Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Administrative Records, 1896-1999


Summary Information
Title: Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Administrative Records
Inclusive Dates: 1896-1999

Creator:
  • Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled
Call Number: Series 2201; 1988/227; 1997/016; 2000/011; 2011/158; Audio 1518A; AE 197-AE 198; CC 388-CC 390; EA(S) 072-EA(S) 073, 181-189; EA(R) 074, 179-180; VCA 268

Quantity: 24.0 cubic feet (27 archives boxes, 8 flat boxes, and 21 volumes); plus additions of 11.3 cubic feet, 6.7 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and transparencies, 2 audio recordings, 19 films, and 1 videorecording

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Administrative records, 1896-1999, consisting of the files of the superintendents and stewards documenting the management of the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled (NWCDD). Visual materials document the NWCDD facility and staff, patients, and programs.

Note:

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



Language: 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
Access Restrictions

Patient information in Series 2201 is confidential per section 51.30, Wis. Stats. These confidential materials are found in Volumes 1-19 and Boxes 6-8 and 20-26. 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.

Blueprints of public buildings such as those in accession 1997/016 are restricted under Wis. Stat. 101.12(5)(c).


Use Restrictions

Reproductions of images of patients requires permission of the Visual Materials Curator or the Visual Materials Archivist.


Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1967/254, 1984/229, 1988/227, 1988/259, 1997/016, 2000/011, 2011/158


Contents List
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
1988/227
Part 2 (1988/227, film and video): Additions, circa 1940-1983
Physical Description: 6.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes, 6 negatives boxes, 6 flat boxes, and 1 oversize album) of photographs, negatives, and transparencies, 1 audio recording (missing as of 2011), 19 films, and 1 videorecording 
Scope and Content Note: Audio-visual records, circa 1940-1983 including photographs, negatives, slides, and one audio recording pertaining to the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled (NWCDD). Materials provide visual documentation of the NWCDD facility and staff, patients, and programs. This accession includes a small number of personal photos of Anna Lenz, Lenz lived at the NWCDD from 1923-1990. Lenz was not committed to the home for a disability, rather as a punishment for an accident and served as a caretaker for Cottage Number 1 and several children who lived at the Center. Accession contains materials originally accessioned as 1991/134, 2000/011 and 2009/004.
Use Restrictions: Reproductions of images of patients requires permission of the Visual Materials Curator or the Visual Materials Archivist.
Box   1
Folder   1
Sports and Recreation
Box   1
Folder   2
Dancing
Box   1
Folder   3
Agriculture
Box   1
Folder   4
Vocational Training and handicrafts
Box   1
Folder   5
Theatrical Productions
Box   1
Folder   6
Laundry, kitchen and meals
Box   1
Folder   7
Buildings and Grounds
Box   2
Folder   1
Students, free time, boy scouts, groups and individuals
Box   2
Folder   2
Store and soda fountain
Box   2
Folder   3
Nursery
Box   2
Folder   4
Classrooms, students and teachers, students studying
Box   2
Folder   5
Administrators and staff
Box   2
Folder   6
Dormitories
Box   2
Folder   7
Displays of produce and handicrafts
Box   2
Folder   8-9
Miscellaneous
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Staff, patients, activities
Box   3
Folder   3
Theatrical productions
Box   3
Folder   4
Administrators, Students and teachers
Box   3
Folder   5
Miscellaneous
Box   3
Folder   6
Recreation sports
Box   3
Folder   7
1974 May
Box   3
Folder   8
“Blue” scrapbook pages/photographs
Snapshots
Box   4
Folder   1
1940s-1970s
Box   4
Folder   2
Mid 1950s - early 1960s?
Box   4
Folder   3
1962
Box   4
Folder   4
Fair, 1962
Box   4
Folder   5-8
Snapshots and negatives
Box   5
Folder   1-8
Staff, patients, activities
Box   6
Staff, patients, activities, facilities from exhibit?
Box   7
Album pages
Box   8
Lantern slides
Box   9
Transparencies from slide presentations
Negatives
Box   10
35 mm
Box   11
Sheet film
Box   12
Glass
Albums
Box   13
In-service education orientations workshops, 1966-1973
Oversize  
Pictorial Legend of Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Slides
Box   14
Folder   1
Youth Service Corps, 1976
Box   14
Folder   2
Ford Nursing Home
Box   14
Folder   3
Miscellaneous, 1983
Box   14
Folder   4
[Jacetto?] style show, 1970
Box   14
Folder   5
A.C. retirement, circa 1970s
Box   14
Folder   6
Aerial views of Northern Wisconsin Center
Box   14
Folder   7-9
Fair
Box   14
Folder   10
Residents, 1964-1968
Box   14
Folder   11
Miscellaneous, facilities and residents
Box   14
Folder   12
Cemetery maps
Box   14
Folder   13
Miscellaneous, duplicates
Box   15-16
Miscellaneous, residents, personnel, facilities and programs, circa 1963-1980
Box   19
Folder   5
Buildings and grounds
Box   19
Folder   6
Daily life and activities
Box   19
Folder   7
Cafeteria
Box   19
Folder   8
Children
Box   19
Folder   9
Family camp, 1973
Box   19
Folder   10
Farming
Box   19
Folder   11
Parade, 1976 July 4
Box   19
Folder   12
Laundry
Box   19
Folder   13
Vocational training
Box   19
Folder   14
Patient care
Box   19
Folder   15
Patient work and training
Box   19
Folder   16
Staff
Lenz, Anna
Box   19
Folder   17
Biographical material
Box   19
Folder   18
Family and friends
Box   19
Folder   19-20
Friends and patients
Box   19
Folder   21
Anna and visitors
Box   19
Folder   22
Anna and her garden
Parades
Box   19
Folder   23
Queen Ann [sic] and her court, 1967
Box   19
Folder   24
4th of July, 1973
Snapshots
Box   17
Miscellaneous, 1961-1976
Box   18
Folder   1
Miscellaneous, 1961-1976 (continued)
Box   18
Folder   2
Parent organization fun fest, 1982
Box   18
Folder   3
Booklet pictures
Box   18
Folder   4
Cottage number 12, Christmas, 1931
Box   18
Folder   5
Negatives, 35 mm
Box   19
Folder   1
Christmas celebration
Box   19
Folder   2
Patient images
Box   19
Folder   3
Vocational training
Box   19
Folder   4
Family camp, 1973
Films
AE 197
[Activities and events]
Note

