Publications

Dissertations, Theses, and Concept Papers

Brooks, Adia Awanata (2014). The Politics of Race and Mental Illness in the Post-Emancipation US
South: Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane in Historical Perspective. Master of Arts, The
University of Texas at Austin.

Dong, Lorraine A. (2015). The Institutional and Archival Social Ecologies of a State Mental Hospital’s
Records, 1870 to Present. PhD. The University of Texas at Austin.

Ferguson, Jamie L. (2001). The condition of African American Lunatics in the Commonwealth of Virginia
1845-1879. Master of Arts., James Madison University.

Foltz, Caitlin Doucette (2015). Race and Mental Illness at a Virginia Hospital: A Case Study of Central
Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane, 1869-1885. Master of Liberal Arts. Virginia Commonwealth
University.

Randolph, Kirby Ann (2003). Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored: African Americans with Mental
Disabilities 1845-1885. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Wingerson, Mary (2018). Lunacy under the Burden of Freedom:” Race and Insanity in the American
South, 1840-1890. Senior Thesis, Yale University.

2018

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

March 13, 2018 – Findings from the Central State Hospital Archives
King Davis    Commonwealth Periodontal Association Conference, Richmond, VA

March 14, 2018 – Analysis of the First 30,000 Admissions to Central State Hospital
King Davis    Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Program Conference, Richmond, VA

April 19, 2018 – Three Culturally Generated Hypotheses Linking Blackness, Madness, and Dangerousness
King Davis    Society for the Study of Psychiatry Conference, San Diego, CA

May 15, 2018 – The Central State Hospital Digital Archives: Mental Illness, Race, Privacy, and Access
King Davis    Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX

September 25, 2018 – Issues of Access and Privacy, College of Behavioral Health Leadership

King Davis    Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia

October 10, 2018 - Research Findings from the Central Lunatic Asylum

King Davis    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

October 25, 2018 - The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane: Archives

King Davis    Virginia Commonwealth University Firehouse Theater, Richmond, Virginia

2017

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Admissions of African Americans to the First State Mental Institution
King Davis    Social Work Invitational Lecture, Norfolk, VA

Crowdsourced Transcription of Handwritten Mental Health Records
Unmil Karadkar    Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Portland, OR

Implications of Historical Data on African American Admissions for Contemporary Psychiatric Practices
King Davis    Black Psychiatrists of American Regional Conference, Houston, TX

In Search of Longitudinal Health Data: Bridging the Divide Between Historical Medical Records and EHRs
Lorraine Dong    Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Portland, OR

Key Factors in the History of the Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane
King Davis    The Virginia Forum History Conference, Norfolk, VA

Presentation of Archival Materials
King Davis    National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.

Providing Access to Community Archives within Government Archives
Patricia Galloway    Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Portland, OR

Fitting New Features into Digital Archives
Patricia Galloway    National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators Annual Conference, Boise, ID

Summary of Findings in the CSH Archives
King Davis    Central State Hospital Senior Staff Meeting, Petersburg, VA

The Central State Hospital Archives: Implications for Mental Health Care
King Davis    Black Mental Health Symposium, Charlotte, NC

The Central State Hospital Digital Library and Archives Project
Lorraine Dong    Archivists and Librarians in the History of Health Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN

2016

Publications

Exploring the Reaches of Privacy and Technology: The First Year of the Central State Hospital Digital Archives Project
Lorraine A. Dong    Archival Outlook, July/August 2016, 10

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Analysis of the First 5,000 Admissions
King Davis    Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Richmond, VA

Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane
King Davis    Kwanzaa Festival, Richmond, VA

Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane Archives: Balancing Access and Privacy of Mental Health Records
King Davis    Yale University Archives and Library Staff Development, New Haven, CT

Central State Hospital Archives Project
King Davis    Virginia Joint Legislative MLK Commission, Richmond, VA

Central State Hospital Archives Project
Patricia Galloway    National Association of Government Archives & Records Administrators Annual Conference, Lansing, MI

Data Practices: Harnessing Cultural Heritage Data to Support Scholarly Practices
Unmil Karadkar    Digital Curation Institute, Toronto, Canada

Literary References and Policy Timelines in the Development of Central Lunatic Asylum
King Davis    NEH History Conference, Blacksburg, VA

Overview of the Central State Hospital Archives Project
King Davis    Virginia Joint Legislative MLK Commission, Richmond, VA

The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane Archives
King Davis    Black Solidarity Conference, New Haven, CT

2015

Publications

Taking the Long View of Medical Records Preservation
Lorraine A. Dong    Journal of Documentation, 71(2), 387-400    doi: 10.1108/JD-11-2013-0141

Dissertations & Theses

The Institutional and Archival Social Ecologies of a State Mental Hospital's Records, 1870 to Present
Lorraine A. Dong    Doctoral Dissertation, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Central State Hospital Digital Archives Project
King Davis    Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Dinwiddie, VA

Committed to Paper: The Discursive Work of Asylum Records Over Time
Lorraine Dong    Archival Education & Research Initiative Institute, College Park, MD

Genealogical Implications of the Central State Hospital Archives
King Davis    Richmond African American History and Genealogical Society, Richmond, VA

