Adriana C. van Manen

Adriana C. van Manen

Contributor

Adriana C. van Manen is an Ada Comstock Scholar at Smith College, where she is on the editorial staff of the journal Dies Legibiles. Her interests range from 20th c. female surrealists to late medieval manuscripts. Her work has been published in NYU’s undergraduate journal of art history and she has presented at the SUNY New Paltz undergraduate symposium.

History

“Better…at the Bottom of the Sea”?: Affect, Agency, and the Archive at Holloway Sanatorium

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In August 1889, an English woman named Charlotte S. experienced a depressive episode marked by religious delusions. Convinced there “was no hope for her in Eternity,” the once “strong, healthy [and] active” fifty-five year old was certified insane[1] and institutionalized at Holloway Sanatorium.[2] When patients were admitted to Holloway, staff recorded their personal details in… Read more →