Title: Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1907-1956 (bulk 1916-1950)

Creator:

• Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Call Number: Series 2248; PH 6701

Quantity: 17.6 c.f. (48 archives boxes and 5 flat boxes), and 1 set of blueprints

Repository:

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

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Abstract:

Records, mainly 1916-1950, of the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, the institution at Wales established in 1905 for the treatment of state residents in the early stages of pulmonary tuberculosis. The institution closed in 1957. The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence of the superintendent, rehabilitation counselor, and steward; medical reports; budget papers; payroll and balance ledgers; inventories; contracts; and blueprints which relate to the day-to-day operations and administration of the sanatorium, the admission and treatment of patients, construction and maintenance of buildings and grounds, and the institution's relationship with the State Board of Control, State Board of Health, other state agencies, county and private sanatoria, Lake Tomahawk State Camp, and the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association.

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Language: English

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In 1902 the Wisconsin Legislature responded to pressure from Progressives and public health reformers and authorized the creation of a commission to study the problem of tuberculosis in Wisconsin. On August 3, 1903, Governor Robert M. La Follette instructed a three-person commission to investigate tuberculosis in the state, its treatment and prevention, and the practicality of a state sanatorium. Based on the commission's recommendations, the Wisconsin State Sanatorium, also know as "Statesan," was established by the legislature under Chapter 361, Laws of 1905, for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

The sanatorium was located on 200 acres of land near Wales in Waukesha County. Dr. Chester A. Paull of Massachusetts was selected as superintendent, and the sanatorium opened with 40 patients on November 9, 1907. From 1905 to 1909, Statesan was jointly managed by the State Board of Control and a five-member advisory board that included one member of the State Board of Health. The advisory board was responsible for the general supervision and government of the sanatorium, and the Board of Control was responsible for financial management. In 1909 the Board of Control assumed full responsibility for management. Moreover, the appointment of medical staff and other employees, supervision of sanatorium grounds, buildings, employees and patients, and rule proposed by the superintendent were also subject to the approval of the State Board of Control. The advisory board supervised medical policy, made inspections, and reported to the board.

During the supervision of the Board of Control, there were nine superintendents: Dr. J.W. Coon (1909-1915), Dr. Norman L. Hoffman (1915), Dr. Frank Brockway (1915-1917), Dr. Robert W. Williams (1917-1922), Dr. Louis Dudley (1922-1929), Dr. R.D. Thompson (1929-1932, 1933-1937), Dr. E.K. Steinkopf (1932-1933), and Dr. H.M. Coon (1937-1939). At various times the sanatorium also employed an assistant superintendent, a steward and assistant steward, and many physicians and nurses. In 1938, there were four physicians and thirty nurses on staff, as well as a visiting surgeon, dental consultant, and an ENT specialist.

In 1907 the grounds consisted of an administration building, a dining hall, two cottages, and a power house. Between 1907 and 1939 a number of buildings and additions were added: two cottages (1908); a laundry (1908); an infirmary and additional cottages (1910); a cottage for male patients (1912); a dormitory for male employees (1912); a superintendent's residence (1912); an assembly hall for recreation and religious services (1914); a rehabilitation workshop (1914); a children's cottage (1914); and a hospital (1929). As a result of this construction, patient capacity grew from 89 beds in 1909 to 240 beds in 1939.

Statesan only accepted patients in the early or moderately advanced stages of tuberculosis. Additionally, applicants had to be at least sixteen years old and to have lived in Wisconsin for at least one year. The superintendent then made a final determination based on the applicant's stage of infection and space availability. Patients were required to pay a weekly fee for room and board and medical care ($15.00 in 1929), however, with the approval of a county judge, those unable to pay were admitted as county charges. Indigent patients without a legal residence were admitted at state expense.

Between 1910 and 1939 Statesan was part of a network of tuberculosis institutions supervised by the State Board of Control. This network included county and private sanatoria and another state institution, Lake Tomahawk State Camp, which was established in 1913 in Oneida County to provide graded work and vocational rehabilitation for patients in the arrested stage of tuberculosis. Patients were transferred to the camp from the county sanatoria and Statesan with the approval of the camp's medical director (who was also the superintendent of Statesan) and the State Board of Control. Statesan superintendents also made routine visits to examine patients at Lake Tomahawk State Camp. Thus, the county and private sanatoria specialized in care of advanced cases, Statesan provided for incipient cases, and Lake Tomahawk State Camp rehabilitated patients in the arrested stage of the disease. The first option for most patients was a county or a private sanatorium, but Statesan often accepted applicants who were unable to find places in local institutions. Patients were frequently transferred between institutions as their conditions changed, and space became available.

