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Mcgill University provides a searchable database of images, a case study of the Royal Victoria
Hospital, and a bibliography.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/
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IJsselland Hospital photography
Photographs of people working in The IJsselland Ziekenhuis in Capelle a/d IJssel (Netherlands) by
Janssen & De Kievith Fotografie
http://www.jkfoto.nl/ijsselland/ijsselland.html
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Western Lunatic Asylum
History and genealogy information for Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
http://www.kyseeker.com/christian/wsh/
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World Asylums Foundation
Site by John Vermette containing comments, photos, and other mental hospital (asylum) information.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze80rk7/
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Tearing Down the Secrets
Articles about demolition of Eloise Hospital near Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.masstransfer.net/remotesensing/tearing/
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The Manteno Project
The Manteno Project, information and photographs about the history of the Manteno State Hospital
(aka the Manteno Mental Health Center), in Manteno, Illinois.
http://www.mantenostatehospital.com
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Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247-1997
An old Museum of London exhibition telling the fascinating 750-year-old story of Bethlem Royal
Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam', the world's oldest institution caring for people with mental
disorders.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/exhibits/bedlam/f_bed.htm
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The Lost Asylum - Fairfield Hills State Hospital
Documentary of Fairfield Hills, Located in Newtown, CT., with images, interviews, history , message
boards and
http://www.fairfieldhills.com
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Burleson Sanitarium History Page
History of Grand Rapids, Michigan sanitarium devoted to rectal disorders.
http://www.geocities.com/burlesonsanitarium/
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Clifton Springs Sanitarium History
Historic photos of medical/spa sanitarium.
http://www.midlakes.org/community/History.htm
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Verona Springs Sanitarium
The Verona Springs Sanitarium was built on Spring House road, near the town of Lowell in the town
of Westmoreland, New York. In 1903 it burnt down never to be replaced. This site is dedicated to
the memory of the building.
http://www.geocities.com/rifle_guy465/sanitarium/veronasprings
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Gatehouse Museum
In the grounds of Madison State Hospital has displays illuminating the history of this mental
hospital, created by the Jefferson County Historical Society.
http://www.jcohs.org/museum.htm
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BLOOM
A tribute project concerning the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston.
http://www.bloomproject.org
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Norwich State Hospital
Gallery of modern photos.
http://www.dobi.nu/norwich/
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The Old Operating Theatre Museum
Britain's oldest surviving operating theatre. Provides history of the museum, details of its
facilities, a virtual tour and mailing list.
http://www.thegarret.org.uk/
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Hospitals in Great Yarmouth, UK
A list of hospitals from medieval to modern, with brief histories and references to surviving
records, from Norfolk Record Office.
http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/archives/nroyar14.htm
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St. Louis City Hospital
An online repository of photos, articles, records, and creative texts documenting the evolving life
of the former City Hospital buildings in St. Louis.
http://www.stlouiscityhospital.org
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Pilgrim State Hospital
Photographs of the abandoned buildings at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York.
http://b.f11.org/photo/Pilgrim/
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World Of Lunatic Asylums
History, heritage and architecture former lunatic asylums and mental health care in the UK and the
rest of the world.
http://www.worldofasylums.co.uk
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Hospitals of Hamilton, Ontario
Pre-World War I postcard images of medical hospital, asylum, and sanatorium postcards in Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada.
http://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/pages/hospitals.html
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Peoria State Hospital
Illinois state history page concerning Peoria State Hospital (Bartonville Asylum).
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/files/zm/htm1/zm000007.cfm
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The Old Administration Building
Page at Public Health Museum site concerning main building of Tewksbury State Hospital, constructed
in 1894 in the Queen Anne style to the design of Boston architect John A. Fox.
http://www.publichealthmuseum.org/building.html
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History of Arizona State Hospital
Arizona state government page with history overview and sketch of this Kirkbride-like facility.
http://www.hs.state.az.us/azsh/history.htm
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Public Hospital
Official page for the museum in the reconstructed Public Hospital at Colonial Williamsburg,
Virginia; first opened in 1773.
http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm
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Tales of Eloise
Very extensive site offering a wide variety of information on this mental hospital in Wayne County
in Michigan.
