Western North Carolina Insane Asylum (Morganton, N.C.)

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The Western North Carolina Insane Asylum at Morganton, N.C. was originally establised in 1883. Its first director was Dr. Patrick Livingston Murphy (1848-1907). In 1890 the hospital's name was changed to State Hospital at Morganton, and in 1959 to Broughton Hospital, named after World War II Governor J. Melville Broughton (1888-1949)
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referencedIn James Clarence Harper Papers, 1840-1890 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Patrick Livingston Murphy Papers, 1848-1944 (bulk 1880-1907) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf [Admission forms, circulars, etc. from the Western North Carolina Insane Asylum and the State Hospital]. [between 1880 and 1899] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
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associatedWith Harper, James Clarence, 1819-1890. person
associatedWith Murphy, P. L. (Patrick Livingston), 1848-1907 person
predecessorOf State Hospital (Morganton, N.C.) corporateBody
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Morganton NC US
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Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
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Establishment 1883-03-29

Disestablishment 1890

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