Series VIII. Sterilization records and files of Dr. Jeffreys, 1927-1991.

Extent:

Extent: 1.05 cubic feet (3 boxes) and 3 volumes..

Scope and content:

Restricted: Admission records and sterilization records that are less than 125 years old. No viewing, photocopying, or redaction of medical records less than 125 years of age is allowed. This series includes sterilizations approved, sterilizations performed, sterilization patient records, an admission register, and files collected by Dr. A. W. Jeffreys, Jr., which include correspondence, reports, photographs, theses, and a scrapbook. This collection of Western State Hospital records was transferred separately in 2022.

Sterilizations approved and performed consist of photocopied lists of patient names and include patients from Central State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, Southwestern State Hospital, Lynchburg State Colony and Petersburg State Colonly, as well as Western State Hospital. These records are arranged chronologically. (RESTRICTED)

Sterilization admission records are arranged include copies of commitment papers, medical records, and correspondence. (RESTRICTED)

Sterilization record information forms are arranged alphabetically and include patient name and number, date of sterilization and death/discharged/transferred date. Many of the records include an attached copy of the master patient index card, though many are faded and illegible. (RESTRICTED). For additional sterilization records see Series IV, Subseries G, Medical Records.

Admission register, 1928-1968, includes patient name and number, admission date, occupation, gender, age, residence, cause for admission, duration of symptoms before admission, physical description, time of residence in hospital, whether cured/much improved/improved/unimproved and whether removed/eloped/died, and remarks (RESTRICTED). This appears to be a duplicate of the admission register found in Series IV, Subseries A, Admission Records.

Dr. A.W. (Alois Waldo) Jeffreys, Jr. (1923-1992) served as Chief Clinical Psycholigist at Western State Hospital for 33 years. His files include a small amount of correspondence, several reports and photographs of Dr. Jeffreys and other WSH staff members (Marie Beck, Lou Garber, Penelope Lewis, and Ann Moss) as well as a photograph of a portrait of Dr. Stribling. His papers also include two copies of a thesis - The Era of Moral Therapy at Western State Hospital by Nancy Feys Dunne, 1968; a scrapbook of clippings and other ephemera, 1959; and volume of Transorbital Lobotomies (1950-1956), created by Dr. Jeffreys in 1991 to document his work in this area. The Transorbital Lobotomies volumed includes copies of correspondence, patient records and photographs and is RESTRICTED.

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