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Mendota State Hospital Award Presentation
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Ralph Runge, Local #1 Chairman of the WSDA membership committee, presenting the President Zander Membership Cup to Jay D. Ferguson, Chairman of the winning membership team of the Mendota State Hospital Local #13 at Mendota State Hospital. Also shown are team members,left to right: Louis Foss, Henry Carter, Gilman Hill, Jay Ferguson, Miss Metcalfe, Fred Mundon, Ralph Runge, L.V. Boyer,and Clarence Cole. The cup was awarded to the local showing the greatest increase in membership on a percentage basis during the months of November and December, 1943, taking into consideration the number of new members and reinstatements secured and the potential membership of the local.
January 16, 1944
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Mendota State Hospital Baseball Team
A group portrait, on the lawn in front of a building, of the Mendota State Hospital baseball team in uniform.
Mrs. Robert Runge, Chairman of Yule Dance
November 15, 1961
Interns and Residents Wives Club of University Hospital plan their annual Christmas dinner, to be held at the hospital cafeteria, and dance at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown is the general cha...
Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane Staff Members
1890
Staff members of the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane pose at the hospital doors. Mendota Mental Health Institute
Dr. Walter Urben
February 11, 1948
Dr. Walter Urben, superintendent of Mendota State Hospital, shown examining an X-ray machine that is part of the equipment of the Veterans Administration hospital at Mendota. The Veterans' hospita...
Mendota State Hospital
Elevated view from the south of the Mendota State Hospital. There are several horses in a paddock in the foreground.
Conditions at Mendota State Hospital
February 7, 1947
Woman patients at the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute) sitting in rocking chairs in the sun room. One of a series of photographs calling attention to the inadequacies in per...
