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Alcoholism Program at Mendota
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Dr. Richard Thurrell, psychiatrist, stands at the front of a classroom in Mendota State Hospital trading ideas with a group of patients who are alcoholics.
May 5, 1961
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Dr. Richard Thurrell
May 5, 1961
Portrait of Dr. Richard Thurrell, a psychiatrist at Mendota State Hospital.
Ray Murphy
May 5, 1961
Portrait of Ray Murphy, alcoholism counselor at Mendota State Hospital.
Dr. Gilbert Tybring
May 5, 1961
Portrait of Dr. Gilbert Tybring, clinical director at Mendota State Hospital.
Zonta Club Winter Carnival at Mendota State Hospital
February 21, 1961
Zonta Club members Jane Mittelstaedt and Cecetia Mullins watch as a patient at the Mendota State Hospital tries to "hit the clown" with a rubber sponge during the Club's annual winter carnival for ...
Mendota Hospital Centennial Event
July 16, 1960
Present day hospital administrators consider the centennial pageant of the history of Mendota State Hospital a success. They are, left to right: Dr. Walter Urben, hospital superintendent; Steve Cla...
Mendota State Hospital Ward
February 6, 1947
View of nine empty beds in a Mendota State Hospital ward (Mendota Mental Health Institute) at 301 Troy Drive.