http://www.talesofeloise.com
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Medical Heritage of Great Britain
A gazetteer of historic hospitals, dispensaries, spas and other medical heritage from the Bath and
Wessex Medical History Group, arranged by county.
http://www.medicalheritage.co.uk/
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Poorfarms and Asylums
Index page with web sites pertaining to poorhouses, sanatoria, and asylums
http://community-2.webtv.net/juneacastorena/POORFARMSANDASYLUMS/
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Old Hospitals of Greater Detroit - Index from 1967
Lengthy list of the names and addresses of hospitals and related facilities extant in the Detroit,
Michigan area in 1967
http://www.rootsweb.com/~miwayne/wayhospitals.htm
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Detroit Early Asylums
Genealogy-related page about the early institutions in Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/asylum.html
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Nevada Missouri Telecommunity
Joplin Globe article by Robert J. Smith on the conversion of former mental hospital in Nevada,
Missouri into a "telecommunity".
http://ctr.cstp.umkc.edu/NevadaTelecommunity/press/slpd950129.html
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North Dakota State Hospital
History by Janell Cole of this state hospital opened in Jamestown in 1885.
http://www.in-forum.com/specials/century/jan3/week44.html
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Asylum's Tale
Article about history and preservation status of mental institution in Tasmania dating back to the
1830's.
http://www.ahc.gov.au/news/mediareleases/2001/asylum.html
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Rossbret Asylums Website
Extensive index of asylums in the United Kingdom.
http://www.asylums.org.uk/
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Newark State School
History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, from the Wayne County
history pages.
http://members.aol.com/wchs4943history/page10.html
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Newark State School
Vintage photographs of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled on fire.
http://www.genquest.com/newarkstateschool.htm
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History - Newark State Administration Building - Newark NY
Architectural history of administration building for institution for the developmentally disabled
located in Newark, New York from 1873 to 1974.
http://www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/adminbld.htm
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The History of Rotherham's Hospitals
Illustrated history of four United Kingdom hospitals.
http://micklebring.com/hospitals.htm
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Pennsylvania Hospital: History: Virtual Tour
Illustrated virtual tour of hospital originally designed by architect Samuel Rhoads.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour2.html
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The Changing Face of Borgess
Early history including architectural information of Borgess Hospital, founded in Kalamazoo,
Michigan in 1889.
http://www.borgess.com/default.asp?page=e_changing_face
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Featured New York Postcards - Health Care
Images of vintage postcards of several hospitals, sanitaria, sanatoria, and eldercare institutions
in the state of New York.
http://vintageviews.org/vv-ny/_Old_Features/12_01.html
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St. Joseph's Sanitarium and Bath House
Genealogy-related page with image and early history of medical/spa sanitarium in Mt. Clemens near
Detroit.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~detroitchurches/page64.htm
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Owosso Sanitarium
Illustrated article about sanitarium at Gute Hill in Owosso, Michigan
http://www.angelfire.com/pop/1955/sanitarium.html
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Flint Timeline Project - St.Joseph Hospital
History of St Joseph medical hospital in Flint, Michigan; founded in 1920.
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/civics-buildings-01-00/stjoseph.html
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The History of Oak Grove Hospital
Vintage account at a genealogy site of the early history of the Oak Grove mental hospital in Flint,
Michigan.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch29/oakgrovehosp.html
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Manteno State Hospital
Paragraph and several recent photos of building exteriors at this abandoned Illinois mental
institution.
http://www.urbanlens.com/files/msh/msh.html
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Northville Tunnels
History of Northville mental hospital complex in Michigan, with many recent photos.
http://forgottendetroit.iwarp.com/Northville_Tunnels.htm
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Abandoned Memories
Photos of abandoned insane asylum buildings in Northville, Michigan
http://www.angelfire.com/art/asylum23/
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The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine
A "cyberspace shrine" for the abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital,
Maidenhead, England.
http://www.webaxs.net/~lynnash/crcmh/
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Abandoned Hospital Info
Page of recent photographs of Brook Hospital, which dates to 1896, located in southeast London,
United Kingdom.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/offkilter/page3.html
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Edgewood State Hospital
Railroad-oriented page features some building photos of this Long Island, New York mental hospital
which has long since been closed.
