STATE INSTITUTIONS DOCUMENTS: State Institutions by Institution
Fergus Falls to Willmar
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This index contains documents related to specific institutions from Fergus Falls to Willmar. See the Annex for Defective Delinquents to Cambridge, Fergus Falls to Willmar, and Faribault indexes for additional documents related to specific institutions. The general category includes articles and speeches by institution staff, system-wide reports, and, chronologically, other documents relating to the state institutions in general. State Institutions: Future Planning includes individual proposals and reports and documents from joint planning efforts regarding future use of the state institutions. Welsch Documents includes orders in that action in the federal district court and related documents.
| Year | Title | Author/Source | File Name |
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Fergus Falls |
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| 1900 | Excerpts from the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations Governing the Minnesota Hospitals for the Insane | GBP | 00-ERM-GBP.pdf |
| 1965 | Building Commission – Fergus Falls October 20, 1965 | Robert Hoffman, Administrator | 65-BCF-RHA.pdf |
| 1967 | Annual Personnel Report | R. Joseph Lucero | 67-APR-RJL.pdf |
| 1976 | Evaluation of the MR Group Home Project | Marilyn Moen, Dennis Bogen, David Aanes | 76-EMR-MNM.pdf |
| 1982 | Fergus Falls State Hospital: Impact of Additional State Hospital Closures | Department of Public Welfare | 82-FFSH-IS.pdf |
| 1982 | MN Hospital Future: Fergus Falls | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-mn-dpw-mn-hosp-future-fergus.pdf |
| 1984 | Fergus Falls Town Meeting Publicity in Local Newspapers | 84-ddc-fergus-falls-twn-mtg-pub.pdf | |
| 1987 | Correction Order – Fergus Falls | Charles Schultz, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services | 87-COF-CSD.pdf |
Gillette |
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| 1897 | The Duty of the State to Its Indigent Cripple Children | Arthur J. Gillette | 97-DSI-AJG.pdf |
| 1915 | A Chart of Mental Examinations | Maud A. Merrill | 15-CME-MNM.pdf |
| 1915 | Hospital for Cripples and its Patients – A Clinical Study | Arthur J. Gillette | 15-HCP-AJG.pdf |
| 1920 | Minnesota's Work for Crippled Children | Elizabeth McGregor | 20-MWC-ENM.pdf |
| 1926 | A Partial Survey of Children Treated for Infantile Paralysis at Gillette State Hospital | Elizabeth McGregor | 26-PSC-ENM.pdf |
| 1928 | The State's Care of Crippled Children | C.C. Chatterton | 28-SCC-CCC.pdf |
| 1929 | Comments on Admission to Gilette | Elizabeth McGregor | 29-CAG-ENM.pdf |
| 1932 | Ambulatory Apparatus | W.H. Von der Weyer | 32-AMB-WHW.pdf |
| 1932 | Apparatus as Used Pre-Ambulatory | G.A. Williamson | 32-AUP-GAW.pdf |
| 1932 | Demonstration of Surgical Results in Infantile Paralysis of the Lower Extremities | Wallace H. Cole | 32-DSR-WHC.pdf |
| 1932 | General Outline of Treatment, Demonstration of Surgical Methods used for Extremities and Spine and Results | C. C. Chatterton | 32-GOT-CCC.pdf |
| 1932 | History of Gillette State Hospital | Blanch La Du | 32-HGS-BLD.pdf |
| 1932 | Physiotherapy Department – Gillette State Hospital | M. Denny | 32-PDG-MND.pdf |
| 1947 | Shift Away from Polio Patients | Edwin J. Simons | 47-SAP-EJS.pdf |
| 1998 | We Hold This Treasure: The Story of Gillette Children's Hospital | Steven E. Koop, MD | 98-SGH-WHT.pdf |
Gillette: Superintendent's Biennial Reports |
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| 1908 | Superintendent's Report | Arthur B. Ancker | 08-SUP-ABA.pdf |
| 1909 | Superintendent's Report | Arthur B. Ancker | 09-SUP-ABA.pdf |
| 1912 | Superintendent's Report | Arthur J. Gillette | 12-SUP-AJG.pdf |
