Dept. of Mental Hygiene. DeWitt State Hospital Records Expand Search Dept. of Mental Hygiene. DeWitt State Hospital Records Arrangement and Description Arrangement and Description 1.
Case files are the primary source of information on care and treatment of individuals at hospital.
Files have been heavily sampled and reflect only a small percentage of total patients. The records have been arranged within each case by case number with the highest number on top. Relatively little correspondence has been retained unless it was especially noteworthy or written by the patient. To access information about a patient represented by more than one case number, user must search under the highest case number for that individual. For access, see the reference archivist.