History of Mental Institutions in New York State, 1843-1890
FAIN: RS-*2086-80
Indiana University, Bloomington (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
Ellen Dwyer (Project Director: March 1980 to October 1990)
To support research for a manuscript on the social and intellectual history of the categorization and treatment of the insane in New York State from 1843-1890, focusing on the definitions of insanity revealed in asylum records, psychiatric publications, and patients' writings.