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| − | |1= May 28, 2010 [http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sale-of-bryce-hospital-to-ua-complete/891167/May-28-2010_2-40-pm/ Sale Of Bryce Hospital To UA Complete] | + | |1=February 7, 2016 [http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/clarinda-struggles-to-fill-former-hospital/article_5a2612fa-10ff-5047-9f59-080d06bf58b7.html Clarinda struggles to fill former hospital] |
| − | |2=TUSCALOOSA, AL - The sale of [[Bryce Hospital]] to the University of Alabama is complete. The official documents were signed by university President, Robert Witt, Governor Bob Riley and Mental Health Commissioner John Houston on May 27. | + | |2=The 128-year-old former mental health institute in the small southwest Iowa city of Clarinda isn’t your typical real estate opportunity, and so far no one is rushing to move in. More than seven months after the state closed the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, much of the sprawling building remains empty, including entire floors that haven’t been used in decades. |
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| − | |1= May 25, 2010 [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100525/NEWS/5250303/1001/NEWS A Crisis in Costs, Day 3: Economic change may alter construction plan]
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| − | |2=Building two new mental hospitals to replace the [[Oregon State Hospital]] in Salem doesn't make sense during the worst recession in generations, critics say. The two-hospital plan grew out of a state-commissioned report issued in 2006 — before the economy tanked, spinning off double-digit unemployment, reduced tax revenue to pay for state government and looming budget deficits.
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| − | |1= May 25, 2010 [http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/May/25/khi-kansas-mental-hospitals.aspx Kansas Mental Hospitals Beyond Capacity]
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| − | |2=The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services has suspended voluntary admissions to the state’s three hospitals for the mentally ill. All three facilities are full beyond licensed capacities, officials said.
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| − | |1= May 24, 2010 [http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=229313&cID=1 Jack's Journal: The Tunnels Underneath Building 50]
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| − | |2=[[Traverse City State Hospital|Building 50]] is a Traverse City landmark, but do you know what's under it? A series of mysterious, and dangerous, tunnels. In today's Jack's Journal, Jack O'Malley takes us behind the scenes, and deep inside, one of those very tunnels.
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| − | |1= May 17, 2010 [http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-05-17/end_nears_for_tsh_building End nears for TSH building]
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| − | |2=A chain link fence and two big pieces of construction machinery are the first indications the historic Center Building of the former [[Topeka State Hospital]] is about to be razed.
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| − | |1= May 16, 2010 [http://toledoblade.com/article/20100516/NEWS16/5160332/-1/NEWS 2 Toledo burial grounds finally receive markers] | + | |1=February 1, 2016 [http://www.pjstar.com/article/20160201/NEWS/160209955 Efforts continue to preserve other parts of former Peoria State Hospital grounds] |
| − | |2=Two unmarked South [[Toledo State Hospital|Toledo cemeteries]] where nearly 2,000 almost-forgotten psychiatric patients were buried received long-delayed historical markers yesterday, more than 120 years after the first body was laid to rest. | + | |2=Christina Morris happily remembers Sunday morning breakfasts with her grandparents, followed by visits to the peaceful cemeteries on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital, where some family members are buried. “My interest with the state hospital started when I was about 7 years old,” Morris said in a recent interview. “When I would come onto the grounds (my grandfather) would say that this was a place of special people. (By special) I thought he meant giants, because these buildings were so big and beautiful and immaculate to me. I just was enamored by how beautiful it was.” |
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| − | |1= May 7, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=3272&page=index Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital, Part 5] | + | {{Main page news item |
| − | |2=With over 170,000 patients in its 176 year history, it shouldn't be a surprise to find your own family members were once patients. Nevertheless, it was a huge surprise to find my great grandmother on the patient rolls here. Here time here was a time of major transitions for the hospital. Click on the video player to see my search for her, what it tells us about the hospital, and how it might you find your own family. | + | |1=January 7, 2016 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sterilization-united-states_568f35f2e4b0c8beacf68713?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino%2BVoices§ion=latino-voices That Time The United States Sterilized 60,000 Of Its Citizens] |
| | + | |2=Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws. Most of these operations were performed before the 1960s in institutions for the so-called “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In the early 20th century across the country, medical superintendents, legislators, and social reformers affiliated with an emerging eugenics movement joined forces to put sterilization laws on the books. |
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| − | |1=May 5, 2010 [http://toledoblade.com/article/20100505/NEIGHBORS/5040331/0/SPORTS03 Graves project seeks dignity for the forgotten] | + | {{Main page news item |
| − | |2=On May 15, the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Committee's annual memorial program will include dedication of two Ohio Historical Society historical markers and a memorial monument to honor the nearly 2,000 forgotten souls in the two [[Toledo State Hospital]] cemeteries off Arlington Avenue near South Detroit Avenue in South Toledo.
