Finding aid for the Mahoning County Infirmary Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Mahoning County Infirmary
Title: Mahoning County Infirmary Records
Dates: 1855-1859
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The collection consists of a book of entries, kept by Superintendent James Shields, which contains information about the inmates of the Mahoning County Infirmary in Ohio.
MS Number MS 1298
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Mahoning County Infirmary Records, 1855-1859, consist of of a book of entries, kept by Superintendent James Shields, which contains information about the inmates of the Mahoning County Infirmary.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Mahoning County, Ohio, and its infirmary there in the mid-nineteenth century. Those studying the history of workhouses, almshouses, poverty, mental illness, and other social problems in the mid-nineteenth century, and local government efforts to alleviate those problems, will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Almshouses -- Ohio -- Mahoning County -- History -- Sources.
Institutional care -- Ohio -- Mahoning County -- History -- Sources.
Mahoning County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
Mahoning County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Mahoning County Infirmary (Canfield, Ohio)
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Mahoning County.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1298 Mahoning County Infirmary Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio