Wisconsin. Division of Mental Hygiene: Subject File, 1935-1979

Container Title
1968/059
Part 1 (1968/059): Original Collection, 1943-1963
Physical Description: 7.8 cubic feet (7 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Files, 1943-1963, of the Division of Mental Hygiene. Boxes 1-5 contain the general subject files of the Division, which include departmental correspondence, memos, legislative reports, and meeting minutes. There are also files related to topics of interest to the Division including alcoholism, mental health, children and youth, and public assistance. Boxes 6-9 contain the files of various state mental institutions and state hospitals, primarily county hospitals and colonies. Included are monthly reports, survey results, personnel files, and administrative correspondence.
Access Restrictions: There are some files related to patient treatment which are restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30, they are found in Box 6; Box 7, Folder 17; and Box 9, Folder 23.
Series: Subject files
Box   1
Folder   1
Alcohol studies, 1950-1955
Box   1
Folder   2
American Psychiatric Association correspondence, prior to 1959
Box   1
Folder   3
Biennial reports, 1952-1958
Box   1
Folder   4
Citizens Public Welfare Association, 1950-1961
Box   1
Folder   5
Children and Youth, Division for, 1952
Box   1
Folder   6
Wisconsin Child Center
Box   1
Folder   7
Child guidance clinics
Box   1
Folder   8
Dane County Medical Society
Box   1
Folder   9
Fiscal notes, 1958-1959
Box   1
Folder   10
General, information data regarding Division (report to Board of Public Welfare, 1958 February 26)
Box   1
Folder   11
Griffenhagen survey, 1947
Box   1
Folder   12
Governor's Committee, community project, 1957-1958
Box   1
Folder   13
Interdivisional Committee on Staff Development, 1953-1959
Legislative Council
Box   1
Folder   14
Committee on Child Welfare, 1953-1954
Box   1
Folder   15
Committee on Mental Health and Problems of Children and Youth, 1956-1959
Box   1
Folder   16
Legislative Reference Library
Memoranda
Box   1
Folder   17
Research and statistics, 1952-1958
Box   1
Folder   18
Business management, 1950-1960
Box   1
Folder   19
Collection and deportation, 1951-1960
Box   1
Folder   20
Deputy director, 1950-1954
Box   1
Folder   21
Director, 1950-1960
Box   1
Folder   22
Motor Vehicle Department (driver's license), 1957
National Mental Health Act funding
Box   1
Folder   23
Appleton public schools, 1951-1956
Box   1
Folder   24
Kenosha County, 1952-1954
Box   1
Folder   25
La Crosse State College, 1951-1955
Box   1
Folder   26
Madison public schools
Box   1
Folder   27
Personnel data, Social Security, 1953-1960
Box   1
Folder   28
Pre-commitment services, 1954
Box   1
Folder   29
Research and research projects, 1951-1960
Box   1
Folder   30
Sexual Deviation Advisory Committee, 1950-1955
Box   1
Folder   31
Social Security and Old Age and Survivors Insurance, 1955-1961
State Medical Society
Box   1
Folder   32
General files, 1954-1958
Box   1
Folder   33
Committee on Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1953-1958
Box   1
Folder   34
Committee on Mental Hygiene, Institutional Care and State Departments, 1950-1952
Box   1
Folder   35
Survey of care and treatment of mentally ill in Wisconsin, 1938
Box   1
Folder   36
Survey of mental health facilities, 1948
Box   1
Folder   37
Training of practical nurses
Box   1
Folder   38
Wisconsin Council for Mentally Retarded, 1952-1958
Box   1
Folder   39
Wisconsin Hospital Association, 1951-1953
Box   1
Folder   40
Wisconsin Psychiatric Association
Box   1
Folder   41
Marathon County Mental Health Institute application for construction
Box   2
Folder   1
Alcoholic centers
Box   2
Folder   2
Bureau of Research and Statistics (statistical data), 1955-1960
Box   2
Folder   3
Drugs used in mental hospitals, 1951-1958
Box   2
Folder   4
Family care program, administrative, 1952-1959
Box   2
Folder   5
Family care homes, 1956-1959
Box   2
Folder   6
Juvenile judges, information, 1954
Meetings
Box   2
Folder   7
County Judges Committee on Mental Hygiene, 1953-1958
