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The Department of Public Welfare opened Galesburg State Research Hospital in 1949. The hospital was to provide care and treatment for the mentally ill and to serve as a center for the study of mental illness, particularly in the area of the aged.
The Department of Public Welfare was abolished in 1961 and Galesburg State Research Hospital came under the control of the newly created Department of Mental Health (L. 1961, p. 2666). In 1964 the hospital began to participate in a departmental affiliation program in psychiatric nursing, which provided instruction to students from other general hospital nursing schools. In 1975 the institution was renamed Galesburg Mental Health Center (P.A. 79-581, p. 1895).
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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING AFFILIATION PROGRAM STUDENT FILES. January 1965-September 1970. 1.5 cu. ft. Index.
File for each student from Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, affiliated with the psychiatric nursing program at Galesburg, contains an application for affiliation, health record, and final record or evaluation. Applications for affiliation and other forms provide such information as student's name, birth date, sex, marital status, nationality, religion, home address and telephone number; name and address of individual to notify in emergency; name and address of home nursing school; description of general education including school names, dates attended, and degrees earned; description of previous clinical experience; dates affiliation began and ended; date certificate issued; detailed listing of classes enrolled in and hospital units assigned to including course titles, hours spent, and grades received; and an evaluation of nursing ability and performance in program. Health record outlines student's and family's medical histories and gives student's height, weight, description of any physical handicaps, and immunization record.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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