INDEX
Introductory page to site.
(www.mantenostatehospital.com)
NEWS
Manteno Project's "News"
page.
NATIONAL
REGISTER
Materials submitted to the National
Register of Historic Places.
GENEALOGY
Information
and links for genealogical research.
CONTACT
How to contact the Manteno Project.
Linked by "Rx" graphic at bottom of each
page.
PROJECT
An introduction to the Manteno Project
web site.
QUESTIONS
Questions and Answers about the project.
AUTHOR
Short bio and information about the author of this
site.
USE
Acceptable use policies.
SITEMAP
Sitemap of Manteno Project web site.
HISTORY
Page containing links to other pages
on this site pertaining to the history of MSH and
other Illinois state mental health facilities.
MANTENO
STATE HOSPITAL
History, size and facts about hospital's
given facilities. A brief history of MSH.
MSH
SUPERS
A list of MSH's Superintendents and
the dates they held their positions. Some additional
information is provided.
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper article on MSH from the
Kankakee Daily Republican, 1928 (?).
POPULATION
Populations of MSH from 1931 to 1963.
TIMELINE
A timeline of events in the history
of mental health and MSH.
BARNARD
& DAHLSTROM
Poetry, Painting and Property
This is a little history about the the murals that
once graced the Administration Building, the significance
of the poem "Mantenau", the man who wrote
it, his family, their propery and his home which
later became the Managing Officer's residence at
Manteno State Hospital.
MANTENO
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
From the August 1978 report from the Legislative
Commission to Visit and Examine State Institutions
MSH
REPORTS
Annual Reports from the Illinois
Department of Public Welfare and Illinois Department
of Mental Health on Manteno State Hospital
from 1930 to 1967
MANTENO
STATE HOSPITAL 1953-1954
A
very interesting, long and detailed report covering
most functions of Manteno State Hospital, aspects
of patient treatments, research, therapies, professions
and religious services.
TRANSITION
Report of the Mental Health Commissioners of the
State of Illinois
to The Honorable Otto Kerner, Governor (1966)
CHANGE
& COUNTING
These personal accounts were written and submitted
to the Manteno Project by two former employees,
happily married to each other and now, retired.
"Change" is the wife's account of her
years at Manteno State Hospital and "Counting"
is the husband's. Both stories are wonderful
and insightful accounts of the day-to-day life of
a Manteno State Hospital employee.
GRATITUDE
Letters of gratitude sent
to Manteno State Hospital and published in Manteno
State Hospital News, the official hospital newpaper.
(Several yearly bound editions of this paper can
be found at the Manteno Library District.)
ILLINOIS
STATE HOSPITALS
Illinois state hospital images, dates
they were opened and closed, and names the hospitals
officially went by.
ILLINOIS
STATE HOSPITAL MAPS
Topographical and aerial
images of each state hospital in Illinois.
ILLINOIS
INSTITUTIONS
County map showing the locations
Illinois' institutions from 1930.
JACKSONVILLE
Brief history of Illinois' first
state mental institution.
JACKSONVILLE
RULES
Exerpts from the 7th Annual Report
of the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane -
1860. This document gives the reader an idea of
the conditions of employment and how the hospital
was run.
KANKAKEE
Recent images of Kankakee State Hospital,
now the Shapiro Center in Kankakee, Illinois.
EPIDEMIC
A few pages of the report on the typhoid
fever epidemic at MSH in 1939.
ARCHITECTURE
Images and information about some of
the buildings and architecture at MSH.
COTTAGES
A list of cottage names, images of
who they were named after and information about those
persons. Also includes a link to the Flash version
of information.
GALLERY
Gallery of images of MSH
REQUIEM
A multimedia tribute to Manteno State Hospital.
MOVIE
PREVIEW
Introductory page to preview movies
of "Working and Playing to Health" (1953)
PANORAMIC
QuickTime Panoramic of MSH cemetery
HISTORIC
IMAGES
Historic images of MSH
PEOPLE
Gallery of images of people who were
employees, patients or visitors of MSH.
MUSEUM
Gallery of images from the MSH Mental
Health Museum.
POSTCARDS
Gallery of MSH postcards
RUINS
Gallery of recent exterior photographs
of MSH buildings and demolitions taken in the past
few years.
INTERIORS
Gallery
of interior images.
ART
Works inspired by photographs and other images of
Manteno State Hospital.
GENNIE
MESSAGES
The Manteno State Hospital and Genevieve Pilarski
inspired photography of Kristyn Vinikour.
FORUM
The Manteno Project, forums and guestbook.
Forums include the "manteno project
forum" and "bedlamphile", a forum for
those people who love asylum architecture and history.
LINKS
Links to other websites with relative
information on asylums and the history of mental health.
BOOKS
A list of books about asylums, psychiatry,
psychology and mental health.
REVIEW
A review of "An Illustrated
History of the Illinois Public Mental Health Services:
1847-200" by Joseph Mehr, Ph.D.
DISCLAIMERS
Manteno Project web site disclaimers.
USE
Acceptable use policies.