| 1914 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 14-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1916 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 16-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1922 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 22-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1924 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 24-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1926 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 26-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1928 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 28-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1930 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 30-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1932 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 32-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1934 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 34-SUP-JMM.pdf |
| 1936 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 36-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1938 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 38-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1940 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 40-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1942 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 42-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1944 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 44-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1946 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 46-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1948 | Superintendent's Report | Elizabeth McGregor | 48-SUP-ENM.pdf |
| 1950 | Superintendent's Report | Jean D. Conklin | 50-SUP-JDC.pdf |
| 1952 | Superintendent's Report | Jean D. Conklin | 52-SUP-JDC.pdf |
Hastings |
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| 1900 | Excerpts from the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations Governing the Minnesota Hospitals for the Insane | GBP | 00-ERM-GBP.pdf |
| 1952 | Report of the Superintendent of the Minnesota School and Colony | E.J. Engberg | 52-SUP-EJE.pdf |
| 1965 | Hastings Question: Building Program | David J. Vail M.D., Medical Director, Department of Public Welfare | 65-HQB-DJV.pdf |
| 1965 | Hastings State Hospital Utilization Committee, September 30, 1965 | David J. Vail M.D., Medical Director, Department of Public Welfare | 65-HSH-DJV.pdf |
| 1965 | Hastings State Hospital Utilization Committee, October 6, 1965 | John R. Malban, Administrator, Department of Public Welfare | 65-HSH-JRM.pdf |
| 1965 | Hastings State Hospital Utilization Meeting, November 4, 1965 | Sheldon, R. Schneider | 65-HSH-SRS.pdf |
| 1965 | Study of Hastings State Hospital | David J. Vail M.D., Medical Director, Department of Public Welfare | 65-SHS-DJV.pdf |
| 1966 | Legislative Building Commission Meeting: Hastings State Hospital | Legislative Building Commission | 66-LBC-LBC.pdf |
| 1967 | Converting Hastings State Hospital into an Institution for the Mentally Retarded | John R. Malban, Administrator, Department of Public Welfare | 67-CHS-JRM.pdf |
| 1976 | A Plan for Ceasing Operations at Hastings State Hospital | MN Department of Public Welfare | 76-mn-dpw-ceasing-op-hastings.pdf |
| 1976 | Report to the 1976 Minnesota Legislature | Department of Public Welfare | 76-RTT-DPW.pdf |
| 1980 | Impact of Closure of Hastings State Hospital | Gordon Olson | 80-olson-impact-closure-hastings.pdf |
Lake Owasso |
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| 1956 | Juvenile Court Issues (May 23, 1956) | E.J. Engberg | 56-JCI-EJE.pdf |
| 1956 | Sauk Centre Children's Home and Lake Owassso Children's Home (Feb 27, 1956) | E. J. Engberg | 56-SCC-EJE.pdf |
| 1962 | Legislative Building Commission Meeting: Cambridge State School and Hospital (Lake Owasso Children's Home) | Legislative Building Commission | 62-LBC-LOR.pdf |
Moose Lake |
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| 1965 | Legislative Building Commission Meeting: Moose Lake State School and Hospital | Legislative Building Commission | 65-LBC-MLH.pdf |
| 1966 | Minutes of Cambridge-Moose Lake Project Committee | Department of Public Welfare | 65-MCM-DPW.pdf |
| 1981 | Impact of Additional State Hospital Closures: Report from Moose Lake State Hospital | Minnesota State Planning Agency | 81-MLH-IAS.pdf |
