Partners in History
A source for all things Northampton, Historic Northampton archives and exhibits important historical material and serves as a hub for local research
A gift to the city by one of the original trustees of Northampton State Hospital, Forbes Library possesses not only the archive for the local periodicals but also a focused local history and reference section.
Northampton Community Television
Northampton Community Television provides the space, equipment and training to help make the video recorded Narratives possible.
Even before becoming operational in 1878 Danvers State Hospital was built to be twice the size of Northampton, a feature that earned Danvers the ridicule of the NSH superintendent. Danvers was abandoned and turned into condominiums like Northampton. The developer chose to keep the original facade which remains the only selling point for an otherwise aptly poor investment.
Kirkbride Buildings’ Northampton State Hospital section. Pictures and historical information concerning the Kirkbride plan for the construction of asylums. The site also features several other asylums as well as a news section for current events.
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A local "support and activism community run by and for people labeled with severe ‘mental disorders’" work with oral history is a framework for our research of a similar nature. Together with the Icarus Project the FC recently published a Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide.