'The Retreat was my Home'

Date:
1962 - 1963
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RET 1/9/2/1
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Description

This typescript account comprises: Chapter I: 'Extracts from the Pierce Family History' by Dr Bedford Pierce, Chapter II 'Born and Bred in a Mental Hospital' by Dr Marjorie Garrod (daughter of Dr Pierce), Chapter III 'The Retreat' by Dr Marjorie Garrod Two copies; one has photographs added into it, of Drs Pierce, Mackenzie and Kemp, Pierce family group, Marjorie Pierce as a baby, Marjorie and Edmund Pierce as children, Charlotte Thomasson the Matron, Phoebe Head, Assistant Matron, Belle Vue, Throxenby Hall With letter from Retreat Secretary concerning Dr Garrod's visit and what papers she would like to see

Publication/Creation

1962 - 1963

Physical description

2 typescript documents

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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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