Updating the Central State Hospital Archives Project
King Davis & Lorraine Dong    Central State Hospital Staff Development Meeting, Petersburg, VA

Using the Central State Hospital Archives for Genealogy Research
King Davis    African American History and Genealogical Society National Conference, Richmond, VA

"You Live and You Die by Your Medical Records": The Social Ecologies of Larch Point Hospital Mental Health Records from 1870 to Present
Lorraine Dong    American Association for the History of Medicine Meeting, New Haven, CT

2014

Publications

Race, Marital Status and Mental Illness: The Virginia Data Base
King Davis &  Hyejin June    In Tricia Bent-Goodley, Black Families. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press, 45-63

Dissertations & Theses

Steganoscription: Exploring Techniques for Privacy-Preserving Crowdsourced Transcription of Handwritten Documents
Dustin Smith    Master's Thesis, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin

Papers, posters, & workshops

Reading Between the Lines: Image to Segment Relations and Analysis
Dustin Smith, Unmil Karadkar, Patricia Galloway, & King Davis    Digital Humanities Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland

Recordkeeping Ecologies of a State Mental Facility
Lorraine Dong    Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science Meeting, St. Louis, MO

"We're Going to Integrate the Archives": The Social Ecologies of Larch Point Hospital's Records, 1870 to Present
Lorraine Dong    Archival Education & Research Initiative Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

2013

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Mental Health and African American Populations: History and Current Status
King Davis    Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX

Records as Agents: The Role of Materiality on the Lives of African American Patients in a State Mental Institution
Lorraine Dong    American Association of the History of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

The Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane: Implications of Mental Health Policy and Services for African American Populations
King Davis    National Institute of Minority Health Disparities, Rockville, MD

2012

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Central State Hospital: A Century of African American Health Care
King Davis &  Lorraine Dong    Virginia Forum, Harrisonburg, VA

The Ethical and Legal Issues of Historical Mental Health Records as Cultural Heritage
Lorraine Dong    UNESCO Memory of the World Conference, Vancouver, Canada

The Role of Subject Agency in the Appraisal of Institutional Collections
Lorraine Dong    Archival Education & Research Initiative Institute, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Publications

Involuntary Commitment Policy: Disparities in Admissions of African American Men to State Mental Hospitals in Virginia
King Davis, A.N. Lewis, J. Zhang, &  A. Thompson    In Jerome Schiele. Social Welfare Policy: Regulation and Resistance Among People of Color. NY: Sage Publications, 63-91

The Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane - Final Report
King Davis   Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, 1-26

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Historical Mental Hospital Records: Classification, Communities, & Archives-Creation
Lorraine Dong    Archival Education & Research Initiative Institute, Boston, MA

Community Archives-Building with Mental Institution Records
Lorraine Dong    Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

2010

Publications

Admission of African Americans to State Psychiatric Hospitals, 1970-2000
A.N. Lewis, King Davis, &  J. Yang   International Journal of Social Policy, 6(3/4), 219-236

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

A History of Race and Mental Health Care in Virginia
King Davis    Austin Travis County Annual African American Family Mental Health Conference, Austin, TX

Historical Involuntary Admissions by Race
King Davis    Annual Conference on Race, Pittsburgh, PA

The Central State Archival Project: Implications for Current Mental Health Services to African American Populations
King Davis    National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Annual Winter Meeting, Washington, D.C.

The History of Behavioral Health Care for African Americans
King Davis    Consensus Conference on Behavioral Health and Primary Care, Washington, D.C.

The Publication of Private Lives: Creating Digital Access to Mental Hospital Records
Lorraine Dong    Archival Education & Research Initiative Institute, Ann Arbor, MI

2009

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Help Seeking Behavior in African American Populations
King Davis    Jackson State University Conference, Jackson, MS

African American Families and Severe Mental Illness in Historical Virginia
King Davis    NAMI New Jersey Annual Confernece, Newark, NJ

2007

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Research Issues in Mental Health of People of Color
King Davis    Invited Lecture at USC School of Social Welfare, Los Angeles, CA

Summarizing the Research on Mental Health and People of Color: The Virginia Data Base
King Davis    Western Psychiatric Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

2006

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

A Longitudinal Analysis of Psychiatric Admissions, 1960-2000
King Davis    University of Alabama School of Social Work Plenary, Tuscaloosa, AL

African American Families and Mental Health
King Davis    Doctoral Research Symposium at University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, Philadelphia, PA

African American Mental Health Participation
King Davis    NAMI National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Breaking the Cycle of Delayed Help-Seeking Behavior of African American Families
King Davis    Michigan Association of Mental Health, Detroit, MI

Linking African American History and Mental Health Care
King Davis    Annual African American Family Conference, Austin, TX

2005

Papers, Posters, & Workshops

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of African American Populations
King Davis    Institute on Black Life, Tampa, FL

1998

Publications

Slaves Don't Get Stress: The Evolution of Mental Health Policies and Services for African Americans in Virginia
King Davis    Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services

. Issues of Access and Privacy, College of
Behavioral Health Leadership, Annual Conference