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| | '''Author Bio:''' Hannah Karena Jones holds dual bachelor's degrees in history and creative writing from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and has presented her historical research at national Phi Alpha Theta and Collegiate Honors Council conferences. The images in this collection come from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Philadelphia City Archives, Pennsylvania State Archives, the Special Collections Research Center of the Temple University Libraries, the Library Company of Philadelphia, PhillyHistory.org, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the personal collections of former staff members, among others. | | '''Author Bio:''' Hannah Karena Jones holds dual bachelor's degrees in history and creative writing from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and has presented her historical research at national Phi Alpha Theta and Collegiate Honors Council conferences. The images in this collection come from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Philadelphia City Archives, Pennsylvania State Archives, the Special Collections Research Center of the Temple University Libraries, the Library Company of Philadelphia, PhillyHistory.org, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the personal collections of former staff members, among others. |
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| | '''Author Bio:''' Mark Berton covered Dixmont State Hospital for several years during his tenure with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and he spends his free time photographing asylum architecture. His access to Dixmont and those who were part of its history provided a unique perspective in the life of a functioning mental health facility and its demise. | | '''Author Bio:''' Mark Berton covered Dixmont State Hospital for several years during his tenure with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and he spends his free time photographing asylum architecture. His access to Dixmont and those who were part of its history provided a unique perspective in the life of a functioning mental health facility and its demise. |
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| | == Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984 == | | == Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984 == |
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| | '''Author Bio:''' The author, Patricia Ibbotson, is a nurse, who worked at Eloise for over 23 years. She currently sits on the board of the Friends of Eloise, and she has been the editor of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine for seven years. | | '''Author Bio:''' The author, Patricia Ibbotson, is a nurse, who worked at Eloise for over 23 years. She currently sits on the board of the Friends of Eloise, and she has been the editor of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine for seven years. |
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| | '''Author Bio:''' Phillip N. Thomas discovered Harrisburg State Hospital in 2007 after taking up a hobby photographing abandoned buildings. After his visit, he would go on to create a website dedicated to the hospital, doing the same two years later for the state hospital in Danville. This book is his culmination of five years of research into the history of Harrisburg State Hospital. | | '''Author Bio:''' Phillip N. Thomas discovered Harrisburg State Hospital in 2007 after taking up a hobby photographing abandoned buildings. After his visit, he would go on to create a website dedicated to the hospital, doing the same two years later for the state hospital in Danville. This book is his culmination of five years of research into the history of Harrisburg State Hospital. |
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| | '''Author Bio:''' Historian J. Michael Moore is the author of The Life and Death of Northampton State Hospital, based on extensive interviews with workers and clients. Visual artist Anna Schuleit Haber created the sound installation Habeas Corpus, in which the abandoned architecture was turned into an instrument in a single performance of J.S. Bach's Magnificat. | | '''Author Bio:''' Historian J. Michael Moore is the author of The Life and Death of Northampton State Hospital, based on extensive interviews with workers and clients. Visual artist Anna Schuleit Haber created the sound installation Habeas Corpus, in which the abandoned architecture was turned into an instrument in a single performance of J.S. Bach's Magnificat. |
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| | == Oakdale: The Lapeer State Home == | | == Oakdale: The Lapeer State Home == |
