Summary Information
Dane County Hospital and Home (Wis.): Records
1854-1985
- Dane County Hospital and Home (Wis.)
Dane Series 310; C1992/013; C1992/035; C2009/032; PH 6586; C2014/028
10.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes, 4 flat boxes, and 8 volumes); plus additions of 9.4 cubic feet, 1 oversize folder of blueprints and plans, and 0.8 cubic feet of photographs, etc.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Dane County Hospital and Home, a Dane County institution established in Verona, Wisconsin in 1854 which has been responsible at various times during its history for the care of the indigent elderly and the mentally ill and for the treatment of alcoholics. Included are annual reports to the State Board of Control, minutes of the board of trustees and the separate governing bodies under which the institution operated during its early history, minutes of the building committee responsible for constructions at the institution, patient and inmate registers containing biographical data and information on the causes of the patients' insanity and/or indigence, a narrative journal of E.P. Titus, overseer of the Poor Farm (1877-1882), restraint records (1883-1887 and 1932-1941), and records of financial expenditures for the period 1875 to 1964. Printed annual reports to the Dane County Board of Supervisors are available in the government documents section of the SHSW Library.
There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
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Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 5 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Records which identify individuals receiving care or aid are confidential under Wis. Stats. 51.30 and 49.001. Access to these records (in Box 4, 5, 6, 13, and 14 of Dane Series 310) is possible under certain circumstances however. Records more than 75 years old are open for research. Access to records less than 75 years old may be granted under the following conditions: 1) Prospective users submit to the Archives a written request describing the project to be undertaken, the records to be used, and their significance to the research; request for information about specific individuals or cases will not be permitted; 2) Prospective users sign a written agreement that there shall be no disclosure, either directly or deductively, of personally identifiable information taken from these files; and 3) Photocopying of material by researchers is prohibited.
Accession Number: C1976/042, C1976/043, C1976/044, C1976/045, C1976/046, C1976/047, C1976/048, C1976/049, C1976/050, C1976/051, C1976/052, C1976/053, C1976/054, C1976/055, C1992/013, C1992/035, C2009/032, C2014/028; and former Dane Series 130, 135-137
Contents List
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Dane Series 310
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Part 1 (Dane Series 310): Original Collection, 1854-1964
10.0 cubic feet (10 archives boxes, 4 flat boxes, and 8 volumes)
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Annual Reports of the Poor House to the State Board of Control, 1880-1926
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Minutes
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Trustees of the Asylum
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1883-1895
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1884-1924 (includes reports, 1884-1892)
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Commissioner of the Poor, 1897-1917
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Trustees of the Asylum and Home
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1924-1937
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Box
3
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1935-1956
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1957-1963
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Building Committee
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Box
4
Folder
2
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1894-1895
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Box
4
Folder
3
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1911-1913
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1921-1929
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Journal of Poor House Overseer E.P. Titus, 1877-1882
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Inmate and patient registers
: Restricted, in part. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Insane Asylum
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Box
4
Folder
5
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1883-1895
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Box
12
Volume
1
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1883-1914
: Patients #1-594; some patient numbers skipped.
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Box
12
Volume
2
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1883-1933
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Box
14
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Annual register, 1926-1941
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Poor House
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Box
13
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1854-1926
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Overseer's diary of transfers, 1914-1922
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Overseer's diary of admissions, 1911-1933
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Box
5
Folder
3
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1891-1904
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Box
5
Folder
4
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1904-1919
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Box
5
Folder
5
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1933-1951
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Restraint records
: Restricted, in part. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
6
Folder
1
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1883-1887
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Box
6
Folder
2-3
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1932-1941
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Financial records
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Poor House
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Overseer's account book, 1875-1890
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Classified expenditure journals
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Box
6
Folder
5
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1887-1893
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Box
7
Folder
1
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1892-1897
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Box
7
Folder
2
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1903-1904
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Box
7
Folder
3
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1908-1914
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Day Books
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Box
7
Folder
4
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1906-1908
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Box
8
Folder
1
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1910-1914
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Insane Asylum
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Overseer's account book, 1883-1901
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Classified expenditure journals
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Box
8
Folder
3
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1887-1892
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Box
8
Folder
4
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1893-1898
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Box
9
Folder
1
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1898-1903
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Box
9
Folder
2
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1903-1904
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Box
9
Folder
3
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1907-1914
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Day books
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Box
10
Folder
1
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1905-1908
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Box
10
Folder
2
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1908-1914
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Joint institutional records
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Voucher registers
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Volume
1
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1913-1919
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Volume
2
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1920-1927
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Volume
3
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1927-1934
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Volume
4
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1934-1938
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Volume
5
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1938-1942
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Volume
6
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1942-1945
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Volume
7
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1945-1949
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Volume
8
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1949-1951
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Miscellaneous operating expense records
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Box
10
Folder
3
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1942-1952
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Box
10
Folder
4
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1944-1952
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Box
10
Folder
5
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1945-1951
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Box
11
Folder
1
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1954-1955
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Box
11
Folder
2
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1957-1962
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Expense journal, 1944-1964
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C1992/013
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Part 2 (C1992/013): Additions, circa 1945
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder in 1 flat box)
: Dane County Poor House and Asylum cemetery records, circa 1945? Includes a list of individuals buried in the cemetery(ies?) with birthdate, place of birth, date of death, plot, and any remarks; and photocopies of the Dane County Home and Hospital cemetery plat providing plot numbers, location, and names of individuals. Records in this accession are open to research; they do not contain restricted information.
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C1992/035
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Part 3 (C1992/035): Additions, undated
0.2 cubic feet (2 large rolled photocopies in 1 package)
: Photocopies of Dane County Poor House cemetery plots A,B, and C, undated. Provided are plot numbers, location, names of individuals, and date of burial. Note: the boundaries of plots B and C are known and will be marked, but the location of plot A is currently unknown. Records in this accession are open to research; they do not contain restricted information.
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C2009/032
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Part 4 (C2009/032, PH 6586): Additions, 1871-19859.0 cubic feet (6 record center cartons, 1 archives box, 1 flat box, 3 microfilm boxes, and 7 volumes) and 0.8 cubic feet of photographs, artwork, posters and scrapbook pages (1 archives box and 1 flat box) This addition is divided into five series: ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL, INMATE AND PATIENT INFORMATION, MISCELLANEOUS, and VISUAL MATERIALS. The series are arranged in alphabetical order, as are subseries. In some subseries, such as the Orders for Commitment and the Burial Permits, the records for the Asylum and Poor Farm came to us combined (i.e. Asylum and Poor Farm records were not filed separately). The series of ADMINISTRATION records contains correspondence, newsletters, and reports. Reports include information on residents from other counties, general financial information and resident demographics, and the number of poor families in the county who were helped with food and firewood by the Poor Farm. The monthly reports provide a snapshot of what occurred during the month such as amusements, activities, religious services, statistical summary of population, numbers of patients in occupations and restraint, admissions and returned patients, deaths, discharges, restraint and seclusion. The monthly reports include payroll information