You might want to check with the Indiana Medical History Museum 
http://www.imhm.org/ located in the Old Pathology Building on the grounds of 
the former Central State Hospital in Indianapolis.

Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
4338 Hadley Court
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Office:  (765) 464-8735
Mobile: (765) 427-4082
www.har-indy.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ellen Chapman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 12:16 PM
Subject: looking for skeletal assemblages of institutionalized individuals


> Hello all,
>
> I'm a graduate student and bioarchaeologist interested in processes of
> institutionalization in the 19th century, and I'm currently looking for
> available skeletal assemblages for my dissertation research. I'm 
> interested
> in hearing about any collections from institutional contexts (prison,
> almshouse, asylums) where a significant portion of the individuals under
> care were engaged in labor, whether that is labor therapy, convict leases,
> or to pay off their debts. So far I'm aware of the Virginia Penitentiary
> collection housed at the Smithsonian and the Oneida Asylum assemblage as
> two examples. I'm most interested in east coast remains from the mid 19th
> to early 20th century, and smaller collections that could be analyzed
> without employing an extensive sampling strategy.
> If you know of any collections that match some or all of these criteria,
> I'd love to hear from you.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Ellen Chapman
> [log in to unmask]
> Department of Anthropology
> College of William and Mary
> MSc, Durham University