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Roses Have Thorns Documentary

Roses Have Thorns Documentary

This stop consists of a wooden bench and television monitor which plays a black and white documentary program on a loop.  This documentary features Tammy Wood, Assistant Public Affairs Director, who volunteers to commit herself to Kalamazoo State Hospital. This two week impersonation is known only to the state mental health director, the hospital superintendent, and a very few department heads. The story of her stay there is told by her as she lived it. The pictorial representation was recreated after she left the hospital.  Produced in 1964 by Wood TV.

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Kalamazoo State Hospital: 165 Years of Psychiatric Care
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  1. Welcome to the Kalamazoo State Hospital: 165 Years of Psychiatric Care exhibit at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
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  2. Timeline of Notable Events at the Kalamazoo State Hospital
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  3. Patient Life
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  4. Innovations - Marion Spear and Linda Richards
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  5. Siggins Album Rotating Photograph Display
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  6. Roses Have Thorns Documentary
  7. References and Reading Recommendations
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  8. Living and Working at the Asylum
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  9. Patient Case Studies
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  10. Medical Equipment
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  11. Creation of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane
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  12. The Kirkbride Plan
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  13. Construction & Growth, Architecture of the Kalamazoo State Hospital
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  14. The Cottage Plan
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  15. 1917 West Michigan Health Fair
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  16. Sitting Parlor in the Female Department
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  17. Frequently Asked Questions
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