16 mm, black&white and color, silent. Footage of activities and events at the NWCDD. Included are winter scenes around Christmas, children outdoors-nursery school (winter), miscellaneous Christmas scenes, nursery school-front administration building, Indian pow-wow centennial Chippewa (Ojibwe), fourth of July, Bernice Peterson; winter scene 1938, hay baling and garden, potato scene and girls at play. Circa 1937-1938.

Description was transcribed from reel.

EA(S) 181
Cooking
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
EA(R) 074
Family camp, 1973 June
Physical Description: 8 mm reel 
EA(S) 179-EA(S) 180
[Hospital Improvement Project]
Physical Description: 2 reels Super 8 8mm 
Note: Residents feeding themselves as part of the Hospital Improvement Project. 1968.
CC 390
Introducing the Mentally Retarded
Note: 16 mm, black&white, sound. A documentary introduction to mental retardation. Discusses types and levels of retardation, the education and training of the retarded child, and the importance of recreational activities, socialization, institutionalization, and family life. Shows scenes of mentally retarded children and adults as they work, study, and play. Division of Health of Missouri, 1963.
EA(S) 182
Laundry
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
AE 198
[Olympics and parades]
Note: 16 mm, color, silent. Footage of Olympic games and parades including races, medal ceremonies, parade floats and marching bands. Circa 1970s.
CC 389
[NWCDD strike footage]
Note: 16 mm, color, sound. Footage of the Center's buildings, grounds, facilities and residents during a strike in the 1970s. Includes footage of residents folding and sorting laundry and using the Center's large laundry machinery. Also includes footage of residents being shipped out of the Center by bus and an interview with Administrator A.C. Nelson. Circa 1970s.
CC 388
[Pageants]
Note

16 mm, black& white and color, silent. Footage from NWCDD annual pageants featuring [residents?] in costume performing dance numbers. Compilation reel includes scenes from three outdoor pageants from the 1930s and an indoor pageant circa 1971.