Statesan's primary function was to isolate, treat, and rehabilitate persons affected with pulmonary tuberculosis in the incipient or slightly advanced stages of the disease. In the early years of Statesan's operation, the primary treatment was fresh air, rest, and nourishing food. Since it was believed that cold air was therapeutic, patients slept on open porches or in unheated cottages. By the early 1920s, this rest cure was supplemented by pneumothorax, a procedure in which “sterile” air was injected between layers of the pleura in the patient's lungs. With the construction of the hospital in 1929, Statesan began offering surgical treatments under the direction of Dr. J.W. Gale of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. At the time, the most common surgical treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis was thoracoplasty, by which all or part of the lung cage was removed. In the 1930s, pneumonolysis (cutting the adhesions between the layers of pleura in the lungs) was added as a surgical treatment. Statesan also had a laboratory and equipment for diagnosis and monitoring. The chief diagnostic tools at the time were X-ray and urine and sputum analysis.

From the beginning, rehabilitation of patients at Statesan included some sort of graded work or occupational therapy. By 1910, patients were gardening and working in a poultry plant. In 1912, a workshop was constructed, and patients were allowed to gradually prepare themselves for work after their discharge. Other forms of vocational training included typing, shorthand, and secretarial work. Patients also edited and contributed to various publications: The Badger Outlook, and The Beacon (1931-1957). By the late 1930s, Statesan had established a program of occupational therapy administered by a registered therapist.

Statesan also provided medical training in the treatment of tuberculosis. The official recognition of Statesan by the American Medical Association enabled physicians to serve two-year residencies at the sanatorium. Moreover, beginning in 1937 and continuing through the 1950s, senior medical students at the University of Wisconsin Medical School were required to spend two weeks at the sanatorium.

In February 1938, Statesan was transferred to the State Board of Health. This executive order was rescinded on January 15, 1939, however, and the Board of Control resumed administration of the institution. Later that year Statesan was again transferred to the Board of Health. Finally, in July 1941, the Board of Health organized a Division of Tuberculosis to oversee the county sanatoria, Lake Tomahawk State Camp, and Statesan and to plan and supervise a broad program of tuberculosis control.

In 1940, Dr. R.H. Schmidt Jr., became the ninth superintendent of Statesan. He held the post until 1950, when the management of the sanatorium was divided between a lay administrator and a medical director. Occupational therapy remained an area of expansion at Statesan, and in 1945 Superintendent Schmidt recommended the appointment of an in-patient rehabilitation coordinator. During the next three years, full-time vocational instructors were employed and in 1948 a rehabilitation counselor was appointed. Based on patient surveys, programs in home economics, commercial subjects, and handicrafts were implemented or expanded. Patients were also offered instruction in academic subjects.

During this time there was a general decrease in the patient population and staff size. In 1945 the third floor and part of the second floor of the hospital was closed, and in 1954 the cottages for ambulatory patients were closed. Much of the decline in patient population came as a result of new treatments. By the early 1940s the sanatorium had added pneumoperitoneum, an injection of sterile air into the outer layer of pleura, to its treatment regimen. In 1947, the sanatorium was still employing pneumothorax and collapse procedures, but it had also begun to use the antibiotic streptomycin. By 1952 the sanatorium had largely abandoned collapse procedures in favor of surgical removal of the diseased areas of the lung. This new procedure, combined with anti-bacterial drugs greatly reduced the death rate from tuberculosis. As a result of these effective new treatments, Statesan began to accept patients in all stages of the disease. By 1954, the average daily patient population had dropped to 77, compared with 200 patients in 1942. The number of doctors on the staff was cut from four to two, and cuts were made in other staff as well. In 1956 the sanatorium's annual report stated that even chronic patients who had lived at the sanatorium for years were being cured and sent home. Citing increased costs due to the number of vacancies at Statesan and Lake Tomahawk State Camp, the legislature voted to close both institutions on November 1, 1957, and the buildings at Statesan were transferred to the Department of Public Welfare for the housing of juvenile offenders, known as the Wisconsin School for Boys, then later called the Ethan Allen School for Boys.

Series 2248 is arranged into two groups of records: CORRESPONDENCE and FINANCIAL RECORDS.

The records of Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Statesan) document the general administration and day-to-day operation of Wisconsin's first state institution for the care of persons with pulmonary tuberculosis. Although the records date to 1907, they are most complete for the period 1916 to 1950.

In addition to the archival records, several types of published reports which are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library (annual reports of the State Sanitorium (1908-1930), the Board of Control and the State Board of Health) are essential to understanding the history of Statesan.

Forty photographs documenting facilities, rehabilitation programs, staff and patients received with the records have been transferred to the Wisconsin Visual Material Archives where they were interfiled with similar photographs received from the Wisconsin Lung Association. (See PH 3870.)

The CORRESPONDENCE is arranged by employee position: the superintendent, who was responsible for the overall administration of the institution; the rehabilitation counselor; and the steward. The superintendents' correspondence comprises the largest portion of the series.

