One of my colleagues here pointed these excavations at the Bedlam Mental Hospital Cemetery and I thought it might be relevant to your research topic.  

http://www.crossrail.co.uk/delivering/environment/managing-environment/archaeology-heritage/archaeology-at-crossrail-liverpool-street-site#.T3yjSI7m1yg


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On Apr 3, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ellen Chapman wrote:

> 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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>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>