MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Minnesota State Archives PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT: Public Institutions Division An Inventory of Its Patient Registers and Indexes PARTIALLY RESTRICTED OVERVIEW Agency: Minnesota. Division of Public Institutions. Series Title: Patient Registers and Indexes. Dates: 1864-1924. Quantity: 41.5 cubic feet (48 boxes). Location: See Detailed Description section for box locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS Patient or inmate registers for various public institutions; labeled "Statistical Record." RELATED MATERIALS Other registers, variously titled, may be found as part of the records of the individual institutions (cataloged separately). INDEX TERMS This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. Topics: Inmates of institutions--minnesota--registers. Public institutions--minnesota. Registering.
p. 2 Organizations: Anoka State Hospital. Fergus Falls State Hospital. Hastings State Hospital. Minnesota. Dept. of Public Welfare. Minnesota Home School for Girls. Minnesota School for the Blind. Minnesota School for the Deaf. Minnesota. State Board of Control. Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.). Minnesota. State Reformatory for Women. Minnesota State Training School for Boys. Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). St. Peter State Hospital. Willmar State Hospital. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Restrictions: Some of these records include private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information. Preferred Citation: [Indicate the cited volume and page or item and folder title here]. Minnesota. Division of Public Institutions. Patient Registers and Indexes. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives. See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. Accession Information: Accession number: 977-37 Processing Information: Catalog ID No.: 1703444
p. 3 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below. Each file consists of one folder unless specified otherwise. Location 102.D.1.1B Fergus Falls Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume in 3 folders. Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 2365-5311, 1898-1906. Volumes [B-D?]. 3 volumes: Volume labels missing. 107.J.1.8F-2 Volume [B?]. Nos. 2365-3713. 107.I.3.5B-1 Volume [C?]. Nos. 3714-4512. 107.I.3.5B-2 Volume [D?]. Nos. 4513-5311. 102.D.1.2F Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 5312-6491, Volumes E-G, 1906-1908. 3 102.D.1.3B Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 6492-7691, Volumes H-J, 1908-1911. 3 102.D.1.4F Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 7692-10134, Volumes K-N, 1911-1916. 4 102.D.1.5B Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 10135-12088, Volumes O-Q, 1916-1920. 6 folders. 102.D.1.6F Fergus Falls Hospital, Nos. 12089-13946, Volumes R-V, 1920-1924. 5 102.D.1.7B Sauk Centre Home, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Index to Volumes A-D. Sauk Centre Home, Nos. 631-2201, Volumes [B-D], 1910-1924. 3 RESTRICTED Volume labels missing for Volumes B and D. Missing Volume A. 102.D.1.8F 102.D.1.1B Anoka Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Anoka Hospital, Nos. 3-1721, Volumes A-D, 1894-1923. 4 Willmar Inebriate Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume in 1 folder. Index to Volumes A-C (listed below). [0.6 cubic feet, empty]
p. 4 Location 102.D.1.9B Willmar Inebriate Hospital, Nos. 1-1261, 1912-1924: May include records for patients that were admitted as early as 1887 into the state hospital system and then transferred to Willmar in 1912 or later. Volumes were dismantled and placed in folders. Volume A, Nos. 1-497, 1912-1915. 3 folders. Volume B, Nos. 498-1076, 1915-1917. 3 folders. Volume C, Nos. 1077-1261, 1917-1924. 1 folder. Willmar State Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 folder. Index to Volume D (listed below). Willmar State Hospital, Volume D, Nos. 1-650, 1917-1924. 3 folders. May include records for patients that were admitted as early as 1887 into the state hospital system and then transferred to Willmar in 1917 or later. 