The correspondence has incomplete information about the treatment of patients. There are some records relating to clinical trials of drugs (e.g. “Promin”) and diagnosis, but discussions of treatment appear only infrequently in the superintendents' general correspondence and these discussions seldom comment directly on specific patients. By contrast, rehabilitation through occupational therapy and recreation is relatively well documented. Unfortunately, the rehabilitation counselor's correspondence covers only the years 1948 to 1956, a period not as well covered by the superintendents' correspondence.

The Superintendents' correspondence is subdivided into 1) correspondence with the Board of Control, 2) general correspondence, and 3) subject correspondence. Correspondence with the Board of Control consists of alphabetically-arranged incoming and outgoing letters. It documents not only the administrative relationship between Statesan and the board, but also illustrates the daily operations in areas such as admissions, patient transfers from county institutions, personnel, repairs and supplies, and relations with contractors. Also filed here are incomplete runs of weekly population reports of state and county tuberculosis sanatoria, monthly census reports of inmates in state and county institutions (circa 1919-1923), and Board of Control inspection reports (circa 1921).

The superintendents' general correspondence covers the period from 1928 to 1950. It consists of incoming and outgoing exchanges with doctors, state agencies, associations, other sanatoria, county judges, county and city boards of health, physicians, contractors, vendors, employees, patients' families, and applicants on a wide range of matters relating to day-to-day operations and overall administration. This correspondence is further subdivided into two distinct chronological sub-sections: 1927-1937 and 1937-1950, each arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

The names by which items are filed are somewhat unpredictable; correspondence may be filed by company name, by product type, by institution, by general subject, or by personal name. In general, however, correspondence with organizations, institutions, and agencies is filed by organizational name (correspondence with Lake Tomahawk, for example, appears under “L”), unless the correspondence is about a particular patient. (In this case the correspondence is generally filed by patient name.)

These records document nearly every aspect of the daily administration of the State Sanatorium, as well as the relationship of the institution to other sanatoria in Wisconsin. In particular, it covers patient admissions; transfers of patients from state, county and private sanatoria; superintendents' relations with patients' families; purchase of materials and services; personnel matters; maintenance of the facilities and grounds; and Statesan's relationship with other state and local government agencies. It also includes patient applications (filed by patient name) containing descriptions of individual medical conditions and some correspondence with other institutions regarding treatment and therapy. However, the files do not consistently document the treatment of patients or patient life in general.

The superintendents' general correspondence documenting the period 1937-1950 is a continuation of the 1928-1937 grouping. It contains the same types of correspondence and documents the same activities and functions as the previous group, but it is arranged in a slightly different alphabetical system. The bulk of this part of the general correspondence covers the period from 1937 to 1946, with only scattered letters for 1947 to 1950.

Statesan superintendents also filed their correspondence in two distinct alphabetical subject files. However, the difference between the two files is not obvious. In general, the subject files deal with institutional relations between the sanatorium and other agencies and large scale construction projects, while the general correspondence subseries deal with specific patient and employee matters and routine maintenance and supply.

The first subject file (dated 1926-1950) contains incoming and outgoing correspondence exchanged with state and local agencies, other sanatoria, contractors, and vendors. It also contains some medical forms and blueprints. The bulk of the material covers the years 1934 to 1950, but there are files on construction projects dating from 1927 and 1928 and one file of 1930 correspondence with the Bureau of Personnel. This subject file provides further documentation of day-to-day administration and Statesan's relationship to county sanatoria, Lake Tomahawk State Camp and other state agencies. It also contains correspondence relating to the hiring of employees, transfers of patients between institutions, and maintenance, and in this respect, the section overlaps and complements the General Correspondence. Also in the first subject file are two folders labeled “tabulations” which contain reports of diagnostic x-ray surveys of private and state institutions conducted by the State Sanatorium and the State Board of Health's Division of Tuberculosis. Additional folders labeled “x-ray readings” contain medical reports and correspondence regarding cases identified in the x-ray surveys. Several folders on construction during the periods 1926 to 1928 and 1934 to 1944 contain blueprints, drawings, and specifications. For more blueprints also wee the Wisconsin School for Boys Blueprints (Series 2566).

The second superintendents' subject file (1929-1950) contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with state and local agencies, other sanatoria, contractors, and vendors, as well as medical forms, blueprints, and financial reports. These files also document the institutional relations between the sanatorium and other agencies and major construction projects, and they cover a broad range of activities and functions, including relations with county health boards, patient recreation, training of medical students, occupational therapy, and involvement with WATA and other organizations. Institutional relationships between the sanatorium and many state agencies are also well documented. Prominent subjects include construction and renovation planning, transfer of indigent patients, personnel, and purchasing. Moreover, files on the Winnebago State Hospital, Wisconsin State Hospital, and Wisconsin State Prison cover patient transfers and periodic examinations of residents of those facilities by Statesan staff. This section also provides useful documentation of the relationship between Statesan and the Board of Health.

