A Guide to the Alice Davis Wood research notes for Alice Davis Wood research notes for Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine Wood, Alice Davis, research notes for Alice Davis Wood research notes for Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine. 45024

A Guide to the Alice Davis Wood research notes for Alice Davis Wood research notes for Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine

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Accession Number 45024


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
45024
Title
Alice Davis Wood research notes for Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine .
Extent
. 9 cubic feet and 2 boxes
Creator
Alice Davis Wood
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Alice Davis Wood research notes for Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine . Accession 45024. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Alice Davis Wood of Waynesboro, Virginia.

Biographical Information

Alice Davis Wood resides in Waynesboro, Virginia. After graduating from Mary Baldwin College, she worked for General Electric Company. She served on the advisory committee for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Wood has three children.

Scope and Content

Research notes of Alice Davis Wood used in writing her book Dr. Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medicine: Curing the Insane at Virginia's Western State Hospital, 1836-1874 . Papers include copies of Stribling's correspondence, as well as articles, deeds, pamphlets, regulations, reports, and other materials relating to Stribling and to Western State Hospital. The book was published in 2004.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1
Stribling letters--list, 1836-1874
Box 1 Folder 2
Stribling letters, 1844-1856
Box 1 Folder 3
Stribling letters, January-May 1857
Box 1 Folder 4
Stribling letters, June-December 1857
Box 1 Folder 5
Stribling letters, 1858-1860
Box 1 Folder 6
Hospital reports, 1836-1839
Box 1 Folder 7
Hospital reports, 1840-1845
Box 1 Folder 8
Hospital reports, 1848-1850
Box 1 Folder 9
Hospital reports, 1869-1873
Box 1 Folder 10
Hospital reports, no date
Box 1 Folder 11
Regulations, 1844, no date
Box 1 Folder 12
Regulations, 1844-1857
Box 1 Folder 13
Regulations, 1853(-1857)
Box 1 Folder 14
Regulations, 1854(-1855)
Box 1 Folder 15
Regulations, 1855
Box 1 Folder 16
Regulations, 1856-1857
Box 1 Folder 17
Regulations, 1861(-1874)
Box 1 Folder 18
Regulations, 1862-1864
Box 1 Folder 19
Regulations, 1865-1866
Box 1 Folder 20
Regulations, 1869-1872
Box 2 Folder 1
Galt and admission controversy (folder 1 of 3)
Box 2 Folder 2
Galt and admission controvery (folder 2 of 3)
Box 2 Folder 3
Galt and admission controvery (folder 3 of 3)
Box 2 Folder 4
Captain Randolph incident (folder 1 of 4)
Box 2 Folder 5
Captain Randolph incident (folder 2 of 4)
Box 2 Folder 6
Captain Randolph incident (folder 3 of 4)
Box 2 Folder 7
Captain Randolph incident (folder 4 of 4)
Box 2 Folder 8
Hudson's experience
Box 2 Folder 9
Stribling obituaries and memorials
Box 2 Folder 10
Stribling family
Box 2 Folder 11
Deeds, 1832-1868
Box 2 Folder 12
"A History of Western State Hospital "
Box 2 Folder 13
"Grandeur in the Wilderness: The Architects and Architecture of Western State Hospital and the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind "
Box 2 Folder 14
"Western State--A Hospital in Transition "
Box 2 Folder 15
Western State Hospital
Box 2 Folder 16
Wood correspondence, 2004-2005)
Box 2 Folder 17
partial manuscript of book