Warm Springs State Hospital records, 1877-1973

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Warm Springs State Hospital
Title
Warm Springs State Hospital records
Dates
1877-1973 (inclusive)
Quantity
17.8 linear feet
Collection Number
RS 495 (Formerly RS 199)
Summary
This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Montana State Hospital formerly operated under the Department of Institutions. In 1995, oversight of the Montana State Hospital was transferred to DPHHS. This collection includes materials related to the Warm Springs State Hospital in Warm Springs, Montana and its governing body, the Montana State Board of Commissioners for the Insane, from 1877 to 1973. The hospital operated under a variety of names including Mitchell and Mussigbrod, Insane Asylum of the State of Montana, Montana State Hospital for the Insane, Montana State Insane Asylum, Montana State Hospital, and Warm Springs State Hospital. The Hospital records include patient registers, dockets, the history of the hospital, scrapbooks, correspondence, financial records, and legal documents. The Board records are primarily correspondence, meeting minutes, and physicians certificates. RESTRICTION: Patient records are confidential and privileged (M.C.A. 53-21-166), but may be used for research under the administrative rule adopted by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Contact the Montana Historical Society Archives for details.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

The majority of this collection is restricted and requires special permission for access. Patient records are confidential and privileged (M.C.A. 53-21-166), but may be used for research under the administrative rule adopted by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Contact the Montana Historical Society Archives for additional information.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In 1869, the 6th Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly passed a law authorizing an official territorial insane asylum to be owned and managed on a contract basis by private parties. A board of commissioners was established with one representative from each judicial district to oversee the asylum, establish rules for its operation, and perform periodic inspections. Until 1877, St. John's Hospital in Helena served as the territorial asylum. By 1874, it was accepting sufficient numbers of patients committed by Governor Benjamin Potts to require the construction of a separate building behind the main hospital.

In 1877, Dr. Armistead H. Mitchell (1831-1898) and Dr. Charles F. Mussigbrod (d.1893), owners of a hotel and spa at Warm Springs, Montana, were awarded the contract for the care of the territory's mental patients. By 1886, the partners had expanded their operation from 160 acres to 1,640 acres and from 2 buildings to 32 buildings, including a larger hotel, a house for convalescents, a separate building for violent patients, a large plunge pool, a laundry, storehouses, ice houses, and many other outbuildings. From 1891 to 1907, the hospital was run by Dr. O.Y. Warren, who was in turn succeeded by Dr. J.M. Scanland, son-in-law of Dr. Armistead H. Mitchell. Under private operation, the asylum continued to operate the hotel and run a large farm, specializing in pedigreed cattle.

In 1910, a constitutional amendment was passed allowing the state to acquire the asylum. On December 1, 1912, the Warm Springs hospital became a state institution. Dr. Scanland continued as superintendent. In 1917, the governor appointed a special commission to investigate charges of gross mismanagement and corruption at the hospital. The hospital management was exonerated of all charges. Gradually, under state operation, the emphasis changed from a custodial asylum to a hospital, as more modern procedures were adopted, but efforts were hampered by low funding. Care costs in 1938 of $.60 per day per patient were the lowest in the nation. As concepts of treatment of mental patients changed, the average patient load dropped dramatically from a high of over 1,900 in the early 1950s to 1,112 in 1972. Numbers of admissions per year were higher, but average length of stay was much shorter. The hospital operated under a variety of names including Mitchell and Mussigbrod, Insane Asylum of the State of Montana, Montana State Hospital for the Insane, Montana State Insane Asylum, Montana State Hospital, and Warm Springs State Hospital.

The Montana State Hospital formerly operated under the Department of Institutions. In 1995, after the Department of Institutions was renamed Department of Corrections, the oversight of the Montana State Hospital was transferred to the Department of Public Health and Human Services.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of two subgroups. Records of the Warm Springs State Hospital include: patient registers (1877-1963); dockets for two separate investigations of Warm Springs (1917); a history of the hospital written by a hospital employee (1972); two scrapbooks of clippings and other materials about the state acquisition of the hospital from 1910 to 1912; correspondence; financial records; and legal documents. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Insane consist of: minute books (1891-1962); physicians certificates for commitment of patients (1905-1962); contracts for care of patients (1894-1908); miscellaneous correspondence; financial records; and court papers.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

[Item description and date]. Warm Springs State Hospital records, 1877-1973. RS 199. [box and folder number or volume number]. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by series within subgroups.