The rehabilitation counselor correspondence, mainly 1948 to 1956 and alphabetically arranged, consists of exchanges with state agencies, private organizations, entertainers, physicians, rehabilitation counselors at other sanatoria, and vendors. The counselor was responsible for the occupational therapy and educational and recreational activities for the sanatorium's patients; all of these activities are reflected here. This correspondence subseries also contains a small quantity of newspaper clippings, financial statements, notes, and lists. The coordination of entertainment through the “Goodfellowship Club” is particularly well documented, as is educational and occupational training and the production of the sanatorium publication, The Beacon. Also included here is correspondence between the rehabilitation counselor and the WATA and the rehabilitation staff of other sanatoria regarding useful therapy. A small amount of correspondence reflects the involvement of private organizations and individuals in charitable work for the sanatorium. One folder of newspaper clippings relates to the opening of the sanatorium in 1907 and to some later activities.

The Steward's correspondence consists of correspondence of the steward (and occasionally the assistant steward) with the State Board of Control on routine financial matters. The correspondence is arranged by incoming and outgoing mail and further arranged chronologically. Although only a small group of records it complements the superintendents' correspondence with the Board of Control.

The FINANCIAL RECORDS include a payroll register, contracts and purchase agreements, budgets, annual balance ledger sheets, and a property inventory. Research involving the financial records should be carried out in conjunction with the published annual reports in the SHSW Library which include summary financial statements.

The payroll register, 1908-1919, is arranged chronologically by month and year. Entries include the name of employee, occupation, time worked, and salary. Salary and wage figures for 1929-1939 are found in superintendents' subject files 1930-1949, under the heading Budget, and similar figures are found in the budget papers described below.

Contracts and purchase agreements, 1910-1918, consist of contracts, agreements, bids and specifications for the construction of buildings, utilities, and additions or renovations. Included are standard contracts used by the State Board of Control in dealing with private contractors and estimates for work and materials, specifications, and some correspondence between the State Sanatorium, State Board of Control, and contractors. The materials document construction projects at the State Sanatorium during the institution's greatest period of expansion, but does not cover the original construction of the institution. The type of information varies with each project. Many projects are documented only with a standard contract, however, detailed descriptions of some projects may be found in specification sheets, and the bidding and contracting process is sometimes represented in correspondence.

The budget papers, 1931-1949, contain chronologically-arranged operating and payroll schedules, notes, and correspondence. The operating schedules include requests for maintenance and improvements, itemized by building or structure. Payroll schedules list current and proposed salaries by occupation. Also included are notes, calculations, draft versions of operating and payroll schedules, and correspondence with the State Board of Control, the State Board of Health, and the State Department of Public Welfare regarding submittal of budgets and revisions. The information is similar to that found in the budget folders in the Superintendents' Subject Files II, except that this file contains drafts of proposed budget and payroll schedules.

The ledger sheets, complete annual balance figures for fiscal years 1933 to 1950, are loose sheets grouped by fiscal year, containing summary figures by category of inventory, income, and expenditure. Some categories are broken down by month or quarter, but most are simply annual credit/debit totals. These figures overlap those in the inventories described below, but the expense and income figures included here are unique.

The property inventory lists all physical assets of the sanatorium for the fiscal year 1945-1946, while one folder summarizes the years 1947 to 1952. The inventory volume is arranged by building, floor, and room, and it lists items ranging from x-ray machines to wood screws. The level of detail allows researchers to identify drugs in the laboratories, book titles in the library, or even furnishings in the superintendent's residence. Summary sheets in each volume list total dollar values by building and by account heading.

• Wisconsin State Sanatorium History, circa 1939 (SC 545)
• Wisconsin Lung Association Records (Mss 772)
• Wisconsin School for Boys Blueprints (Series 2566)

Access Restrictions

Portions of this series may be restricted per Section 153.50 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Researchers wishing to use this series must sign the Archives' Use of Confidential Material Waiver and agree not to disclose personally identifiable information.

Processing Information

Processed by Lee Grady, 1993 intern.

