Back in January, I wrote about some of the less well-known web pages linking to this site which I thought might be of interest to you. Since then, I’ve found a few more worth pointing out and as promised, I’m listing them here…
Placeography is a wiki site where people share information about locations (eg houses, buildings, parks, neighborhoods, etc). The Fergus Falls State Hospital page links to KirkbrideBuildings.com. It also links to a page where you can hear a two-part radio series on the hospital, Update: Fergus Falls Mental Hospital.
Here’s a long article about the renovation of Building 50 at the former Traverse City State Hospital: Granting Asylum. It’s a bit old (published in 2006), but it’s worth reading if you’re not familiar with the story of Building 50’s rebirth or if you want to learn some of the finer details.
Those of you interested in the paranormal might find this writing project by an Ohio University journalism major interesting: Haunted Ohio University? It also links to a photo album of pictures from inside the Athens Kirkbride.
Here’s the curious and sad story of Oscar Radnisky who was committed to Taunton State Hospital: Mornings on Maple Street - Oscar Radnisky.
A Parisian pyschotherapist blogger writes about Kirkbride buildings in Kirkbride Buildings! Brrr ça fait froid dans le dos! Although I barely speak French, I was able to get a reasonable translation through Babel Fish. Along with the usual history of the asylums (and a rather overly liberal sprinkling of screengrabs from my site:\), the writer briefly raises the interesting idea that although Moral Treatment was better than what came before, it replaced physical oppression with “moral oppression” and implied that the mentally ill were responsible for their condition.
There’s a small collection of brief excerpts from official documents telling bits of the story of the founding of Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie located here.
And finally, there’s a huge collection of personal thoughts and stories about Worcester State Hospital at Worcester, Mass - Places of the Past, Asylum for the Insane.