http://arrts-arrchives.com/edgwd.html
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Caring for the Mentally Ill
Long Island, New York history page concerning Kings Park and other mental hospitals.
http://www.lihistory.com/6/hs620a.htm
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Hospitals in New Mexico, 1912
This page provides a list of New Mexico hospitals and institutions as of 1912.
http://members.aol.com/CensusResearch/PLS/NewMexico1912.htm
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Investigation of Boyds Sanitarium
This ghost-hunting page provides a history and recent photographs of this one-time mountainside
tuberculosis sanitarium near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
http://www.sgha.net/boyds.html
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International Network for the History of Hospitals
Promotes studies related to the historical evolution of hospitals from their beginnings to the
present day. Conferences, advisory board, newsletters, membership form.
http://www.inhh.homestead.com/
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The Run from Farm to Farm
History of Western Washington State Hospital (Fort Steilacoom)
http://www.wshs.org/columbia/0301-a2.htm
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Salem County Almshouse and Asylum
Illustrated page with history and current preservation status of almshouse and asylum complex in
Salem County, New Jersey.
http://www.njcool.net/PSI/Almshouse.htm
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Early St. Louis Hospitals, Homes, and Asylums
History of several historic St Louis, Missouri institutions.
http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/hospitals.htm
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Eastern State Hospital Bat Project
Donna Hensley designs a bat house for Eastern State Hospital grounds in Medical Lake, Washington.
Several photographs.
http://www.geology.ewu.edu/bats/esh.htm
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New Jersey Medical History Postcard Collection
List of vintage postcards of New Jersey hospitals and institutions, illustrated with several
examples.
http://www.umdnj.edu/librweb/speccoll/POSTCARD.htm
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Glore Psychiatric Museum. Roadside America
Road report and review of the Glore Psychiatric Museum at the former mental hospital site St.
Joseph, Missouri.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MOSTJglor.html
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Central State Hospital Museum
Page with contact and tour information for Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia.
http://turing.gcsu.edu/~jma/edres/csh-1.htm
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Hastings Regional Center
Rootsweb page with history of Hastings Regional Center in Nebraska.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neadams/regional.htm
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Rockland Psych
Photographs of dissused mental health building complex in New York.
http://www.midnightsociety.com/web/Abandoned/Rockland/rockland.html
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Abandoned Insane Asylums
Robert Foster's site featuring photos and historic images of abandoned asylums in the United
States.
http://www.abandonedasylum.com/
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Livonia Struggles to Revive Site of Abandoned Ardmore
Detroit News article concerning the status of the Ardmore Center mental hospital complex near
Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.detnews.com/2002/wayne/0205/13/c03-487369.htm
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Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
Brief architectural specification page concerning mental institution in Farview, Wayne County,
Pennsylvania.
http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm?RecordId=CED328A7-48D2-440E-8A2B1A6....
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DMHDD Milestones in Tennessee
Timeline containing milestone dates for Tennessee institutions
http://www.state.tn.us/mental/history/MHDDchronology.html
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Michigan Historical Hospitals
Intended as a resource for adoption research, this page contains a useful list of historic medical
hospitals, sanitariums, and mental hospitals in Michigan.
http://www.michiganadoption.com/Players&Places/Hospitals/historical_hospitals.htm
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Public Hospital in Colonial Williamsburg
Article about this early mental hospital in Virginia
http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbhos.cfm
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Norwich State Hospital
Photos of Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut.
http://www.dobi.nu/photos/urban/norwich/
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Illinois State Institutions in the Early Days
Overview of historic Illinois state institutions for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled,
and other populations.
http://www.iltrails.org/institution.htm
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Binghamton State Hospital
Donna Thomas reports on the preservation prospects of this former mental hospital building in New
York, designed by Isaac Perry.
http://www.rodserling.com/bshospital.htm
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Cane Hill
Page with historic photos, trivia and exploration reports concerning a huge former mental hospital
in South London in the United Kingdom.
http://www.urbex.org.uk/projects/cane/index.shtml
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Diversatech - Manteno State Hospital
Recent aerial survey of the grounds of former Manteno State Hospital in Illinois.
http://jewfish.net/thumbs.php?dir=aerial/diversatech/
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Fairfield Hills State Hospital
Gallery of photographs of this former Connecticut mental hospital.