| 1982 | MN Hospital Future: Moose Lake | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-mn-dpw-mn-hosp-future-mooselk.pdf |
| 1984 | Moose Lake Town Meeting Publicity in Local Newspapers | 84-ddc-moose-lake-twn-mtg-pub.pdf | |
| 1984 | Moose Lake Town Meeting Transcript | Minnesota State Planning Agency | 84-ddc-moose-lk-twn-mtg.pdf |
| 1987 | Correction Order – Moose Lake | William T. Fink, Ph. D., Division of Licensing | 87-COM-WTF.pdf |
Owatonna |
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| 1914 | Two Hundred and Fifty State Public School Children Measured by the Binet-Simon Scale of Intelligence | Maud A. Merrill | 14-THF-MAM.pdf |
| 1945 | Schedule for New Institution | M.R. Vevle | 45-SNI-MRV.pdf |
| 1945 | Transfer of Residents to Owatonna | Mildred Thomson | 45-TRO-MNT.pdf |
| 1946 | Superintendent's Report | M.R. Vevle | 46-SUP-MRV.pdf |
| 1948 | A Report on the Organization of a School | M.R. Vevle | 48-ROS-MRV.pdf |
| 1948 | Sterilization for Residents Leaving Owatonna | Mildred Thomson | 48-SRL-MNT.pdf |
| 1948 | Superintendent's Report | M.R. Vevle | 48-SUP-MRV.pdf |
| 1950 | Superintendent's Report | C.M. Henderson | 50-SUP-CMH.pdf |
| 1952 | Superintendent's Report | C.M. Henderson | 52-SUP-CMH.pdf |
| 1954 | Comments and Recommendation: Owatonna State School | Dr. Harlan L. Paine, M.D. | 54-CRO-Paine.pdf |
| 1962 | Visit to Owatonna and Faribault Institutions | Gerald F. Walsh, Executive Director, MARC | 62-VOF-GFW.pdf |
| 1964 | Summary Report on Special Project A Study of the Effectiveness of the Program at the Owatonna State School as Determined by the Community Adjustment of Placements | Harry Halliday, Instructional Supervisor and Albert C. Mahling, Special Teacher, Owatonna State School | 64-SRS-HHI.pdf |
| 1965 | 1965 Legislation | David J. Vail, M.D. Medical Director, Minnesota Department of Public Welfare | 65-LEG-DJV.pdf |
| 1966 | Excerpt From Legislative Building Commission Meeting Minutes – Visit to Owatonna State School and Hospital | Legislative Building Commission | 66-EFL-LBC.pdf |
| 1967 | MDTA Service Worker Classes – 1966-67 | Berle F. Bowen, Manpower Coordinator | 67-MDTA-BFB.pdf |
| 1969 | Closing of Owatonna State School - Interim Report | Ardo Wrobel | 69-COS-AMW.pdf |
| 1970 | Program Planning Report: Minnesota Learning Center | MN Department of Public Welfare and MN Department of Education | 70-PPR-MDP.pdf |
| 1971 | Closure of Owatonna State School – Follow-up Study | MN Department of Public Welfare, Shirley Bengston | 71-mn-dpw-bengtson-closure-owatonna.pdf |
| 2004 | Minnesota State Orphanage in Owatonna Operated for 60 Years | M.K. Watson | 04-MSO-MKW.pdf |
| 2017 | Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children - The Owatonna State School |
Erica Vetsch – Heroes, Heroines, History Blog | 17-vetch-owatonna.pdf |
| 2017 | They Were Called State Schoolers | Owatonna MN State Public School Home -http://www.orphanagemuseum.com/ | 17-owatonna-museum.pdf |
Rochester |
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| 1900 | Excerpts from the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations Governing the Minnesota Hospitals for the Insane | GBP | 00-ERM-GBP.pdf |
| 1968 | Proposal for Rochester State Hospital | David J. Vail, M.D. | 68-PRS-DJV.pdf |
| 1981 | Appraisal of Rochester State Hospital | Cushman Appraisal Company | 81-apraisal-roch-st-hosp.pdf |
| 1981 | Department of Public Welfare Time Table: Closure of Rochester State Hospital | MN Department of Public Welfare | 81-DPW-RSH.pdf |
| 1982 | Closure Impact on Staff at Rochester State Hospital | Julie Chamberlin, Department of Public Welfare | 82-chamberlin-closure-impact-roch.pdf |
| 1982 | Study and Recommendations: Governor's Task Force on Use and Disposition of the Rochester State Hospital Site | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-DPW-SAR.pdf |
| 1982 | Use & Disposition of Rochester State Hospital: Building and Site Report | Governor's Task Force | 82-gov-taskforce-roch-bldng-site.pdf |
| 1982 | Use & Disposition of Rochester State Hospital 3: Financial Implications of Closure | Governor's Task Force | 82-gov-taskforce-roch-financial-imp.pdf |
