Summary Information

Title: Racine County Institutions (Wis.): Records
Inclusive Dates: 1889-1970

Creator:

• Racine County Institutions (Wis.)

Call Number: Racine Series 47-80; Racine Small Series 26-29

Quantity: 45 archives boxes, 16 volumes, 4 flat boxes, 8 card file boxes

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

See the catalog entries for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The 38 series described in this inventory comprise the records of the Racine County Institutions and its predecessors, the Racine County Home, County Hospital, Hospital for Mental Diseases, and Sunny Rest Tuberculosis Sanatorium. These series include sources that can be used for research on medical history, the history of public assistance agencies, and medical, legal, and social practices related to the treatment of the insane, the aged, and the poor.

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-raci0047

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