Location of Collection

29:1-1; Oversize Boxes 35:3-5; Volumes 123:1-1; Oversize Folder in Archives Mapcase

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

Ellie Arguimbau processed the collection in 1987.

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 495, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 495. Rather than reprocessing over 60 linear feet of DPHHS materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Separated Materials

Patient case files (1890-1973) are also part of this collection. Case files are covered by confidentiality laws, so restrictions apply. Researchers who would like to view these files must review the "Access Restrictions" and consult the Montana Historical Society Archives for additional information.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Warm Springs State HospitalReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Dockets
Box/Folder
1/1
In the matter of the investigation of the Montana State Hospital for the Insane at Warm Springs, Montana
1917
1/2
Report and recommendations of Investigation Committee to investigate Montana State Hospital for the Insane
1917
1/3
In the matter of the investigation of alleged starvation and abuse [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1917
Financial Records
Box/Folder
1/4
Cash book [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
April 1907-February 1922
1/10
Insurance policies on buildings under construction
1912-1920
1/11
Insurance policies on general property
1913-1921
1/14
Report of accountant of Montana State Hospital
1915
1/12
Insurance policies on hay crop
1917-1920
1/9
Collections received at Montana State Hospital [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1924
1/5
Collections made by the Montana State Hospital for the care and maintenance of non-indigent patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1946-1949
1/6
Collections made by the Montana State Hospital for the care and maintenance of non-indigent patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1950-1952
Oversize
OS Box 1
Detail ledger
1951-1963
Box/Folder
1/7
Collections made by the Montana State Hospital for the care and maintenance of non-indigent patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1953-1954
1/8
Collections made by the Montana State Hospital for the care and maintenance of non-indigent patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1955-1956
Volume
16
Detail ledger
1959-1962
15
General ledger
July 1963-June 1971
17
Detail ledger
July 1963-June 1971
Box/Folder
1/13
Inventory of property
1967
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
1/18
Sheriff’s deed: Phil E. Evans Estate
1891
1/15
Abstract of title for mining claims
1895
1/17
Official bond on Joseph T. Ridinger, steward
1917
1/16
Agreement with School District 4
1923
Reports
Box/Folder
1/21
Annual report to the Board of Commissioners for the Insane [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907
1/22
Annual report to the Board of Commissioners for the Insane
1913-1914
Miscellaneous
Oversize-folder
OS 1
Blueprints and drawings of building (includes superintendent's house, cottages, pool, women's buildings, store building, employees' recreation hall, tunnel system, bridge for Warm Springs Creek, etc.)
undated
Box/Folder
1/19
List of maps transferred to the Library
undated
1/20
List of photographs transferred to the Photo Archives (includes a photograph inventory of Warm Springs Buildings, 1945-1949)
undated
3/1
Specifications for hot water heating plant
1908
2/2
Copies of laws pertaining to mental cases (also includes a brief history of the hospital and statistics)
1921
Volume
73
Montana State Fair Exhibit
September 23-27, 1924
Box/Folder
2/3
Death of Rev. James F. McNamee [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 10, 1929
2/16
Per capita expenditures per resident patients (graph comparing Montana with other Rocky Mountain states)
1950-1962
3/8
Survey of state controlled land and improvements (at Warm Springs)
1961
2/5
Floor Plans of Warm Springs State Hospital buildings
1962
2/6
History of Warm Springs State Hospital, 1875-1973 by Richard E. Faestill
1972
Detailed Patient Information
Volume
1
Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1891-1905
2
Index to descriptive list of patients received (Volume 1) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1891-1905
22
Case Book 1, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
April 6,1896-September 9, 1896
23
Case Book 2, Descriptive list of patients received with case numbers [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1896
24
Case Book 3, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
October 7,1896-August 8, 1898
46
Patient Record Book G2, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1896-1903 and 1908-1909
25
Case Book 4, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
August 15, 1898-September 7, 1899
26
Case Book 5, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
September 18, 1899-January 17, 1901
27
Case Book 6, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 18, 1901-May 8, 1902
28
Case Book 7, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 12, 1902-September 10, 1903
29
Case Book 8, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
September 10, 1903-February 8, 1905
47
Patient Record Book G3, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1903-1907
30
Case Book 9, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
February 8, 1905-April 5, 1906
3
Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1921
Box/Folder
2/4
Index to descriptive list of patients received (Volume 3) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1921
2/9
Patient data cards, Aa-Ai [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/10
Patient data cards, Ak-Al [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/11
Patient data cards, Am-An [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/12
Patient data cards, An-Ar [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/13
Patient data cards, As-Bah [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/14
Patient data cards, Bai-Bak [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
2/15
Patient data cards, Bal-Bar [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1963
Volume
31
Case Book 10, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
April 10, 1906-June 19, 1907
32
Case Book 11, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
June 19, 1907-April 10, 1908
48
Patient Record Book G4, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1908
49
Patient Record Book G5, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1908
33
Case Book 12, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
April 10, 1908-March 4, 1909
50
Patient Record Book G6, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 6, 1909-June 20, 1909
34
Case Book 13, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 8, 1909-March 22, 1910
51
Patient Record Book G7, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
June 30, 1909-December 29, 1909
52
Patient Record Book G8, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 6, 1910-April 29, 1910
