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          • CSH: The North Campus
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      • CSH: Sawyer Park
    • Eastern State Hospital
      • ESH: Cemetery Preservation Project
      • ESH: Act of 1822
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      • ESH: Patient Death Index
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        • ESH: Pre-1924 Records
        • ESH: 1924-1964 Records
    • Frankfort State Hospital & School
      • FSH: Admissions Data
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      • FSH: Monthly Reports
      • FSH: Patient Death Ledgers
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    • Western State Hospital
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      • Stewart Home for the Feeble Minded
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          • KSR: Inmate Death Index
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          • U.S. Narcotic Farm: Image Gallery
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        • The Bowman Case
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      • Kentucky Baptist Hospital
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      • Oneida Maternity Hospital
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      • Saint Joseph Hospital
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      • U.S. Marine Hospital
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        • VAMC: Patient Death Index
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      • The Choctaw Academy
      • Hazelwood Developmental
        • Hazelwood: The Land Today
      • Kentucky Institution for Feeble Minded Children
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        • KSB: Catalogue of Pupils
      • Kentucky School for the Deaf
        • KSD: Catalogue of Pupils
      • Oakwood State Hospital and School
      • Ormsby Village
      • Outwood State Hospital and School
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    • Tuberculosis Sanatoria
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        • Covington-Kenton County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
        • Julius Marks Sanatorium
        • Waverly Hills Sanatorium
          • WHS: Census & Population
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          • WHS: Patient Death Index
          • WHS: Patient & Staff Index
          • WHS: The Waverly Herald
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        • Ashland State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
        • Glasgow State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
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          • Hazelwood: The Land Today
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In the mood for something strange and offbeat? Be sure to join our Facebook group, 50 Shades of Strange: Kentucky’s Offbeat History. It’s dedicated to celebrating the strange, peculiar, and offbeat history of Kentucky. You will also find additional links to more offbeat Kentucky topics such as historic Bluegrass Brothels, Kentucky urban legends and folklore, and more!

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