Brief history of the charitable institutions of the state of Illinois

This consists of 10 short histories of the following institutions prepared by their superintendents, distributed at the Columbia Exposition of 1893. -Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, at Jacksonville, 1838-1893. -Institution for the education of the blind, at Jacksonville. 1849-1893. -Southern hospital for the insane, at Anna. 1869-1893. -Central hospital for the insane, at Jacksonville 1847-1893. -Eastern hospital for the insane, at Kankakee. 1877-1983. -Northern hospital for the insane, at Elgin. 1869-1893. -Charitable eye and ear infirmary, at Chicago. 1858-1893. -Soldiers’ and sailors’ home, at Quincy. 1885-1893. -Soldiers’ orphans’ home, at Normal. 1865-1893. -Asylum for feeble minded children, at Lincoln, 1865-1893.