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HIST 480S/531E: Madness and Mania in America
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Find It! and Secondary Source Materials
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Find It!Libraries' one-stop search tool for books, journals, articles, videos, sound recordings, digital images and more.
Find It! includes results from JSTOR, Academic Search Ultimate, Project Muse, and more. It may be more efficient to search in Find It!, but you can also search directly in those databases if you feel more comfortable or prefer some of their advanced search features.
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America: History & Life with Full TextLiterature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Indexes 1700 journals, provides full text of 200 titles.
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Exploring Race in SocietyContains context and solution-orientation point of view materials such as essays, journals articles, and government reports on topics related to race, inclusiveness, ethnicity and diversity.
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JSTORPrimarily a journal archive with some current content. If you are looking for current information, you may want to try other databases as well.
Primary Sources
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Medicine in the Americas 1610-1920: A Digital Library, National Library of MedicineNLM historical books and journals published in the Americas that document the evolution of medicine.
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National Institute of Mental Health Oral History CollectionContains interviews with former directors and other individuals significant to the foundation and early history of the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Eli A. Rubenstein conducted the interviews between the years 1975-1978 as background for an intended book about the institute.
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American History, 1493-1945This unique collection documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the finest archives available for the study of American History.
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AM Explorer
Access millions of pages of primary source collections across the entire portfolio of Adam Matthew Digital, spanning content from the 15th-21st centuries.
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American Journal of InsanitySearch or browse articles published between 1844-1876. Search results may include items the library doesn't have access to but can be easily requested through InterLibrary Loan.
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The Curability of InsanityWritten by Pliny Earle, published in 1877.
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Insanity Among the Colored Population of the Free StatesWritten by Edward Jarvis, published in 1844.
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Report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Asylum for the Colored InsaneWritten by J.W. Vick, published ca. 1881.
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Honoring the Dead: A Digital Archive of the Insane Indian AsylumDigitized documents related to the Asylum for Insane Indians located in Canton, South Dakota from 1903 to 1934.
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Practical Hints on the Construction and Economy of Pauper Lunatic AsylumsWritten by Samuel Tuke, published in 1815.
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On the Construction, Organization, and General Arrangements of Hospitals for the InsaneWritten by Thomas Story Kirkbride, published in 1854.
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Essays on Asylums for Persons of Unsound Mind: Second SeriesWritten by John M. Galt, published in 1853.
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Report Relative to an Asylum for Lunatics [New Jersey]Written by New Jersey's Joint Committee on Asylum for Lunatics, published in 1841.
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Athens Mental Health Center CollectionProvides digital access to some of the records from the Athens Mental Health Center, held by Ohio University Libraries, as well as a limited amount of material from other collections and institutions, such as the Alan Geiger papers, the Southeast Ohio History Center, and the State Library of Ohio.
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Maine Insane Hospital: Patient Medical Records (1840-1910)Contains medical case histories of patients at the Augusta Mental Health Institute spanning the years 1840-1910. Each bound volume is fully downloadable.
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State Library of Ohio State Hospitals 1862-1918Contains annual reports and documents from state hospitals and asylums in Athens, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Gallipolis, Masillon, and Toledo. Reports include narratives of the year's activities, financial information for each hospital, and rosters of hospital employees.
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Sabin Americana: History of the Americas 1500-1926Contains over 2,000 reports from U.S. insane asylums.
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Suicide Page of CSI: DixieCollecting extant coroners' inquests for the state of South Carolina between 1800 and 1900, including 243 for acts of suicide, "CSI: Dixie" provides rare glimpses into Victorian-era suicide.
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Ten Days in a Mad-HouseWritten by Nellie Bly in 1887.
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Three Years in a Madhouse! By a Victim Written By HimselfWritten by Isaac H. Hunt, published in 1852.
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Digitized Resources from the National Library of MedicineContains 1,000s of medical related documents and sources.
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Dorothea Dix, Memorial, to the Legislature of MassachusettsWritten by Dorothea Dix, published in 1843.
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Memorial of Miss D. L. Dix: to the Honorable the General Assembly in Behalf of the Insane of MarylandWritten by Dorothea Dix, published in 1852.
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The Question of Rest for Women During Menstruation: the Boylston Prize Essay of Harvard University for 1876Written by Mary Putnam Jacobi, published in 1877.
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Modern Persecution, or, Insane Asylums UnveiledWritten by Elizabeth Packard, published in 1873.
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Sexual Perversion, and the Whitechapel MurdersWritten by James G. Kiernan, published in 1888.
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Sexual Perversion, Satyriasis and NymphomaniaWritten by G. Frank Lydston, published in 1889.
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Sexual NeurastheniaWritten by George M. Beard, published in 1884.
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Medical Services and WarfareFocusing on medical advances across conflicts, the resource includes documents from the Crimean War, the second Boer War, the American Civil War, the First World War and inter- and post-war periods. Highlights include the correspondence of Florence Nightingale, the papers of Joseph Letterman, and material on reconstructive surgery and mental health.
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World War 1, 1914-1918Publications ranging from unit histories to published personal narratives, accounts of relief work, and more.
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World War II, 1939-1949U.S. federal, state, and local government documents such as reports, first aid manuals, and pamphlets.
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An Examination of the Practice of Bloodletting in Mental DisordersWritten by Pliny Earle published in 1854.
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Practical Physiology for the Use of Schools and FamiliesWritten by Edward Jarvis, published in 1848.
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Insanity of King George III: Read before the Association of Superintendents of Insane Hospitals, May 22, 1855Written by Isaac Ray, published ca. 1855.
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A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of InsanityWritten by Isaac Ray, published in 1838.
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Medical Inquiries and Observations, Upon the Diseases of the MindWritten by Benjamin Rush, published in 1812.
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The True Cause of Insanity Explained, or, The Terrible Experiences of an Insane, Related by Himself: the Life of a Patient in an Insane AsylumWritten by Francis Delilez, published in 1888.
Newspapers & Periodicals with Broad Coverage
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U.S. ProQuest Historical NewspapersThe complete content of the Boston Globe,1872 start date; Chicago Defender, 1909-1975; Chicago Tribune, 1849 start date; New York Amsterdam News, 1922-2010; New York Collection (multiple titles); New York Herald/Tribune, 1924 start date; New York Times, 1851 start date; Los Angeles Times, 1881 start date; Philadelphia Inquirer/Public Ledger, 1860 start date; Wall Street Journal, 1889 start date; Washington Post, 1877-start date.
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America's Historical Newspapers
Fully searchable collection of founding newspapers, documenting America's past. The Libraries subscribes to Early American Newspapers Series 1: From Colonies to Nations and Early American Newspapers Series 10: Regional Pioneers.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals, 1691-1877Providing digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1877.
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American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1940Includes special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and others of historical interest.
Digital Collections Outside Binghamton University
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New York Public Library Digital Collection700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
