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Anderson Letters was completed in June 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/3170.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum [Staunton, Virginia] Collection, Ms2016-021,\u003c/a\u003e also at the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the Western Lunatic Asylum [Staunton, Virginia] Collection, Ms2016-021, also at the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Joseph R. Anderson Letters contain correspondence to Dr. Francis T. Stribling, the head of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia, for the creation of bedposts, and James T. 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