1015A. State of Michigan, Department of Mental Health, Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center.

Records, 1873-1992.
51 cubic feet.

Background: The Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center opened in 1874 as the State Public School for Orphaned Children. In 1935 the state established the Michigan Children's Institute in Ann Arbor and it took over the wards and records from the Coldwater facility, which became the Michigan Children's Village, accepting mildly impaired residents. In 1939 it was renamed the Coldwater State Home and Training School and began to accept residents of all ages and levels of developmental impairment. Its name changed to the Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities in 1978. In 1985 the center began to convert to a psychiatric hospital, and in 1986 its name changed to the Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center. It closed in June 1992.

Summary: The Administrative Subject Files series contains correspondence, committee files, inspection reports, and publications. The older records in the series include a cemetery location guide, copies of land records, and records of L.A. Harris (principal of the school from 1925 to 1935). Ledgers included in the second series are: date books (daily census), 1948-1980; hospital ledgers, 1970-1973; records of goods received, 1971-1991; surgery ledger, 1956-1972; vaccine ledgers, 1936-1951; and visitors' registers, 1970-1992.

Repository: State Archives of Michigan.