Rockhaven: A History of Interiors
October 30, 2017 5:00 am
Rockhaven: A History of Interiors is a research project and book exploring the histories, politics, and presentations of female mental health via the proto-feminist psychiatric institution, Rockhaven Sanitarium.
Founded in the Crescenta Valley in 1923 by nurse Agnes Richards, Rockhaven Sanitarium was owned and operated as an all-female psychiatric facility until 1967, when Agnes passed the institution on to her granddaughter Patricia Traviss, who ran it as a convalescent home for elderly women until 2001. Recently awarded listings on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places, Rockhaven is currently owned by the City of Glendale and today sits empty.
Organized and edited by Which Witch L.A. in collaboration with The Friends of Rockhaven, contributions to the project include writing, sound, video, photography, and design by: Bridget Batch, Allison Noelle Conner, Orenda Fink, Johanna Hedva, Henry Hoke, Emma Kemp, Malcolm Perkins, Daleen Saah, Suzanne Scanlon, Elana Schlenker, Mady Schutzman, Adam Stone, and Adriana Widdoes. Preorder the book here.
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