Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

LC control no.	n 80090465
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Washington (D.C.). Saint Elizabeths Hospital United States. St. Elizabeths Hospital United States. Saint Elizabeths Hospital United States. Department of the Interior. Saint Elizabeths Hospital United States. Federal Security Agency. Saint Elizabeths Hospital National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.). Saint Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.) District of Columbia. Commission on Mental Health Services. Saint Elizabeths Hospital District of Columbia. Department of Behavioral Health. Saint Elizabeths Hospital
See also	Predecessor: Government Hospital for the Insane (U.S.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1916
Located	Washington (D.C.)
Special note	Old catalog heading: Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Found in	Mental health in deafness, fall 1980: t.p. (Saint Elizabeths Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health) Tel. call to Hospital 1/19/82 (correct name is Saint Elizabeths Hospital) District of Columbia: receiver's plan to return control of Mental Health Commission ... [CF] 2000: PDF file, p. 3 (District's Commission on Mental Health Services) p. 6 (created on October 1, 1987, when the federally owned and operated St. Elizabeths Hospital was merged into the District's mental health care system) Wikipedia, viewed July 27, 2021 (psychiatric hospital in southeast Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health; opened in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane; the Army named the east wing of the building St. Elizabeth's Army Medical Hospital, although the name was not officially changed to St. Elizabeths Hospital until 1916, when it came under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; by 1940 St. Elizabeths was transferred to the Federal Security Agency (later the Department of Health, Education and Welfare); in 1967 it was transferred to the National Institute of Mental Health; in 1987 the eastern part of the campus was transferred to the District of Columbia)