Bellevue Asylum stood for 77 years before it was torn down in 1956, ... Bellevue Asylum records recall the lives of local residents with mental and ... and those who were considered “insane.” ...

Bellevue Asylum stood for 77 years before it was torn down in 1956, ... Bellevue Asylum records recall the lives of local residents with mental and ... and those who were considered “insane.” ...

The RBML purchased the records fairly recently from rare book dealer McBride Rare Books. The RBML purchased the records for $40,000—an expensive amount for a smaller collection of archives—as they ...

In the mid- to late 1800s, insane asylums served as catch-all facilities for violent and difficult women. ... Few records were kept of Marks’ 30 years in prison and at the asylum.

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Niesje Steinkruger is one of many dedicated volunteers who has been searching for “Lost Alaskans” sent to an insane asylum in Portland, Ore. from the late 1800s to 1960.

Zuckerman said records reflect up to 35,000 patients stayed at the asylum between 1865 and 1935. She said a total of 9,000 died there, with about 6,000 of them buried in the asylum cemetery.