Secondary Sources
Beam, Alex. Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital. New York: Public Affairs, 2001. Print.This book published by New York Public Affairs was a really good aid in understanding how the most popular mental institutions came to be and how their cruelty and mistreatment and violation of the patients rights caused their downfall.
Corbis. "An Illustrated History of the Mental Asylum." DNews. Discovery News, 12 Dec. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.This article published by Discovery News really showed us a detailed history of how mental institutions came to be and why and where they were first founded.
D'Antonio, Patricia. "History of Psychiatric Hospitals." History of Psychiatric Hospitals. University of Pennsylvania, 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2013.This article from the University of Pennsylvania, helped with a broad history of mental institutions. It gave a multitude of information regarding the evolution of mental institutions and the means in which they treated their patients.
"Diseases of the Mind: Highlights of American Psychiatry through 1900 - Early Psychiatric Hospitals and Asylums." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 14 Feb. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.This article from the U.S National Library of Medicine was incredibly helpful in giving a lot of information about the history of mental illnesses. It provided many details about mental health and treatments.
Geller, Jeffrey L., and Maxine Harris. Women of the Asylum: Voices from behind the Walls, 1840-1945. New York: Anchor, 1994. Print.This book by Jeffrey Geller and Maxine Harris and published by Anchor Books, really helped give us good insight to what it would be like to have lived in an asylum at that time. It was not only informative but helped put the topic in a new light.
Kent, Deborah. Snake Pits, Talking Cures.,& Magic Bullets. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century ,A Division of the Millbrook, 2003. Print.This book by Deborah Kent was useful in our research of the background of mental health and illness. It gave informative information about the history of treatment of mental patients.
Peterson, Dale. A Mad People's History of Madness. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1982. Print.This book published by the University of Pittsburgh gave us a lot of information about the history of mental illness. It also showed us how having an actual mental illness and needing help turned into people being sent to institutions for having a different or "crazy" belief or idea.
Porter, Roy. Madness: A Brief History. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.This book published by Oxford University helped me and my partner gain a good understanding of the history of mental illnesses and mental institutions and how they came to be such cruel and unpleasant places.
Sansone, Tina. "Women and the Insane Asylum." Women and the Insane Asylum. Tennessee Geological Society, 2013. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.This article about women and insane asylums by Tina Sansone was helpful in providing a thorough background on mental institutions. In addition, it also added insight about the role of women in the asylums.
Primary Sources
Bly, Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-house. Pennsylvania: AP House, 2012. Print.This book by Nellie Bly published by AP House helped give us an inside look from someone who was actually in an insane asylum. This book gave us details on the mistreatment of the patients rights and how poorly they were treated.
Log of People Who Died in Jackson Asylum in 1860. N.d. Photograph. Jackson, Louisiana. Http://www.schlatter.org/. By Wm. Richardson. Web.This photograph published by Shlatter was a photo of a log made by Wm. Richardson who was an Assistant Marshal. This log show the people who died in the year ending on June 1 1860, their names, place of birth, date of death, and cause of death. It provided me and my partner with great information about how many people died on average and their causes of death.
Packard, E. P. W., and Sophia N. B. Olsen. The Prisoners' Hidden Life ; Or, Insane Asylums Unveiled as Demonstrated by the Report of the Investigating Committee of the Legislature of Illinois, Together with Mrs. Packard's Coadjutors' Testimony. Chicago: A.B. Case, Printer, 1868. Print.This book published by A.B. Case printing company helped us to understand what it was like to actually live in an insane asylum and hear first person how the patients rights were violated.
Reasons for Admittance. 1864. Photograph. West Virginia. Democratic Progess. Democratic Progress. Web.This photograph of a list of reasons why people would be admitted to a mental institution in the 1800's. This showed me and my partner how you could really be admitted for almost anything.
Topographical Sketch of Danver State Insane Asylum. 1875. Photograph. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. UWM SOIS. By Charles A. Hammond. 9 Dec. 2012. Web.This picture was sketched by Charles A. Hammond depicting the Danver State insane asylum. This picture showed us what a real mental institution in the 1800's actually looked like.
