Willmar State Hospital
Bibliography
Aamot, Gregg. “On Site of Old ‘State Hospital,’ A Hub of Agriculture Research Emerges in Willmar.” MinnPost, September 15, 2010.
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2010/09/site-old-state-hospital-hub-agriculture-research-emerges-willmar
Anderson, Kenneth. From Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms. Philadelphia: Independently published, 2022.
Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities. With an Eye to the Past. “1960s: Building the Momentum.”
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/1960/1960s-1.html
Resman, Michael. Asylums, Treatment Centers and Genetic Jails: A History of Minnesota’s State Hospitals. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2013.
Spicer, Jerry. The Minnesota Model: The Evolution of the Multidisciplinary Approach to Addiction Recovery. Center City, MN: Hazelden Educational Materials, 1993.
Vail, David J. “Editorially Speaking.” Mental Health newsletter 1, no. 6 (June 1961): 1.
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/pdf/60s/61/61-dpw-nwsltr-mh-mr-6-61.pdf
Willmar Regional Treatment Center. Historical Review Commemorating a Tradition of Specialty Health Services. Willmar, MN: Willmar Regional Treatment Center, 1987.
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/pdf/80s/87/87-DHS-WRT.pdf
Willmar State Hospital published records and reports, 1950–2001
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Willmar State Hospital. The records cover all aspects of the hospital's programs, activities, and history, including its annual reports (1982–1993); its newsletter, the Echo (1950–1999); hospital histories (ca. 1936, 1938); brochures (ca. 1950s–1980s); and various publications covering such topics as alcoholic treatment, conditioning therapy, geriatric rehabilitation, adolescent treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, and chemical dependency.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00308.xml
Willmar State Hospital subject files, 1857–2001
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Records documenting various activities and programs at the hospital. Topics covered include celebrations and building dedications, beautification, employees, history of the hospital, labor turnover, institution library, nurses residence, policies and procedures, and treatment of alcoholic patients.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00305.xml
Chronology
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1909
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1950
1961
1961
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2006
Bibliography
Aamot, Gregg. “On Site of Old ‘State Hospital,’ A Hub of Agriculture Research Emerges in Willmar.” MinnPost, September 15, 2010.
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2010/09/site-old-state-hospital-hub-agriculture-research-emerges-willmar
Anderson, Kenneth. From Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms. Philadelphia: Independently published, 2022.
Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities. With an Eye to the Past. “1960s: Building the Momentum.”
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/1960/1960s-1.html
Resman, Michael. Asylums, Treatment Centers and Genetic Jails: A History of Minnesota’s State Hospitals. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2013.
Spicer, Jerry. The Minnesota Model: The Evolution of the Multidisciplinary Approach to Addiction Recovery. Center City, MN: Hazelden Educational Materials, 1993.
Vail, David J. “Editorially Speaking.” Mental Health newsletter 1, no. 6 (June 1961): 1.
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/pdf/60s/61/61-dpw-nwsltr-mh-mr-6-61.pdf
Willmar Regional Treatment Center. Historical Review Commemorating a Tradition of Specialty Health Services. Willmar, MN: Willmar Regional Treatment Center, 1987.
https://mn.gov/mnddc/past/pdf/80s/87/87-DHS-WRT.pdf
Willmar State Hospital published records and reports, 1950–2001
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Willmar State Hospital. The records cover all aspects of the hospital's programs, activities, and history, including its annual reports (1982–1993); its newsletter, the Echo (1950–1999); hospital histories (ca. 1936, 1938); brochures (ca. 1950s–1980s); and various publications covering such topics as alcoholic treatment, conditioning therapy, geriatric rehabilitation, adolescent treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, and chemical dependency.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00308.xml
Willmar State Hospital subject files, 1857–2001
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Records documenting various activities and programs at the hospital. Topics covered include celebrations and building dedications, beautification, employees, history of the hospital, labor turnover, institution library, nurses residence, policies and procedures, and treatment of alcoholic patients.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00305.xml