gr00352.xml Fergus Falls State Hospital An Inventory of Its Casebooks at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Shelby Edwards and Cheri Thies, August 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Fergus Falls State Hospital. Casebooks. 1890-1904. Materials in English. Personal and medical histories of each patient admitted to the hospital. The casebooks include patient's name and case file number, county of residence, date admitted, gender, age, nativity, marital status, occupation, education, religion, medical history and condition (with periodic updates), date discharged, and a photograph of the patient. For some patients there are letters requesting family history information, with replies from the hospital that include clinical charts and legal documents. Each volume is individually indexed. 10.7 cu. ft. (13 boxes and 2 partial boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

There is also a separate index covering volumes 1-17, file numbers 1-4005, and additional file numbers through 4720 (the latter are not included in these records).

ARRANGEMENT

Arranged in chronological order.

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 care -- Minnesota. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Registers. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Photographs. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Registers. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Admission and discharge. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Registers. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Admission and discharge. Document Types: Case histories. Photographs. Registers (lists). Functions: Admitting. Releasing. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 2004-27

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: 002892658

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 113.H.2.3F-1Index to Casebooks, July 1890-October 1904.

Index to volumes 1-17, file numbers 1-4005, and additional file numbers through 4720 (not found in these records). Arranged in alphabetical order by name, with separate sections for female and male patients.

125.C.13.10F Volume [1], File nos. 1-195, July 1890-March 1892. Volume [2], File nos. 196-295, March-July 1892. Volume [3], File nos. 296-386, July 1892-March 1893. 123.C.1.9B Volume [4], File nos. 387-436, March-July 1893. Volume [5], File nos. 437-545, July-November 1893. 113.H.1.1F-1 Volume [6], File nos. 546-844, November 1893-July 1894. 113.H.1.1F-2 Volume [7], File nos. 845-1140, July 1894-July 1895. 113.H.1.2F-1 Volume [8], File nos. 1141-1441, July 1895-April 1896. 113.H.1.2F-2 Volume [9], File nos. 1442-1738, April 1896-May 1897. 113.H.1.3F-1 Volume [10], File nos. 1739-2036, May-December 1897. 113.H.1.3F-2 Volume [11], File nos. 2037-2334, December 1897-October 1898. 113.H.1.4F-1 Volume [12], File nos. 2335-2633, October 1898-April 1899. 113.H.1.4F-2 Volume [13], File nos. 2634-2910, April 1899-March 1900. 113.H.2.1F-1 Volume [14], File nos. 2911-3184, March-October 1900. 113.H.2.1F-2 Volume [15], File nos. 3185-3457, October 1900-July 1901. 113.H.2.2F-1 Volume [16], File nos. 3458-3731, August 1901-April 1902. 113.H.2.2F-2 Volume [17], File nos. 3732-4005, April 1902-January 1903.