Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Enforcement: Environmental Analysis Section Records, 1968-1984

Container Title
Series 2201
Part 1 (Series 2201): Original Collection, 1896-1982
Physical Description: 24.0 c.f. (27 archives boxes, 8 flat boxes, and 21 volumes) 
Scope and Content Note: Records include histories of the institution, organization charts, information on maintenance and management of the physical facilities, grant administration records, newsletters and correspondence of parent organizations, population movement records, superintendent's speeches, reports, staff records and other subject files. Population records include admission books detailing each patient's family background, physical description, and medical history; census reports of patients and staff; a record of admissions by date or county; and other records. Reports include activity reports to the Division of Mental Hygiene containing narrative and statistical data; studies and surveys of services by staff and others; and investigation reports. Staff records pertain to in-house workshops and employee procedure and orientation manuals. Other files concern work placement of patients and sterilization.
Note: The volumes and scrapbooks in this series have been prepared for microfilming; care should be taken to preserve the original order.
Box   1
Folder   1
General information, circa 1939-1970
Box   1
Folder   2
Historical material, organizational charts, 1960-1975
Buildings and grounds, 1896-1977
Box   28-32
Blueprints, 1907-1931
Access Restrictions: Blueprints of public buildings are restricted under Wis. Stat. 101.12(5)(c).
Box   1
Folder   3
Buildings remodeling project, specifications, 1971
Box   1
Folder   4
Building requests, surveys, inventories, 1973-1977
Box   1
Folder   5
Building specifications, correspondence, insurance, 1899-1950
Box   2
Folder   1
Infirmary specifications and related documents, 1967
Box   2
Folder   2
Maps, 1938-1975
Box   2
Folder   3
Neillsville Occupational Home: grant proposal, correspondence, minutes of Neillsville Advisory Committee, 1974-1977
Box   2
Folder   4
WPA Buildings and Improvement Project, 1938-1970
Grants, 1963-1976
Box   2
Folder   5
Grants documentation, 1964-1968
Hospital Improvement Project (HIP) grants
Box   2
Folder   6
Summary, publicity, 1967-1968
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Applications, correspondence, 1969-1973
Box   3
Folder   3-4
Annual reports, 1968-1970
Box   3
Folder   5
Applications, final reports, 1967-1973
Box   3
Folder   6-7
Continuation applications, 1967-1973
Box   4
Folder   1
Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1968-1977
Box   4
Folder   3
Coordinator's files, 1967-1969
Box   4
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1963-1973
Box   4
Folder   4
Miscellaneous reports and memos, 1966-1970
Hospital In-Service Training (HIST) grants
Box   4
Folder   5
Applications, expenditures, 1969-1977
Box   4
Folder   6
Grant requests, 1969-1974
Box   5
Folder   1
Grant continuation requests, 1970-1977
Box   5
Folder   2
Activities of committees on implementation of HIST grant, 1968
Box   5
Folder   3
Integrated Approach to Management of Cerebral Palsy grant, 1970-1972
Box   5
Folder   4
Public Awareness II Project proposal, 1976
Parental involvement
Box   5
Folder   5
Parent handbooks, circa 1955-1981
Box   5
Folder   6
Newsletters, Parents, 1975-1987
Box   5
Folder   7
Northstar Club, 1970-1979
Organizations
Box   5
Folder   8
Northern Colony Consumer Normalization Task Force, 1973-1976
Box   5
Folder   9
Wisconsin Association for Retarded Children, Northern Colony Parents Committee, 1973-1980
Population records, 1897-1979
Access Restrictions: Patient information in Volumes 1-19 and Boxes 6-8 is confidential per section 51.30, Wis. Stats. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Admission books, 1897-1931
Volume   1
1897 June 16-1898 March 17
Volume   2
1898 March 15-1900 December 13
Volume   3
1900 December 17-1903 June 17
Volume   7
1903 June 15-1906 January 8
Volume   5
1906 January 8-1908 November 9
Volume   6
1908 November 19-1910 February 11
Volume   7
1910 February 11-1911 May 10
