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The Willard Suitcase Exhibit

Monday, January 7th, 2008

On her blog Designspiel, Joanne Molina posts about the Willard Suitcase Exhibit currently showing at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library until January 31st. (Includes text from an older New York Times article on the subject.)

In the News – January 4, 2008

Friday, January 4th, 2008

There’s more news today on the possible transformation of the Fergus Falls Kirkbride into a college for cross-cultural studies. Read about it here: Chinese Get Invitation to Fergus Falls

In addition, there’s an article on Willard State Hospital which also mentions a photography exhibit titled “Willard: Behind the Walls of the Asylum for the Insane” showing in Binghampton, NY this weekend. You can read it here: Willard: The Buildings They Left Behind

Books on Amazon

The Art of Asylum Keeping The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital The Mad Among Us America's Care of the Mentally Ill Angels in the Architecture The Architecture of Madness Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals The Eye of Danvers: A History of Danvers State Hospital
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