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On July 1, 1912 Cook County transferred the land, buildings, and equipment of the Cook County Institution at Dunning to the Board of Administration (Board of Administration, Second and Third Annual Reports [Springfield, 1913] p. 931). This institution, opened in 1869, had formerly housed the indigent, tubercular, and insane of Cook County. After the Board of Administration assumed control in 1912 the institution was used solely for the treatment and care of the insane and was renamed Chicago State Hospital.
The hospital opened a training school for nurses in 1912 and established the first state psychiatric nursing affiliation program in 1918. The Psychiatric Nursing Affiliation Program provided instruction in psychiatric nursing to students from general hospital nursing schools throughout the country.
The Civil Administrative Code of 1917 transferred control of Chicago State Hospital to the Department of Public Welfare where it remained until the creation of the Department of Mental Health in 1961 (L. 1961, p. 2666). In 1970 Chicago State Hospital merged with the Charles F. Read Zone Center to become the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (P.A. 76-2016, p. 73).
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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING AFFILIATION PROGRAM STUDENT FILES. 1919-1968. 32 cu. ft. No index.
File for each nursing student affiliated with Chicago State Hospital contains a final record form which lists student's name and birth date; name and address of nearest relative; name of home nursing school; names of schools attended; dates affiliation with Chicago State Hospital began and ended; date certificate issued; detailed listing of classes enrolled in and hospital units assigned to while in program including course titles, hours spent, and grades received; and an evaluation of nursing ability and performance in the program. For 1964-1968 files also contain an application for affiliation and a health record. These forms additionally include student's sex, marital status, nationality, religion, home address and telephone number; description of general education including school names, dates attended, and degrees earned; and a description of previous clinical experience. The health record outlines student's and family's medical histories and gives student's height, weight, description of any physical handicaps or illnesses, and immunization record.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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