Pageant footage appears in order as: [miscellaneous, circa 1930s], Star Glow 1937, [miscellaneous, circa 1930s], and [miscellaneous, circa 1971].

EA(S) 183
Parade, 1976 July 4
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
EA(S) 072
[Recreation play and wading], 1969 July
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
EA(S) 184
Sheets, 1972 June
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
EA(S) 185-EA(S) 189
Sign language training
Physical Description: 5 Super 8 8mm reels 
Note: An instructor showing pictures and items and then demonstrating the American Sign Language sign for the item.
EA(S) 073
Vocational training and therapy
Physical Description: Super 8 8 mm reel 
Videotape
VCA 268
Speech pathology and audiology
Physical Description: 1 1/2-inch open reel videotape 
Note: The film shows a patient constructing something out of plastic and a screwdriver. Then goes on to show various sorting activities and color matching.
1997/016
Part 3 (1997/016): Additions, 1896, 1912
Physical Description: 0.1 c.f. (21 items in oversize folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Blueprints and drawings, 1896 and 1912.
Access Restrictions: Blueprints of public buildings are restricted under Wis. Stat. 101.12(5)(c).
2000/011
Part 4 (2000/011, Audio 1518A): Additions, 1934-1999
Physical Description: 11.1 c.f. (9 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 2 volumes, and 1 oversize folder) and 1 audio recording 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1934-1999, including diagnostic testing materials for identifying developmental disabilities, newspaper clippings about the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled (NWCDD); and miscellaneous correspondence, reports, financial records; records relating to programming, services, and staff training.
Diagnostic testing materials
Box   1
Gates-McKillop reading diagnostic tests, forms 1-2
Box   1
Gesell developmental test
Box   1
Murphy-Durrell reading readiness analysis
Box   1
Doren diagnostic reading test
Box   1
Harrison-Stroud reading readiness
Box   1
Durell analysis of reading difficulty
Box   1
Preschool attainment record
Box   1
Personal adjustment inventory
Box   1
Cain-Levine social competency scale
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer cube test, record form, designs 1-VI
Box   1
Early detection inventory
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer cube test, record form, designs VII-XII
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer, object sorting
Box   1
Gillingham, child phonics proficiency scale
Box   1
Gilmore oral reading test
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer
Box   1
Gilmore oral reading test
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer, color form sorting test
Box   1
Goldstein-Scheerer, stick test
Box   1
Sample psychological evaluation reports
Box   1
Harrison-Stroud reading readiness
Box   1
Monroe reading aptitude
Box   1
Harris tests of lateral dominance
Box   1
Aphasia, examining for
Box   1
Proteus maze test
Box   1
Stanford diagnostic reading test, form W
Box   1
Purdue perceptual motor survey
Box   1
Preschool language scale, Irla Lee Zimmerman
Box   1
Durrell analysis of reading difficulty
Box   1
Embedded figures test
Box   1
Kuhlmann-Anderson test
Box   1
Hayes-Binet intelligence scale for the blind
Box   1
Farnsworth dichotomous test for color blindness
Box   1
Gates-McKillop reading diagnostic tests
Box   1
Ayres space test
Box   1
Ayres, Southern California motor accuracy test booklet
Box   1
Ayres, protocol booklet, Southern California figure-ground visual perception test
Box   1
Balthazar scales of adaptive behavior II: Scales of social adaptation
Box   1
Balthazar scales of adaptive behavior
Box   1
Walker problem behavior identification checklist
Box   1
Devereux adolescent behavior (DAB) rating scale
Box   1
Devereux child behavior (DCB) rating scale
Box   1
Screening Test of Academic Readiness (STAR)
Box   1
Screening Test for the Assignment of Remedial Treatment (START)
Box   1
Diagnostic Reading Scale, George D. Spache
Box   1
Balthazar scales
Box   1
Union Performance Assessment System (UPAS) record form
Box   1
Crichton Vocabulary Scale
Box   1
Topeka Association for Retarded Children (TARC) Assessment Inventory for Severely Handicapped Children