Box   2
Folder   8
Divisional staff, 1951-1955
Box   2
Folder   9
Fifth International Congress on Mental Health, 1954
Box   2
Folder   10
Governor's Conference on Mental Health, 1954 October
Box   2
Folder   11
Inpatient care of emotionally disturbed children, 1960 November
Box   2
Folder   12
Medical school faculty, 1960
Box   2
Folder   13
Governor's Conference on Mental Health, 1954 February and June
Box   2
Folder   14
Midwestern Governors Conference on Mental Health, 1954 November 30
Box   2
Folder   15
National Institute on Crime and Delinquency, 1960 May
Box   2
Folder   16
Mental hospital convention, 1960
Box   2
Folder   17
Eighth Annual Mental Hospital meeting, 1956
Box   2
Folder   18
National Conference on Social Welfare, 1960 June
Box   2
Folder   19
Regional Conference on Mental Retardation, 1958 March
Box   2
Folder   20
[Intellectual disability], Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare meeting, 1956 January
Box   2
Folder   21
Social service, 1958-1960
Box   2
Folder   22
State and territorial mental health authorities, 1955-1957
Box   2
Folder   23
Vocational rehabilitation of the mentally ill, 1960 March
Box   2
Folder   24
Workshops on community mental health services, 1959
Box   2
Folder   25
[Intellectual disability] workshop, “The Impact of Mental Retardation on the Family and the Community,” 1960 January
Box   2
Folder   26
Nursing training and education
Box   2
Folder   27
Nursing, general
Box   2
Folder   28
Public assistance, 1943-1947
Box   2
Folder   29
Public welfare conference, 1957 April
Psychology
Box   2
Folder   30
Divisional meetings, 1952-1960
Box   2
Folder   31
Institutes, miscellaneous meetings, 1956-1960
Box   2
Folder   32
Rehabilitation, 1955-1957
Residency training
Box   2
Folder   33
Committee meetings, 1957-1959
Box   2
Folder   34
Training, general, 1947-1960
Box   2
Folder   35-36
Wisconsin State Fair, 1958-1962
Box   3
Folder   1
Agency resources, 1954-1960
Box   3
Folder   2
Aging, governor's conference, 1956
Box   3
Folder   3
Aging research project, 1956-1960
Box   3
Folder   4
Aid to the blind, 1955
Box   3
Folder   5
Alcoholism Committee, 1956
Box   3
Folder   6
Alcoholism, 1952-1962
American Psychological Association
Box   3
Folder   7
Council of Representatives, 1959
Box   3
Folder   9
Symposium, 1959
Box   3
Folder   10
American Public Health Association, professional examination service, 1960
Committees
Box   3
Folder   11
Board of Health and Department of Public Welfare, standards for general hospitals and other county institutions, 1960-1963
Box   3
Folder   12
General, 1960-1961
Box   3
Folder   13
State Medical Society, Division on Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1959-1963
Box   3
Folder   14
Inter-departmental staff development, 1962
State Mental Health Advisory
Box   3
Folder   15
General, 1960-1963
Box   3
Folder   16
Advisory meetings, 1961
Box   3
Folder   17
Subcommittee on Mental Health Laws, 1960-1962
Box   3
Folder   18
Central office files, 1952-1956
Box   3
Folder   19
Memorandum, 1958-1964
Box   3
Folder   20
Memorandum, Dr. Ganser, 1961-1962
Box   3
Folder   21
Publicity and data regarding publications, 1950-1960
Box   3
Folder   22
Rehabilitation conference, 1960
Box   3
Folder   23
Journals and test materials at various institutions, 1954-1960
Box   3
Folder   24
Notices, 1956
Box   3
Folder   25
Joint Psychologist Training Committee, 1957-1960
Box   3
Folder   26
intellectual disability project, 1958
Box   3
Folder   27
Processing of research requests from outside department, 1957-1961
Box   3
Folder   28-29
Staff Developments Committee, 1959-1961
Box   3
Folder   30
Wisconsin Thematic Apperception Test workshop, 1958
Box   4
Folder   1
Annual social work Fall conferences, 1958-1960
Correspondence
Box   4
Folder   2
Out-of-state, 1954-1960
Box   4
Folder   3
Bureau of Personnel, 1947-1958
Box   4
Folder   4
Governor's conference, 1949-1961
Confidential exchange
Box   4
Folder   5
Eau Claire-Madison, 1954-1958
Box   4
Folder   6
Milwaukee-Sheboygan, 1944-1958
Box   4
Folder   7
Cottage home plan, half-way house, 1952-1956
