Asylum (Riverview Hospital Story Project: Part One)

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

Origin Information

Place	New Westminster, British Columbia
Date Created/Date Issued	2008
Publisher	Lisa G. Nielsen

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

Language	English
Name	Asylum (Riverview Hospital Story Project: Part One)
Authored on	2024-12-10
MIME type	video/mp4
File size	33148542
Media Use	Original File

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