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

Container Title
1968/182
Part 2 (1968/182): Additions, 1950-1967
Physical Description: 4.4 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Subject files, 1950-1967, for the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center (WDC), a mental health institution in Madison administered by the Wisconsin Division of Mental Hygiene. The WDC's correspondence with the Division of Mental Hygiene and other state agencies comprise the bulk of the accession. There is also general treatment information, a patient-created newsletter, research files, and studies.
Access Restrictions: Some material in this accession is restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30; Box 3, Folders 2 and 5; Box 4, Folders 20, 27, and 41.
Box   1
Folder   1
Administration
Box   1
Folder   2
Information on admission
Box   1
Folder   3
Court appearance, expert witness fees (County or Circuit)
Correspondence with Department of Public Welfare
Box   1
Folder   4
Administrative analysis section
Box   1
Folder   5
Building program, long range
Box   1
Folder   6
Division of Business Management
Box   1
Folder   7
Division of Public Assistance
Box   1
Folder   8
Biennial reports
Box   1
Folder   9-10
Bureau of Collection and Deportation
Box   1
Folder   11-13
Budget material, 1956-1969
Box   1
Folder   14
Bibliography
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   15
American Medical Association (AMA)
Box   1
Folder   16
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Box   1
Folder   17
American Psychiatric Association
Box   1
Folder   18
Building and grounds
Box   1
Folder   19
Business office
Box   1
Folder   20
Correspondence with and reports on Central State Hospital
Box   1
Folder   21
Chaplaincy service
Box   1
Folder   22
Civil defense
Box   1
Folder   23
Community relationships
Box   1
Folder   24
Consultations
Box   1
Folder   25
County hospital services
Box   1
Folder   26
Curricula vitae (all staff)
Box   1
Folder   27
Daycare centers
Box   1
Folder   28
Department of Public Instruction correspondence
Box   1
Folder   29
Directives and memos to staff
Box   1
Folder   30
Discharge conferences (inpatient)
Box   1
Folder   31
Donations and gifts
Box   1
Folder   32
Department of Public Welfare, Division of Children and Youth
Box   1
Folder   33-34
General correspondence with the Division of Mental Hygiene, 1958-1967
Box   1
Folder   35
Training plans
Box   1
Folder   36
Education Department
Box   1
Folder   37
Annual reports to the Department of Public Welfare Board, 1966-1967
Box   1
Folder   38
Division of Mental Hygiene Research Committee correspondence
Box   1
Folder   39
Evaluation of Wisconsin Diagnostic Center (WDC)
Box   1
Folder   40
University Avenue relocation
Box   1
Folder   41
Staff manual
Box   1
Folder   42
General correspondence, 1952-1957
Box   1
Folder   43
Agency evaluation of WDC services, 1956-1957
Box   1
Folder   44
County liability and rates on referrals, 1955-1957
Box   1
Folder   45
General informational data, 1951-1960
Employees
Box   2
Folder   1
Employment inquiries, physicians
Box   2
Folder   2
Personnel data (correspondence and memos)
Box   2
Folder   3
Employee service reports
Box   2
Folder   4
Group therapy
Box   2
Folder   5
Inpatient services
Box   2
Folder   6
Juvenile court judges (general correspondence)
Box   2
Folder   7
Medical service at WDC
Box   2
Folder   8
Meetings, professional staff
Box   2
Folder   9
Miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   10
Merit Award Committee
Box   2
Folder   11
Movie material
Nursing service
Box   2
Folder   12
Meetings of diagnostic center staff
Box   2
Folder   13
Monthly reports
Box   2
Folder   14
Nurses' training
Box   2
Folder   15
General correspondence
Doctor O'Connor's files
Box   2
Folder   16
Juvenile Delinquency Control Advisory Committee
Box   2
Folder   17
Miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   18
Research
Box   2
Folder   19
Speaking engagements, 1952-1967
Outpatient department
Box   2
Folder   20
General correspondence
Box   2
Folder   21
Application for segregation
Box   2
Folder   22
Marquette County
Box   2
Folder   23
Outpatient statistical reports
Box   2
Folder   24
Papers written by WDC staff
Box   2
Folder   25
Dr. Paras biographical material and miscellaneous
Patients
Box   2
Folder   26
Activities of patients
Box   2
Folder   27
Consultations and billing
Box   2
Folder   28
Patients' incidental spending money
Box   2
Folder   29
Practices regarding identifications of patients
Box   2
Folder   30
Property damage by
Box   2
Folder   31
Unauthorized absence
Box   2
Folder   32
Pharmacy
Box   2
Folder   33
Psychology unit
Box   2
Folder   34
Publicity regarding juvenile court patients
Box   2
Folder   35
Radio (educational)
Box   2
Folder   36
Recruitment
Box   2
Folder   37
Record room and records
Box   2
Folder   38
Request for information regarding WDC
Box   2
Folder   39
Requests for a paper to be published in journal, etc.