Box   4
Folder   8
Talks, meetings, correspondence, 1958-1862
Box   4
Folder   9
Social Security, 1951-1962
Family care
Box   4
Folder   10
Preparation of manuals
Box   4
Folder   11
Manuals: 1. Hospital personnel, 2. Home counselor
Box   4
Folder   12
General correspondence, 1945-1964
Box   4
Folder   13
Family service associations, Wisconsin, 1949-1961
Box   4
Folder   14
Wisconsin Public Welfare Association, 1944-1958
Box   4
Folder   15
Wisconsin Welfare Council, 1946-1964
Box   4
Folder   16
Division for Children and Youth, 1945-1961
Box   4
Folder   17
Bureau of Collection and Deportation, 1951-1957
Box   4
Folder   18
National Mental Health Agency funding for county schools, Kenosha, 1948-1956
Box   4
Folder   19
Public assistance, 1943-1963
Box   4
Folder   20
Bureau of Research and Statistics, 1960-1961
Box   4
Folder   21
Department of Public Instruction certification of teachers, 1946-1962
Box   4
Folder   22
State Board of Health, 1952-1958
Box   4
Folder   23
Vocational and adult education, Wisconsin, 1944-1953
Box   4
Folder   24
Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, 1947-1950
Box   4
Folder   25
National Association for Retarded Children, 1953-1955
Box   4
Folder   26
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare correspondence, 1951-1961
Social service
Box   4
Folder   27
Studies, 1955
Box   4
Folder   28
Staff minutes, 1945-1955
Box   4
Folder   29
Work plan, 1955-1956
Box   4
Folder   30
Practices and procedures, 1953-1955
Box   4
Folder   31
Staff meetings, 1954-1956
Box   4
Folder   32
Staff conference, 1958 January 16-17
Box   4
Folder   33
Divisional staff meetings, 1951-1960
Box   4
Folder   34
Minutes of the inter-divisional Staff Development Committee meeting, 1958
Box   4
Folder   35
County hospitals, social services, current, 1953-1960
Box   4
Folder   36
Milwaukee County correspondence, 1956-1959
Box   5
Folder   1
Council of State Governments, 1952-1961
Box   5
Folder   2
Interstate Compact on Mental Health, 1957-1963
Box   5
Folder   3
National Mental Health Act educational stipend informational material, 1951-1962
Box   5
Folder   4
National Association of State Mental Health program directors, 1962-1963
Box   5
Folder   5
Wisconsin Association for Mental Health, 1956-1962
Series: State Mental Health Institution Files
Box   6
Folder   1-4
Central State Hospital psychological tests, 1951-1956
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Central Colony
Box   7
Folder   1
Eastern trip, 1953-1954
Box   7
Folder   2
Application for research facilities grant, 1953-1960
Box   7
Folder   3
Surgery and RCA, 1956-1958
Box   7
Folder   4
Dr. Toussaint (comments on study of institutions, programs), 1957
Central State Hospital
Box   7
Folder   5
Advisory Committee to Superintendent, 1953-1960
Box   7
Folder   6
General correspondence, 1950-1960
Box   7
Folder   7
General informational data, 1948-1956
Box   7
Folder   8
Plans for patient supervision, 1954
Box   7
Folder   9
Social service, 1953-1956
Mendota State Hospital
Box   7
Folder   10
Budget data, 1951-1959
Box   7
Folder   11
Descriptive material and application for psychiatric residency program, 1956-1960
Box   7
Folder   12
Mendota Monthly publication, 1958
Box   7
Folder   13
Residency program, 1954-1959
Box   7
Folder   14
Social service, 1944-1957
Northern Colony
Box   7
Folder   15
Budget data, 1951-1959
Box   7
Folder   16
Cerebral palsy survey, 1956-1959
Box   7
Folder   17
Epileptic commitments, de-institutionalization, 1955-1957
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   7
Folder   18
General correspondence, 1950-1959
Residential Treatment Center
Box   7
Folder   19
General, 1956-1960
Box   7
Folder   20
Reports from and of other states, 1953-1961
Box   7
Folder   21
Southern Wisconsin Training School, 1951-1960
Box   7
Folder   22
Southern Colony social service, 1946-1956
Winnebago State Hospital
Box   7
Folder   23-24
General correspondence, 1950-1960
Box   7
Folder   25
Social service, 1945-1957
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Box   8
Folder   1
Mental hospital service, 1959-1962
