Commitment and Guardianship of Lydia B. Angier, 1896–1907
Bibliography
Manuscripts and State Archives Collections
Author’s note: Of the letters Angier wrote, most were filed by the Rochester State Hospital Superintendent’s Office; they are also in the papers of William Watts Folwell (a member of the Board of Corrections and Charities) and in the correspondence of W. A. Gates preserved in the letters of the State Board for Corrections and Charities, both at the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS). Gates’ work for Corrections and Charities focused on investigating people who might be deported to their home states or countries. J. F. Jackson eventually became Secretary of Corrections and Charities. A letter from Jackson to Folwell written on June 8, 1899, states that Angier had written to Minnesota Governor John Lind. While J. F. Jackson occasionally appears as a correspondent of Governor Lind, there is no such entry among Lind’s governor’s correspondence (on microfilm at MNHS) on this date.
113.H.1.4F-1
Casebooks, 1890–1904
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Personal and medical histories of each patient admitted to the hospital with updates during their stay. Lydia B. Angier’s case number is 2525 in Volume 12, File nos. 2335–2633, October 1898–April 1899.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00352.xml
123.F.15.1B
Commitment papers, 1890-1967
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Lydia B. Angier’s file number is 2525. See Box H, File nos. 2520-2697.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01092.xml
105.G.3.3B
Patient records, 1890–1981
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: See the indexes of cemeteries 1, 2, and 3, August 28, 1890–September 4, 1968. Angier’s first name appears incorrectly as “Lvoria.” The date of that transcription is unknown.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00750.xml
113.H.2.3F-2
Statistical records, 1890–1992
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Records (1890–1967) containing such information as admission date, patient’s name and residence, length of time in state, prior hospitalizations, and other information. Information about patients transferred to Fergus Falls State Hospital on February 14, 1899, from Rochester State Hospital begin with Fergus Falls case number 2323 and end several pages later with case number 2572 is in Volume 2, file nos. 1523–3094, August 1896–July 1900. Lydia B. Angier’s Fergus Falls case number is 2525.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01098.xml
P335
William Watts Folwell and family papers, 1769–1950
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Folwell’s correspondence related to the Board of Corrections and Charities, both undated and from April 1895 to July 1902, provides information about the inner workings of the board in that time period. See box 23.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00880.xml
114.B.20.6F
Patient casebooks, 1879–1903
Rochester State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Personal and medical histories of each patient admitted to the hospital. Lydia B. Angier is case number 4577 in Volume No. 30, Women, October 22, 1895–November 2, 1896. See also the record for Anna Salzer (case no. 4792) in Volume No. 34, Women, December 15, 1896–September 24, 1897 (114.B.20.7B).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01024.xml
114.B.15.4(F)
Superintendent’s Office correspondence, 1885–1961
Rochester State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Correspondence concerning hospital administration and facilities, patients, medical matters, relations with other hospitals and with supervisory agencies, nurses’ training, deaths and discharges, supplies and equipment, personnel, and the superintendent’s professional affiliation. The bulk of Lydia B. Angier’s letters are filed with other patient letters, in the “letters received” section. Angier’s letters are in a folder labeled “Selection of interesting patient letters.” The box is otherwise unarranged.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01029.xml
109.I.6.8F
Letters received, 1897–1900
State Board of Corrections and Charities
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Letters received by W. A. Gates, agent for the board in matters relating to the determination of residence (and thus, liability for payment for the support) of indigent or insane residents of Minnesota. Letters from Lydia B. Angier to Mr. Gates are in folder A.
120.A.2.4F
Published records, 1886–1901
State Board of Corrections and Charities
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Published records, including the Minnesota Bulletin of the Board of Corrections and Charities, which describe the work of the board, its employees, and members. The March 1898 edition (vol. 11, no. 4) contains a sketch of Secretary James F. Jackson, including his prior work with the Associated Charities of St. Paul. This volume is in a bound book of Minnesota Bulletins containing quarterly circulars and the Minnesota Bulletin of Corrections and Charities, nos. 35–52.
General
“Angier, Lydia B.” R. L. Polk and Co.’s St. Paul City Directory. St. Paul: R. L. Polk and Company, 1886.
[Cartoon]. St. Paul Daily Globe, January 12, 1896.
“Field of Politics.” St. Paul Daily Globe, January 12, 1896.
Lydia B. Angier death certificate, 1907-54-929 (microfilm). Otter Tail County. Minnesota Historical Society library, St. Paul.
“Lydia B. Angier, Insane.” File no. 3893, October 8, 1886. Probate records, file nos. 3816–2904. District and Probate Courts. Minnesota, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1801–1925. Ancestry.com.
“Mathisen, Olaves.” R. L. Polk and Co.’s St. Paul City Directory. St. Paul: R. L. Polk and Company, 1886.
“Minor Suits.” St. Paul Daily Globe, May 24, 1895.
“Mrs. Remmeter' [sic] Guardian. Her Brother-in-Law, Mathias Ross, Is Named.” St. Paul Globe, February 3, 1897.
SAM 54 [microfilm]. Roll 7, volume 14, May 18–August 8, 1899. Minnesota Governor. Letters Sent: letterpress, 1889–1916. Lind. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017102660104294
“Will Be Cared For.” St. Paul Globe, November 14, 1896.
"Will Drop Wilson." St. Paul Daily Globe, February 14, 1896.