Series 2248	Series: Correspondence
	Subseries: Superintendents' Correspondence
	Board of Control, 1916-1939
Box   1	1916-1917 April
Box   2	1917 May-1918 October
Box   3	1918 November-1919
Box   4	1920-1922
Box   5	1923-1926 April
Box   6	1926 May-1930 April
Box   7	1930 May-1934
Box   8 Folder   1-8	1935-1939
	General Correspondence
	1927-1937
	A
Box   8 Folder   9	1928-1929
Box   9 Folder   1-2	1930-1937
	B
Box   9 Folder   3-4	1928
Box   10 Folder   1-7	1929-1937
	C
Box   10 Folder   8-9	1928-1930
Box   11 Folder   1-3	1931-1937
	D
Box   11 Folder   4-8	1928-1937
	E
Box   11 Folder   9	1928
Box   12 Folder   1-3	1930-1936
	F
Box   12 Folder   4-6	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	G
Box   12 Folder   7-8	1928-1930
Box   13 Folder   1-2	1931-1937
	H
Box   13 Folder   3-7	1927-1931
Box   14 Folder   1-3	1932-1937
	I
Box   14 Folder   4-6	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	J
Box   14 Folder   7-8	1928-1932
Box   15 Folder   1	1933-1937
	K
Box   15 Folder   2-5	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	L
Box   15 Folder   6-9	1928-1931
Box   16 Folder   1-2	1932-1937
	M
Box   16 Folder   3-7	1928-1932
Box   17 Folder   1-3	1933-1939
	N-O
Box   17 Folder   4-8	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	P
Box   17 Folder   9	1928-1930
Box   18 Folder   1-2	1931-1936
	Q-R
Box   18 Folder   3-8	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	S
Box   18 Folder   9	1927-1928
Box   19 Folder   1-7	1929-1937
	T
Box   19 Folder   8	1928
Box   20 Folder   1-4	1929-1937
	U-V
Box   20 Folder   5-7	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	W
Box   20 Folder   8-9	1927-1929
Box   21 Folder   1-4	1930-1937
	X-Z
Box   21 Folder   5-7	circa 1927?-circa 1937?
	1937-1950 (bulk 1937-1946)
	A
Box   21 Folder   8	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	B
Box   21 Folder   9-10	1937-1938
Box   22 Folder   1-2	1939-1950 (bulk 1939-1946)
	C-D
Box   22 Folder   3-8	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	E-H
Box   23 Folder   1-8	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	I
Box   24 Folder   1	1937-1950 (bulk 1937-1944)
Box   24 Folder   2	Institutions [Tuberculosis], Setup of, 1935-1938
	J-L
Box   24 Folder   3-8	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	M
Box   24 Folder   9	1937-1938
Box   25 Folder   1-4	1939-1950 (bulk 1939-1945)
	N-O
Box   25 Folder   5-6	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	P
Box   25 Folder   7	1937-1940
Box   26 Folder   1	1941-1945, 1950
Box   26 Folder   2-5	Public Welfare, Department of, Transfers, 1947-1950
	Q-R
Box   26 Folder   6-9	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	S
Box   27 Folder   1-5	1937-1950 (bulk 1937-1946)
Box   27 Folder   6	Selective Service, 1942-1945
	T-V
Box   27 Folder   7-10	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	W
Box   28 Folder   1-4	1937-1950 (bulk 1937-1944)
Box   28 Folder   5	Wisconsin General Hospital, 1940-1946
Box   28 Folder   6	Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees and Superintendents Association, 1946-1949
	X
Box   28 Folder   7	X-Ray, Miniature films and readings, 1941
	Y-Z
Box   28 Folder   8-9	circa 1937?-circa 1950?
	Subject Files
	File #1, 1927-1950 (bulk 1930-1950)
Box   28 Folder   10	AC current [electric power service], 1939-1940
Box   28 Folder   11	Boiler construction, maintenance, 1934-1935
Box   28 Folder   12	Chimney construction, 1931-1935
Box   28 Folder   13	Coal bunkers construction, 1937-1938
Box   28 Folder   5	Costs, Comparative, 1940
	County institutions and practices survey
Box   32 Folder   8	1935
Box   33 Folder   1	1936-1938
Box   28 Folder   6	County sanatoria and WATA, 1938-41
Box   29 Folder   1-2	Douglas County Sanatorium, Transfers to, 1937-1939
Box   29 Folder   7	Flooring construction and purchase, 1934-1935
Box   29 Folder   8	Forms [including letters to patients], circa 1942
Box   29 Folder   9	“Governors' Committee” (Citizens Committee on Public Welfare), 1936
Box   29 Folder   10	Grading (landscape), 1928
Box   29 Folder   11	Greenhouse construction, 1934-1935
Box   30 Folder   1	Kitchen equipment, 1928, 1934-1935
