Brief history of the charitable institutions of the state of Illinois.
Contributors: Illinois. School for the Deaf, Jacksonville.; Illinois. School for the Blind, Jacksonville.; Illinois. State Hospital, Anna.; Jacksonville Insane Asylum (Ill.); Illinois. State Hospital, Kankakee.; Illinois. State Hospital, Elgin.; Illinois. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago.; Illinois. Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Normal.; Illinois. State School and Colony, Lincoln.
Publisher: J. Morris Company, printers
Published: 1893
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Public welfare -- Illinois; Psychiatric hospitals -- Illinois
Notes: Edition of 200 copies, made up from a collection of histories of state charitable institutions, prepared by the superintendents of the several institutions and originally issued separately by the committee. cf. Pref.
Table of contents: title: Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, at Jacksonville, 1838-1893.; title: Institution for the education of the blind, at Jacksonville. 1849-1893.; title: Southern hospital for the insane, at Anna. 1869-1893.; title: Central hospital for the insane, at Jacksonville. 1847-1893.; title: Eastern hospital for the insane, at Kankakee. 1877-1983.; title: Northern hospital for the insane, at Elgin. 1869-1893.; title: Charitable eye and ear infirmary, at Chicago. 1858-1893.; title: Soldiers' and sailors' home, at Quincy. 1885-1893.; title: Soldiers' orphans' home, at Normal. 1865-1893.; title: Asylum for feeble minded children, at Lincoln, 1865-1893.