Box   1
Stanford-Ohwaki-Kohs Block Design Intelligence Test for the Blind
Box   1
Lowenfeld Mosaic Test
Box   1
Metropolitan Readiness Tests, form R
Box   1
Bibliography for [Biotinidase Disorder?] BTD exam
Box   1
Ad Hoc Committee on Aversive Faradic Stimulation, agenda
Box   1
A-B-C vision test
Mid-Nebraska Mental Retardation Services (MRS)
Box   1
Basic Skills Remediation Manual, 1976
Box   1
Independent Living Screening Test, 1975
Box   1
Basic Skills Screening Test, 1976
Box   1
Competitive Employment Screening Test, 1976
Box   1
Psychodiagnostics and Personality Assessment: A Handbook, Donald P. Ogdon, 1967
Box   1
Cattell-Binet short form, Short Intelligence Test Ranging from Infancy Levels through Childhood Levels for Use with the Retarded, Alpern and Kimberlin, 1970
Box   1
Structure of Intellect (SOI) Learning Abilities Test
Box   1
Structure of Intellect (SOI) test cards
Box   1
Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities
Newspaper press clippings regarding Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled
Box   2
1980-1986
Box   2
1979-1986
Box   2
1988, 1992-1993
Box   2
1977-1982
Box   2
Miscellaneous and centennial anniversary, 1965-1997
Box   2
Strike, 1977
Box   2
Herald Telegram, 1983-1989
Box   2
Education, Northern Wisconsin Colony and Chippewa Falls schools, 1981-1986
Box   2
Miscellaneous meeting agendas, reports and correspondence, 1968-1972
Box   2
Residential care chairman, presidents, regional, 1968-1990
Box   2
A Review of Services to Children with Developmental Disabilities in the Northern Pines Service Area: Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk and Washburn Counties, 1986
Box   2
Northern Wisconsin Center Automated Plan of Care Manual, 1990
Box   2
Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Individualized Resident Care, workshop packet, 1974
Box   2
Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School, Family Camp Experience Sub Evaluation, Respite Education Development Evaluation Center, undated
Box   2
Evaluation of the Integrated Annual Staffing Calendar for Northern Wisconsin Center and Community Boards, 1983
Box   2
Client Needs Profile, undated
Box   2
Unit Management Plan, 1980 June 11
Box   2
Comprehensive Planning Packet, 1979 August
Box   2
Drug Formulary, 1988 December 1
Box   2
Directory of Services, 1987
Box   2
Drafts of development of records and records destruction, undated
Box   2
Northern Colony history, public relations and centennial, 1948-1989
Box   2
Correspondence, family picnics, 1980-1997
Box   2
Capacity team correspondence and other materials, 1993-1996
Box   2
Information System Reference Manual, Wisconsin Colony and Training Schools, 1973 July 1
Box   2
Fun Fest related materials, 1988-1994
Box   3
Supervisory skills training manual I-II, 1986-1987
Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (QMRP) meeting minutes
Box   3
1987-1993
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   3
1993-1996
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Social and community services
Box   4
Social Services monthly reports
Box   4
Sampling of admission, discharge, monitoring and other forms
Box   4
Brief history of the last seven years at Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, 1976
Box   4
Excel program, in-service training, six month review, 1994
Box   4
Community residential task force, statement of philosophy, 1971
Box   4
Buildings, rehab cottages
Box   4
Program statements on Development Evaluation Center, Community Integration Program and Colony-Development Evaluation Centers, undated, 1970
Box   4
Timeline, history of mentally retarded treatment, 1994
Box   4
Building request, dependent community living unit, 48 bed units
Box   4
Foster grandparent program
Box   4
Monthly reports, community, social and special services, 1982
Box   4
Monthly reports
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   4
Building plans and changes
Box   4
Employee assistance program, 1989-1999
Box   4
Social work manual, residential social work coordinator, 1980-1992
Box   5
Community and social services informational bulletins, 1976-1982
Box   5
Northern Lights, employee newsletter, 1967-1997
Box   5
Northern Center Chapel and chaplaincy, 1972, 1990
Box   5