	Lake Tomahawk State Camp
Box   30 Folder   2-6	General, 1938-1944
	Transfers to
Box   29 Folder   3-4	1937-1939
Box   29 Folder   12-14	1947-1950
Box   30 Folder   7	Laundry, 1934-1936
Box   30 Folder   8	Nurses homes, circa 1926
PH 6701	Blueprints
Series 2248
Box   30 Folder   9	Oil burners and kitchen stoves, 1935
Box   30 Folder   10	Patient and employee rules, circa 1930-193?
	Personnel, Bureau of
Box   31 Folder   1-5	Correspondence, 1930-1939
Box   31 Folder   6	40-hour week, 1946-1948
Box   31 Folder   7	Plumbing Contract for the hospital, 1927
Box   31 Folder   8	Post-war construction, 1941, 1944-1949
Box   31 Folder   9	Radio (centralized system), 1933-1935
	Refrigeration
Box   31 Folder   10	General, 1934
Box   31 Folder   11	Plans for change, 1928
Box   32 Folder   1	Repair tunnel, 1928
	Reports and papers
Box   32 Folder   4	circa 1927-1930
Box   32 Folder   2	1931-1936
Box   32 Folder   3	circa 1938-1946
Box   32 Folder   7	Tuberculosis Advisory Committee, 1938
Box   33 Folder   2	Veterans' Administration, 1934-1935, 1944-1945
Box   33 Folder   3-4	WATA (Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association), 1934-1940
Box   33 Folder   5-7	WPA (Works Progress Administration), 1934-1938
Box   33 Folder   8	Wales School District
Box   33 Folder   9	Water softeners, re-carbonization, 1934
Box   33 Folder   10	Weatherstripping, 1936
Box   11	Wisconsin Sanitarium Superintendents Association, 1947 Meeting
	X-ray readings
	Miscellaneous
Box   33 Folder   12-13	A-G, 1934-1950
Box   34 Folder   1-3	H-Z, 1934-1950
Box   34 Folder   4-6	Wisconsin School for Boys, 1934-1946
Box   32 Folder   5-6	X-ray tabulation, circa 1952-1953
	File #2, 1929-1949 (bulk 1933-1949)
Box   34 Folder   7	Agreements of former patients to waive liability, 1930
Box   34 Folder   8	American Institute of Laundering, 1948
Box   34 Folder   9	Applications of physicians, 1944-1945
	Budgets
Box   34 Folder   10-11	Schedules and correspondence, 1929-1939
Box   35 Folder   1	Requests, 1938-1943
Box   35 Folder   2	Ceiling insulation, 1944
Box   35 Folder   3	Certification requests, 1944
Box   35 Folder   4	Coal consumption, 1942-1943
Box   35 Folder   4a	Come-Back Club Convention, 1947
Box   35 Folder   5	County health boards, 1935-1942
Box   35 Folder   6	Departmental Research, Division of, 1939-1940
Box   35 Folder   7-8	Engineering, Bureau of, 1936-1943
Box   35 Folder   9	Boilers, Nurses Annex alterations, 1941
Box   35 Folder   10	Goodfellowship Club, 1934-1947
	Health, Board of
Box   35 Folder   11	General, 1946
	Monthly reports
Box   35 Folder   12	1941-1945
Box   36 Folder   1	1946-1948
Box   36 Folder   3-6	Industrial Committee claims, 1933-1944
Box   36 Folder   7	Lake Tomahawk State Camp, 1945-1946
Box   36 Folder   8	Medical students, 1943-1950
Box   36 Folder   9	Mental Hygiene, Department of, 1938-1939
Box   36 Folder   2	Michigan transfers, 1945
Box   36 Folder   10	Milk, 1942-1948
Box   36 Folder   11	Minor patients, 1940-1944
	Personnel, Bureau
Box   37 Folder   1	General, 1946
Box   37 Folder   2	Descriptions of work, undated
Box   37 Folder   3	Procurement and Assignment Service (of War Manpower Commission), 1942-1945
	Promin
Box   37 Folder   4	Clinical investigation of, 1941-1946
Box   37 Folder   5	Charts of treated patients, 1942-1943
	Public Welfare, Department of
Box   37 Folder   6-7	General, 1939-1943
	Transfers
Box   37 Folder   8-11	1940-1943
Box   38 Folder   1-3	1944-1947
Box   38 Folder   4	Purchases, Bureau of, 1938-1947
Box   38 Folder   5	Referral sheets and correspondence with U.S. Employment Service, 1938-1943
Box   38 Folder   6	Rehabilitation reports, 1944
Box   38 Folder   7	Reich, Frank A., Memorial, 1947-1948
Box   38 Folder   8	Roof repairs, 1941-1942
Box   38 Folder   9	Salary increases, 1944
Box   38 Folder   10	Schmidt, Dr. R. (personal), 1944-1949
Box   38 Folder   11	School and educational programs, 1943-1947
Box   38 Folder   12	State Medical Society, 1944
Box   38 Folder   13	Store (Sanatorium store and post office), 1948
Box   38 Folder   14	Truck purchase, 1940-1945
Box   38 Folder   15	Vocational education, 1938-1947
