Dorothea Dix Hospital
Location:
Raleigh, NC
Date Est.:
1856
Date Cls.:
2012
The Dorothea Dix Hospital was the first North Carolina psychiatric hospital located on Dix Hill in Raleigh, North Carolina and named after mental health advocate Dorothea Dix from New England. It was founded in 1856 and closed in 2012. The site is now known as Dorothea Dix Park and serves as Raleigh's largest city park.
In 1898, Dix Hospital started taking in nursing students on an ad hoc basis. A Nurses Training School was officially established in 1902.
Resources
Histories
- Finnell, P.H. (1933). A short sketch of Central State Hospital. Raleigh, NC The Health Bulletin. pg.13-16.
- Goldsmith, T. (2016). Dorothea Dix Hospital - Interactive Timeline. NC Health News.
- McKown, H. (2006). Dorothea Dix Hospital. NCpedia.
- O'Rorke, M (2010). Haven on the hill. NC Department of Archives and History: Raleigh, NC.
Archives
- Dorothea Dix Hospital Records, 1849-1946 [Manuscript Collection #1329] at ECU Libraries
- Dix Hospital and Nursing School Finding Aid at NC State Archives
- Finding Aid of the Dorothea Dix School of Nursing Related Papers, 1905 - 1951, ORG.140 at the State Archives of North Carolina
- Dorothea Lynde Dix, 1802-1887: Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina. November, 1848. [House of Commons Document, No. 2.]
- Dorothea Dix Hospital Project by the Society of NC Archivists
Miscellaneous
Compiled by:
Phoebe Pollitt