Editing Bridgewater State Hospital

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision Your text
Line 18: Line 18:
 
| peak_patient_population =
 
| peak_patient_population =
 
| alternate_names =<br>
 
| alternate_names =<br>
*Bridgewater Almshouse for Paupers (1855-1866)
+
*Bridgewater Almshouse for Paupers 1855-1866
*Bridgewater State Workhouse (1866-1867)
+
*Bridgewater State Workhouse 1866-1867
 
*State Asylum for Insane Criminals
 
*State Asylum for Insane Criminals
*State Farm (1887-1919)
+
*State Farm 1887-1919  
*State Farm of the Bureau of Prisons (1919-1955)
+
*State Farm of the Bureau of Prisons 1919-1955  
 
*Bridgewater Prison for the Criminally Insane  
 
*Bridgewater Prison for the Criminally Insane  
 
}}
 
}}
Line 102: Line 102:
  
  
'''From the Massachusetts state archive:'''
+
From the Massachusetts state archive:
  
 
St 1866, c 198 established the State Workhouse at the State Almshouse at Bridgewater, like it under the Board of State Charities. The almshouse itself was abolished by St 1872, c 45. St 1879, c 291, which replaced the Board of State Charities with the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, gave the workhouse its own board of trustees, replacing a board of inspectors; St 1884, c 297 replaced this by a Board of Trustees of the State Almshouse i.e., at Tewksbury and State Workhouse.
 
St 1866, c 198 established the State Workhouse at the State Almshouse at Bridgewater, like it under the Board of State Charities. The almshouse itself was abolished by St 1872, c 45. St 1879, c 291, which replaced the Board of State Charities with the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, gave the workhouse its own board of trustees, replacing a board of inspectors; St 1884, c 297 replaced this by a Board of Trustees of the State Almshouse i.e., at Tewksbury and State Workhouse.
Line 140: Line 140:
 
Titicut Follies is a black and white 1967  documentary film by United States filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the treatment of inmates / patients at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from a talent show put on by the hospital's inmates. (The talent show was named after the Wampanoag  word for the nearby Taunton River.) In 1967 the film won awards in Germany and Italy. It was one of a number of films made by Wiseman that examined social institutions: hospital, police, school, etc., in the United States.
 
Titicut Follies is a black and white 1967  documentary film by United States filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the treatment of inmates / patients at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The title is taken from a talent show put on by the hospital's inmates. (The talent show was named after the Wampanoag  word for the nearby Taunton River.) In 1967 the film won awards in Germany and Italy. It was one of a number of films made by Wiseman that examined social institutions: hospital, police, school, etc., in the United States.
  
 +
*[http://s942.photobucket.com/albums/ad261/zsezse/New%20World%20Order/?action=view&current=TiticutFollies.flv Click here to see 10 minutes of the film]
  
 
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
 
[[Category:Massachusetts]]

Please note that all contributions to Asylum Projects may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Asylum Projects:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)