This series consists of newsletters produced by patients and staff of Utica and Marcy State Hospitals (later consolidated as Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center) to provide current information on the people and programs at these institutions. Patient publications feature quotations, poems, and short pieces on current events and issues; staff publications focus on personnel issues, staff training, departmental and hospital policies, and visits of public officials.
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Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
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This series consists of bound copies of "The Opal," a monthly literary newsletter edited by patients at the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. The newsletter contains poems, essays, news articles, correspondence, and editorials on national and local events and subjects. Subjects and themes are mostly social, literary, religious, and political.
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New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.