Eastmont Human Services Center records
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of five series:
Correspondence (1980-1999) including incoming and outgoing correspondence organized chronologically by year. The folders were kept in their original order, which is roughly alphabetical. The folders are labeled by topic, department, or staff member.
Subject Files (1981-2004) including annual reports and director files.
Meeting Minutes (1980-1999) including the minutes and agendas for the numerous committee and staff meetings at the Eastmont Human Services Center.
Scrapbooks, Photo Albums, and Slides (1960-2003) including primarily photographs of patients, events, and activities that took place at the Eastmont Human Services Center.
Case Files (1978-2003) including patient’s identification information, social history and individual habilitation plans. This series is restricted.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-2003
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The majority of the collection is open to research with the exception of the patient records in the case files series. Patient files are confidential and privileged (MCA 53-21-166 and MCA 50-16 part 5). For more information contact an archivist.
Conditions Governing Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Biographical / Historical
The Eastmont Human Services Center was established at Glendive in 1967 by the 40th Legislature. The center operated two facilities for lodging residents, a 40 bed cottage and a 15 bed cottage. The 15 bed cottage (Cottage II) originally housed residents under a five-day program where developmentally disabled students were bussed from the surrounding areas to the center for training classes during the week. Gradually, these students were integrated into the school system in their own communities.
By the 1980s, the purpose of the center was to provide residential and day training to people with severe developmental disabilities through an on-going seven-day program. The seven-day program includes people who range in age from fifteen to over sixty years. The majority of these residents transferred to the center from the Montana Developmental Center and required 24 hour supervision. Course instruction included academics, home living, perceptual training, social awareness, recreation and physical education, speech therapy, and pre-vocational training. Residents occupied fifty-two of the center's fifty-five beds at June 30, 1986.
The center closed in 2003 due to budget concerns. Authority was then transferred to the Montana State Department of Corrections where it was transformed into a DUI treatment center.
Extent
45.4 linear feet
Abstract
This collection is comprised of records of the Eastmont Human Services Center and contains correspondence (1980-1999), subject files (1981-2004), meeting minutes (1980-1999), scrapbooks, photo albums and slides (1960-2003), and case files (1978-2003). MEDICAL RESTRICTION: Patient files are confidential and privileged (MCA 53-21-166 and MCA 50-16 part 5). For more information contact an archivist.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically and/or alphabetically by series.
Physical Location
44:3-3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Eastmont Human Services Center records 1960-2003
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Matt Kruse
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
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