Box   38 Folder   16	Wash room, 1942
Box   39 Folder   1-3	Winnebago State Hospital, 1938-1943
Box   39 Folder   4-7	Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1940-1946
Box   39 Folder   8	Wisconsin General Hospital, 1937-1939
Box   39 Folder   9	Wisconsin State Prison, 1937-1940
Box   39 Folder   10	X-Ray Unit, 1940-1941
	Subseries: Rehabilitation Counselors' Correspondence, 1948-1956	⇧
	A
Box   40 Folder   1	1948-1953
Box   40 Folder   2	Altrusa Club (Waukesha), 1952-1955
Box   40 Folder   3	Alcoholics Anonymous, 1949
Box   40 Folder   4	American School , 1948
	B
Box   40 Folder   5	1948-1955
Box   40 Folder   6	Baurenfind, Robert C. (Muirdale Sanatorium), 1953
Box   40 Folder   7	Baker, Jim (Muirdale Sanatorium), 1949-1955
	The Beacon
Box   40 Folder   8	Advertising and subscriptions, 1954-1955
Box   40 Folder   9	Articles, 1949-1950
Box   40 Folder   10	Finances, 1953-1956
Box   40 Folder   11	Bean, Metta (WATA Social Services), 1950-1956
Box   40 Folder   12	Better Living Program, 1948-1951
Box   40 Folder   13	Biennial departmental reports, 1948-1950
Box   40 Folder   14	Bowers, David A. (WATA), 1948
Box   40 Folder   15	Broecker, Fred H. (WATA Rehabilitation Service), 1948-1956
Box   40 Folder   16	Butcher, John (WATA), 1956
	C
Box   40 Folder   17	1948-1956
Box   40 Folder   19	Callahan, John (Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction), 1947-1948
Box   40 Folder   20	Carroll Players, 1948-1951
Box   40 Folder   21	Christmas, 1954-1955
Box   40 Folder   22	Christmas Clearing House, 1952-1954
	Commercial School
Box   40 Folder   23	1953-1956
Box   40 Folder   24	Student lists, 1953-1956
Box   40 Folder   25	Cooking School, 1953-1956
Box   40 Folder   26	Correspondence students, 1953-1955
Box   40 Folder   27	Cost survey of rehabilitation programs, 1948
	D
Box   41 Folder   1	1946-1950
	E
Box   41 Folder   2	1948-1953
Box   41 Folder   3	Eagles Auxiliary (Waukesha), 1953-1955
Box   41 Folder   4	Entertainment, 1948-1956
	F
Box   41 Folder   5	1946-1950
Box   41 Folder   6	Federal Security Agency, 1949-1951
Box   41 Folder   7	First Aid course, 1948
Box   41 Folder   8	Forms, 1951
	G
Box   41 Folder   9	1948-1956
Box   41 Folder   10	Gabor, Thaddeus (Rehabilitation counselor), 1949
Box   41 Folder   11	Gallagher, Frances (Rehabilitation counselor, Blue Ridge Sanatorium), 1948-1949
Box   41 Folder   12	Goodfellowship Club, 1945, 1948-1950
Box   41 Folder   13	Gregg Publishing Company, 1948-1954
	H
Box   41 Folder   14	1947-1956
Box   41 Folder   15	Health, Board of, 1949-1950
Box   41 Folder   16	Heise, Leonard H. (Vocational School), ??
Box   41 Folder   17	Hein, John (WATA), 1949-1950
Box   41 Folder   18	Hiawatha Band, 1949-1954
Box   41 Folder   19	Holand, Harold (WATA publication), 1948-1952
Box   41 Folder   20	Hull, Marge (State Board of Vocational and Adult Education), 1947-1948; 1954-1955
	I
Box   41 Folder   21	1948-1950
Box   41 Folder   22	In-sanatorium counselors, 1951-1953
	J
Box   41 Folder   23	1948-1955
Box   41 Folder   24	Junior Women's Club, 1949-1955
	K
Box   41 Folder   25	1948-1954
	L
Box   41 Folder   26	1949-1955
Box   41 Folder   27	Lake Tomahawk State Camp, 1949-1955
Box   42 Folder   1-2	Library, 1948-1955
Box   42 Folder   3	Lincoln Vocational School, 1949-1955
	M
Box   42 Folder   4	1948-1956
Box   42 Folder   5	McClurg, A.C. and Company, 1950-1951
Box   42 Folder   6	McCormick-Mathers Publishing Company, 1948-1953
Box   42 Folder   7	Madison Come-Back Club, 1948-1948
Box   42 Folder   8	Manty, Roy (Michigan Tuberculosis Association), 1948
Box   42 Folder   9	Menominee Indian Agency, 1952-1953
Box   42 Folder   10	Milwaukee Braves, 1953-1954
Box   42 Folder   11	Milwaukee Come-Back Club, 1948-1956
Box   42 Folder   12	Milwaukee Vocational School, 1948-1949
Box   42 Folder   13	Moody, Evert E., 1950-1951
Box   42 Folder   14	Murphy, Suzanne [WATA), 1948-1956
Box   42 Folder   15	Musicians' Union (Waukesha), 1949-1956
Box   42 Folder   16	Myers, C.K. (State Board of Vocational and Adult Education), 1948-1954
	N
Box   42 Folder   17	1948-1954
Box   42 Folder   18	National Theater Supply, 1948-1950
