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Weston State Hospital, Employee Ledger, Annual Report, and Other Material

0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Collection includes a timebook with entries for 1860-73, the Fourth Annual Report of the institution dated 1859, a copy of an act of the W.Va. Legislature dated 1863, changing the name of the institution to "Lunatic Asylum at Weston", and a freight bill presented to the institution dated Nov. 19, 1868. The timebook contains a month by month listing of the employees, their occupations, the number of hours worked, and the amount paid. The annual report summarizes the expenses of the institution, including the operating expenses and the cost of keeping patients. There is also a report of the modifications made in the buildings during the year. One of the many tables provides a listing of those under treatment telling the date of admission, sex, form of insanity, probable cause, age at first "attack," occupation, residence and result. Another table compares W.Va. to asylums in other states and still another provides a classified listing of expenses for the year.

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Weston State Hospital, Employee Ledger, Annual Report, and Other Material 0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Weston State Hospital

Collection includes a timebook with entries for 1860-73, the Fourth Annual Report of the institution dated 1859, a copy of an act of the W.Va. Legislature dated 1863, changing the name of the institution to "Lunatic Asylum at Weston", and a freight bill presented to the institution dated Nov. 19, 1868. The timebook contains a month by month listing of the employees, their occupations, the number of hours worked, and the amount paid. The annual report summarizes the expenses of the institution, including the operating expenses and the cost of keeping patients. There is also a report of the modifications made in the buildings during the year. One of the many tables provides a listing of those under treatment telling the date of admission, sex, form of insanity, probable cause, age at first "attack," occupation, residence and result. Another table compares W.Va. to asylums in other states and still another provides a classified listing of expenses for the year.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Weston State Hospital, Front Elevation and Illustrations

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items (1 oversize folder)
Materials related to Weston State Hospital (formerly the Lunatic Asylum at Weston). Includes: 1) "Front Elevation of Lunatic Asylum, West of the Alleghany Mountains", "R. Snowden Andrews, Architect, Baltimore, MD" (1859; 12 1/2 in. x 49 in.); 2) "West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, at Weston" (undated); 3) State Hospital in Weston, from German edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated (undated); 4) "New State Hospital for the Insane, At Weston", from Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1880). See also "Report of the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghany Mountains, 1859" in the Printed Ephemera Collection, cataloged under P10600. It includes a report from the Board of Directors to Virginia Governor Henry Wise, financial estimates for construction of the hospital, and a report from the architect R. Snowden Andrews.
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Weston State Hospital, Front Elevation and Illustrations 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items (1 oversize folder)

Weston State Hospital
Materials related to Weston State Hospital (formerly the Lunatic Asylum at Weston). Includes: 1) "Front Elevation of Lunatic Asylum, West of the Alleghany Mountains", "R. Snowden Andrews, Architect, Baltimore, MD" (1859; 12 1/2 in. x 49 in.); 2) "West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, at Weston" (undated); 3) State Hospital in Weston, from German edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated (undated); 4) "New State Hospital for the Insane, At Weston", from Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1880). See also "Report of the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghany Mountains, 1859" in the Printed Ephemera Collection, cataloged under P10600. It includes a report from the Board of Directors to Virginia Governor Henry Wise, financial estimates for construction of the hospital, and a report from the architect R. Snowden Andrews.

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