Chronology
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1896
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1897
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1899
1899
1907
1907
Bibliography
Manuscripts and State Archives Collections
Author’s note: Of the letters Angier wrote, most were filed by the Rochester State Hospital Superintendent’s Office; they are also in the papers of William Watts Folwell (a member of the Board of Corrections and Charities) and in the correspondence of W. A. Gates preserved in the letters of the State Board for Corrections and Charities, both at the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS). Gates’ work for Corrections and Charities focused on investigating people who might be deported to their home states or countries. J. F. Jackson eventually became Secretary of Corrections and Charities. A letter from Jackson to Folwell written on June 8, 1899, states that Angier had written to Minnesota Governor John Lind. While J. F. Jackson occasionally appears as a correspondent of Governor Lind, there is no such entry among Lind’s governor’s correspondence (on microfilm at MNHS) on this date.
113.H.1.4F-1
Casebooks, 1890–1904
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Personal and medical histories of each patient admitted to the hospital with updates during their stay. Lydia B. Angier’s case number is 2525 in Volume 12, File nos. 2335–2633, October 1898–April 1899.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00352.xml
123.F.15.1B
Commitment papers, 1890-1967
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Lydia B. Angier’s file number is 2525. See Box H, File nos. 2520-2697.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01092.xml
105.G.3.3B
Patient records, 1890–1981
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: See the indexes of cemeteries 1, 2, and 3, August 28, 1890–September 4, 1968. Angier’s first name appears incorrectly as “Lvoria.” The date of that transcription is unknown.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00750.xml
113.H.2.3F-2
Statistical records, 1890–1992
Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Records (1890–1967) containing such information as admission date, patient’s name and residence, length of time in state, prior hospitalizations, and other information. Information about patients transferred to Fergus Falls State Hospital on February 14, 1899, from Rochester State Hospital begin with Fergus Falls case number 2323 and end several pages later with case number 2572 is in Volume 2, file nos. 1523–3094, August 1896–July 1900. Lydia B. Angier’s Fergus Falls case number is 2525.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01098.xml
P335
William Watts Folwell and family papers, 1769–1950
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Folwell’s correspondence related to the Board of Corrections and Charities, both undated and from April 1895 to July 1902, provides information about the inner workings of the board in that time period. See box 23.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00880.xml
114.B.20.6F
Patient casebooks, 1879–1903
Rochester State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Personal and medical histories of each patient admitted to the hospital. Lydia B. Angier is case number 4577 in Volume No. 30, Women, October 22, 1895–November 2, 1896. See also the record for Anna Salzer (case no. 4792) in Volume No. 34, Women, December 15, 1896–September 24, 1897 (114.B.20.7B).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01024.xml
114.B.15.4(F)
Superintendent’s Office correspondence, 1885–1961
Rochester State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Correspondence concerning hospital administration and facilities, patients, medical matters, relations with other hospitals and with supervisory agencies, nurses’ training, deaths and discharges, supplies and equipment, personnel, and the superintendent’s professional affiliation. The bulk of Lydia B. Angier’s letters are filed with other patient letters, in the “letters received” section. Angier’s letters are in a folder labeled “Selection of interesting patient letters.” The box is otherwise unarranged.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01029.xml
109.I.6.8F
Letters received, 1897–1900
State Board of Corrections and Charities
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Letters received by W. A. Gates, agent for the board in matters relating to the determination of residence (and thus, liability for payment for the support) of indigent or insane residents of Minnesota. Letters from Lydia B. Angier to Mr. Gates are in folder A.
120.A.2.4F
Published records, 1886–1901
State Board of Corrections and Charities
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Published records, including the Minnesota Bulletin of the Board of Corrections and Charities, which describe the work of the board, its employees, and members. The March 1898 edition (vol. 11, no. 4) contains a sketch of Secretary James F. Jackson, including his prior work with the Associated Charities of St. Paul. This volume is in a bound book of Minnesota Bulletins containing quarterly circulars and the Minnesota Bulletin of Corrections and Charities, nos. 35–52.
General
“Angier, Lydia B.” R. L. Polk and Co.’s St. Paul City Directory. St. Paul: R. L. Polk and Company, 1886.
[Cartoon]. St. Paul Daily Globe, January 12, 1896.
“Field of Politics.” St. Paul Daily Globe, January 12, 1896.
Lydia B. Angier death certificate, 1907-54-929 (microfilm). Otter Tail County. Minnesota Historical Society library, St. Paul.
“Lydia B. Angier, Insane.” File no. 3893, October 8, 1886. Probate records, file nos. 3816–2904. District and Probate Courts. Minnesota, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1801–1925. Ancestry.com.
“Mathisen, Olaves.” R. L. Polk and Co.’s St. Paul City Directory. St. Paul: R. L. Polk and Company, 1886.
“Minor Suits.” St. Paul Daily Globe, May 24, 1895.
“Mrs. Remmeter' [sic] Guardian. Her Brother-in-Law, Mathias Ross, Is Named.” St. Paul Globe, February 3, 1897.
SAM 54 [microfilm]. Roll 7, volume 14, May 18–August 8, 1899. Minnesota Governor. Letters Sent: letterpress, 1889–1916. Lind. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017102660104294
“Will Be Cared For.” St. Paul Globe, November 14, 1896.
"Will Drop Wilson." St. Paul Daily Globe, February 14, 1896.