Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Correspondence, 1896-1971
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Summary Information
Title: Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Correspondence
Inclusive Dates: 1896-1971

Creator:
  • Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled
Call Number: Series 2202

Quantity: 16.0 c.f. (13 record center cartons and 8 archives boxes) and 50 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Correspondence of the superintendent and steward documenting patient care and administration of Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled from its beginning in 1896 to 1971. It covers such topics as general information about the institution, management of employees, equipment purchases, staff education, and condition of patients. Correspondence is primarily between the superintendent or steward and the Board of Control or Department of Public Welfare; county officials; employees; and relatives of patients.

Note:

Portions of this series are available only on microfilm.

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.



Language: English

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Arrangement of the Materials

In four series, with incoming correspondence generally alphabetical by correspondent or recipient, and outgoing correspondence generally chronological, with most for 1897-1947 in letterpress copy books, and the remainder general by correspondent and patient-related.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions

Outgoing general and children's letterpress volumes plus box 7 are confidential per Sec. 51.30, Wis. Stats. Researchers wishing to use these confidential materials should consult the archives reference staff if the records are more than 75 years old, or the Department of Health and Social Services if less than 75 years old.


Processing Information

Processed by Virginia Fritzsch, June 30, 1992. Microfilm processed by Carolyn Mattern, August 1994.


