gr00319.xml Moose Lake State Hospital An Inventory of Its Admission and Discharge Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

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 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies and Shelby Edwards, May 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Moose Lake State Hospital (Minn.). Admission and discharge records. 1938-1995. Materials in English. Records of patient admission (1938-1995) and discharge (1965-1968, 1970-1971) at the hospital. Information provided may include patient's name, whole number (case file number), previous number, admission date, residence, sex, age, nativity, parents' nativity, occupation, education, habits, previous hospital residence, form of insanity, discharge date, condition on discharge, and remarks. 3.7 cu. ft. (2 partials boxes and 4 volumes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. 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: Medical records -- Minnesota. Mentally ill -- Minnesota. People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Registers. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Registers. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Admission and discharge. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Admission and discharge. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Patient records contain personal data; records are closed for 50 years from date of last entry. Researchers may apply to use these records in accordance with the State Archives access statement.

 Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Moose Lake State Hospital (Minn.). Admission and Discharge Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 997-34; 994-89; 2009-36

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001734102

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 106.I.16.10F Admissions/discharge record book, October 1965-1968, 1970-1971. 1 volume.

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 106.H.2.7 Admission books: Volume 1, Nos. 1-5668, May 2, 1938-November 6, 1951. 106.H.2.8 Volume 2, Nos. 5669-11278, November 6, 1951-June 23, 1962.

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 139.G.3.5 Volume 3, Nos. 11279–15902, June 24, 1962–June 4, 1968.

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 139.G.3.4 Volume 4, Nos. 15903–21421, June 4, 1968–June 6, 1977.

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 123.D.19.6F Volume 5, Nos. 21422–23024, June 7, 1977 – June 4, 1979.

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Around May 1979, birth dates began to be used as the patient number.

 June 4, 1979–May 28, 1981.

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 May 29, 1981–June 30, 1983.

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 July 1, 1983–September 30, 1985.

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 October 1, 1985–February 29, 1988.

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 March 1, 1988 – December 31, 1992.

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 January 1, 1993 – July 28, 1995.

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