Newspaper clippings regarding longest resident, 1986-1996
Box   5
Census report, 1976
Box   5
Cornell-Coxe Performance Ability Scale, individual record blank, 1934
Box   5
Affirmative Action/Civil Rights Compliance Plan, fiscal year, 1979
Box   5
Census book, 1981-1983, 1986
Box   5
Cottage roster, undated
Box   5
Admissions statistics, 1964 July 1-1990 November 17
Box   5
Public hearing, Human Services Committee's Subcommittee on the Developmentally Disabled, Chippewa Falls, 1980 July 23
Box   6
Chapter 51 committee meeting, Southwest Center, 1977 April 12-13
Box   6
Developmentally disabled consultants and community services directors meeting, 1977 March 30-31
Box   6
Correspondence and reports regarding deinstitutionalization, 1978
Box   6
Miscellaneous correspondence and related materials, programs and services development, 1976-1980
Box   6
Administrative management staff materials, executive council, 1983-1988
Box   6
Social work memorandums and minutes, 1982-1990
Box   6
Memorandums to residential workers, residential social work minutes, 1988-1997
Box   6
Correspondence, resident rights and social work meeting minutes, 1988-1990
Box   6
Student handbook, undated
Box   6
Dunlop proposal
Box   6
Interagency service agreements
Box   6
Northern Pines
Box   6
Douglas County
Box   6
Taylor County
Unified Service Boards and Centers correspondence
Box   6
Ashland-Bayfield-Iron-Price Counties, Unified Services Board
Box   6
Barron-Burnett-Polk-Rusk-Washburn Counties, Northern Pines Unified Services Center
Box   6
Bayfield County
Box   6
Brown County Unified Board
Box   6
Buffalo-Jackson-Trempealeau Counties, Mississippi River Human Services Center
Box   6
Calumet County Unified Services Board
Box   6
Chippewa County Unified Services Board
Box   6
Clark County Unified Services Board
Box   6
Columbia County Unified Board for Comprehensive Services
Box   6
Crawford County
Box   6
Dane County Developmental Disabilities Board
Box   6
Dodge County Unified Board
Box   6
Door County Unified Board
Box   6
Douglas County Comprehensive Health Program
Box   7
Dunn-Pepin-Pierce Counties Unified Services of Western Wisconsin
Box   7
Eau Claire County Unified Services Board
Box   7
Florence County Combined Service Board
Box   7
Fond du Lac County, Unified Board of
Box   7
Forest-Oneida-Vilas Counties, Unified Board of
Box   7
Headwaters Regional Achievement Center
Box   7
Grant-Iowa Counties, Unified Board of
Box   7
Green County Unified Board
Box   7
Green Lake County Community Service Board
Box   7
Green Lake County Developmental Disabilities Services Board
Box   7
Jackson County Developmental Disabilities Board
Box   7
Jefferson County Unified Board
Box   7
Juneau-Richland-Sauk Counties, Unified Board of
Box   7
Kenosha County Comprehensive Board
Box   7
Kewaunee County Community Services Board
Box   7
La Crosse County Comprehensive Disability Services Board
Box   7
Lafayette County Unified Board
Box   7
Langlade-Lincoln-Marathon Counties, Human Services, Board of
Box   7
Lincoln County Developmental Disabilities Board
Box   7
Manitowoc County Unified Board
Box   7
Marinette County Community Services Board
Box   7
Marquette County Unified Board
Box   7
Menominee County Unified Board
Box   7
Milwaukee County Combined Community Services Board
Box   7
Monroe County Unified Board
Box   7
Oconto County Unified Board
Box   7
Outagamie County Comprehensive Mental Health Board
Box   7
Ozaukee County Comprehensive Board
Box   7
Portage County Comprehensive Mental Health
Box   7
Racine County, Racine Community Developmental Disabilities Services Board
Box   7
Rock County Developmental Disabilities Board
Box   7
St. Croix County Unified Services Board
Box   7
Sawyer County Unified Board
Box   8
Shawano-Waupaca Counties Community Services Board
Box   8
Sheboygan County Unified Board
Box   8
Taylor County Unified Board
Box   8
Vernon County
Box   8
Waukesha County Unified Community Services Board
Box   8
Waushara County Unified Services Board
Box   8
Winnebago County Community Services Board
Box   8
Wood County Comprehensive Services Board
Box   8
New buildings, 1971
Box   8
Buildings, 1975-1996
Box   8
State legislative bills regarding Northern Wisconsin Colony, 1966-1972
Box   8
Wisconsin Association for Retarded Children Residential Services Committee, correspondence and related materials, 1972
