gr00545.xml Human Services Department: An Inventory of Its Interstate Compact Patient Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, February 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Human Services. Interstate compact patient records. circa 1940s-1990. Materials in English. Records documenting the Human Service Department's participation in the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, a uniform policy for member states to transfer mentally ill patients between states' facilities. 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Information recorded may include patient name, county, birth date, admission date, hospital, resident state, and transfer comments.

 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: Deportation -- Minnesota. Interstate agreements -- United States. Mentally ill -- Minnesota. Military hospitals -- United States. People with mental disabilities -- Minnesota -- Registers. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota -- Registers. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Patient records contain personal data; records are closed for 50 years from date of creation. 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]. Minnesota. Dept. of Human Services. Interstate Compact Patient Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2012-29

 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: 007483928

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 129.F.4.6F-1 Patient index cards: Series 1, Abe-Zur, circa 1955-1990.

Cards (orange) for residents of other states who were in a Minnesota mental health facility (state hospital, county hospital, etc.) and were eventually transferred to their home state. Information includes patient name, county, birth date, date admitted, hospital, resident state, and transfer comments.

129.F.4.6F-2 Series 2, Aar-Zwa, circa 1955-1990.

Cards (blue) for Minnesota residents who were in an out-of-state mental health facility and were eventually transferred to a Minnesota facility. Information includes patient name, county, birth date, date admitted, hospital, resident state, and transfer comments.

Series 3, circa 1940s. 5 cards.

Patients whose return was authorized from Army and station hospitals; information includes application number, patient name, and county returned to.

Deportation notebooks, circa 1940s-1950s. 3 volumes.

May include list of patient names, hospital number, deportation location and date, and discharge or death date.