Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas

concept

Malformed : forgotten brains of the Texas State Mental Hospital / photographs and captions by Adam Voorhes ; essay by Alex Hannaford.

Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997 / Sarah C. Sitton.

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Austin State Hospital

Works from the collections

Malformed : forgotten brains of the Texas State Mental Hospital / photographs and captions by Adam Voorhes ; essay by Alex Hannaford.

Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857-1997 / Sarah C. Sitton.