
The following records were obtained from the state archives and are on the restricted access list. All information has been transcribed as originally written, so all info is not 100% correct. Also, some of the patient numbers are skipped, it’s assumed there was another admissions book/register that no longer exists.
African American Patient Admissions
1897-1904
Note: Entries in red indicate crossed out names in the original admission books/ledgers. Entries in blue are confirmed as buried in the hospital’s cemeteries.
Be sure to scroll both vertically and horizontally to access all of the information in the index.
White Patient Admissions
1873-1891, 1967
Entries in blue are confirmed as buried in the hospital’s cemeteries.
Be sure to scroll both vertically and horizontally to access all of the information in the index.
⁘ Works Cited ⁘
- The Lexington Leader, 9 December 1949
- The Lexington Leader, 12 December 1952
- Central State Hospital (Louisville, Kentucky). Admission Register, 1873-1981. Record Group 1428C, OCLC 907013228. Special Collections, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY.
- Central State Hospital (Louisville, Kentucky). Admission Register, 1873-1981. Volume 1, Record Group 1428C, OCLC 907013228. Special Collections, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY.
- Central State Hospital (Louisville, Kentucky). Admission Register, 1873-1981. Colored Patient Register, Volume 2, Record Group 1428C, OCLC 907013228. Special Collections, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY.
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