Box   42 Folder   19	National Tuberculosis Association, 1947-1954
Box   42 Folder   20	Newspaper clippings, 1907-1908, 1950-1952
Box   42 Folder   21	News releases, 1956
	O
Box   42 Folder   22	1948-1954
Box   43 Folder   1	Occupational information, 1949-1954
Box   43 Folder   2	Occupational therapy lists [including sales from work], circa 1955
Box   43 Folder   3	Orders (through Business office), 1955
	P
Box   43 Folder   4	1948-1953
Box   43 Folder   5	Personnel, Bureau of, 1948-1955
Box   43 Folder   6	Pfeifer, E.V. (State Board of Vocational and Adult Education), 1948-1950
Box   43 Folder   7	Photoart Visual Service, 1948-1952
Box   43 Folder   8	Psychological Corporation (test service), 1948-1949, 1955
Box   43 Folder   9	Publicity, circa 1950
	Q
Box   43 Folder   10	1949-1951
	R
Box   43 Folder   11	1948-1955
Box   43 Folder   12	Radio Code Course, 1949-1950
Box   43 Folder   13	Radio programs, 1948-1952
Box   43 Folder   14	Rasmussen, Paul (Lakeview), 1948-1953
Box   43 Folder   15	Records (phonograph), 1949-1951
Box   43 Folder   16	Rehabilitation Division, 1948-1956
Box   43 Folder   17	Religious services, 1953-1956
Box   43 Folder   18	Reich, Frank A. Memorial Loan Fund, 1953-1956
Box   43 Folder   19	Resources, miscellaneous, 1948-1951
Box   43 Folder   20	Richert, Marlys (home economics), 1948-1949
Box   43 Folder   21	RKO Radio Pictures, 1948
Box   43 Folder   22	Robarge, Vernon (Lake Tomahawk), 1949-1950
Box   43 Folder   23	Rumsey, L.A. (State Board of Vocational and Adult Education), 1948-1954
	S
Box   43 Folder   24	1950-1955
Box   43 Folder   25	Schmidt, Dr. R. H., 1946-1950
Box   43 Folder   26	Science Research Associates, 1948-1954
Box   43 Folder   27	Sewing class, 1954-1956
Box   44 Folder   1	Social Service reports, undated
Box   44 Folder   2	Special Protestant Fund, 1951-1955
Box   44 Folder   3	Superintendent of Documents, 1949-1954
	T
Box   44 Folder   5	1949-1954
Box   44 Folder   6	Traveling Library, 1948-1951
Box   44 Folder   7	Twenty Questions, undated
	U
Box   44 Folder   8	1948-1950
Box   44 Folder   9	University of Wisconsin Extension, 1948-1953
Box   44 Folder   10	University of Wisconsin, 1949
	V
Box   44 Folder   11	1948-1955
Box   40 Folder   18	Veterans (Bradley Call, Dean S. Marshall, Buck Dahlen), 1948-1952
Box   44 Folder   12	Veterans' Administration (Milwaukee), 1954-1956
Box   44 Folder   13	Veterans' Hospital (Waukesha), 1954-1955
Box   44 Folder   14	Veterans' organizations, 1950-1952
Box   44 Folder   15	Volunteers, 1954-1956
	W
Box   44 Folder   16	1948-1956
Box   44 Folder   17	Waukesha Blood Donor Club, 1952
Box   44 Folder   18	Waukesha County Council, Social agencies and affiliated organizations, 1953-1954
Box   44 Folder   19	Waukesha Employment Office, 1953-1954
Box   44 Folder   20	Waukesha Lions, 1953-1954
Box   44 Folder   21	Waukesha Music Center, 1952-1953
Box   44 Folder   22	Weckmueller, Herbert F. (WATA), 1948-1956
Box   44 Folder   23	WHA, 1948, 1952
Box   44 Folder   24	White, Dr. Ellison F., 1950-1953
Box   44 Folder   25	Wisconsin Conservation Dept., 1948-1950
Box   44 Folder   26	Wisconsin School for Boys, 1953-1954
Box   44 Folder   27	Wisconsin Industrial Commission, 1947-1951
Box   44 Folder   28	Wisconsin State Employment Service, 1948-1951
Box   44 Folder   29	Workshop project, 1951
	Y
Box   44 Folder   30	1953
	Subseries: Stewards' Correspondence with State Board of Control, 1918-1926	⇧
Box   45 Folder   1-3	Incoming correspondence, 1918-1926 (bulk 1922-1926)
Box   45 Folder   4-5	Outgoing Correspondence, 1922-1925
	Series: Financial Records	⇧
Box   46	Payroll register, 1908-1919
Box   47 Folder   1-4	Contracts and purchase agreements, 1910-1915, 1918
	Budget papers
Box   48 Folder   1-5	1931-1949
Box   49	1938-1948 Note: Detailed statements of operation, repair and maintenance, payroll schedules.
	Ledgers and annual balance sheets
Box   50	1933-1937
Box   51	1937-1949
Box   52	1942-1949
	Inventory
Box   53 Folder   1	1945-1946 Note: As of October 2009, this box is missing.
Box   53 Folder   2	Summaries, 1947-1952 Note: As of October 2009, this box is missing.