Collection of papers and pamphlets relating to York Lunatic Asylum

Date:: 1788 - 1839

Reference:: RET/8/1/1/1

Part of:: The Retreat Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

The Retreat ArchiveRET
- OTHER PAPERSRET/8
  - PAPERS RELATING TO YORK LUNATIC ASYLUMRET/8/1
    - Tracts and PapersRET/8/1/1
      - Collection of papers and pamphlets relating to York Lunatic AsylumRET/8/1/1/1
        Printed resolutions and list of Benefactors to York Lunatic Asylum, January 1788RET/8/1/1/1/1
        Tract: Observations on the present state of York Lunatic Asylum (1809)RET/8/1/1/1/2
        Printed leaflet on the Asylum, giving objects, finances etc, 1813RET/8/1/1/1/3
        Cutting from The Yorkshire Chronicle, relating to the controversy, 30 December 1813, and list of deathsRET/8/1/1/1/4
        Notice of meeting and extracts from various Asylum rules, November 1813, to be submitted to the December Quarterly MeetingRET/8/1/1/1/5
        Cuttings from The Yorkshire Herald relating to the controversy, December 1813RET/8/1/1/1/6
        List of pamphletsRET/8/1/1/1/7
        Annual Report of York Lunatic Asylum 22 July 1814RET/8/1/1/1/8
        List of documents presented to the Court of Governors by Godfrey Higgins, with copies of letters and of evidence (in Samuel Tuke's writing) and cuttings from newspapers relating to the same evidence, 1813RET/8/1/1/1/9
        Printed copy of petition to Parliament relating to Mr Rose's Bill for the Regulation of Madhouses signed by 19 Governors; with manuscript copy of Madhouse Regulation Bill as amended on second re-commitment, c 1813RET/8/1/1/1/10
        Tract: Letter to Earl Fizwilliam by Godfrey Higgins (1814)RET/8/1/1/1/11
        Tract: Report of the Committee of Inquiry (1814)RET/8/1/1/1/12
        Tract: Vindication of Mr Higgins from the Charges of Corrector: including A Sketch of recent Transactions at the York Lunatic Asylum. Addressed to Earl Fizwilliam by a New Governor [S.W. Nicoll] (1814)RET/8/1/1/1/13
        Annual Report of York Lunatic Asylum 1815, with Report of the Committee on Buildings and plan of proposed alterations and additionsRET/8/1/1/1/14
        Tract: A Complete Collection of the Papers respecting the York Lunatic Asylum published originally in the York Newspapers during the Years 1813, 1814, and 1815. Nil Desperandum (Editor's Copy) (1816)RET/8/1/1/1/15
        Annual Report of York Lunatic Asylum August 1816RET/8/1/1/1/16
        Annual Report of York Lunatic Asylum and Supplement, 1817, and Annual Reports of York Lunatic Asylum for the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823RET/8/1/1/1/17
        Rules and Regulations of the York Lunatic Asylum with list of Governors, 1824RET/8/1/1/1/18
        Annual Reports of York Lunatic Asylum for the years 1827, 1828, 1829RET/8/1/1/1/19
        Rules and Regulations, 1830RET/8/1/1/1/20
        Annual Report of York Lunatic Asylum 1830RET/8/1/1/1/21
        Numbers of deaths and numbers of patients, copied from annual reports 1815 - 1833RET/8/1/1/1/22
        Annual Reports of York Lunatic Asylum for the years 1833, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839RET/8/1/1/1/23
        Printed paper: William Tuke's recommendations to the Committee on rules for staff, to be submitted to York Asylum Quarterly Court, 2 December 1813RET/8/1/1/1/24
        Printed diet table for the Asylum 6 November 1816RET/8/1/1/1/25
        Rules for the Servants 24 November 1815RET/8/1/1/1/26
        Printed form of queries to York Asylum sent to friends of patients previous to their admission, 1815RET/8/1/1/1/27

About this work

Description

Documents are described in 27 separate parts. This numbering conforms to the original numbering in the volume

Publication/Creation

1788 - 1839

Physical description

Approximately 42 printed or manuscript documents, arranged into 27 parts, previously bound into a volume but now disbound

Arrangement

These were originally bound into a volume called: 'York Lunatic Asylum Reports etc Vol 1 1788 - 1839'. They have now been conserved and are filed together as separate numbered items in their original order. Items 24 - 27 were loose in an envelope inserted into the volume.

Terms of use

Open and available at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. This material is being digitised by the Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.

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