Box   8
Residential care, minutes, 1971
Box   8
Northern Wisconsin Colony monthly reports, 1964-1976
Box   8
Program statement maintenance building, 1971-1973, major building request, 1970
Box   8
Budget request, 1971-1973
Box   8
Planning and budget report, 1969-1971
Box   8
Cerebral palsy survey at Northern Wisconsin Colony, undated
Box   8
Client profile screening battery, 1979 March 19
Box   8
General outline of Highview Activity Therapy Program, undated
Box   8
Budget and plan, 1973-1975
Box   8
Social services reports, 1966
Box   8
Tentative target grids, undated
Box   8
Vitas, personnel employment, 1973
Box   8
Development Evaluation Center, resident identifying information, confidential, 1973
Box   8
Six-month evaluation questionnaire, residents, 1973-1974
Family camp project
Box   8
Development Evaluation Center, Northern Wisconsin Colony, family camp experience sub-evaluation, respite, education, 1973
Box   8
Staff rosters and family camp materials, 1973
Box   8
Suggestions to professional people who work with parents of retarded children, undated
Box   8
Camp publicity, 1973
Box   8
Correspondence regarding family camp project, 1973
Box   8
Miscellaneous administrative and family camp records, 1973-1980
Box   9
Brochures, administrative codes, and rules for developmentally disabled institutions, 1971-1975
Box   9
Student social work unit, 1976-1980
Box   9
Social service department annual report, 1969
Box   9
Handouts on recreational activities and checklists for motor skills, undated
Box   9
Social work manual, undated
Box   9
Staff development and training, 1986
Box   9
News articles and general history, 1984-1989
Box   9
Supervisory training materials, 1984
Box   9
Administrative order 1.67 regarding guardianship, community placement, patient rights, and residential guidelines, 1981
Box   9
Human and civil rights, 1973-1982
Box   9
Suggested activities for the severely and profoundly retarded child, 1974
Box   9
Music therapy, photographs and program forms and procedures, 1966-1979
Box   9
Center for Public Representation, meeting on Chapter 55, protective services law and its application, 1978
Box   9
Brochures, administrative codes and rules for developmentally disabled institutions, 1971-1975
Box   9
Student social work unit, 1976-1980
Box   9
Social Service department annual report, 1969
Box   9
Handouts on recreational activities and checklists for motor skills, undated
Box   9
Social work manual, undated
Box   9
Staff development and training, 1986
Box   9
News clippings and general historical sketch, 1984-1989
Box   9
Supervisory training materials, 1984
Box   9
Administrative order 1.67 guardianship, community placement, patient rights and residential guidelines, 1981
Box   9
Human and civil rights, 1973-1982
Box   9
Suggested activities for the severely and profoundly retarded child, 1974
Box   9
Music therapy, photographs, program forms and procedures, 1966-1979
Box   9
Deinstitutionalization report, Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities, 1978
Box   9
Deinstitutionalization, ABT Associates questionnaire, 1975-1977
Box   9
Statistical information, 1975-1978
Box   9
Placement projections, 1978
Box   9
Social work in-service training committee, 1975-1978
Box   9
ICF surveys and standards, facility and care violations, 1980
Box   9
Surveys, statement of deficiencies and plan of correction, 1978
Box   9
ICF onsite survey, 1978 August
Box   9
Monthly community living systems report, 1974-1976
Box   9
DHM monthly progress report to Secretary Carballo, 1977-1979
Box   9
Independent Professional Review (IPR) survey, 1977
Box   9
Survey, statement of deficiencies and plan of correction, 1976
Box   9
Community Technical Assistance, 1977-1980
Box   9
Audit information, 1982
Box   9
Community and Social Services (CSS) monthly reports, 1981
Box   9
Training and development, staff, 1979
Box   10
Informational brochures on Northern Wisconsin Colony and nursing homes, 1967-1992
Box   10
Home training handbook, 1971
Box   10
Continuation application for mental retardation hospital improvement grant, 1971
Box   10
Valuing clients/valuing staff (self-defense), 1995
Box   10
Center population changes, 1984-1995
Box   10
AIDS prevention
Box   10
Staff, services, and programs and facility mission statement, 1990-1991
