2015年9月9日 · The Winfield State Hospital opened initially in 1881 on the University of Kansas campus but soon relocated to the town of Winfield in 1887, receiving the name change "The Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth" and had thirty-one students (Seaton, p. 252).

The Winfield State Hospital and Training Center, established in the community in the prior century to house and confine the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, remained as a dominant local employer throughout the 20th century, housing and confining those with mental problems from throughout the state of Kansas—housing up to 1,492 ...

In 1957, the name of the institution was changed to Winfield State Hospital and Training Center and a multi-disciplined treatment program developed rather than a purely educational or training program.

The opening of the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka greatly helped reduce the waiting list of the Winfield State Hospital and dropped it to its lowest point in years. A new power plant was placed in operation during the biennium and the work on the redistribution of electrical power and steam was completed.

2015年6月2日 · Description: T he story of Winfield State Hospital is a story of an in-stitution that, almost from its beginning, was at odds with leadership in the state capital.

2015年6月2日 · During its 116-year history the hospital was battered by waves of conflicting ideas about the treatment of the developmentally dis- abled and by partisan politics, which determined its governance for more than sixty years.

2022年10月20日 · "Unsolved Histories: Uncovering the Lost Stories of Kansas' Mental Health Institutions" is a pop-up photo exhibition that will be on display from noon through 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Winfield Public Library in Cowley County.

The Winfield State Hospital opened initially in 1881 on the University of Kansas campus but soon relocated to the town of Winfield. In 1909 the name changed to the State Home for the Feeble-Minded, but was changed again in 1930 to the State Training School.

T he story of Winfield State Hospital is a story of an in-stitution that, almost from its beginning, was at odds with leadership in the state capital. Click to view in fullscreen First

2022年6月18日 · From left, Dr. Tracy Brimhall, Heather McCrea, Marta Richenburg and Alex Partin begin research on the history of Winfield State Hospital meals patients at Cowley County Historical Society. Archives can tell us stories from the past, but they don’t tell us everything, Do you remember when Winfield State Hospital closed?