Box   2
Folder   40
Requests for recommendations
WDC research
Box   3
Folder   1
Dr. Dunn's research project
Box   3
Folder   2
Follow-up study of WDC inpatients (Hasty thesis)
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   3
Folder   3
Follow-up study (Mr. Mannering's committee)
Box   3
Folder   4
Operant training with children
Box   3
Folder   5
Porphyrin research project
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   3
Folder   6
Problems of mental health care of mentally ill
Box   3
Folder   7
Research administration
Box   3
Folder   8
Research Committee of WDC
Box   3
Folder   9
Data processing project
Box   3
Folder   10
Education
Box   3
Folder   11
Electroencephalography
Box   3
Folder   12
Emotional and neurological illness in children
Box   3
Folder   13
Firesetting
Box   3
Folder   14
Survey of referring agencies, 1964 November 2
Box   3
Folder   18
Questionnaire responses
Box   3
Folder   15
General--current projects
Box   3
Folder   16
Missouri children's picture series
Box   3
Folder   17
Nursing service project
Box   3
Folder   19
Rehabilitation research proposal by Diana Kahan
Box   3
Folder   20
Social service research proposal
Box   3
Folder   21
Social service project on 4th floor patients
Box   3
Folder   22
Thalamic dysfunction
University of Wisconsin research projects
Box   3
Folder   23
Adolescent self-mutilation
Box   3
Folder   24
Development of child care worker rating scale
Box   3
Folder   25
“Family correlates of delinquency”
Box   3
Folder   26
Residency, institutions
Box   3
Folder   27
Resources: social resources in Wisconsin
Box   3
Folder   28
Schools, Madison Public
Box   3
Folder   29
Sex deviate material
Box   3
Folder   30
Social service--general correspondence
Box   3
Folder   31
Speaking engagements, general correspondence
Box   3
Folder   32
Special services department (Dr. Gamsky, director)
Box   3
Folder   33
Symposium on special education
Box   3
Folder   34
Dr. Sheldon, curriculum vitae and other files
Box   3
Folder   35
Third floor planning
Box   3
Folder   36
Travel
Box   3
Folder   37
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), general correspondence
Box   3
Folder   38
HEW hospital improvements project grant
Box   3
Folder   39
Application for HEW public health service grant
Medical school correspondence
Box   3
Folder   40
Field trips for junior students
Box   3
Folder   41
Pediatrics Department
Box   3
Folder   42
Pediatrics residents assigned to WDC
Box   3
Folder   43
University hospitals, general
Box   3
Folder   44-45
Child Psychiatry Department fellowship program, 1956-1965
University of Wisconsin Psychiatry Department correspondence with WDC
Box   4
Folder   1
Child psychiatry residency program, general correspondence
Box   4
Folder   2
Curriculum Committee for 3rd Year Medical Students
Box   4
Folder   3
Curriculum Committee for 4th Year Medical Students
Box   4
Folder   4
General correspondence
Box   4
Folder   5
Nursing course, Occupational therapy and physical therapy programs
Box   4
Folder   6
Residency, joint program with Department of Public Welfare
Box   4
Folder   25
Residents assigned to WDC
Box   4
Folder   26
Student field experience provided by WDC
Box   4
Folder   27
Students' grades, 3rd year medical students at WDC
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   4
Folder   7
Visits and tours at institutions other than the WDC
Box   4
Folder   8
Visits and tours at WDC
Volunteer coordinator
Box   4
Folder   9
General correspondence
Box   4
Folder   10
Volunteer coordinator candidates
Box   4
Folder   11
Monthly reports
Correspondence with other institutions
Box   4
Folder   12
Winnebago State Hospital
Box   4
Folder   13
Wisconsin Association for Mental Health
Box   4
Folder   14
Wisconsin Child Center, Sparta
Box   4
Folder   15
Wisconsin Commission on Aging
Box   4
Folder   16
Wisconsin Council for Mentally Retarded Children
Box   4
Folder   17
Wisconsin State Employees Association
Box   4
Folder   18
Wisconsin Welfare Council
Box   4
Folder   19
Wisconsin Association of Mental Health Clinics, general correspondence, 1967
Box   4
Folder   20
Work progress sheets, 3 West
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   4
Folder   21
Work study program
WDC study manuscripts, Robert E. O'Connor, M.D.
Box   4
Folder   22
“A Study of Preadolescent Firesetters”
Box   4
Folder   23
“Recognizing Emotional Disturbance in the Classroom”
Box   4
Folder   24
Miscellaneous reprints
University of Wisconsin
Education Department correspondence
Box   4
Folder   28
Diagnosis and Remediation Commission
Box   4
Folder   29
Psycho-education clinic
Box   4
Folder   30
School of Education general correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box   4
Folder   31
Extension Division
Box   4
Folder   32
General university correspondence
Box   4
Folder   33
School of Nursing
Box   4
Folder   34
Psychology department
Box   4
Folder   35
School of Social Work
Box   4
Folder   36
Speech department
Box   4
Folder   37
WDC “dedication” invitation list, program, tour plans, 1954
Box   4
Folder   38
Publicity, articles, pictures from newspapers
Box   4
Folder   39
Public relations
Box   4
Folder   40
Legislative Visiting Committee
Box   4
Folder   41
WDC origin, administration, organization chart
Access Restrictions: Restricted per Wis. Stats. 51.30.
Box   4
Folder   42
Wisconsin Legislative Council report
Box   4
Folder   43
WDC program statement, 1966-1967
Box   5
Folder   1
Admissions from clinics, 1961-1965
Box   5
Folder   2
Accommodations
Box   5
Folder   3
Budget, 1954-1963
Box   5
Folder   4
Building program, 1945-1966
Box   5
Folder   5
Clippings, 1952-1957
Box   5
Folder   6
Collective bargaining questionnaire, 1967
General correspondence
Box   5
Folder   7
1963-1967
Box   5
Folder   8
1951-1963
Box   5
Folder   9
Informational data, 1964-1966
Box   5
Folder   10
Monthly reports, 1963-1967
Box   5
Folder   11
Patient newspaper, 1966
Box   5
Folder   12
Referral procedures, 1954-1964
Box   5
Folder   13
Research, 1964
Box   5
Folder   14
Social services reports, 1956-1967