35
Case Book 14, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 25, 1910-November 24, 1910
53
Patient Record Book G9, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 1, 1910-August 29, 1910
54
Patient Record Book G10, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
September 1, 1910-December 28, 1910
36
Case Book 15, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
November 29, 1910-October 1, 1911
55
Patient Record Book G11, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 6, 1911-April 29, 1911
56
Patient Record Book G12, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 1, 1911-July 15, 1911
57
Patient Record Book G13, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 19, 1911-December 31, 1911
37
Case Book 16, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
October 2, 1911-June 8, 1912
58
Patient Record Book G14, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 3, 1912-March 29, 1912
59
Patient Record Book G15, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 10, 1912-June 28, 1912
38
Case Book 17, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
June 8, 1912-February 21, 1913
60
Patient Record Book G16, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 2, 1912-September 24, 1912
61
Patient Record Book G17, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
October 1, 1912-December 27, 1912
62
Patient Record Book G18, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 2, 1913-February 21, 1913
39
Case Book 18, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 4, 1913-October 17, 1913
63
Patient Record Book G19, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 7, 1913-April 24, 1913
64
Patient Record Book G20, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 1, 1913-June 29, 1913
65
Patient Record Book G21, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 2, 1913-August 26, 1913
66
Patient Record Book G22, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
September 3, 1913-October 8, 1913
40
Case Book 19, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
October 18, 1913-June 3, 1914
67
Patient Record Book G23, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
November 1, 1913-December 27, 1913
68
Patient Record Book G24, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 3, 1914-February 27, 1914
69
Patient Record Book G25, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 1914-April 1914
70
Patient Record Book G26, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 1914-June 1914
41
Case Book 20, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
June 3, 1914-February 3, 1915
71
Patient Record Book G27, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 1914-October 1914
72
Patient Record Book G28, Patients including statistical data and clinical notes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
November 1914-December 1914
42
Case Book 21, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
February 3, 1915-July 9, 1915
43
Case Book 22, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 10, 1915-December 31, 1915
44
Case Book 23, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 31, 1915-June 24, 1916
45
Case Book 24, Descriptive list of patients received [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
June 28, 1916-September 18, 1916
Patients Received, Discharged, and Statistics
Box/Folder
2/20
Register of patients, A-Z [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1877-1887
Volume
20
Register of patients listed by date received, also includes list of first 10 patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1877-1906
19
Alphabetical listing of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1877-1919
10
Record of insane patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1890-1916
9
Record of insane patients (alphabetical list of patients including type of illness, chance of recovery) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1892-1900
Box/Folder
2/17
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 1893-November 1899
Volume
7
Record of patients discharged [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 1899-May 1901
8
Index to record of patients discharged [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 1899-May 1901
Box/Folder
2/18
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 1899-October 1910
1/23
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1905-1906
1/24
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1906-1907
1/25
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1909
Volume
11
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1917
Box/Folder
1/26
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1912
Volume
4
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
November 1910-December 1932
Box/Folder
5/4
Record of patient deaths and escapes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1912-1921
1/27
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1913-1915
5/1
Record of patients admitted [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1914-1923
5/2
Record of patient deaths [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1914-1923
5/3
Record of patients discharged [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1914-1923
5/5
Record of patients paroled and deported [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1914-1923
2/1
Applications for release of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1915-1916
Volume
21
Alphabetical listing of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1919-1932
Box/Folder
2/7
List of patients, A-Z [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
July 28, 1921
3/2
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1921-1959
Oversize
OS Box 2
Population Record [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1922-1940
Volume
5
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 1933-April 1958
18
Population record (includes dates patient was received, paroled, escaped from, and was discharged; name; residence; age; nativity; length of residence in state; occupation; marital status; number of children; name and address of guardian, parents, or relatives; and number of males and females currently committed to the hospital) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1940-1945
Box/Folder
3/3
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1944-1947
3/4
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1948-1950
3/5
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1951-1953
2/8
List of patients returned from out of state [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1953-1960
3/6
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1954-1956
3/7
Statistics on patient population [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1957-1959
Volume
6
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
May 1958-May 1960
Box/Folder
2/19
Record of insane patients (daily register of patients received and discharged; material removed from the Volume 6 Case Book) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1960-1962
Clippings
Volume
12
Scrapbook
1910-1912
13
Scrapbook
1912-1914
Box/Folder
3/9
Clippings
1928

