I was trained at the State Psychiatric Hospital in Austin in the 1970's. I worked there a semester on and off. I can say from my own experience that these facilities are humane, and the patients get excellent care, they are in no way a "good" place to be. The people there are "institutional" for the most part. They are very seriiously ill and couldn't survive in any normal setting. In 1900 the conditions would have been infinitly worse since that is long before modern medications. The type of treatment many people received would be considered barbaric by modern standards. Of course, they did the best they could do at the time with the limited knowledge they had. Ausitn has the psychiatric hospital and schools for the blind, deaf, and mentally retarted. I am certain each of these maintain records, but I have no idea how accessable they might be. Contact the state hospital in Austin and I'm sure they can point you in the right direction. My Best, Randy Haynes Terry W Antoine <[email protected]> wrote:Is there any information about patients in that Austin area asylum available anywhere?? I am trying to track someone who supposed spent some time there about that time (1900-1910)? -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Tate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ERATH] There was also the "lunatic assylum" in (or near) Austin that Erath county residents were being sent to in the 1900 to 1910 time period. > People in these parts were still being sent to the state hospital at > Terrell during that time period. > >>any one know anything about the insane hospital that was in San >>ANtonio around the 1900's >> >> > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl