Government Records
Original of the index to burials in hospital cemetery, with accompanying cemetery plat is at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings.
Accession numbers: 988-181; 2015-53
Catalog ID number: 001713493
Photocopy of an alphabetical index to burials in the Hastings State Hospital cemetery. Covering 1901-1964, the index lists name of deceased, medical case file number, date of death, and row and grave number of burial. The compiler and date of compilation are unknown.
Includes correspondence, drawings, interagency agreements, newspaper clippings and related records documenting the history, maintenance, and operation of the cemetery. A few post-1978 records document the cemetery’s administration under the Minnesota Veterans Home (Hastings), following its transfer from the Public Welfare Department to the Veterans Affairs Department.
Survey report done by Harry S. Johnson, Associates, Inc., containing a survey of cemetery depicting grave row numbers, individual grave numbers, and medical file numbers of patient burials; alphabetical listing of patients interred, including patient medical file number, grave row number and individual grave number; list of graves by medical file number; list of graves by interment date, including patient medical file number, grave row number and grave number; and fiscal year summary of patient deaths and interment or removal. There are two copies of the report, with unique information appearing in each report.
Depicts individual grave sites including grave number and patient medical file number.