such as name, occupation, and amount paid. The FINANCIAL series contains billing information for patients and inmates, employee information, and annual inventories of property and goods. There is also information from the 1950s to the 1960s used to determine patient rates and insurance reimbursement amounts. The series INMATE AND PATIENT INFORMATION provides personal information on patients including names, ages, reason for admission, age, financial status, nationality, education, marital status, sometimes occupation and religion, and guardianship/discharge/transfer/death information. Burial permits give name, place of burial, date and place of death, cause, and attending physician. The commitment papers were alphabetized in 2002 by an unknown person and an index was created, but that index is not in our possession. The papers for inmates and patients with last names beginning with “O” or “U” are missing from the collection. Their location is unknown. There is some overlap between the commitment papers, various patient information volumes and the previously processed portion of the collection, but no one person could be located in all locations, and the information included in each location varies. Some of the volumes appear to contain information on both inmates of the Asylum and residents of the Poor Farm. The MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL series includes a guest book from the 1960s, alcohol and narcotic permits, news clippings, and some information from the Resident's Council. The VISUAL MATERIALS series includes photographs, original artwork, posters, calendars, and scrapbook pages, the bulk of this material documenting the old age home from the 1950s to the 1960s. The majority of the materials in this series appear to have been collected or created by Else Heine, a resident and librarian of the Home and former librarian for the Capital Times newspaper. The photographs document group activities and day-to-day life at the Home, primarily for the elderly residents, the “Gray Ladies” of the Red Cross, and the building and grounds. A number of the photographs were made by photographers from the Capital Times with some used in news stories about the Home, such as the 1953 dedication of the new building. In addition to the photographs, the Activity Posters and Calendars also illustrate the types of activities available to the residents, such as the annual bus trip to view lilacs at the UW Arboretum, outings, lutefisk suppers sponsored by Mr. William T. Evjue, and dances. The Artwork by residents provides evidence of one type of therapy available to the residents. Additional activities and possible therapies documented include images of residents farming and sewing and one individual who translated books into Braille. The residents are occasionally identified in this series, but given the context of the newspaper stories already putting the information in the public record the series is not restricted.
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Series: Administration, 1871-1970
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Correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Blueprints and correspondence with State Board regarding Hospital Asylum construction, 1924
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Board of Control
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Box
3
Folder
14-17
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1903-1934
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Box
4
Folder
4
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circa 1923-1942
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Box
2
Folder
12
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1938-1942
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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General
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Box
4
Folder
5
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1938-1952
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Box
2
Folder
13
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1950 December 25
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Insurance, 1950
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Box
4
Folder
7-8
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“with bills & letters,” 1947-1968
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Newsletters
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Box
3
Folder
7
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“Our Home News”, 1957-1960
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Box
3
Folder
8-9
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“News and Views”, 1963-1980
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Employee Recognition Day bulletins, 1984-1985
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Reports
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Annual Report of the Superintendents of the Poor to the Supervisors of Dane County, Wisconsin, 1871-1884
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Monthly Reports to the Board of Control
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Box
5
Folder
1-6
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1892-1913
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Box
2
Folder
17-19
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1941-1951
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
2a
Folder
1-4
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1952-1958
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Report of the Trustees of the Dane County Asylum, including Reports of Physician and Superintendent, to the Dane County Board of Supervisors, 1883-1896, 1900-1903
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Superintendent Prien's datebooks, 1913, 1915
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Series: Financial, 1887-1968
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Box
2a
Folder
5
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Bills presented to the state, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939-1940
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Cash receipts, 1913 September 30-1941 December 13
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Box
6
Folder
1-2
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“Certified statement of the Chronic Insane,” 1883-1911
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Charges for care of home residents, 1938-1940
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
2
Folder
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Hospital and Home: analysis of charges, 1959-1968
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Inventories
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Box
4
Folder
1-3
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1909-1910, 1913, 1919-1926
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1927-1929
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1930-1933
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1933, 1937-1939 June 30
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Labor sheets, 1927-1929
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Box
4
Folder
13-14
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Ledger, 1913-1922
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Box
4
Folder
15-16
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Private pay bills, 1886-1934
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Box
3
Folder
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Time books, 1910-1921
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Box
6
Volume
14
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Bills paid and inventory, 1893, 1913
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Box
6
Volume
15
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Dane County Asylum cash book, 1893-1908
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Box
6
Volume
16
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Dane County Poor House cash receipts and payments, 1897-1903
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Box
6
Volume
17
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Dane County Poor House disbursements, 1905 January 1-July 1
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Box
6
Volume
18
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Dane County Asylum disbursements, 1905 July 1-October 1
