. The Fifth Year, July 1979-June 1980. 1992-1994. 3 folders. The Sixth Year, July 1980-June 1981. The Seventh Year, July 1981-June 1982. Description and Discussion of the Population Evaluated in Fiscal 1979 and 1980. A Decade of Evaluating and Treating Sex Offenders: Program Development and Outcomes, 1975-1985. Sex Offender Program, July 1, 1993. Miscellaneous ITPSA booklets and papers, ca. 1980. Characteristics, Disposition and Follow-up of Sex Offenders Admitted to a State Mental Hospital for Pre-sentence Social, Physical, and Mental Examination: Minnesota’s First Eleven Years of Experience with its Sex Offender Law: June 1953-December 1964, February 1970. General Publications

Arranged chronologically.

 The Behavioral, Emotional and Attitudinal Development Program; Manual of Industrial and Occupational Therapy, undated. 2 items in folder. Patient Survey; Fifteen Years in Retrospect; Seventeen Years in Retrospect, undated. 3 items in folder. St. Peter State Hospital, Information and Rules, undated. 1867 by-laws and rules and regulations [reprint], undated. Information Bulletin, 1932, January 1959. 2 items in folder. A Mind Restored: The Story of Jim Curran, 1937. Hospital library scrapbook, [1946?].

Includes photographs; pages were removed from a volume.

Detach Ward South, ward manual, 1950s-1960s. 2 folders. Phelps Hall Stairway Traffic Survey, December 1954. Industrial Therapy report, 1959. Employee Attitude Survey, 1961. Report of Governor’s Committee to Survey Conditions at the Minnesota Security Hospital, St. Peter, Minnesota, April 2, 1963. Minnesota Valley Social Adaptation Center Program Plan, 1971-1972. The Changing Role of Nursing in Mental Retardation, Ruth Hahn, September 6, 1973. Hospital System Study, [1975?]. Minnesota Security Hospital, Chemical Dependency Treatment Unit, August 10, 1979. Physical Facilities Survey, 1982. 102.E.2.5B Quality Assurance Program, January 1985. St. Peter Regional Treatment Center Welcomes You, September 9, 1987. St. Peter State Hospital Annual Report: Quality Care: A Striving Toward Excellence, FY1988. Johnson Chemical Dependency Center: Annual Report and Treatment Outcomes, 1988. Health and Human Services Committee, July 19, 1988. Residential Facilities Manual, 1989. Mental Health Division: Annual Report, FY1990. Minnesota Security Hospital: Annual Rule 36 Report, July 1987-June 1990. 2 items in folder. 125th Anniversary Program and related items, 1991. An Analysis of Staff Satisfaction in a Secure Psychiatric Facility…, June 1991. Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and Key Plans, September 1992. Oral Histories of Former Employees, January 1995, September 1995. 2 folders.

Interviewed by Robert D. Merrill, M.D.; edited by Phillip L. Kent, M.D.

 Strategic Plan, 1995-1997. 2 items in folder. Strategic Plan, 1996-1997: Operational Plan and Tracking Forms for Facility Support Division, Forensic Division, Mental Health Services Division, July 1, 1996. 1998-1999 Abuse Prevention Plan for Forensic Division (Mental Health Program and Rehab Therapies Program) and Mental Health Services Division (Chemical Dependency Program, Mental Health Program, Sunrise Community Center Program, and River Valley Industries North Program). State Hospital, 1950-1981, Martin Larson, 1999.

Memoirs of an employee; apparently written in 1999.

[0.5 cu. ft. empty, letter]