Asylum (Riverview Hospital Story Project: Part One)

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Summary
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
DC Faculty Research & Scholarship
Content type
Content type
Video
Resource Type
Resource Type
Moving image
Genre
Genre
documentary film
Language
Language
English
Persons and Affiliations
Persons
Director (drt): Lisa G. Nielsen
Film producer (fmp): Heidi Currie
Interviewee (ive): Norma McMurdo
Abstract/Description
Description / Synopsis
Description / Synopsis
An interview with nurse Norma McMurdo, who reflects on her time working at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, B.C. from 1949 to 1951. Includes compassionate memories of lesbian patients who were not mentally ill. Part One of the Riverview Hospital Project.
Physical Description
Extent
Extent
7 minutes
Physical Form
Physical Form
videorecording
Physical Description Note
Physical Description Note
sound, colour with black and white sequences, archival photographs
Access and Rights
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
© Copyright (2008). Any reproduction or republication of all or part of this video is expressly prohibited. All rights reserved.
Rights Statement
Rights Statement
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
Subjects and Classifications
Subject Topic
Subject Topic
Essondale Asylum (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Riverview Hospital (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Psychiatric nurses--British Columbia--Interviews
Psychiatric hospitals--British Columbia--Coquitlam--History
Mental health facilities--British Columbia--Coquitlam--History
Riverview Hospital Story Project
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Coquitlam, British Columbia

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“Asylum (Riverview Hospital Story Project: Part One)”. Videorecording, Documentary film. DC Faculty Research & Scholarship. New Westminster, British Columbia: Lisa G. Nielsen, 2008. Handle placeholder.
Language
English
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Asylum (Riverview Hospital Story Project: Part One)
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