This is from my friend, Ryan Thibodeau. Please help him if you can. Thank you! Lin Stuhler My colleague and I are almost ready to submit an op-ed that we hope will generate support for our bill. As part of this, I’m hoping to identify some people who (1) don’t know the whereabouts of an Continue reading
Originally posted June 2, 2013 I wrote this post thirteen years ago. It is still relevant today. The Inmates of these New York State Insane Asylums / State Hospitals were not criminals, (with the exception of the two State Hospitals / Prisons for the Criminally Insane: Matteawan and Dannemora). They were just people who needed Continue reading
This is from my friend, Ryan Thibodeau, who with a few others, are trying to change the New York State law on Mental Health concerning people who were institutionalized in the 19th and 20th centuries. I know, it s ridiculous that we even have to do this but that s New York State and the Office of Continue reading
To me, Classic Rock is the music from the British Invasion in February 1964 with the introduction of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, forward until 1979. Everyone knows that without The Beatles, none of the bands below would exist. I’m not including The Rolling Stones, The Who, or Led Zeppelin, in the list Continue reading
As a Baby Boomer (the oldest would be 79, the youngest would be 61), I feel very fortunate to have grown up listening to what I think is the best music ever! From Classic Rock to beautiful ballads. Sadly, so many musicians of my era have already passed on. I don’t ever recall hearing any Continue reading
I heard “Go All The Way” on the oldies station last week in the car and it took me back to when I first heard the song many years ago. I was sixteen and I remember thinking, WOW! Who is that singing and who wrote those lyrics? I was blown away with that voice! Of Continue reading
New York State Hospitals at FIND A GRAVE As I find more, I will add them to this list. Willard State Hospital Cemetery: Willard Asylum Cemetery in Willard, New York Find a Grave Cemetery Gowanda State Hospital Cemetery: Gowanda State Hospital Cemetery in Collins, New York Find a Grave Cemetery Binghamton State Hospital Continue reading
I feel the need to say something now that Senator Joseph Robach will not be seeking re-election as a state senator for my district. I believe he sincerely tried to pass a law that would have allowed the people of New York State to know when, where, and how their ancestors died and where they Continue reading
By 1917, the “Willard” train stopped at every building on the 1,000 acre complex. The beautiful photographs below, from the year 1886, are from the book Pictorial Album of The Willard Asylum 1869 – 1886 by Wayne E. Morrison. (Originally posted January 9, 2013). “Hayt’s Corners, Ovid Willard Railroad On September 15, 1882, this Continue reading
This was a previously posted page that I have decided to turn into a post. The only thing that makes me sad is that Dr. Hansan removed much of my commentary before he reprinted my research. Keep in mind that historical research takes hours and hours of reading and transcribing. It was not an easy Continue reading