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Report published by the State of Michigan and addressed to David H. Jerome, then Governor of the State of Michigan, who appointed a Board of Commissioners to select a site for a new psychiatric hospital under the provisions of Act No. 225 of the…

Report created by the Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane to the Legislature of the State of Michigan, covering fiscal years 1857 and 1858. The Michigan Asylum was located in Kalamazoo. This report details the devastating fire, likely an…

Black and white photographs of the Traverse City State Hospital nurses graduation class of 1936, 10 nurses.

Color photograph of Dr. G. Edward Stokes, a surgeon at Munson Medical Center from 1952 -1987. He was also the surgeon for the state hospital and was often called upon when a patient swallowed a dangerous object , which was often, especially at…

Color postcard of the Traverse City State Hospital

Color postcard of the Traverse City State Hospital and grounds.

Postcard photograph of Northern Michigan Asylum, later the Traverse City State Hospital; the back of the postcard is not split with a section for address and for writing, so this is likely a pre-1907 postcard.

Northern Michigan Asylum at Traverse City.

Black and white photograph of Marjorie Lorraine Lessard's 1947 license from the State of Michigan allowing her to practice as a registered nurse in Michigan. Marjorie was a graduate of the Traverse City State Hospital Training School for Nurses.

Black and white photograph of the Traverse City State Hospital , ca 1885.