Box   10
Intensive Treatment Program (ITP) grant requests, 1991-1992
Box   10
Infirmary building, 1963-1967
Box   10
Evaluation of the integrated annual staffing calendar for the Northern Wisconsin Colony and community boards, 1983
Box   10
Role of the psychologist at Northern Wisconsin Colony, undated
Box   10
Grievance decision digest, residents' rights, undated
Box   10
Statistics, placements of the developmentally disabled, 1974-1977
Box   10
Assessment of the adjustment of deinstitutionalized people to community life, 1973-1975
Box   10
Title I, elementary and secondary education act, 1966-1982
Box   10
Center youth projections, 1984
Box   10
Title XIX, Social Security, 1970-1979
Box   10
Residential, Community and Placement Services (RCP) monthly reports, 1974-1975
Box   10
Community and Social Services (CSS) monthly reports, 1978-1979
Box   10
Social Service monthly reports, 1970-1974
Box   10
Budget and plan, 1975-1977
Box   10
Legislation, 1977
Box   10
Pharmacy and therapeutics committee meeting, 1979
Box   10
Northwestern district developmental disabilities program update, 1976 May
Box   10
Family care subject file, 1970-1974
Box   11
Community and Social Services (CSS) monthly reports, 1980
Box   11
Residential, Community and Placement Services (RCP) monthly reports, 1975-1980
Box   11
Discontinuance of nursing home teams, 1980
Box   11
Residential, Community and Placement Services (RCP) annual report, 1975-1976
Box   11
Bureau of Developmentally Disabled objectives, 1977-1978
Box   11
Unit management plan, Northern Center, 1980
Box   11
Northern Wisconsin Colony reorganization, 1974-1979
Box   11
Interview materials, undated
Psychology department materials
Box   11
Statistics, placements, 1979-1980
Box   11
Placement services, problems, 1976-1978
Box   11
Placement services, miscellaneous, 1974
Box   11
Permanent discharge, 1974-1976
Box   11
Report on psychological services at Northern Wisconsin Colony, 1986
Box   11
In-service education syllabus for institution aids, 1967
Box   11
Psychology forms and index, 1992
Box   11
Book list, in-service education office, 1973
Box   11
Student practicum handbook, speech pathology and audiology practicum, undated
Box   11
Facilitator-executive council meetings, issues and concerns summary, undated
Box   11
Unit I client profile screening battery, undated
Box   11
Field observations, Northern Wisconsin Colony, Eau Claire County Hospital and Camp Flambeau, 1973
Box   11
Training packet, ward activity file, 1985
Box   11
Report of services to children with developmental disabilities in the Northern Pines service area: Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk and Washburn Counties, 1986
Box   11
Comprehensive planning packet, 1979
Box   11
Previous psychology memos and minutes, 1984-1995
Box   11
Correspondence, resident placement and miscellaneous, 1975-1976
Box   11
Psychology and work team meetings, 1982-1986
Box   11
Correspondence, psychology department, 1987-1995
Parents' organization materials
Box   12
Northern Colony Parents Committee, 1972
Box   12
Northern Wisconsin Colony Parent Newsletter, 1974-1982
Box   12
Campbell Soup project, 1983-1988
Box   12
Description of volunteer services, 1984-1985
Box   12
North Star Club information, 1972-1987
Box   12
Northern Colony fun festival, 1975, 1984
Volume   1-2
Register of employees, 1911-1941
Oversize Folder  
Architect's drawing of Education Center
1518A/1
Audio recording
Scope and Content Note: Recording of woman describing the Peabody Language Development Kit (PLDK-P) created by Lloyd M. Dunn, undated. The kit provides practice in labeling language, constructing sentences, and logical thinking through 360 lessons using various audio and visual stimulation tools.
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Part 5 (2011/158): Additions, 1897, 1965
Physical Description: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 1 folder of photographs 
Scope and Content Note: A letter, 1897, from James E. Heg, describing travel preparations for the opening of the Home for the Feeble-Minded. There is also a 1965 program for the Christmas with Alice in Wonderland play. Two undated images are included, one image shows the powerhouse and another shows the powerhouse and the laundry.