Willard Suitcases / Joseph A
This week I have begun editing Joseph A’s two trunks. I expect it will take quite a while to get through all the photographs, as one trunk contains a ton of his clothing and the other is full of his wife’s possessions. I hope to post daily as I work through the collection.
I don’t believe I have posted an inventory before. This one appears to have been put together by Willard employee M. McCarry; you can see her name on the bottom right. Joseph was admitted in August of 1945, but it seems his trunks did not arrive at Willard until April of 1946. Some of the annotations are interesting, especially the notes that indicate that some of the clothing was with him on the ward.
I won’t be uploading the entire collection for several days, but will hope to post a few photos from it daily. Thanks for following.
Jon Crispin's Notebook 
[…] is to do with questions that arise from looking at the possessions of the patients. We know from yesterday’s post that Joseph’s trunks arrived more than a year after he was admitted. The fact that so much […]