102.D.1.10F Rochester Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Note: This same type of patient information for 1879-1899 is found in the Rochester State Hospital: Statistical Record, 1879-1899, also housed in the Minnesota Historical Society. [0.75 cubic feet, empty] Rochester Hospital, Nos. 5272-7904, Volumes B-D, 1899-1908. 3 volumes: [Too large to photocopy] 107.J.1.1B-1 Volume B. Nos. 5272-6315. 107.J.1.1B-2 Volume C. Nos. 6316-7108. 107.J.1.2F-1 Volume D. Nos. 7109-7904. 102.D.2.1B Rochester Hospital, Nos. 7905-9104, Volumes G-I, 1908-1911. 3 102.D.2.2F Rochester Hospital, Nos. 9105-10719, Volumes J-L, 1911-1915. 3 102.D.2.3B Rochester Hospital, Nos. 10720-13350, Volumes M-P, 1915-1920. 13 folders. 102.D.2.4F Rochester Hospital, Nos. 13351-15691, Volumes Q-T, 1920-1924. 4 107.J.1.2F-2 St. Peter Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 2 [1 volume missing as of February 1986] St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 1-800, Volume A, 1864-1900. 1 volume. 107.J.1.3B-1 St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 801-10364, Volumes B-D, 1900-1909. 3 volumes:
Location PUBLIC WELFARE. p. 5 On May 14, 1907, the file numbering changed from Board of Control numbering to hospital numbering. Numbers 2165-9806 were omitted. Volume B, Nos. 801-1599, 1900-1903. 107.J.1.3B-2 Volume C, Nos. 1600-2372, 1903-1906. 107.J.1.4F-1 Volume D, Nos. 2373-10364, 1906-1909. 102.D.2.5B St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 10365-11508, Volumes E-G, 1909-1913. 3 102.D.2.6F St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 11509-13258, Volumes H-J, 1913-1917. 3 102.D.2.7B St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 13259-15572, Volumes K-M, 1917-1922. 3 102.D.2.8F St. Peter Hospital, Nos. 15573-16513, Volumes N-O, 1922-1924. 2 St. Peter Hospital [for Dangerous Insane], Nos. 1-237, 1911-1924. 1 volume. 102.D.2.9B 102.D.2.10F 107.J.1.4F-2 Hastings Hospital, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Hastings Hospital, Nos. 1-299, Volume A, 1878-1903. 1 volume. Hastings Hospital, Nos. 400-799, Volume B, 1896-1908. 1 volume. Hastings Hospital, Nos. 800-2975, Volumes C-E, 1908-1922. 9 folders. Faribault School for Deaf, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Indexes Volume A. 102.D.3.1B Faribault School for Deaf, Nos. 1235-2714, 1910-1950. 3 107.J.1.4F-2 Faribault School for Deaf, Nos. 1-800, 1900-1916. 1 volume. 107.J.1.6F-1 Faribault School for Blind, Nos. 1-104, Volume A, 1885-1903. 1 volume. [For Faribault State Hospital registers, see Faribault State School and Hospital notebook.] CHANEY ROOM [loose] Red Wing School, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. Lists name, book (letter), page number; covers Volumes A-G. 107.J.1.5B-1 Red Wing School, Volume A, Nos. 1080-2389, December 1889 - October 1902. 1 volume. 107.J.1.5B-2 Red Wing School, Volume B, Nos. 2390-3188, 1902 - May 1908. 1 volume. 102.D.3.2F Red Wing School, Volume C, Nos. 3189-3589, May 1908 - April 1910. 1 volume.
p. 6 Red Wing School, Volume D, Nos. 3590-3933, April 1910 - November 1914. 1 volume. RESTRICTED Red Wing School, Volume E, Nos. 3934-4561, November 1914 - September 1918. 1 volume. RESTRICTED Location 102.D.3.3B Red Wing School, Volume F, #4562-5260, September 1918 - August 1921. 1 volume. RESTRICTED Red Wing School, Volume G, #5261-5760, August 1921 - March 1924. 1 volume. RESTRICTED [These 2 volumes are in very poor condition] 107.J.1.6F-2 Red Wing Training School for Girls, #222-631, 1898-1910. 1 volume. Stillwater Prison, #1-2402, Volumes A-C, 1889-1908. 3 volumes: 107.J.1.7B-1 Volume A. Nos. 1-800, 1898-1902. (Includes No. 5218 at end, 1899). 107.J.1.7B-2 Volume B. Nos. 801-1603, 1902-1905. 107.J.1.8F-1 Volume C. Nos. 1604-2402, 1905-1908. 102.D.3.4F Stillwater Prison, Nos. 2403-3587, 1908-1911. 3 102.D.3.5B Stillwater Prison, Nos. 3588-5742, 1911-1917. 3 102.D.3.6F Stillwater Prison, Nos. 5743-7754, 1917-1924. 3 113.E.3.6F Stillwater Prison, Alphabetical Index. 1 volume. [In 1996, renamed Index to Statistical Records, 1876-1924; microfilmed as part of Stillwater State Prison Indexes to Inmate Records (SAM 245). Original rehoused and closed to general use.] [St. Cloud Reformatory: cataloged separately as St. Cloud State Reformatory: Inmate Registers.] 102.D.3.7B Shakopee Women's Reformatory, Alphabetical Index. 1 folder. Dismantled volume; covers admissions Nos. 1-156. Shakopee Women's Reformatory, Nos. 1-156, 1920-1924. 1 folder. Dismantled volume. [0.75 cubic feet empty, legal]