http://www.dobi.nu/fairfield/
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Hartwood Hospital
Illustrated history of Hartwood and other old Scotland mental hospitals.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scotlandgenealogy/hartwood_hospital_was_in_its_hey.htm
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Gloucester Asylums
History of former county asylums in Gloucester, UK: Horton Road and Coney Hill.
http://www.gloucesterasylums.co.uk
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Fremantle Arts Centre and History Museum
History of this 1861 Gothic Revival building, once Australia's first lunatic asylum, now a museum.
http://www.q-net.net.au/~ghosts/fremantle_arts_.htm
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Vshadow - Public Institutions
Illustrated Virginia university page describing the early history of two Virginia custodial
institutions.
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/outlines/institutions.html
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The Building Design: Saint John Lunatic Asylum
Page describing the architecture of this 19th century Italianate insane asylum in Nova Scotia,
Canada. Illustrated with floor plan.
http://198.164.154.3/~HeritageSaintJohn/LunaticAsylum/Building.htm
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Hudson River State Hospital
A Dark Passage expedition to the historic Hudson River State Hospital, a Gothic Revival mental
institution dating from 1868.
http://www.darkpassage.com/forays/hudson.html
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Town of Sykesville Warfield Complex Development Project
Information on many aspects of the restoration of the historic Springfield State Hospital buildings
in Maryland.
http://ccpl.carr.org/sykes/warfield/
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Origins of Therapeutic Landscape Design in Ontario - Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital
Extensively documented article from the 1998 Congress of the Canadian Society of Landscape
Architects
http://www.apa.umontreal.ca/gadrat/formcont/seminaire98/conferences/Paine/Paine.htm
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Dorothea Dix Hospital
Official site of mental hospital in North Carolina. Contains history section and many historic
images.
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/index.html
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Fulton State Hospital History
History page at the Fulton State Hospital site. Includes a photo of building at this Missouri
institution.
http://www.modmh.state.mo.us/fulton/history.htm
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Western State Hospital History
History page at Western State Hospital (Virginia) site, with many historic images.
http://www.wsh.state.va.us/history.htm
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History of South Carolina DMH
Illustrated history of South Carolina State Hospital and the State Department of Mental Health.
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/history.htm
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Metropolitan State Hospital
The Massachusetts Film Office presents this former Waltham mental hospital for use in films. Page
contains color photographs.
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/film/feefree/metrosh.htm
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Kings Park Psychiatric Center
Through articles, photographs, and video, this site documents the now-defunct Kings Park
Psychiatric Center on Long Island, New York.
http://www.variousdirections.com/~sera/webpage/index.html
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Newark State School
History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, with historic postcard
image.
http://www.cgazette.com/towns/Newark/history/NHIST03.htm
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Manteno State Mental Hospital - Transform Art
Photo gallery by Dave Halbeck depicting disused Illinois asylum.
http://transformart.com/dhalbe/manteno/
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Worcester Hospitals
Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2088/hospital.htm
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Lost Las Vegas - Insane Asylum
History page at Lost Las Vegas concerning the administration building of this New Mexico insane
asylum.
http://www.nmhu.edu/research/cchp/tours/lost/photo36.htm
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Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.
http://www.rny.com/town/points/144mohawkvalleypsychiatric.html
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Franklin County Poorhouse
History and photographic exploration of this 19th-century institution in Northern New York that
sheltered paupers and the mentally ill.
http://angelfire.com/ny3/sunshyn178/poorhouse.html
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Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Asylum
Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/Asylums/waupasylum.htm
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Kew Asylum Museum
The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of
this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/asa97/KEWA.htm
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Eloise: The Poorhouse that Became an Asylum
Illustrated article by Mary Bailey from Detroit News on the history of the Eloise hospital near
Detroit, Michigan.
http://detnews.com/history/eloise/eloise.htm
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Poorhouse Story
Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.
http://www.poorhousestory.com
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Hospitals and Hospices in the Maltese Islands
A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval
and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly.
http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/2615/medhist/hosp-table.htm
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Bartonville State Hospital
Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and
ghosts.
http://www.historicpeoria.com/select.cfm?chose=127
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LIRR State Hospital Spurs
Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island
Railroad.
http://www.lirrhistory.com/hosp.html
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