Series: Sunny Rest Sanatorium

Subseries: Superintendent's Correspondence and Subject File, 1913-1967
Physical Description: 5 archives boxes 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: The records document the superintendent's activities as administrator of Sunny Rest Sanatorium and include records relating to complying with policies set by the Board of Trustees and state agencies, maintaining hospital records, compiling statistics and reports, directing the work of the staff, and maintaining the efficient operation of the institution.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by subject.

Annual Financial Statements, 1939-1941

Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees, 1913-1959

Annual Reports of the Superintendent to the Board of Trustees, 1928-1932

Audit Reports, 1939, 1951-1958

Censuses and Surveys of Hospitals, 1933-1937

Certified Statements of Tuberculosis Patients, 1918-1958

Comparative Statistics on Wisconsin Senatorium, 1932-1945

Correspondence of the Board of Trustees, 1913-1927

Correspondence and Papers of the Board of Trustees, 1918-1932

Death Records of Sunny Rest Sanatorium, 1932-1950

General Correspondence, 1931-1960

General Hospital Resolutions and Policies, 1956-1959

Immigration Matters, 1932-1935

Inventories of Sunny Rest Sanatorium, 1919-1934

Medical-Surgical Correspondence, 1932-1939

Minutes and Papers of the Racine Tuberculosis Society, 1928-1938

Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1913-1958

Miscellaneous Papers, 1937, 1956-1960

Miscellaneous Reports, 1954-1958

Newspaper Publicity, 1947-1961, n.d.

Nursing Procedures, 1948-1957, n.d.

Out-patient Records, 1952-1958

Patient Admission Records, 1955-1960

“Patients First” Publication, 1927-1932

Proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, 1958-1959

Reports of Operation of Tuberculosis Sanatorium by the State Board of Health, 1941-1961

Reports of the Superintendent to the State Board of Control, 1918-1924, n.d.

Research on Multiple Death Families, 1929-1938

Staff Meetings, 1948-1950

State Board of Health, 1941-1948

Surgical Costs, 1948-1955

Tax Matters, 1933-1934

Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Correspondence and Papers, 1928-1937, 1955-1964

Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees Association, 1956-1967

X-Ray Records, 1937-1941

Subseries: Patient Register, 1913-1962
Physical Description: 1 volume in 1 flat box 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Record includes name and address of patient, date admitted, name of doctor who examined patient, diagnosis, religion, place of birth and date, race, occupation, employer, name of parents, names of relatives or friends, date of discharge, and discharge diagnosis.
Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological.

Subseries: Patient Rosters, 1926-1962
Physical Description: 6 volumes in 2 archives boxes 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Includes name of patient, county of residence, date admitted, date discharged with brief description of patient's condition, source of funds for patient's care, amount charged, and monthly summaries of the patient population.
Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological.

Subseries: Patient Case Files, 1946-1955
Physical Description: 2 archives boxes 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Admission records showing name, address, occupation, employer, race, nationality, religion, marital status, level of education, and names of children, parents, and brothers and sisters of patients. Includes social and psychological profiles of patients compiled by the sanatorium's medical social worker.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by patient's surname.

Subseries: Social Worker's Subject File, 1947-1955
Physical Description: 1 archives box 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, reports, social work guidelines, and miscellaneous papers of the medical social worker of Sunny Rest Sanatorium relating to her role as liaison between patients, family, doctors, and other agencies in helping all concerned to understand the emotional, financial, and social problems associated with confinement in a sanatorium.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by subject.

Subseries: Medical Staff Records, 1937-1967
Physical Description: 1 archives box 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Records from Sunny Rest Sanatorium include clinical conference notes, laboratory and x-ray reports, medical staff rosters, minutes of staff meetings, and a few surgery records.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by subject.

Subseries: Out-Patient Treatment Records, 1941-1964
Physical Description: 4 3" × 5" boxes and 1 archives box 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Consists primarily of card files showing name of patient, address, date, name of physician referring patient, and treatment received. Records for the years 1959-1964 are on sheets of paper which show patient's name, date, type of medication provided, and brief remarks.
Arrangement of the Materials: Cards in the 3"×5" boxes are alphabetical by surname of patient for years 1942-1950 and by year and thereunder alphabetical by surname for years 1950-1957. Folder number 1 is alphabetical by surname; folders 2-3 are by year.

Subseries: Monthly Time Record of Patients, 1946-1957
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Access Restrictions: Restricted
Scope and Content Note: Records from Sunny Rest Sanatorium showing names of patients, date admitted, number of days of care provided each month, and date of discharge.
Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological.

Subseries: Inventories of Sunny Rest Sanatorium, 1926-1949
Physical Description: 1 archives box 
Scope and Content Note: Detailed record of items in the tuberculosis sanatorium showing the quantity and value of each item.
Arrangement of the Materials: By year.

Subseries: Cash Receipts Journals, 1918-1955
Physical Description: 3 volumes in 1 flat box 
Scope and Content Note: Record of receipts of Sunny Rest Sanatorium showing date, name of payee, amount of payment, and total receipts for each month.
Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological.

Subseries: Voucher Registers, 1923-1949
Physical Description: 3 volumes in 1 flat box 
Scope and Content Note: Record of expenditures of Sunny Rest Sanatorium showing the date, person or firm paid, purpose of the payment, and amount.
Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological.

Subseries: Blueprints and Building Plans, 1931-1951
Physical Description: 1 flat box 
Scope and Content Note: Architects' blueprints and plans for additions and alterations on Sunny Rest Sanatorium.
Arrangement of the Materials: By year.