By Tom Marquardt, CapitalGazette.com
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:00 pm | Updated: 4:37 pm, Thu Aug 15, 2013.
A ward at the Crownsville Hospital Center in October 1975.
The list of citations below are only some of the articles on Crownsville State Hospital available in the Washington Post. To find more go to ResearchPort, search by subject category for News/Current Events, and then click on National Newspapers in the list of databases. Clicking on Publications at the top of the page will allow you to limit your search to Washington Post articles.
"Crownsville Hospital Prisoner Escapes." The Washington Post: 0. Aug 27 1997. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Gowen, Annie. "Woman Guilty of Poisoning Will Remain at Crownsville." The Washington Post: 0. Nov 25 1999. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Whitlock, Craig. "Maryland Proposes Closing Mental Hospital; Crownsville Move could Save $5 Million." The Washington Post: 0. Oct 09 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davenport, Christian. "Putting Names to the Faceless; Crownsville's Anonymous Graves being Identified." The Washington Post: 0. Apr 08 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davenport, Christian. "As Mental Hospital Closes, Future of Site Stirs Interest." The Washington Post: 0. Jul 01 2004. ProQuest.Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davenport, Christian. "Crownsville Cemetery Dedicated as Preserve." The Washington Post: 0. Sep 16 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Eric Rich and, Christian D. "Owens Moves to Preserve Crownsville Land." The Washington Post: 0. Dec 02 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
de Vise, Daniel. "Studying a Relic of a Painful Past; Advocates Seek to Save History at Md. Mental Hospital for Blacks." The Washington Post: 0. Aug 12 2005. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
"A Better History of Crownsville Hospital." The Washington Post: 0. Aug 27 2005. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014.
(See link below to article from September 18, 2013, by Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun.)
The Administration Building at the long-vacant Crownsville Hospital Center. (File photo by Andre F. Chung, The Baltimore Sun)
The Baltimore Sun photo archives hold some incredible images from Crownsville's past. These are copyrighted images, so any educational use must be properly cited.
The list of citations below are only some of the articles on Crownsville State Hospital available in The Baltimore Sun. To find more go to ResearchPort, search by subject category for News/Current Events, and then click on Baltimore Sun in the list of databases.
Powder, Jackie. "Crownsville Land to be Preserved; Glendening Declares 550 Acres at Hospital Site to Stay Open Space; Builder showed Interest; Move Comes as State Ponders Closing More Psychiatric Facilities." The Sun: 0. Mar 16 1999. ProQuest.Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Powder, Jackie. "Finding Dignity in Death Cemetery: A Group Wants the Names of Buried Crownsville Hospital Center Patients Displayed." The Sun: 0. May 16 2001. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Powder, Jackie. "Crownsville Officials Push for Funding Hospital Leaders Lobby State After Plan Delayed a Year; Costs, Safety Concerns Rise; Institution Seeks First New Building in nearly 5 Decades." The Sun: 0. Jun 10 2001. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "State Looks at Closing Psychiatric Hospital ; Crownsville among Three Large, Underused Facilities." The Sun: 0. Feb 02 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Hospital Seeks Care from State ; Cuts: As Lawmakers Look to Solve the State's Budget Gap, the Sprawling Yet Underused Crownsville Hospital Center is Viewed as a Likely Target." The Sun: 0. Feb 14 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Shutting Md. Mental Hospital Proposed ; Health Secretary Says Closing Crownsville would Save $5.3 Million a Year." The Sun: 0. Oct 09 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Anderson, Lynn. "Arundel Examines Possible Uses for Hospital Site ; State Officials Suggest Closing Crownsville Site." The Sun: 0. Oct 12 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Anderson, Lynn. "Possible Uses for Campus Studied ; Officials Suggest Closing Crownsville Hospital; Facility is Part of 633-Acre Plot; Neighbors, Ecologists Oppose Residential use." The Sun: 0. Oct 12 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Plan to Close Crownsville Draws Fire ; Legislators Hear Concerns at First Public Discussion; `Creates Holes in ... Safety Net'; State Says Closing Hospital would Save Millions in '04; Anne Arundel." The Sun: 0. Nov 05 2003. ProQuest.Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Residents, Tenants Speak Against Closing Hospital ; State's Crownsville Plan Will Cost More than it Will Save, some at Meeting Say; Regional." The Sun: 0. Nov 13 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Mental Hospital Closing Decried ; State's Proposal Will Cost More Money than it Will Save, some at Meeting Say; 250 People in Attendance; Move could Put Tenants Out of Business, Increase Traffic if Site Redeveloped; Crownsville." The Sun: 0. Nov 13 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "State to Study Hospital Plans ; Maryland Requests Halt to Preservation of Part of Campus in Crownsville." The Sun: 0. Dec 21 2003. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Mental Hospital Complex could Close by July ; State Official Makes Case for Shutting Crownsville; Sabatini Addresses Subcommittee; Patients, some Jobs seen Shifting to Other Facilities; Anne Arundel." The Sun: 0. Jan 23 2004.ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "State Official Makes Case for Shutting Crownsville ; Mental Hospital Complex could Close by July." The Sun: 0. Jan 23 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Davis, Ryan. "Bill Seeks Protection for Hospital Graveyard ; State Asked to Maintain Cemetery at Crownsville." The Sun: 0. Feb 19 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Knight, Molly. "Crownsville Hospital Center is Set to Shut Down this Week ; State Says Closure is Step to Better Psychiatric Care." The Sun: 0. Jun 27 2004. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
McGowan, Phillip. "Boschert Says Intentions for Former Hospital Site in Crownsville Won't Conflict ; Home for Veterans, County Park Proposed." The Sun: 0. Feb 03 2005. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Childs Walker and, Phillip M. "County Backing Off Land Takeover ; Old Hospital Site may be Too Costly to Clean Up; Owens `willing to Reconsider'; Western Parcel Remains of Interest for Open Space; Crownsville." The Sun: 0. Feb 04 2005.ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
Stiehm, Jamie. "Historic Sites, New Plans ; Reuse: Annapolis' Proposal to Locate a Horse Park on the Site of Crownsville Hospital Center Or Other Old Facilities Meets with Praise as Well as Concern." The Sun: 0. Aug 28 2005. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014
McGowan, Phillip. "County to Study Hospital Grounds ; Officials Consider Assuming Control at Crownsville, Will Pay $250,000 to Assess Cost of Cleanup, Reuse." The Sun: 0. Oct 21 2005. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2014