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Pennhurst State School and Hospital / J. Gregory Pirmann and the Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance.
Van Pelt Library HV3006.P4 P57 2015
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pirmann, John Gregory, author.
- Series:
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennhurst State School (Pa.).
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.
- Mentally Ill Persons--history.
- Institutionalization--history.
- History.
- People with disabilities--Rehabilitation.
- Mentally ill--Rehabilitation.
- Intellectual disability facilities.
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care.
- Pennsylvania.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- Intellectual disability facilities--Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- Mentally ill--Rehabilitation--Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- Mentally ill.
- People with disabilities--Rehabilitation--Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- People with disabilities.
- Pennhurst State School (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- East Vincent (Pa. : Township)--History--Pictorial works.
- East Vincent (Pa. : Township).
- Chester County (Pa.)--History, Local--Pictorial works.
- Chester County (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Chester County.
- Pennsylvania--East Vincent (Township).
- Medical Subjects:
- Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.
- Mentally Ill Persons--history.
- Institutionalization--history.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- History.
- Local history.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]
- Summary:
- For nearly 80 years, Pennhurst State School and Hospital was a reminder of how society viewed and treated people with intellectual disabilities. Over its existence, Pennhurst was home to more than 10,600 people. Many spent decades there, working to keep the institution running by performing various jobs. While some enjoyed the lives they had fashioned for themselves at Pennhurst, for many others, life there was crushing. Pennhurst also played a central role in the lives of its employees and in the rural Pennsylvania community where it was located. Controversy plagued the institution for its entire existence, and it is remembered primarily as a place where bad things happened. However, it was much more than that. This book provides a window into that separate world, reminding those who were part of it of what they saw and did there and giving those who know only what they have heard or seen a different picture of what Pennhurst truly was. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Creating a separate world
- Building the institution
- Making it work
- The school
- The people of Pennhurst
- The unseen Pennhurst
- After the doors closed.
- ISBN:
- 9781467123662
- 1467123668
- OCLC:
- 907161528
- Publisher Number:
- 99970419722
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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