Utah State Insane Asylum account book
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account book. The volume contains records of financial transactions at the hospital, with several loose sheets inside the back of the book. The accounts were kept by the treasurers of the institution, Wilson H. Dusenberry from 1889 to 1896 and Joseph T. Farrer from 1896 to 1900. The hospital was known as Utah Territorial Insane Asylum until 1896 when the name was changed to Utah State Insane Asylum.
Dates
- 1889-1900
Creator
- Utah State Insane Asylum (creator, Organization)
- Farrer, Joseph T., 1865-1938 (contributor, Person)
- Dusenberry, Wilson H. (Wilson Howard), 1841-1925 (contributor, Person)
- Utah Territory. Territorial Insane Asylum (contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
The Utah State Insane Asylum (1896-1907) was a mental health facility in Provo, Utah.
Extent
1 volume (274 unnumbered pages)
14 sheets
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Utah State Insane Asylum account book
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 September 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States