gr00557.xml Moose Lake State Hospital: An Inventory of Its Superintendent's Subject Files 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, March 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Moose Lake State Hospital (Minn.). Superintendent's subject files. 1936-2007. Materials in English. Correspondence, memos, reports, minutes, and other material regarding the hospital staff and patients, government programs, legislation, budgets and finance, and other matters relating to the operation of the hospital. 7.51 cubic feet (8 boxes and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

They also include files of various hospital committees and councils, attorneys general's opinions (1939-1959), building requests (1963-1980), events (1960-1983), an institutional diary, with daily and monthly entries (1936-1959), mental health closure plan (1992-1993), newspaper clippings (1976-1994), and photographs (1939-1940, 1979-1984).

Topics covered include chemical dependency, civil service, cooperative vocational rehabilitation program, diet, employees dormitory, energy crisis, safety, history, hospital policies, accreditation inspections, intra-hospital meetings, medical records and forms, mental health/mental retardation, coronary survey, personnel, real estate, remotivation program, staff development, support therapy, Cambridge-Moose Lake project, community alternatives and institutional reform, and volunteer services. They also document relations with the Arrowhead Region Planning Council for Health Facilities and Services, Governor's Citizen's Mental Health Survey Committee, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Minnesota Association for Mental Health, and the state departments of health and public welfare.

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: Attorneys general's opinions -- Minnesota. Civil service -- Minnesota. Coronary heart disease -- Minnesota. Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Minnesota. Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Accreditation. Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Energy conservation. Hospitals -- Inspection -- Minnesota. Human services administrators -- Minnesota -- Records and correspondence. Medical records -- Minnesota. Mental health -- Minnesota. Mental health personnel -- Minnesota. Mental retardation -- Minnesota. Mentally ill -- Minnesota. People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota -- Safety. People with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Minnesota. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Minnesota. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Finance. Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- History. Psychiatric hospitals -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Remotivation therapy -- Minnesota. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Finance. State hospitals -- Minnesota -- History. Volunteer workers in mental health -- Minnesota. Organizations: Arrowhead Region Planning Council for Health Facilities and Services. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Minnesota Association for Mental Health. Minnesota. Governor's Citizens' Mental Health Survey Committee. Minnesota. Dept. of Health. Minnesota. Dept. of Public Welfare. Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center (Minn.). Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Some of these files contain private data; they are closed for 50 years from date of the last entry. Researchers may apply to use these records in accordance with the State Archives access statement. Files identified as containing private data are noted in the Detailed Description; the other files in these boxes are open to use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Moose Lake State Hospital (Minn.). Superintendent's Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 997-34; 994-89; 989-136; 2011-48

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: 001714079

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 109.F.17.9B Accomplishment and goals report, 1979-1981. Activity schedules, 1966. Administrator-medical director, 1961-1970. Admission cost study, 1978. Admissions: Inebriates and mentally ill (statistical), 1971-1973. Adolescent Unit, 1977-1978. Annual physical examination and cancer detection plan, April 1, 1965. Appropriations, 1944. Area Program Board: Virginia, 1974. Arrowhead Center on Problem Drinking, 1971. Arrowhead Region Planning Council for Health Facilities and Services [ARCH], 1970-1974. 4 folders.

Includes minutes and annual reports.

Attorney General, opinions and correspondence, 1939-1959. 109.F.18.2F Awards, invitations, and programs, undated and 1980-1992. 109.F.17.9B Beautification projects, 1978-1979. Biennial budget correspondence, 1938-1947. Biennial budgets/salary plans, 1960-1976. 2 folders. Biennial estimates, 1941-1945. 2 folders. Biennial reports, 1938-1946. Brainerd-Moose Lake Project, 1969. Brochures, undated. Building fund, 1960-1967. Building history, 1963. Building requests, 1963-1980. 2 folders. Buildings, 1972-1975. Buildings: Demolition, 1973-1975. Bulletin Board (schedule of events), June 1960-May 1971.

Scattered.

109.F.17.10F Cambridge-Moose Lake Project, 1965-1968.

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Includes minutes.

Capital improvements, 1975. Certificate of need, 1976-1977. Chemical dependency: 1970-1982. 2 folders. Miscellaneous information and correspondence, 1972. Work program, 1972. Civil Defense Plan, undated. Civil Service, correspondence, 1939-1950. 6 folders. Community Alternatives and Institutional Reform [CAIR] Steering Committee, 1973-1974

Includes minutes.

Constitution and bylaws, 1961. Cooperative Vocational Program (Community), 1970-1971. Cooperative Vocational Rehabilitation Program: General, 1969-1970. Reports and directives, 1969. Correspondence: miscellaneous, 1975-1977. Cottage 8, 1978-1980. Cottage 10, 1978-1980. Current Expense Committee, 1975-1979.

Includes minutes.

Dental survey, 1975. Dietary, 1973-1980. 2 folders. 109.F.17.11B Directors Planning Council, 1973-1974.

Includes minutes.

Dormitory: Men employees, 1951-1960. Emergency handbook, 1981. Employee Attitude Survey, March 23, 1961. Employee regulations, undated. Energy, 1977. Energy crisis, 1973-1978. Energy maintenance/energy conservation, 1978-1980. 109.F.18.2F Evaluation and Planning Study, Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center, circa 1990. Events, 1982-1983. 3 folders.