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Box
6
Volume
19
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Classification of Accounts for County Asylums for Chronic Insane, State of Wisconsin, 1913
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Series: Inmate and Patient Information, 1874-1974
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Burial permits
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Box
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circa 1890-1933
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Box
9
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circa 1934-1950s
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
1
Folder
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Inmate information books, 1935-1940
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Orders for commitment and transfer, 1874-1941
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
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Folder
1-13
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A-L
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Box
2
Folder
1-11
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M-Z, “John Doe,” multi-patient lists
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Patient injury case file, 1957, 1965-1966
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Volume
5
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“Inmates Discharged, Died, Paroled, Transferred, Dane County Asylum for Chronic Insane: Nos. 5-800,” 1883-1930
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Volume
6
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“Movement of Population Book,” Dane County Asylum for Chronic Insane, 1915-1962
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Volume
7
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“Register and History of Dane County Home,” 1926-1953
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Box
6
Volume
8
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Inmates of the Home, 1930-1931
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Box
6
Volume
9
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Inmates of the Home, 1931-1933
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Volume
10
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“Ledger,” Patient Account Ledger, circa 1898-1934
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Volume
11
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“Transfer General Ledger, Dane County Asylum for Chronic Insane: Collections Individual Patients,” 1895-1942
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Volume
12
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“Collections from Relatives of Patient for Board,” 1921-1939
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Volume
13
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“Dane County Hospital and Home Patients Cash Ledger,” circa 1972-1974
: Restricted. See the Adminstrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Series: Miscellaneous Material, 1930-1971
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Alcohol and narcotics permits, 1930-1941
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Box
3
Folder
12
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News clippings, 1949-1958
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Residents' council, circa 1971
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Box
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Folder
11
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[folder number skipped]
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Box
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13
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Visitor guestbook, 1960, 1963
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Box
6
Folder
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News articles and photos, 1950-1965
Photocopies
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Gray Ladies, 1954-1960
Photocopies
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PH 6586
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Series: Visual Materials, circa 1890-1984
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Photographs
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Activities and daily life
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Box
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Folder
1
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Prints, 1940-1975
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Album, 1966-1968
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Residents and staff, 1950-1975
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Gray Ladies
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Box
1
Folder
4
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New building dedication and building renovations
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Family?, circa 1900
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Artwork by residents, 1983 and undated
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Box
2
Folder
3-4
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Activities posters and calendars, 1954-1969
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Volunteer organization scrapbook pages, circa 1960
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C2014/028
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Part 5 (C2014/028): Additions, 1933-1985
1 oversize folder, 44-inches x 36-inches (63 drawings)
: Blueprints and plans, 1933-1985.
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Oversize Folder
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Storage warehouse and root cellar (specifications included), 1933
7 drawings
: Engineer/Architect: Witzel/Moulton
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Oversize Folder
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Basement, ground floor, floors 1-3, 1946, revised 1951
4 drawings
: Engineer/Architect: Law, Law, Potter & Nystrom
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Oversize Folder
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Wards, elevations, rooms, all floors, clinic, porch additions, 1947
11 drawings
: Engineer/Architect: Law, Law, Potter & Nystrom
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Oversize Folder
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Surrounding land, 1951
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Landscape plan, 1953
2 drawings
: Engineer/Architect: Fitzgerald/Atkinson
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Oversize Folder
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Additions and alternations, 1959
13 drawings
: Engineer/Architect: Law, Law, Potter & Nystrom
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Oversize Folder
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Plans, all floors, 1973, revised 1974 and 1986
4 drawings
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Oversize Folder
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Topographical map, undated
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Milk house, undated
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Ground floor, floors 1 and 2, overview, undated
3 drawings
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Oversize Folder
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Hospital building, circa 1972
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Overview of dorms, 1975
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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West wing, 1975
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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East wing, 1975
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Overview of buildings and property, circa 1973-1980
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Landscape plan, new entrance, 1985
1 drawing
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Oversize Folder
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Adaptive re-use study (plat maps, aerial images, plans, poor quality images of interiors and exteriors), 1985
12 drawings
: Prepared by Dane County Regional Planning Commission
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