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Special Report on Canton Insane Asylum. January 6-8, 1916.
Asylum for Insane Indians, Special Report, submitted to The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, January 20, 1916.
September 8 1933 Patient Survey and Memorandum
A 1933 survey of patients and plans for relocation to Saint Elizabeths Hospital written by Samuel A. Silk to William A. White. Survey includes memorandum by Silk to Assistant to the Superintendent M. Sanger.
Replying to the office letter date January 28, 1918
A reply from Dr. Harry R. Hummer dated February 2, 1918 to a letter dated January 28, 1918 with information to be included with the June 1917 annual report.
Memorandum from William A. White to Department of the Interior at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, May 23 1929
A memorandum from William A. White to the Department of the Interior regarding various options facing the future of the asylum, such as closure, renovations, and relocation.
Memorandum for the Secretary of Canton Insane Asylum from the Office of Solicitor, August 21, 1933.
Memo discusses the transfer of inmates from Canton Asylum to St. Elizabeths Hospital.
May 8 1929 Memorandum from Commissioner of Indian Affairs to William A. White
May 8, 1929 memorandum from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Charles Burke to Dr. William White requesting a meeting following the 1929 report of survey.
Letter to Dr. Harry R. Hummer from the Chief Clerk, January 13, 1917.
A letter from the Chief Clerk to Dr. Harry R. Hummer regarding the annual reporting information from June 1916 with a request for more information to be included in the June 1917 annual report.
Letter from Samuel A. Silk to Dr. William A. White, September 23-25, 1933
A letter from Samuel A. Silk to Dr. William A. White, Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital describing the efforts by G. J. Moen and others to delay by court order the transfer of patients from Canton and the closure of the Asylum.
Letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933
A letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933 reporting on the closing of the asylum, the state of the buildings and patients, and the transfer of patients.
February 28, 1929 Memorandum from Commissioner Charles Burke to Dr. William A. White
February 28, 1929 memorandum from Charles Burke to William White requesting a survey of the Canton Asylum.
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Letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933
A letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933 reporting on the closing of the asylum, the state of the buildings…