| 1982 | On the Use & Disposition of Rochester State Hospital 2: Provider Survey Report | Governor's Task Force | 82-gov-taskforce-roch-provider-svy.pdf |
| 1982 | Rochester State Hospital | Governor's Task Force | 82-gov-task-force-roch-st-hosp.pdf |
| 1982 | Economic Impact of Closing Rochester State Hospital | Mary Rieder | 82-rieder-econ-imp-closing-roch.pdf |
| 1982 | Closure Of Rochester State Hospital | Robert Rosenthal | 82-rosenthal-closure-roch-hosp.pdf |
| 1982 | Impact Study – Closure Willmar State Hospital | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-WSH-ISC.pdf |
Sandstone |
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| 1956 | Sandstone State Hospital (November 1, 1956) | MN Dept. of Public Welfare | 56-SSH-DPW.pdf |
Sauk Centre |
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| 1954 | The Sauk Center Home for Children | Dr. Harlan L. Paine, M.D. | 54-TSC-Paine.pdf |
Shakopee |
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| 1966 | Shakopee Home for Children | David J. Vail, M.D. | 66-SHC-DJV.pdf |
St. Peter |
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Introduction – St. Peter State Hospital Documents The first persons with developmental disabilities in Minnesota who were sent to a state institution were sent as children to the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane at St. Peter. From the time that institution opened in 1866 through November 31, 1879 there were 56 persons admitted, most of them children, who were labeled "idiots" or "imbeciles." A few of these children were sent home or, as was done to a girl in 1868, carried back to the county they came from on the basis they were not fit subjects for an insane asylum. In his annual reports in 1869 and 1875 the Superintendent objected to the practice of committing these children to the institution. His report and statements by the Superintendent of the School for the Deaf and by the State Board of Health prompted the Legislature to appoint a commission to examine the patients there and to determine whether they were appropriately placed. Minnesota Laws 1877, chapter 42. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/data/revisor/law/1877/0/1877-042.pdf That commission identified 70 persons who should be sent back to their home counties, including adults who did not require treatment as well as children variously described as idiots, imbeciles, or feebleminded. Most of these persons were not actually removed from the institution, for the Legislature did not require that action for counties "where the crops have been seriously damaged or destroyed by grasshoppers, until one year after the grasshoppers shall have disappeared from such counties" and permitted counties which had "no proper facilities for the care of such weak minded or demented patients" to keep these persons in the institution at county expense. The Commission further recommended that a separate school be established for the "feebleminded" children. In 1879, the Legislature appointed a second commission to identify the children who should be sent to a new school to be established at Faribault. Minnesota Laws 1879 chapter 31. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/data/revisor/law/1879/0/1879-031.pdf That Commission identified 14 children, who were transferred to the new school on July 25, 1879. Six more children were sent from the Hospital for the Insane to the Faribault school later that year. Records of persons admitted to the Hospital for the Insane at St. Peter from 1866 through 1881 are in the St. Peter Casebooks in boxes 108.I.18.1B-1, 108.I.18.1B-2, 108.I.18.2F-1, and 108.I.18.2F at the Minnesota Historical Society. In 1968 the Minnesota Valley Social Adaptation Center, a unit for persons with developmental disabilities, was established as part of St. Peter State Hospital and continued until 1997. The documents in With an Eye to the Past are, generally, limited to those from prior to 1881 and after 1968. |
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| 1867 | By-Laws, Rules and Regulations | Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | 67-BLR-MHI.pdf |
