1843 A Christmas Carol
My favorite story of all time is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The story revolves around Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy old man of business who is worth a fortune but will not spend any of his...
View Article1896 State Care System Complete
WILL COMPLETE THE STATE-CARE SYSTEM. The Governor has approved the bill creating the Manhattan State Hospital and providing for the transfer of the lunatic asylums of this city and the care of their...
View Article1881 Brutal Attendants At Buffalo State Hospital
BRUTES IN AN INSANE ASYLUM. A Story Of Cruelty From The State Asylum At Buffalo. BUFFALO, Feb. 6. – A story of terrible cruelties practiced upon patients at the new State Insane Asylum here has been...
View Article1894 Attendant Suspended at Buffalo State Hospital
ATTENDANT CLIFFORD SUSPENDED. Another Story of Alleged Cruelty at the Buffalo State Hospital. BUFFALO, N.Y., May 26. – John J. Clifford, an attendant at the Buffalo State Hospital, has been suspended...
View Article1891 Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital
This is a very lengthy Letter to the Editor of The New York Times written by MEDICUS, which I believe was a medical society and journal of the nineteenth century. What MEDICUS was basically stating...
View ArticleMiddletown 1896 & Today
Here are some wonderful photographs from the Twenty Fifth Annual Report of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital at Middletown 1896 and the fabulous work of Rob Yasinsac at Hudson Valley Ruins....
View ArticleWreaking Havoc in the Staten Island Farm Colony
Reblogged from AbandonedNYC: At the center of Staten Island lies a bucolic expanse of ancient forest, a city-owned amalgam of parks, scout camps, and overgrown lots collectively termed the Greenbelt....
View Article1921 Duffy’s Malt Whiskey – Nostrums For Good Health!
Sometimes I think that I’ve run out of things to blog about and then, I come across an old forgotten book that I think people might enjoy reading. This article concerns Duffy’s Malt Whiskey, made in...
View Article1896 New York State Commission in Lunacy
Before you read The New York Times Article, I have given a brief explanation of what the New York State Commission in Lunacy was and who it was responsible for. It eventually morphed into the present...
View ArticleUnited States Drops To 46th in Press Freedoms Under Barack Obama
lsstuhler:A Must Read by Professor Jonathan Turley. Originally posted on JONATHAN TURLEY: We have previously discussed the attack of President Obama on press freedom. As with the comprehensive attack...
View Article2014 Glass Photo Negatives Discovered in Binghamton’s Historic Asylum
TREASURES OF THE TIER by Roger Luther is a column about Historic Locations in New York’s Southern Tier. Roger has also created nysAsylum a website that has countless photographs and historical...
View Article2014 St. Lawrence State Hospital Preservation Society
Here is another wonderful genealogy resource for those who are looking for loved ones who lived and died at St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogdensburg, New York. Please take a moment to visit their...
View ArticleThe Ramblings of a Mad Woman
When I first started this blog, I did it in order to help other people find their forgotten ancestors. I persuaded my State Senator, Joe Robach, to draft legislation in 2011 that would allow for the...
View Article5.17.2014 – Willard Tour
Finger Lakes Daily News Saturday, May 17, 2014 WILLARD DRUG TREATMENT CAMPUS 7116 County Route 132 P.O. Box 303 Willard, NY 14588-0303 Willard Cemetery 2 – 5.18.2013 Filed under: Anonymous Graves,...
View ArticleState complication alters Willard ceremony – Finger Lakes Times: News
BIG SURPRISE!! State complication alters Willard ceremony – Finger Lakes Times: News.Filed under: Anonymous Graves, Cemetery Projects, Current News, Willard State Hospital Tagged: Anonymous Graves,...
View ArticlePetition for Lawrence Mocha To Be Honored & Remembered With Dignity!
This is a very simple request. Please click the link below and sign this petition that will allow the Willard Cemetery Memorial Project to honor and remember with dignity former patient and resident...
View ArticleFinally Some Attention!
From The Finger Lakes Times: http://www.fltimes.com/news/article_153b3b7a-6103-11e4-84a7-1718a22168cc.html Willard Cemetery Tour – Dave L. Shaw photo – Finger Lakes Times Filed under: Anonymous...
View Article1864 Dr. Willard’s Poor House Report By County
New York State County Poor Houses – Dr. Sylvester D. Willard’s Report 1864. 1864 The Willard Asylum and Provisions For The Insane – County Poor House Investigation – 8.29.2013. 1864 Albany County Poor...
View ArticleRestoring Lost Names, Recapturing Lost Dignity by Dan Barry – The New York Times
“OVID, N.Y. — For a half-century, a slight and precise man with an Old World mustache resided as a patient at the Willard State Psychiatric Hospital, here beside spectacular Seneca Lake. You are not...
View ArticleWillard Cemetery Memorial Celebration 5.16.2015
“The Willard Cemetery Memorial Project chair Colleen Spellecy of Waterloo said the ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 16, 2015, at the cemetery, located near the east shore of Seneca Lake....
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