An insight into an insane asylum / Joseph Camp ; with an introduction by John S. Hughes and a biographical note on Peter Bryce by Robert O. Mellown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camp, Joseph, 1811-

Contributor:

Hughes, John S., 1954-

Series:

Library of Alabama classics.

The library of Alabama classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Camp, Joseph, 1811---Mental health.

Camp, Joseph.

Bryce Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

Alabama Insane Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

Psychiatric hospital patients--Alabama--Tuscaloosa--Biography.

Psychiatric hospital patients.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1881, Joseph Camp, an elderly and self-trained Methodist minister from TalladegaCounty in eastern Alabama, was brought by his family to BryceHospital, an insane asylum in Tuscaloosa, where he remained for over five months.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction - John S. Hughes; I. My Ancestors; II. Insane Hospital; III. Becoming Acquainted with the Inmates; IV. Mr. Perkins; V. The Wardmasters and Mistresses; VI. Mr. Perkins's Rebuke; VII. Friarson and Jones; VIII. The First Man Ever in the Asylum; IX. Nuckles's Church-Letter; X. My Son's Arrival; XI. Writ of Habeas Corpus; XII. Massingale and Steadmire; XIII. The Asylum; XIV. Mr. Ford; XV. Settlement in Alabama; XVI. Coffee; XVII. The Discovery of Alabama by De Soto; XVIII. First Settlers of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana

XIX. The Slave, His Adaptation to the Southern Climate and for LaborXX. Early Days in Georgia and Alabama; XXI. Stern Morality Demanded by Public Opinion; XXII. The Slave-Trade; XXIII. Camp-Meetings; XXIV. The Memories of Childhood; XXV. Eli Bynum; Biographical Note on Peter Bryce - Robert O. Mellown

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8173-8533-9

OCLC:

796384796