State Hospital (Morganton, N.C.)

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The State Hospital at Morganton, N.C. was originally establised in 1883 as the Western North Carolina Insane Asylum. Its first director was Dr. Patrick Livingston Murphy. 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.
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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 Murphy, Patrick Livingston, 1848-1907. person
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Morganton NC US
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Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
Hospitals, Special
State hospitals
Mental health
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Establishment 1890

Disestablishment 1959

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