Board of Commissioners for the InsaneReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
3/18
Paroles and payment for care of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1903
3/15
Letters received from and concerning insane patients, B-Z [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1903-1916
3/20
Miscellaneous, Correspondence [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1920
3/14
Inquiry in the escape of a patient [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910
3/17
Katherine O'Keefe (complaint against the Insane Asylum)
1910
3/12
Attorney General Albert Galen (commitments by doctors of osteopathy) [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1911
3/13
Governors of other states (cooperation in care and maintenance of nonresident insane persons)
1913-1914
3/19
U. S. Indian Service [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1913-1915
3/16
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
1916
3/11
District courts [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1916-1917
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
3/23
Contracts for care, custody, maintenance, and treatment of insane (includes rules and regulations of asylum, 1894)
1894-1900
3/24
Contracts for care, custody, maintenance, and treatment of insane
1904-1908
3/10
In matter of the death of a patient [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909
3/22
Call for bids for care and maintenance of indigent insane
1910
3/25
Laundry bid and contract
1913
Minutes
Volume
14
Minutes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1891-1908
Box/Folder
3/27
Minutes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
March 1908-November 1923
3/28
Minutes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
November 1923-December 1939
3/29
Minutes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
January 1940-October 1951
3/30
Minutes [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
December 1958-March 1962
Physician Certificates
Box/Folder
3/31
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, A [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1919
3/32
Physicians certificates for commitment of patient with correspondence; court transcript, clinical notes, Ba [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1916-1919
3/33
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Ba-Be [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1919
3/34
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Bi-Bu [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1919
3/35
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, C [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1919
4/1
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Da-Di [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1900-1921
4/2
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Do-Dy [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1930
4/3
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, E-G [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1906-1921
4/4
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Ha-He [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910-1922
4/5
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Hi-Hy [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1906-1923
4/6
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, I-J [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1921
4/7
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, K [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1908-1924
4/8
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, La-Le [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1904-1924
4/9
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Li-Ly [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910-1925
4/10
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, McF [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910-1919
4/11
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Mc [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1921
4/12
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Ma-Me [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910-1921
4/13
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Mi-Mu [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1921
4/14
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, N [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1906-1921
4/15
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, O [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1923
4/16
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Pa-Pi [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1921
4/17
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Po-Q [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1906-1921
4/18
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Ra-Rh [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1921
4/19
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Ri-Ry [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1926
4/20
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Sa-Se [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1900-1921, 1942
4/21
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Sh-Sn [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1922
4/22
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, So-Ste [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1909-1932
4/23
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, Sti-Sw [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1910-1925
4/24
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, T-V [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1907-1921
4/25
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients with correspondence; collections for care of non-indigent patients, W-Z [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1908-1928
4/26
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients; collections for care of non-indigent patients, A-F [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1956-1961
4/27
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients; collections for care of non-indigent patients, G-L [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1956-1961
4/28
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients; collections for care of non-indigent patients, M-R [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1956-1962
4/29
Physicians certificates for commitment of patients; collections for care of non-indigent patients, S-Z [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1956-1961
Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
3/21
Moneys received for care of patients [RESTRICTED: CONTACT ARCHIVES FOR DETAILS]
1913-1915
3/26
List of maps transferred to the MHS Library
undated

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Subject Terms

  • Alcoholism--Montana.
  • Drug abuse--Montana.
  • Mental illness--Montana.
  • Psychiatric hospitals--Montana.
  • Public hospitals--Montana.

Geographical Names

  • Warm Springs (Mont.)