Administrative Reports

The administration of Mendocino State Hospital (MSH) published regular biennial (every two years) reports for most of the first few decades of its existence, but transitioned to irregularly publishing much shorter statistical reports in the 1930s. All documents presented here are official and include both the full long-form report that includes all the institutions in the California mental health system, as well as an extract from the Mendocino State Hospital-specific section.

Lastly, there are three annual reports for the hospital from the 1950s. These reports pertain only to MSH and not to other institutions in the state mental healthcare system.

Biennial Reports (1898-1920)

• 1898 Biennial Report (1st)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1900 Biennial Report (2nd)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1902 Biennial Report (3rd)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1904 Biennial Report (4th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1906 Biennial Report (5th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1908 Biennial Report (6th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1910 Biennial Report (7th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1912 Biennial Report (8th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1914 Biennial Report (9th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1916 Biennial Report (10th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1918 Biennial Report (11th)
  • MSH-specific section
• 1920 Biennial Report (12th)
  • MSH-specific section

Statistical Reports (1936-1947)

• 1936 Statistical Report
• 1942 Statistical Report
• 1943 Statistical Report
• 1944 Statistical Report
• 1945 Statistical Report
• 1946 Statistical Report
• 1947 Statistical Report
• 1951 Statistical Report

Hospital Annual Reports

• 1956-1957 Annual Report
• 1957-1958 Annual Report
• 1958-1959 Annual Report

Status Reports

• 1963 Status Report

Sources

Many of the early reports are on Hathitrust and were originally scanned from the University of Michigan library as part of the Google Library project. The annual reports were scanned by me from the California State Archives.