Beam, Alex. Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital. New York: Public Affairs, 2001. Print.This book published by New York Public Affairs was a really good aid in understanding how the most popular mental institutions came to be and how their cruelty and mistreatment and violation of the patients rights caused their downfall.
Corbis. "An Illustrated History of the Mental Asylum." DNews. Discovery News, 12 Dec. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.This article published by Discovery News really showed us a detailed history of how mental institutions came to be and why and where they were first founded.
D'Antonio, Patricia. "History of Psychiatric Hospitals." History of Psychiatric Hospitals. University of Pennsylvania, 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2013.This article from the University of Pennsylvania, helped with a broad history of mental institutions. It gave a multitude of information regarding the evolution of mental institutions and the means in which they treated their patients.
"Diseases of the Mind: Highlights of American Psychiatry through 1900 - Early Psychiatric Hospitals and Asylums." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 14 Feb. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.This article from the U.S National Library of Medicine was incredibly helpful in giving a lot of information about the history of mental illnesses. It provided many details about mental health and treatments.
Geller, Jeffrey L., and Maxine Harris. Women of the Asylum: Voices from behind the Walls, 1840-1945. New York: Anchor, 1994. Print.This book by Jeffrey Geller and Maxine Harris and published by Anchor Books, really helped give us good insight to what it would be like to have lived in an asylum at that time. It was not only informative but helped put the topic in a new light.
Kent, Deborah. Snake Pits, Talking Cures.,& Magic Bullets. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century ,A Division of the Millbrook, 2003. Print.This book by Deborah Kent was useful in our research of the background of mental health and illness. It gave informative information about the history of treatment of mental patients.
Peterson, Dale. A Mad People's History of Madness. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1982. Print.This book published by the University of Pittsburgh gave us a lot of information about the history of mental illness. It also showed us how having an actual mental illness and needing help turned into people being sent to institutions for having a different or "crazy" belief or idea.
Porter, Roy. Madness: A Brief History. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.This book published by Oxford University helped me and my partner gain a good understanding of the history of mental illnesses and mental institutions and how they came to be such cruel and unpleasant places.
Sansone, Tina. "Women and the Insane Asylum." Women and the Insane Asylum. Tennessee Geological Society, 2013. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.This article about women and insane asylums by Tina Sansone was helpful in providing a thorough background on mental institutions. In addition, it also added insight about the role of women in the asylums.
Primary Sources
Bly, Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-house. Pennsylvania: AP House, 2012. Print.This book by Nellie Bly published by AP House helped give us an inside look from someone who was actually in an insane asylum. This book gave us details on the mistreatment of the patients rights and how poorly they were treated.
Log of People Who Died in Jackson Asylum in 1860. N.d. Photograph. Jackson, Louisiana. Http://www.schlatter.org/. By Wm. Richardson. Web.This photograph published by Shlatter was a photo of a log made by Wm. Richardson who was an Assistant Marshal. This log show the people who died in the year ending on June 1 1860, their names, place of birth, date of death, and cause of death. It provided me and my partner with great information about how many people died on average and their causes of death.
Packard, E. P. W., and Sophia N. B. Olsen. The Prisoners' Hidden Life ; Or, Insane Asylums Unveiled as Demonstrated by the Report of the Investigating Committee of the Legislature of Illinois, Together with Mrs. Packard's Coadjutors' Testimony. Chicago: A.B. Case, Printer, 1868. Print.This book published by A.B. Case printing company helped us to understand what it was like to actually live in an insane asylum and hear first person how the patients rights were violated.
Reasons for Admittance. 1864. Photograph. West Virginia. Democratic Progess. Democratic Progress. Web.This photograph of a list of reasons why people would be admitted to a mental institution in the 1800's. This showed me and my partner how you could really be admitted for almost anything.
Topographical Sketch of Danver State Insane Asylum. 1875. Photograph. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. UWM SOIS. By Charles A. Hammond. 9 Dec. 2012. Web.This picture was sketched by Charles A. Hammond depicting the Danver State insane asylum. This picture showed us what a real mental institution in the 1800's actually looked like.