State Hospital Websites
- Kirkbride BuildingsDocuments remaining Kirkbride buildings in their current state.
- Northampton State Hospital (Christopher Sparks)Offers historical background, interviews, image galleries, news, etc.
- Northampton State Hospital (Opacity)Site documented through both text and photographs.
- The State Hospital: In Memoriam (Anna Schuleit/1856.org)Documents the historic state hospitals & state schools of MA; offers a historical overview, chronology, social context, etc.
- A Walking Tour of Hospital Hill (Sarah Smith)Details the land, buildings & history; shows the nine historic sites preserved from demolition & redevelopment.
Other Websites
- Northampton Council on Aging & Senior Center67 Conz Street Northampton
586-1228
Contact the Council on Aging if you would like to interview former employees of the NSH.
Encyclopedias
"View of the Insane Asylum, Now Building at Northampton, Massachusetts, " from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, v. XI, no. 9 (August 30, 1856), p. 131.
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Use scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries, such as those below, for an overview of your topic, definitions, a list of suggested readings, and (sometimes) a lead on related primary source material.
- Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 vols.)Call Number: ref HN 57 E58 1993
- Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (4 vols.)Call Number: ref HN 57 .E594 2004
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics (4 vols.)Call Number: ref QH 332 .E52 2004
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