| + | |1=January, 6, 2016 [http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/harrisburg_state_hospital_site.html Pa. hires firm to develop plan for Harrisburg State Hospital site] |
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| + | |2= Harrisburg, PA-The state has hired a Lancaster planning company to help it figure out what to do with the former [[Harrisburg State Hospital]], which closed 10 years ago. Since closing in 2006, the hospital complex has housed state workers from the state police, Department of General Services and the Department of Human Services. It is now part of the larger DGS Annex property, which encompasses 303 acres across Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township. |
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| − | |1=May 2, 2010 [http://www.telegram.com/article/20100502/NEWS/5020430/1003/NEWS03 If those hospital's walls could talk …Murals, as digital art will endure facility's closing]
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| − | |2=When patients and staff complete their move from [[Westborough State Hospital]], they will be leaving behind beautiful grounds, a beach on Lake Chauncy and a set of murals that will be reborn as digital art and continue to brighten lives at a new hospital in Worcester.
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| − | |1=April 27, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=3108&page=news Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 4]
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| − | |2= Part 4 of Anderson Burns' series on the [[South Carolina State Hospital]]. The modern era of the S.C. State Hospital is one of revitalization and expansion. The campus we see now was begun in earnest in the 1920's. | |
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| − | |1=April 25, 2010 [http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100425/NEWS05/4250355/1001/NEWS/2-separate-fires-at-former-psych-center-suspicious--probe-continues Suspicious fire at former Psych Center]
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| − | |2=Officials continue to investigate two fires in long-empty buildings at the former [[Hudson River State Hospital]] campus off Route 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Chief Tory Gallante of the Fairview Fire District said today there was no new information about the cause of the blaze.
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| − | |1=April 19, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/04/18/ST2010041803712.html?sid=ST2010041803712 New building could mark new era for St. Elizabeths Hospital]
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| − | |2= From a single structure in 1855, it grew into a campus of more than 130 buildings in Southeast Washington. It was, by the early 20th century, known as St. Elizabeths, for the colonial land grant on which it was built, and it had become, in the words of an admirer, one of the "great, grand" dames of American psychiatric hospitals.
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| − | |1=April 19, 2010 [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-cuts_19met.ART0.State.Edition1.4c50e01.html Proposal to cut 50 beds at Terrell State Hospital draws concern]
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| − | |2= A proposal to cut 50 beds at the region's public psychiatric hospital is generating concern from North Texas officials. The loss of 50 beds at the 300-bed [[Terrell State Hospital]] is one of many proposed cuts to close a state budget gap of up to $15 billion. But local officials said it would be one of the most painful.
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| − | |1=April 18, 2010 [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100418/NEWS02/100417007 Vermont State Hospital's future still in limbo]
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| − | |2= The Senate Institutions Committee wants to set aside $15 million from a one-time allocation of extra federal Medicaid money to cover the cost of constructing a 15-bed secure residential facility for some patients now at the [[Vermont State Hospital]].
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| − | |1=April 14, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=3007&page=news Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 3]
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| − | |2= In part 3 of Anderson Burns' series on the S.C. State Hospital, he chronicles the demise of conditions at the asylum following the Civil War.
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| − | |1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100411/LIFE/4110305/1001/news Video: A peek inside the state hospital]
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| − | |2= A Portland State University professor's documentary, which people can catch today, looks at [[Oregon State Hospital]] and its people.
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| − | |1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.telegram.com/article/20100411/NEWS/4110497/1003/NEWS03 Westboro State Hospital set to close]
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| − | |2= [[Westborough State Hospital]] is only the latest on the list of state hospitals to be shuttered.
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| − | |1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/11/1015834/200000-fire-damages-richardson.html $200,000 fire damages Richardson Complex]
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| − | |2= A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage early Saturday to the main “towers” building at the landmark [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] on Forest Avenue.
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| − | |1=April 10, 2010 [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1634885/WBFO.News/Fire.damages.historic.Richardson.complex Fire damages historic Richardson complex]
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| − | |2= Fire damaged the tower of the historic [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] in Buffalo early Saturday morning. Two alarms were sounded shortly after 3:00am. Firefighters confined the fire to the second floor. It caused an esimated $200,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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| − | |1=April 9, 2010 [http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=1522 Bryce Hospital Cemetery Memorial]
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| − | |2= A memorial ceremony is to be held on Sunday April 18th in honor of patients buried in the cemeteries at [[Bryce Hospital]]. The ceremony will take place in the hospital’s chapel at 2PM.
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