Summary Information

Title: La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Insane Asylum and Mental Hospital Records
Inclusive Dates: 1887-1973

Creator:

• La Crosse County Insane Asylum and Mental Hospital (Wis.)

Call Number: La Crosse Series 59

Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (1 archives box and 22 volumes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a La Crosse County mental health institution established at West Salem, as part of the Wisconsin County Asylum system. The facility was founded as the La Crosse County Insane Asylum in 1887 and became the La Crosse County Mental Hospital in the 1950s and finally the Lakeview Healthcare Center in 1968. The records primarily document the administrative and financial history of the institution, plus limited information about the patients. The records best document the years 1887-1930. Included are Board of Trustees meeting minutes, superintendents' correspondence, inmate admission and billing information (including biographical information), and financial journals and ledgers.

Note:

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

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lacr0059

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