Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1855- 1866
Abstract:
Letters concerning James (Jimmy) Thornton of Cincinnatus, New York, a pupil at the New York Asylum for Idiots in Syracuse, from Dr. Hervey Wilbur and other staff at the institution to the boy's mother, Mary Thornton (later Mary Wheat).
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
New York State
Science and medicine
Children with disabilities -- Institutional care -- New York (State)
Creator:
Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives (N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1862- 1924
Abstract:
Checks, receipts, wage and salary listings and miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives in Syracuse, New York.
Type of Material:
Checks (bank checks)
Financial records.
Payrolls.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
New York State
Mental health services -- New York (State)
People with disabilities -- Institutional care -- New York (State)
Psychiatric hospitals -- Costs.
Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State)
Psychiatric hospitals -- Records.