Jump in if anyone in the RI area knows of information for this query. I found: At the IL State Archives, there is a Record Group: Record Group 262.000 - 262.012 Illinois Western Hospital for the Insane Watertown State Hospital East Moline State Hospital East Moline Mental Health Center (all headings for this one record group) Caution: I don't know if you could see any of these records or not. They may be resticted because case files, escapes, correspondence, are included. I don't see a section for employees as with some of the other institutions. But they could be there and I wouldn't recognize it. I wouldn't know the cost of research by the IL State Archives staff. If you go to the archives and if the records are accessible, they will bring files to you. Oh, gosh, don't tell them "Gloria SAID you would do this."<g> You ASK what they will do. Explore at this site - address and phone number are there: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html gf **************** From: DblD118@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 04:13:18 EST Subject: Re: [ILROCKIS-L] Resthaven Cemetery To: glofra@townsqr.com X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 18 Glo, Is there a book or any information on the East Moline Mental Hospital? I am searching for my ggg-grandfather, Isaac Conners. He was a veterinarian. His daughter said he had something to do with the hospital. The only thing we can come up with is that he was the veterinarian for working farm for the hospital. Any information at all could help. Thank you, Paula