Photographs and newspaper clippings documenting Christmas luncheons and licensed practical nurse teas.

109.F.17.11B Field trips, 1964-1967. Fire and Life Safety, 1975-1981. 2 folders. Goal Planning Committee, 1973.

Includes minutes.

Governor's Citizens' Mental Health Survey Committee, 1956-1962. 3 folders.

Includes final report.

Health Department: 1960-1981. 3 folders. Certification, 1978-1983. License applications, 1966-1982. 3 folders. Quality Assurance and Review, 1975-1979. Health, Education and Welfare Department: 1966-1970. Medicare, 1970-1972. Health survey, 1976-1977. Historical background, 1964-1978. Hospital policies, 1966-1970. Hospital roster, 1973, 1980. Human Services Department: Mental Health Bureau, 1980-1982. Informational meeting with Department of Public Welfare, January 27, 1984. Inspections: Accreditation, 1973-1977. 109.F.17.12F Institutional diary, 1936-1959. 2 folders.

Daily and monthly entries; detail activities, staff, management. Includes Christmas programs.

Instructions and rules, 1967-1970. Inter-hospital communications, 1970-1972. Intra-hospital correspondence and programs, 1960-1976. 6 folders. Intra-hospital meetings and miscellaneous, 1972.

Includes minutes.

Intra-hospital programs and bulletins, 1970-1973. 2 folders. Inventory management, 1975-1979. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1951-1979. 6 folders. 109.F.18.2F Labor Task Force Proposal of Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center, September 28, 1993. 109.F.17.12F Laboratory notes, 1965-1968. Lakeshore Center for Chemical Dependency, circa 1979. Legislative Building Commission reports, 1969-1971. Legislature, 1973-1974. 109.F.17.13B Medical records and forms, 1966-1980. 2 folders.

Includes minutes.

Meetings and programs, 1967-1973.

Includes minutes.

109.F.18.2F Mental Health Closure Plan, Relocation Work Plans, 1992-1993. 109.F.17.13B Mental health/mental retardation, 1966-1970. Mental retardation, 1975-1982. Metcalf (Gordon) Architect, 1978-1979. Minnesota Association for Mental Health, 1957-1971. Minnesota coronary survey, 1964-1973. Minnesota Unitarian Conference, Reports on Mental Hospitals, 1948. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1967-1973. 2 folders. Monthly statistical reviews, 1965-1967. Moose Lake Hospital: Histories, circa 1968, 1988.

Brief history, >1938-1968, and Chronicle, 1938-1988.

Newspaper clippings: 1976-1981. 109.F.18.2F 1938, 1982-1984, 1990-1994. 109.F.17.13B Northeast Project, 1966. Northland Area: Grand Rapids, 1970-1974.

Includes minutes.

Northland Five County Unit, 1970-1971.

Includes minutes.

Open hospital philosophy/policy, 1968. Patient Rights: Ad Hoc Treatment Committee, 1970-1974. Personnel: Cost analysis and staffing standards, 1972-1973. 2 folders. 109.F.18.2F Photographs, 1939-1940, 1979-1984.

Employees, events, first superintendent, first woman employee, outside of main hospital building, and operating room; some contain identification of people.

109.F.17.13B Post-audit Committee, 1974-1975. 109.F.18.2F Proclamation, Volunteer Appreciation Day, 1989. 109.F.17.13B Program and cost estimates: Compliance with Federal Standards Report, 1975. Public relations, 1973-1975. Public Welfare Department: Correspondence/general, 1960-1971. 4 folders. 109.F.17.14F Correspondence/general, 1972-1978. 14 folders. 109.F.18.1B Personnel, 1976-1979. Wesley Restad, 1977-1981. 3 folders. Range Mental Health Center, 1970-1971.

Includes minutes.

Real estate, 1960-1976. 2 folders. Regional planning: Planning Liaison Operations Team [PLOT], Duluth-Virginia area, 1972-1973. Remotivation program: 1971-1972. Class notes, 1959-1977. 1 volume. Men [class notes, lists of patients], 1959-1968. 1 volume.

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Ladies [class notes, lists of patients], 1959-1962. 1 volume.

RESTRICTED

Workshop programs, 1965, 1967. Sequential Remotivation Activity Book, 1960s. Research, 1972-1974. Residential facilities, 1979-1980. Risberg (ray) Contractor: Buildings 51 and 52, 1978-1980. St. Louis County Project (Intensive Service), 1973. St. Louis County Welfare Department/Moose Lake State Hospital meetings, 1971-1973.

Includes correspondence and minutes.

Staff allocations, 1976. Staff attitude survey, 1979-1980. Staff development, 1953-circa 1966. 109.F.18.2F Staff Development Workshop Objectives and Agenda, May 13, 1983. Statewide regional planning, 1972-1974. Statistical reports, 1967-1970. Students: Intern experience, 1972-1973. Support therapy, 1976-1982. Tort claims, 1976. Utilization Review Plan, May 1, 1966, July 1971. Volunteer handbook and brochures, 1950-1980. Volunteer services, 1967-1974.

Includes minutes.

Ward living conditions questionnaire, 1966. Written material given to patients at time of admission or within one week, 1973-1974.

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