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Women
of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Walls 1840-1945
Author:
Jeffrey L. Geller & Maxine Harris
Foreword
by Phyllis Chesler
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Copyright
1994
26
women recount their harrowing experiences in asylums and provide
an insightful and dramatic account of their struggles to survive
life in state institutions.
Angels
in the Architecture: A Photographic Elegy to an American Asylum
Author:
Heidi Johnson
Publisher:
Wayne State University Press
Copyright
2001
Heidi
Johnson supplies an outstanding collection of photographs and
historical information about Traverse City State Hospital. The
narratives of former employees combined with the artistic
photography provide a fantastic inside look at Michigan’s last
remaining albeit renovated Kirkbride asylum.
Beauty
is Therapy: Memories of the Traverse City State Hospital
By
Earle E. Steele as told to Kristen Hains
Publisher:
Denali and Co.
Copyright
2001
Earle
Steele recants his experiences growing up on the grounds of
Traverse City State Hospital as the son of Edgar H. Steele,
TCSH’s gardener and florist.
Mr. Steele also shares his experience as an employee of
TCSH, which spanned over 49 years.
Gracefully
Insane: The Rise and Fall of America’s Premier Mental Hospital
Author:
Alex Beam
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Copyright
2001
A
detailed and wonderful history of McLean Hospital, America’s
most elite and luxurious asylum. This Massachusetts mental
institution was the asylum of choice for America’s rich and
famous including Sylvia Plath, James Taylor, Ray Charles, and
Susanna Kaysen (author of “Girl, Interrupted”).
Asylum:
Pontiac’s Grand Monument from the Gilded Age
Author:
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Publisher:
Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society
Copyright
2002
A
superb and detailed account of the creation of the now demolished
Eastern Michigan Asylum a.k.a. Clinton Valley Center. Outstanding
photographs and historical information abound in this fantastic
tribute to Michigan’s lost architectural wonder.
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