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Central State Hospital (Indianapolis, Ind.)

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Bass Photo Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P034
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to 1975 and undated regarding people, buildings, street scenes, illustrations, and events such as Foch Day (November 4, 1921) in Indianapolis, as well as a few shots taken around Indiana.
Dates: circa 1850-1975, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Bass Photo Company photograph collection

Central State Hospital architectural drawings

 Collection — Folder: OBC096
Identifier: OBC096
Scope and Contents This collection includes four architectural drawings of Central State Hospital buildings in Indianapolis, Indiana circa 1896. The first three drawings show floor plans of the basement and first and second floors of the "Hospital for Sick Insane, Central Indiana Hosptial for Insane." The fourth drawing depicts both floors of the "Pathological Department" (today known as the Old Pathology Building).
Dates: 1896
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Central State Hospital architectural drawings

Central State Hospital collection

 Collection
Identifier: L383
Scope and Contents This collection includes mainly newspaper clippings as well as the 1955-1956 annual report, newsletters, articles, and materials on volunteer activities from Central State Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1978 regarding Central State Hospital and other psychiatric facilities throughout Indiana, with information on the topics of alcoholism, child abuse, and mental illness research. The newspaper clippings include award-winning articles written by Skip Hess of the...
Dates: 1927-1978
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Central State Hospital collection

Cornelius Mayer papers

 Collection
Identifier: L402
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters, official and legal documents, photographs and family papers, articles about Cornelius Mayer, and other materials belonging to Mayer ranging from 1628 to 1944 regarding Cornelius Mayer's family, his life and work, including drawing, and family business. There is also heraldic information, complete issues of the publication, Gewerbehalle, a German decorative arts periodical, a German rifle care manual, and a confectioners' recipe...
Dates: 1628-1944
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Cornelius Mayer papers

Max Bahr collection

 Collection — Folder: S0049
Identifier: S0049
Scope and Contents This collection includes a note to Mrs. Clyde Titus asking for clippings regarding his father’s compositions.
Dates: circa 1912-1952
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Max Bahr collection

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