Thanks very much for all your help!
Ellen

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Rich Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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" <
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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
>>
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