Volume   8
1911 May 8-1917 April 7
Volume   9
1917 April 11-1916 July 11
Volume   10
1916 July 13-1918 July 9
Volume   11
1918 August 1-1920 February 18
Volume   12
1920 February 18-1921 November 5
Volume   13
1921 November 18-1923 February 16
Volume   14
1923 February 17-1924 October 16
Volume   15
1924 October 17-1926 January 7
Volume   16
1926 January 7-1927 February 10
Volume   17
1927 February 10-1928 July 3
Volume   18
1928 July 3-1929 November 16
Volume   19
1929 November 19-1931 March 7
Census reports [patient], 1919-1967
Box   6
Folder   1-3
[To Federal government], 1919-1959
Box   6
Folder   4-6
[To Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare], 1957-1958
Box   7
Folder   1-4
[To Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare], 1959-1967
Box   7
Folder   5
Colonies, population records, 1917-1970
Counties
Volume   20
County admission book, 1897 June 19-1976 October 17
Box   7
Folder   6
Residents, lists of, by county, 1977-1976
Death records
Box   8
Folder   1
Deaths, 1931-1978
Box   8
Folder   2-3
Death reports, monthly, 1970-1956
Box   8
Folder   4
Morbidity roll [by cause of death], 1937-1973
Box   8
Folder   5
Discharges, 1931-1978
Box   8
Folder   6
Escapees, 1973-1979
Box   27
Movement of population reports, 1899-1916; 1971-1973
Transfers
Box   8
Folder   7
To Central Colony, 1960-1973
Box   8
Folder   8
To county hospitals, 1953-1976
Box   8
Folder   9
Supervision transferred to State Board, 1976-1978
Box   8
Folder   10
Transfers, 1931-1978
Public education/outreach
Box   9
Folder   1
News clippings, 1979-1980
Box   9
Folder   2
Speeches, superintendent, 1951-1968
Reports
Box   9
Folder   3
Monthly progress reports to Division of Mental Hygiene, 1951 November-1970 May
Box   9
Folder   4-6
Quarterly progress reports to Division of Mental Hygiene, 1957-1959
Box   10
Folder   1-2
Cerebral Palsy Research Survey, 1957-1959
Box   10
Folder   3
Community Residential Services for the Mentally Retarded, 1971
Box   10
Folder   4
Comprehensive Planning Packet, 1979
Box   10
Folder   5
Education and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Retarded: Task Force Report of the Wisconsin Mental Retardation Planning Program, 1968
Box   10
Folder   6
Evaluation of Educational and Rehabilitation Programs, 1965
Box   10
Folder   7
Institution reports to legislative visiting committees, 1955-1961
Box   33
Folder   1-5
Investigation in the matter of Raymond Enders, 1945
Box   10
Folder   8
Proposal for Development of an Evaluation Program for In-service Education, 1969
Box   10
Folder   9
Review of Programs and Services, 1967
Box   10
Folder   10
Perceptual Motor Development: A Proposal for the Enrichment of Cottage Living Areas through Sensori-Motor Simulation, 1967
Box   10
Folder   11
Study of the Educational Activities and Needs of Resident Presently on Work Placement, 1961
Box   11
Folder   1
Study of trainable residents, ages 3-18, 1959
Box   11
Folder   2
Trends of Population at Northern Colony, 1951
Box   11
Folder   3
Miscellaneous reports, 1951-1959
Staff records
In-service, workshop programs
Box   11
Folder   4
Assessing Care Needs: Planning Care Action, 1977
Box   11
Folder   5
Communication Processes Utilized at Northern Colony, 1965
Box   11
Folder   6
Developing Supervisory Skills - Individualized Care, Accountability, Responsibility, 1973
Box   11
Folder   7
Dynamics of Human Behavior, Environmental Management, 1979
Box   11
Folder   8
Food Service Workshop, 1971
Box   11
Folder   9
Individualized resident care workshops, 1977-1977
Box   11
Folder   10-11
Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Individualized Resident Care, 1974-1975
Box   11
Folder   12
Pre-skill Workshop Program for Vocationally Servicing Severe and Profound Mentally Retarded Adults, 1982
Box   12
Folder   1-3
Supervising Development, 1974
Box   12
Folder   4
Supervisory Development Conference, 1955-1956
Box   12
Folder   5
Supervisory Development In-Service Training: Program Evaluation at Northern Colony, 1965
Box   12
Folder   6
Training Director's Workshop, 1959
Box   12
Folder   7
Transdisciplinary Approach: Team Building, Maintenance, Effectiveness, 1981
