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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  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DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Administrative Records, 1825-2000\n        \n        Subseries A. Annual Reports, 1836-1994\n        Subseries B. Board of Directors Records (and State Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Board Records), 1825-1991\n        Subseries C. Buildings, Facilities and Grounds Records, 1828-1994\n        Subseries D. Correspondence, 1825-1944\n        Subseries E. DeJarnette Personal Files, 1906-1965\n        Subseries F. Employment and Personnel Records, 1915-1981\n        Subseries G. Executive Committee Records, 1841-1903\n        Subseries H. General Files and Ledgers, 1828-1997\n        Subseries I. Meeting Minutes, 1944-1991 \n        Subseries J. Newsletters, 1940-1996\n        Subseries K. Photographs and Slides, circa 1880s-2000 \n        Subseries L. Policies and Procedures, 1854-1983\n        Subseries M. Press Material, 1949-1998 \n        Subseries N. Reports, 1828-1991\n        Subseries O. Theses and Papers, 1968-1990\n        Subseries P. 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Diet Lists, 1907-1915; undated\n        Subseries E. Entertainment Registers, 1939-1942\n        Subseries F. Guestbooks, 1967-1988\n        Subseries G. Library Records, 1865-1971\n        Subseries H. Medical Procedure and Supply Registers, 1923-1965\n        Subseries I. Nightly Report Registers, 1851-1944\n        Subseries J. Officer of the Day Books, 1939-1950\n        Subseries K. Out Books, 1888-1944\n        Subseries L. Ward Reports, 1866-1947\n        Subseries M. Wash Lists, 1887-1888\n        Subseries N. Visitor Registers, 1847-1878","Series VI. Records Found at Eastern State Hospital, 1825-1918\n        \n        Subseries A. Correspondence, 1835-1918\n        Subseries B. Subject Files, 1825-1873\n        Subseries C. Volumes, 1856-1859","Series VII. DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers","In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"collection_ssim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"unitid_tesim":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Western State Hospital"],"creator_ssim":["Western State Hospital"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Accession 31030 transferred by Frank Demory, Western State Hospital, 12 March 1981.","Accession 31353 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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Diet Lists, 1907-1915; undated\n        Subseries E. Entertainment Registers, 1939-1942\n        Subseries F. Guestbooks, 1967-1988\n        Subseries G. Library Records, 1865-1971\n        Subseries H. Medical Procedure and Supply Registers, 1923-1965\n        Subseries I. Nightly Report Registers, 1851-1944\n        Subseries J. Officer of the Day Books, 1939-1950\n        Subseries K. Out Books, 1888-1944\n        Subseries L. Ward Reports, 1866-1947\n        Subseries M. Wash Lists, 1887-1888\n        Subseries N. Visitor Registers, 1847-1878","Series VI. Records Found at Eastern State Hospital, 1825-1918\n        \n        Subseries A. Correspondence, 1835-1918\n        Subseries B. Subject Files, 1825-1873\n        Subseries C. Volumes, 1856-1859","Series VII. DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). 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Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":6009,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:09:00.014Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00937_c04_c08_c01_c03_c01"}},{"id":"vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02_c08","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"#12, 1883-1884.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02_c08#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02_c08","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02_c08"],"id":"vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02_c08","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00937","_root_":"vi_vi00937","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00937_c04_c06_c02","parent_ssim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001","Series IV. 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Diet Lists, 1907-1915; undated\n        Subseries E. Entertainment Registers, 1939-1942\n        Subseries F. Guestbooks, 1967-1988\n        Subseries G. Library Records, 1865-1971\n        Subseries H. Medical Procedure and Supply Registers, 1923-1965\n        Subseries I. Nightly Report Registers, 1851-1944\n        Subseries J. Officer of the Day Books, 1939-1950\n        Subseries K. Out Books, 1888-1944\n        Subseries L. Ward Reports, 1866-1947\n        Subseries M. Wash Lists, 1887-1888\n        Subseries N. Visitor Registers, 1847-1878","Series VI. Records Found at Eastern State Hospital, 1825-1918\n        \n        Subseries A. Correspondence, 1835-1918\n        Subseries B. Subject Files, 1825-1873\n        Subseries C. Volumes, 1856-1859","Series VII. DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers","In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"collection_ssim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"unitid_tesim":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Western State Hospital"],"creator_ssim":["Western State Hospital"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Accession 31030 transferred by Frank Demory, Western State Hospital, 12 March 1981.","Accession 31353 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. 