Contents List
Series 2202
Series: Incoming
General, by correspondent
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Board of Control, 1896-1932
Box   1
Folder   2-7
Board of Control, Farm Supervisor, 1924-1938
Box   2
Folder   1
Employees, 1927-1940
Box   2
Folder   2-3
Staff correspondence to superintendent, 1925-1941
Box   2
Folder   4
State Association of Institutional Superintendents, 1944-1947
Box   2
Folder   5
State Civil Service Commission, 1905-1917
Box   2
Folder   6-7
Employee discharges, 1926-1935
State Department of Public Welfare
Box   2
Folder   8
General, 1941-1947
Box   2
Folder   9
Building File, 1947
Box   2
Folder   10
Director, 1944-1947
Box   2
Folder   11
Farm Supervisor, 1941-1942
Box   2
Folder   12
Mental Hygiene Division, 1943-1947
Box   3
Folder   1
Wisconsin State Employees Association, Chapter 15, 1932-1947
Administrative, 1896-1947
Box   3
Folder   2-4
Superintendent, 1896-1947
Box   3
Folder   5-6
Steward, 1909-1918
Box   4
Folder   1-4
Steward, 1919-1947
Series: Outgoing letterpress books
⇧
General, 1899-1971
Access Restrictions: Materials are confidential per Sec. 51.30, Wis. Stats. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Reel   17
1897, May 7 - 1898, January 4
Box   11
1897, May 14 - 1900, October 19
Reel   18
1898, January 13 - 1898, August 13
Reel   19
1898, August 15 - 1899, April 27
Reel   20
1899, April 27 - 1899, December 5
Reel   22
1900, June 30 - 1900, November 24
Box   11
1900, October 22 - 1901, February 11
Reel   24
1901, April 6 - 1901, August 26
Reel   25
1901, August 28 - 1901, December 11
Reel   26
1901, December 11 - 1901, March 12
Box   11
1902, February 14 - 1903, March 30
Reel   27
1902, March 12 - 1902, July 10
Reel   28
1902, July 11 - 1902, November 8
Reel   29
1902, November 8 - 1903, February 18
Reel   31
1903, May 15 - 1903, August 15
Reel   32
1903, August 15 - 1903, December 5
Reel   33
1903, December 5 - 1907, March 8
Reel   34
1904, March 8 - 1904, June 27
Reel   35
1904, June 27 - 1904, November 1
Reel   36
1904, November 2 - 1905, February 7
Reel   37
1905, February 7 - 1905, June 9
Reel   40
1905, December 2 - 1906, April 19
Reel   41
1906, April 18 - 1906, September 25
Reel   42
1906, September 26 - 1907, February 5
Reel   2
1907, June 15 - 1908, October 3
Reel   44
1907, July 1 - 1907, December 17
Reel   45
1907, December 18 - 1908, May 11
Reel   46
1908, May 12 - 1908, December 9
Reel   3
1908, October 5 - 1910, June 10
Reel   48
1909, July 28 - 1910, January 19
Box   18
1909, August 14 - 1910, June 9
Reel   50
1910, May 5 - 1911, January 12
Box   18
1910, June 9 - 1910, July 14
Box   17
1910, June 9 - 1911, May 10
Reel   4
1910, June 11 - 1912, January 18
Box   17
1911, May 10 - 1912, March 10
Box   17
1911, September 19 - 1912, February 7
Reel   5
1911, December 18 - 1913, February 10
Box   17
1912, February 6 - 1917, August 1
Box   17
1912, March 20 - 1913, February 10
Box   17
1913, February 10 - 1917, March 10
Reel   6
1913, February 13 - 1915, March 12
Box   17
1917, March 10 - 1917, April 5
Reel   7
1915, March 13 - 1918, May 30
Box   20
1917, July 31 - 1918, January 22
Reel   8
1918, June 6 - 1922, April 26
Box   9
1921, November 14 - 1913, April 12
Box   17
1922, February 3 - 1922, October 7
Reel   9
1922, May 1 - 1924, September 30
Box   16
1922, October 4 - 1923, April 21
Box   9
1913, April 13 - 1925, September 14
Box   16
1923, April 21 - 1923, November 15
Box   16
1923, November 16 - 1924, May 24
Box   16
1924, May 24 - 1924, November 25
Reel   10
1924, September 30 - 1926, June 28
Box   10
1924, November 26 - 1925, June 16
Box   10
1925, June 16 - 1916, January 19
Box   9
1925, September 15 - 1927, April 14
Box   10
1926, January 19 - 1926, July 31
Reel   11
1926, June 29 - 1928, July 17
Box   10
1926, July 31 - 1927, January 20
Box   10
1927, January 21 - 1927, July 20
Box   9
1927, April 15 - 1928, May 12
Box   10
1927, July 20 - 1927, December 31
Box   15
1927, December 31 - 1928, June 20
Box   20
1928, January 13 - 1941, April 30
Box   15
1928, June 21 - 1928, December 13
Reel   12
1928, July 18 - 1930, November 11
Box   9
1928, May 12 - 1929, June 24
Box   15
1928, December 13 - 1929, June 18
Box   16
1929, June 18 - 1930, January 3
Box   8
1929, June 25 - 1930, May 3
Box   16