Manuals, employee orientation, employee training, procedures
Box   12
Folder   8
Activity Aid Training Program, [ 1956-1963]
Box   12
Folder   9
Advanced Aid Training, 1978
Box   12
Folder   10
Aid In-service Training Program [course], 1959
Box   12
Folder   11
Aid training: syllabus for in-service education for aids, 1967
Box   12
Folder   12
Aid 1 Training Program, 1977-1978
Box   13
Folder   1
Aid 2 Reclassification Program, 1968-1981
Box   13
Folder   2
[Aid 2 training programs], 1977, 1979
Box   13
Folder   3
Aid 7 Orientation, 1975, 1978
Box   13
Folder   4
Aid 7 Supervisory Orientation, 1971
Box   13
Folder   5-6
Aid Training Curriculum Design, meeting minutes, memos, curriculum, 1967-1976
Box   14
Folder   1
Aid Training Curriculum Design, meeting minutes, memos, curriculum, 1967-1976 (continued)
Box   14
Folder   2-3
Aid Training Curriculum Design, meeting minutes, memos, 1976-1979
Box   14
Folder   4
[Attendant training], undated
Box   14
Folder   5
Brookside, Oakgrove [residential facilities]: Employee Orientation, 1975
Box   14
Folder   6
Employee handbook, 1957
Box   14
Folder   7-9
Employee Orientation and Training Manual: , 1968-1977
Box   15
Folder   1
Employee Rules, 1971
Box   15
Folder   2
First Aid Manual, 1967
Box   15
Folder   3
Guide for Food Service Workers, 1968
Box   15
Folder   4
Guiding the Retarded Child: A Manual for In-service Training, 1961
Box   15
Folder   5
In-service Aid Training, 1967-1966
In-service Training Program [course]
Box   15
Folder   6
1958
Box   15
Folder   7
1966
Box   15
Folder   8
Intensive Therapy Unit Training Course, 1968
Box   15
Folder   9
LPN Medication Course, [ 1979]
Box   15
Folder   10
New Unit Orientation, 1977
Box   15
Folder   11
Nurse Orientation, 1968-1969, 1976
Box   15
Folder   12
Nursing Procedure Care Manual, 1963-1967, 1970
Box   15
Folder   13
Resident Care Charting Course, 1971
Box   16
Folder   1
School Personnel, Handbook, 1969
Box   16
Folder   2-4
Staff Development, 1981-1987
Box   16
Folder   5-8
Staff Development, Aid Training, New Employee Orientation Manual, 1976-1981
Box   17
Folder   1
[Staff development meetings, information], 1979-1981
Volume   21
Roster of employees, 1907 June-1917 June
Subject files
General
Box   17
Folder   2
Accreditation information, Northern Colony Affirmative Action Policy, circa 1971
Box   17
Folder   3
Appropriation balances and funds, 1917-1939
Box   17
Folder   4-7
Budget background, justifications, related correspondence, 1951-1957
Box   18
Folder   1-3
Budget background, justifications, related correspondence, 1957-1961
Box   18
Folder   4-6
Budget data, correspondence, 1919-1975
Box   18
Folder   7
Care and Treatment Section, minutes, 1967-1970
Box   18
Folder   8
Christmas gifts to children, 1955-1960
Box   18
Folder   9
Division of Mental Hygiene staff meeting minutes, 1951-1957
Box   19
Folder   1
Exhibits, 1915-1937
Box   19
Folder   2
Farm production, expenses, 1930-1939
Box   19
Folder   3
Management workshops, circa 1960-1980
Box   19
Folder   7
Miscellaneous financial records, expenditures, 1913-1919
Box   19
Folder   5
Payroll records, 1896-1913
Box   19
Folder   6
Race, population - reports on, 1930-1970
Box   19
Folder   7
Statistics, reports, 1975-1951
Box   19
Folder   8
Sterilization statistics, 1913-1971
Box   19
Folder   9
Waupun prisoners employed at Northern Colony, 1971-1973
Box   19
Folder   10
Wisconsin Association for Retarded Children, 1966-1968
Patient related, circa 1933-1978
Access Restrictions: Patient information in Boxes 20-26 is confidential per section 51.30, Wis. Stats. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Placement and Employment records, circa 1933-1948
Box   20
Folder   1-27
A - COL
Box   21
Folder   1-36
CO - GR
Box   22
Folder   1-38
GU - LO
Box   23
Folder   1-30
MA - ROB
Box   24
Folder   1-26
ROD - STI
Box   25
Folder   1-39
STI - Z
Box   26
Folder   1
Sterilizations: lists of operations, and correspondence, 1911-1951
Box   26
Folder   2
Sterilization Commission records of inmates, 1930-1977
Box   26
Folder   3
Transfers, 1971-1953
Box   26
Folder   4
“Special” populations (mongolians, epileptics, Indians), 1918-1957
Box   34-35
Scrapbook, circa 1930-1980