Box   8
Folder   2
Psychiatric social workers in hospitals and colonies, 1955
Box   8
Folder   3
Central State Hospital correspondence
Box   8
Folder   4
Chief social workers staff meetings and conferences, 1958-1964
Box   8
Folder   5
County mental health associations, 1959-1960
County hospital files
Box   8
Folder   6
Association meetings, 1959-1963
Box   8
Folder   7
Per capita costs and last monthly population, 1958-1959
Box   8
Folder   8
County hospital survey results, 1960-1961
Box   8
Folder   9
General survey information and dates of visits to county hospitals, 1959-1961
Box   8
Folder   10
Reports, 1956
Standards and duties at mental institutions
Box   8
Folder   11
How the CIB rates the dietary department, 1959
Box   8
Folder   12
Duties of superintendents, matrons, and others, 1957-1958
Box   8
Folder   13
Guides for new matrons and superintendents of county hospitals
Box   8
Folder   14
Suggested minimum standards for county mental hospitals, 1958-1961
Box   8
Folder   15
11th APA hospital institute, 1959
Box   8
Folder   16
Survey of county mental hospital patients, 1957-1958
Box   8
Folder   17
St. Croix county survey, 1955
Box   8
Folder   18
Northern Wisconsin Colony and training school, miscellaneous, 1951-1960
Box   8
Folder   19
10th APA hospital convention, 1958
Box   8
Folder   20
Wisconsin County Boards Association program, 1960
Box   8
Folder   21
Out-of-state conferences, 1958-1960
Box   8
Folder   22
Social group work, 1959
Box   8
Folder   23
Social history outline
Social service (social work) files
Box   8
Folder   24
Administration, classification and organization, 1957-1960
Box   8
Folder   25
Consultation and supervision, 1956
Box   8
Folder   26
Assignment of students, 1957-1959
Box   8
Folder   27
Post graduate training, 1958-1960
Box   8
Folder   28
Work study training program
Box   8
Folder   29-30
Southern Colony general correspondence, 1950-1959
Box   8
Folder   31
Winnebago State Hospital, 1953-1960
Box   8
Folder   32
Wisconsin Home for Women (Taycheedah), 1961
Box   8
Folder   33
Wisconsin School for Girls, 1952-1959
Box   8
Folder   34
Wisconsin School for Boys, 1958-1959
Institutions
Box   9
Folder   1
Correspondence, general, 1953-1961
Box   9
Folder   2
Colony correspondence, 1952-1962
Central State Hospital
Box   9
Folder   3
Superintendent's correspondence, 1948-1959
Box   9
Folder   4
Social service, 1963
Box   9
Folder   5
Social worker applications, 1951-1963
Box   9
Folder   6
Monthly reports, 1960-1962
Central Colony
Box   9
Folder   7
Social service, 1960-1963
Box   9
Folder   8
Superintendent's correspondence, 1958-1963
Box   9
Folder   9
Miscellaneous, 1960-1963
Northern Colony
Box   9
Folder   10
Superintendent's correspondence, 1952-1963
Box   9
Folder   11
Psychiatric social worker applications, 1950-1956
Box   9
Folder   12
Social service, current, 1958-1964
Box   9
Folder   13
Monthly reports, 1960 October-1962 December and quarterly reports, 1959-1960
Southern Colony
Box   9
Folder   14
Monthly reports, 1957 January-November, 1960 October-1962 December
Box   9
Folder   15
Superintendent correspondence, 1945-1963
Box   9
Folder   16
Social service, 1958-1962
Box   9
Folder   17
Brief statement regarding social services at Southern Wisconsin Colony
Box   9
Folder   18
Institutes and symposium for Marquette medical students, 1954-1959
Box   9
Folder   19
General informational data, 1948-1958
Box   9
Folder   20
Miscellaneous, 1962-1964
Mendota State Hospital
Box   9
Folder   21
Psychiatric social worker applications, 1957-1960
Box   9
Folder   22
Monthly reports to the director of mental hygiene, 1960 January-1962 December
Box   9
Folder   23
Waiting list for colonies, general information, 1957-1962
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Winnebago State Hospital
Box   9
Folder   24
Psychiatric social worker applications, 1951-1956
Box   9
Folder   25
Monthly reports, 1960 October-1962 December
Box   9
Folder   26
Miscellaneous, 1953-1962
Box   9
Folder   27
Superintendent's correspondence, 1945-1960
Box   9
Folder   28
Social service, 1958-1962