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State Hospital No. 2 Board of Management Record Book, 1911-1921Entry/Object ID
2012.2.3006Scope and Content
State Hospital No. 2 Board of Management Record Book, 1911-1921. Record book containing monthly Board of Management minutes for the State Hospital No. 2, St. Joseph, Mo.
These minutes are hand written & dated from November 7th, 1911 thru May, 1921.
There are several loose papers in the front of the book. These are listed as follows:
_ 2 pages, the same, containing U.S. Oleomargaring Manufacturers & competitive brands.
_ Store room want list for April 1921
_ House Bill No. 1037, having to do with appropriating money for the support, maintenance & improvements of the eleemosynary & penal institutions for the years 1919 & 1920.
_ Senate Bill No. 379
_ One page written in pencil entitled Statistics for March 1921. This has to do with population & finance.
_ Several letters to & from Fred Hornkohl, Secretary, Board of Managers, of State Hospital No. 2 to J.L. George from Service and Adjusting Co. in Kansas City, Mo. These letters have to do with amendments & by-laws.
_ A letter from the Assistant Attorney General to Fred Hornkohl concerning a recent bill that was passed to increase the rate to be charged for maintenance of county patients in state hospitals.
_ A letter from James Hull, an attorney in Platte City, Mo., concerning expenses he incurred on a recent trip.
Taped on the first few pages inside the book are letters of correspondence:
Inside cover
- list of Board of Managers dated July 18, 1919
- letter to James Hull, President, Board of Managers, from the
Assistant Attorney General concerning funding for the care
of paupers & insane persons.
- papers having to do with food commodities.
Page 1
- note at top of page giving statistics of the State Hospital.
established March 28, 1872
opened for patients Nov. 1874
- handwritten note stating the hospital was destroyed by fire
on Jan. 25,1879 & reopened on April 1,1880
- list of packing companies
- letter from The Cudahy Packing Co. in Chicago
Page 2 & 3
-7 notarized letters of intent from newly commissioned
Superintendents of the State Hospital. These letters are
dated from 1914-1921.
-a notarized letter for removal of the Superintendent of the
State Hospital because of incompetency.Collection
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St. Joseph State Hospital No. 2, State Hospital No. 2 Board of Management