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Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). 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Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Administrative Records, 1825-2000\n        \n        Subseries A. Annual Reports, 1836-1994\n        Subseries B. Board of Directors Records (and State Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Board Records), 1825-1991\n        Subseries C. Buildings, Facilities and Grounds Records, 1828-1994\n        Subseries D. Correspondence, 1825-1944\n        Subseries E. DeJarnette Personal Files, 1906-1965\n        Subseries F. Employment and Personnel Records, 1915-1981\n        Subseries G. Executive Committee Records, 1841-1903\n        Subseries H. General Files and Ledgers, 1828-1997\n        Subseries I. Meeting Minutes, 1944-1991 \n        Subseries J. Newsletters, 1940-1996\n        Subseries K. Photographs and Slides, circa 1880s-2000 \n        Subseries L. Policies and Procedures, 1854-1983\n        Subseries M. Press Material, 1949-1998 \n        Subseries N. Reports, 1828-1991\n        Subseries O. Theses and Papers, 1968-1990\n        Subseries P. Publications, 1905-1948","Series II. Departmental and Program Records, 1942-1983 \n        \n        Subseries A. Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP) Files, 1962-1979 \n        Subseries B. DeJarnette Sanatorium Files, 1942-1947\n        Subseries C. Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC) Files, 1970-1983","Series III. Financial Records, 1838-1985 \n        \n        Subseries A. Accounts for Board, 1838-1936\n        Subseries B. Auditor's Books, 1841-1930\n        Subseries C. Budget Records, 1927-1984\n        Subseries D. Expenditure and Purchasing Records, 1840-1985\n        Subseries E. Farm and Sewing Production Records, 1860-1945\n        Subseries F. General Financial Ledgers and Journals, 1884-1921\n        Subseries G. Indices (Miscellaneous), undated\n        Subseries H. Patient Account Records, 1851-1957\n        Subseries I. Sales Books, 1894-1936\n        Subseries J. Special Funds Records, 1850-1958\n        Subseries K. 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Diet Lists, 1907-1915; undated\n        Subseries E. Entertainment Registers, 1939-1942\n        Subseries F. Guestbooks, 1967-1988\n        Subseries G. Library Records, 1865-1971\n        Subseries H. Medical Procedure and Supply Registers, 1923-1965\n        Subseries I. Nightly Report Registers, 1851-1944\n        Subseries J. Officer of the Day Books, 1939-1950\n        Subseries K. Out Books, 1888-1944\n        Subseries L. Ward Reports, 1866-1947\n        Subseries M. Wash Lists, 1887-1888\n        Subseries N. Visitor Registers, 1847-1878","Series VI. Records Found at Eastern State Hospital, 1825-1918\n        \n        Subseries A. Correspondence, 1835-1918\n        Subseries B. Subject Files, 1825-1873\n        Subseries C. Volumes, 1856-1859","Series VII. DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers","In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  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The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  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Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). 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A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"collection_ssim":["Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"unitid_tesim":["31030, 31353, 31704, 32451, 41253, 41283, 41404, 44812, 45553, 50576, 50989, 53601, 53661"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Western State Hospital"],"creator_ssim":["Western State Hospital"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Accession 31030 transferred by Frank Demory, Western State Hospital, 12 March 1981.","Accession 31353 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 11 March 1982.","Accession 31704 transferred by Francis L. Demory, Western State Hospital, 14 March 1983.","Accession 32451 transferred by Western State Hospital, Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 30 July 1985.","Accession 41253 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 15 June 2004.","Accession 41283 transfer information unavailable, accessioned 30 June 2004.","Accession 41404 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, Administrative Office, P.O Box. 2500, Staunton, Va., 25 August 2004.","Accession 44812 transferred by Michelle L. Porter, Health Information Management Department, Eastern State Hospital, 4601 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, Va., 17 February 2010.","Accession 45553 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 8 June 2011.","Accession 50576 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, Staunton, Va., 19 September 2012.","Accession 50989 transferred by Judy Ross, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, 1355 Richmond Road, Staunton, Va., 15 August 2013.","Accession 53601 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 29 April 2022.","Accession 53661 transferred by Kim Burns, Western State Hospital, 12 July 2022."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["115 cubic feet of records (260 boxes) and 1065 volumes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003e\n          \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries I. Administrative Records, 1825-2000\u003c/emph\u003e\n        \u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSubseries A. 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DeJarnette Sanatorium Admission Registers"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.  \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWestern State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In January 1825 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation providing for the construction of an asylum in the western part of the state.  A Court of Directors was commissioned by the Governor to serve as the asylum's governing body and charged with purchasing a site close to the town of Staunton, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on which to build an asylum to house the mentally ill of western Virginia.  The institution, which became known as Western Lunatic Asylum, was the second mental health facility built in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The buildings and surrounding gardens were designed to embrace the idea of \"moral therapy\" for mentally ill patients by providing an aesthetically pleasing and tranquil atmosphere in which patients lived comfortably, exercised and worked outdoors.","Western Lunatic Asylum opened in 1828, accepting both male and female patients suffering from a variety of mental disorders.  Common diagnoses included \"hard study,\" \"religious excitement,\" and \"debility of the nervous system.\"  The asylum was overseen by a Keeper, a Matron and a visiting physician during its earliest years.  The hospital also employed attendants, gate keepers, night watch personnel, farm hands, and a steward who handled the day-to-day financial operations. The first superintendent appointed to oversee Western Lunatic Asylum was Dr. Francis T. Stribling.  Dr. Stribling was a proponent of the moral therapy approach, and was a leader in the early mental health community.  Dr. Stribling was one of the thirteen founders of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, which later became known as the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Stribling served as the hospital superintendent and as a physician until his death in 1874.","It should be noted that the hospital underwent a short-lived name change between 1861 and 1865, when it was known as Central Lunatic Asylum.  (It should not be confused with an asylum of the same name later built in Petersburg, Virginia to house African American patients).  From 1865 to 1894 the name was again Western Lunatic Asylum.  However, in 1894 the General Assembly passed legislation changing the name to Western State Hospital.","Another highly influential superintendent at Western State Hospital was Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette.  Dr. DeJarnette was hired as a physician in 1889 and was appointed superintendent in 1905.  His tenure was the longest of any superintendent at Western State.  Dr. DeJarnette was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, which housed patients with the ability to pay for their treatment.  Dr. DeJarnette remained the superintendent of Western State for 38 years, retiring in 1943 with many accolades.  He served as superintendent of the sanatorium from its formation in 1932 to his full retirement in 1947.  Dr. DeJarnette's involvement in the eugenics movement and his support of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients has in more recent years earned him a less favorable reputation.","Many of Western State Hospital's original structures remain standing on what is referred to as the \"Old Site.\"  Many of these structures are historically and architecturally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  During the 1960s a newer hospital facility was constructed, and over the next decade patients and programs were slowly moved to the \"New Site.\"  Deinstitutionalization efforts and increased focus on localized community programs resulted in lower patient census numbers starting in the 1970s, and by the mid-1970s the Old Site had shut down completely.  The Old Site was later converted into Staunton Correctional Center, which it remained until its closure in late 2002.  The original grounds of Western State Hospital were eventually sold and are being converted into condominiums and retail space as part of an urban redevelopment plan.","Western State Hospital continues to serve the mental health needs of Virginia's citizens from the New Site in Staunton, Virginia. The hospital is part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) and is governed by the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. The records of the Western State Hospital document many facets of the institution's operational history, patient life and medical treatment, as well as the evolution of mental health treatment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Western State Hospital collection contains a wide variety of bound volumes and paper records spanning more than 170 years (1825-1998). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and reports, as well as a specific departmental and program records relating to the Community Hospital Industrial Rehabilitation Program (CHIRP), the DeJarnette State Sanatorium, and the Shenandoah Geriatric Treatment Center (SGTC). Also included are financial records such as auditor's books, budget files, farm production records, and supply inventories. The patient-related records include admission registers, commitment papers, medical records, and several types of patient lists. Also included in this collection are a variety of report books created and maintained by staff members regarding patient admissions, attendants' rounds, ward activities, and many other duties performed at the hospital. 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