New Hampshire State Hospital Record Books, 1847-1913

Title:

New Hampshire State Hospital Record Books, 1847-1913

Creator:

New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane
New Hampshire State Hospital

Accession / Call Number:

2018.056

Object ID:

2018.056

Date:

1847-1913

Physical Description:

1 box ; 5 volumes ; .042 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The New Hampshire State Hospital Record Books date between 1847 and 1913 and include five volumes. Prior to 1901 the New Hampshire State Hospital was known as the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. One volume is a short index, predominantly of organizations, which does not relate to another volume in the collection. The collection also includes a volume with accounts related to the New Hampshire State Hospital Electrical Repairs dated 1905 and 1906. One volume includes a catalogue of photograph negatives of patients at the New Hampshire Asylum. The negatives are not included with the collection. The volume is divided between male and female patients. Each patient is listed by name, negative number, and diagnosis or further remarks. Some of the entries have dates. Another volume in the collection is a record book of the meeting minutes of the New Hampshire State Hospital Building Committee dated 1905 through 1913. Annotations of the minutes are in the left margins of the book. The fifth volume in the collection is a case book dated June 1, 1847 to August 8, 1850. It is organized by date and lists name, town of origin, marital status, and a brief description of the patient's condition. There is a list of discharges and some admissions in the back of the volume.

Subjects:

Meetings , Patients

Locations:

Concord, NH

Organizations:

New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane
New Hampshire State Hospital

Credit Line:

Gift of Jane McMahon.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection