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Marjorie Garrod and Gwendoline Knight, The Retreat'

(Offprint from The Friends' Quarterly Examiner, April 1946) Dr Garrod was the daughter of Bedford Pierce and she was a Retreat governor and a a member of the Retreat Committee. Dr Knight was a doctor at the Retreat. This article, written to commemorate its 150th anniversary, gives a resume of the history of the Retreat, talks about Bedford Pierce and The Retreat in the 20th century and describes what the Retreat was like in 1946

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY BY THE RETREAT

Books, Pamphlets, Magazine Articles and other Publicity

Samuel Tuke, Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York for insane persons of the Society of Friends containing an account of its origins and progress, the modes of treatment and a statement of cases

A Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present State of The Retreat, an Institution near York, for the Reception of Persons afflicted with Disorders of the Mind, Among the Society of Friends

Statistics of The Retreat near York from its Establishment in 1796 to 1840 (York 1841)

Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Insanity including an Enquiry into the Causes Influencing the Results of Treatment in Establishments for the Insane to which are added the Statistics of the Retreat near York by John Thurnam (London 1845)

Review of the Early History of the Retreat near York...from the Fiftieth Report (York 1846)

Daniel Hack Tuke, Reform in the Treatment of the Insane. Early History of The Retreat, York; its objects and influence. With a Report of the Celebrations of its Centenary

Prospectus: The Retreat

Mildred Creak, 'The Story of a Great Mental Hospital. The Retreat, York'

Harold Capper Hunt, A Retired Habitation. A History of the Retreat, York

L.A.G. Strong, Light Through the Cloud. The Story of The Retreat, York 1796 - 1946

E.E. Taylor,' The Tukes: Tea Dealers and Reformers'

The Retreat 1796 - 1946. Addresses given during the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations

'Life in a Mental Hospital', by Fyfe Robinson, Picture Post 23 November 1946; with 'Postscript' to article, with responses from readers, Picture Post 15 February 1947

'Life in a Mental Hospital by a Patient', Health Horizon

Alfred Torrie, The Retreat, York. One Hundred and Sixty Years of Quaker Witness

Alfred Torrie, '"An Experiment in Humanity" in 1796 which still continues today as a leading mental hospital'

Prospectus: Nursing, The Retreat, York

C.C. Beresford, 'Progress in Mental Health Treatment'

Dorothy Horsfield, 'A "Retired Habitation". The Retreat, York'

'Modernisation at The Retreat'

Olive Tyson, 'The Retreat'

Retreat film ‘Light through the Cloud’ (1955) (modern copy on DVD)

Dr Marjorie Garrod and J. Arthur Taylor, ‘A History of the Retreat’, typescript (40 pp.)

Marjorie Garrod and Gwendoline Knight, The Retreat'

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