Psychiatric hospitals
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
A. H. Estabrook papers
Collection — Folder S0434
Identifier: S0434
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, carbon copies from A. H. Estabrook and others in Indiana ranging from 1921 to 1922 regarding a defendant in a sterilization case in Indiana and occupational therapy in hospitals for the insane.
Dates:
1921-1922, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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A. H. Estabrook papers
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
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
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
Chittenden family collection
Collection
Identifier: L031
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the correspondence between George F. and Amanda Chittenden during their engagement and during the U.S. Civil War. The letters written during the Civil War discuss health conditions, army life, the siege of Vicksburg, life and politics in Indiana, and Confederate prisoners at Camp Morton. Also included are letters to Amanda Chittenden from family members and to George Chittenden regarding Republican politics, his work with the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, and other...
Dates:
1837-1913
Christian Schrader collection
Collection
Identifier: L573
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, pencil drawings, negatives, 35mm slides, and family photographs from Christian Schrader in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1842 to 1987, regarding Schrader’s family, friends, and early Indianapolis. Schrader includes rough dates for the subjects he depicts in the drawings, but many of them were created from his recollections later in life. There are also oversize drawings (OBE017).Negatives are available for most of the drawings. In...
Dates:
1842-1987
Historic documents and sites lantern slides
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P017
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides mostly created by W. H. Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1897 to circa 1916 regarding early Indiana history, including historic sites at Vincennes, New Harmony, and the state capitols, as well as the Indiana centennial. Many of the slides depict historical documents relating to early European settlement of the Northwest Territory and portraits of prominent Hoosier individuals. It is possible these slides were used for...
Dates:
circa 1897-circa 1916
Indiana charitable institution administrators scrapbook pages
Collection — Folder SP163
Identifier: SP163
Scope and Contents
This collection includes loose scrapbook pages with photographs, clippings, and magazine articles ranging from 1921 to 1928, regarding administrators of charitable organizations in Indiana, including Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Cortner of the Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Knightstown; C. D. Chadwick, Indiana Board of Industrial Aid for Blind; O. R. Lynch of the Logansport State Hospital; Dr. James L. Milligan; O. M. Pittenger of the Indiana State Schol for the Deaf; and...
Dates:
1921-1928