1930, January 3 - 1930, July 26
Box   8
1930, May 5 - 1931, April 11
Box   16
1930, July 28 - 1931, March 12
Reel   13
1930, November 10 - 1933, August 25
Box   14
1931, March 12 - 1931, October 10
Box   8
1931, April 11 - 1932, August 5
Box   14
1931, October 10 - 1932, May 24
Box   15
1932, May 14 - 1932, December 21
Box   8
1932, August 5 - 1934, February 10
Box   15
1932, December 21 - 1933, July 24
Box   15
1933, July 24 - 1934, February 6
Reel   14
1933, August 25 - 1937, May 19
Box   15
1934, February 6 - 1934, July 9
Box   8
1934, February 10 - 1935, March 26
Box   13
1934, July 9 - 1934, December 26
Box   13
1934, December 26 - 1935, July 1
Box   19
1935, May 26 - 1935, October 21
Box   14
1935, July 1 - 1936, January 13
Box   20
1935, October 26 - 1936, December 29
Box   14
1936, January 13 - 1936, July 8
Box   14
1936, July 7 - 1936, December 14
Box   14
1936, December 14 - 1937, May 25
Box   20
1936, December 31 - 1938, January 29
Reel   15
1937, May 19 - 1940, July 19
Box   14
1937, May 25 - 1937, October 9
Box   12
1937, October 11 - 1938, March 18
Box   20
1938, January 22 - 1939, January 4
Box   12
1938, March 19 - 1938, August 30
Box   13
1938, August 30 - 1939, January 14
Box   20
1939, January 5 - 1939, October 30
Box   13
1939, January 14 - 1939, June 7
Box   13
1939, June 7 - 1939, November 1
Box   20
1939, October 30 - 1940, August 8
Box   13
1939, November 2 - 1940, April 3
Box   17
1940, March 8 - 1946, September 7
Box   12
1940, April 3 - 1940, August 23
Reel   16
1940, July 19 - 1941, April 30
Box   19
1940, August 8 - 1941, May 9
Box   12
1940, August 24 - 1941, January 9
Box   12
1941, January 9 - 1941, April 30
Box   19
1941, May 12 - 1942, March 27
Box   19
1942, March 27 - 1943, March 5
Box   19
1943, March 5 - 1944, January 26
Box   18
1944, November 24 - 1945, October 2
Box   20
1944, January 27 - 1944, November 24
Box   18
1945, October 3 - 1946, July 18
Box   19
1946, July 19 - 1947, June 16
Box   19
1947, June 16 - 1948, March 29
Reel   23
1900, November 24 - 1901, April 5
Children, 1899-1910
Access Restrictions: Materials are confidential per Sec. 51.30, Wis. Stats. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Reel   21
1899, December 6 - 1900, June 28
Reel   30
1903, February 18 - 1903, May 23
Reel   38
1905, June 10 - 1905, September 22
Reel   39
1905, September 22 - 1905, December 22
Reel   43
1907, February 7 - 1907, July 1
Box   18
1908, May 13 - 1909, August 14
Reel   47
1908, December 11 - 1909, July 26
Reel   43
1910, January 22 - 1910, February 7
Business, 1907-1976
Box   11
1903, March 30 - 1903, December 12
Box   11
1903, December 14 - 1904, August 19
Box   11
1904, August 13 - 1905, April 1
Box   11
1905, April 1 - 1906, November 27
Box   18
1905, November 28 - 1906, August 6
Reel   1
1906, February 7 - 1907, June 14
Box   18
1906, August 6 - 1907, May 10
Box   18
1907, May 11 - 1908, May 12
Box   21
1908, September 22 - 1910, April 2
Series: General, by correspondent
⇧
Box   4
Folder   5
Employees, 1951-1952
Box   4
Folder   6
Murphy, J.H. (Superintendent), personal correspondence, 1951-1952
Box   4
Folder   7
Northern Colony Annex at Wisconsin Child Care Center, 1951-1952
Box   4
Folder   8
State Association of Institutional Superintendents, 1948-1950
State Department of Public Welfare
Box   4
Folder   9
General, 1948-1952
Box   4
Folder   10
Building file, 1948-1950
Box   5
Folder   1
Director, 1948-1952
Box   5
Folder   2
Mental Hygiene Division, 1948-1951
Box   5
Folder   3
Personnel officer, 1949-1952
Box   5
Folder   4
Southern Wisconsin Colony, 1947-1952
Administrative
Box   4
Folder   5-7
1947-1955, Superintendent
Box   6
Folder   1-6
1956-1963, Superintendent
Series: Patient-related
Access Restrictions: Materials are confidential per Sec. 51.30, Wis. Stats. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
⇧
Box   7
Folder   1-3
General, 1896-1971
Subject files
Box   7
Folder   4
Commitment, 1941-1951
Box   7
Folder   5
Employees, 1940
Box   7
Folder   6
Northern Colony and State Department of Public Welfare, Discharge papers, 1943-1956
Box   7
Folder   7
Staff correspondence to superintendent, 1928-1940
Box   7
Folder   8
Southern Wisconsin Colony, 1947-1950
Box   7
Folder   9
State Department of Public Welfare, 1941-1951