It appears that the records of Dix Hospital are in the State Records, Record Group #96. Dorothea Dix Hospital Record Group Title: Dorothea Dix Hospital Record Group Provenance: Class: State Records [Collection] Creator: Dorothea Dix Hospital State Hospital at Raleigh Central Hospital for the Insane Insane Asylum MARS Id: 96 (Group) Associated Agencies: Dept. of Human Resources (MARS # 91) The finding aids for these records are in binders in the archives and should give the actual scope of what patient records the archives may or may not hold. Good luck! I have found it a mixed challenge in other states to access these records. Many from the 1800s have not survived and if they have, they provide wonderful information and sometimes photos if later in the 19th century! Diane :-) Diane L. Richard Mosaic Research and Project Management Member of Association of Professional Genealogists Listed researcher at North Carolina State Archives/Library and UNC-CH Wilson Library dianelrichard@mosaicrpm.com 919-231-8137 fax: 919-255-9528 www.mosaicrpm.com/Genealogy