| 1867 | First Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 67-FAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1868 | Second Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 68-SAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1869 | Third Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 69-TAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1870 | Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 70-FAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1871 | Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 71-FAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1872 | Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 72-SAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1873 | First Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota | State Board of Health of Minnesota | 73-FAR-SBH.pdf |
| 1873 | Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 73-SAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1874 | Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 74-EAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1874 | Second Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota | State Board of Health of Minnesota | 74-SAR-SBH.pdf |
| 1875 | Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 75-NAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1875 | Third Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota | State Board of Health of Minnesota | 75-TAR-SBH.pdf |
| 1876 | Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 76-TAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1877 | Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 77-EAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1878 | Report of the Commission to Examine the Patients in the Hospital for the Insane at St Peter | Charles N. Hewitt | 78-RCE-CNH.pdf |
| 1878 | Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 78-TAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1879 | Reply of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | 79-RBT-BTI.pdf |
| 1879 | Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 79-TAR-CKB.pdf |
| 1893 | Brief History of the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane | Cyrus K. Bartlett | 93-BHM-CKB.pdf |
| 1900 | Excerpts from the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations Governing the Minnesota Hospitals for the Insane | GBP | 00-ERM-GBP.pdf |
| 1901 | Dietary Practices at St. Peter State Hospital | H.A. Tomlinson | 01-DPS-HAT.pdf |
| 1961 | St. Peter State Hospital | Elizabeth Seaquist | 61-SPS-ENS.pdf |
| 1981 | St. Peter Regional Treatment Center | MN Department of Public Welfare | 81-DHS-SPRT.pdf |
| 1982 | MN Hospital Future: St. Peter | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-mn-dpw-mn-hosp-future-stpeter.pdf |
| 1984 | St. Peter Town Meeting Transcript | Minnesota State Planning Agency | 84-ddc-st-peter-twn-mtg.pdf |
| 1984 | St. Peter Town Meeting Publicity in Local Newspapers | 84-ddc-st-peter-twn-mtg-pub.pdf | |
| 1986 | Report on Therapeutic Services at Three State Facilities in Minnesota: Faribault, St. Peter, & Willmar | Lee E. Phillips | 86-RTS-LEP.pdf |
| 1987 | Correction Order – St Peter Regional Treatment Center | William T. Fink, Ph. D., Division of Licensing | 87-COS-WTF.pdf |
| 1992 | Minnesota History: The Quarterly of the Minnesota Historical Society | Minnesota Historical Society | 92-MNH-TQH.pdf |
Willmar |
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| 1967 | Confidential Report on Visit to Willmar State Hospital (8-18-67) | Russell Barton | 67-WSH-RNB.pdf |
| 1982 | MN Hospital Future: Willmar | MN Department of Public Welfare | 82-mn-dpw-mn-hosp-future-willmar.pdf |
| 1984 | Willmar Town Meeting Publicity in Local Newspapers | 84-ddc-willmar-town-mtg-pub.pdf | |
| 1984 | Willmar Town Meeting Transcript | Minnesota State Planning Agency | 84-ddc-willmar-twn-mtg.pdf |
| 1986 | Report on Therapeutic Services at Three State Facilities in Minnesota: Faribault, St. Peter, & Willmar | Lee E. Phillips | 86-RTS-LEP.pdf |
| 1987 | Willmar: Historical Review Commemorating A Tradition of Specialty Health Services | MN Department of Human Services | 87-DHS-WRT.pdf |