Record #:

28216

Author(s):

Eichenberger, Peter

Abstract:

The Dorothea Dix mental health hospital in Raleigh is closing. There is an increasing nationwide trend of state hospitals for the mentally ill closing due to a lack of funding. These hospitals are often turned into expensive condos while the former patients of the hospitals find themselves in jails after losing their mental health care facilities and funding. People who are mentally ill and Dorothea Dix’s legacy deserve better and states should do more to help them.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 7, February 2007, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mental health system--North Carolina--Funding; Mental health services; Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

Record #:

28217

Author(s):

Cornell, Rick

Abstract:

Raleigh’s Old Hat Records works to preserve and restore the music of North Carolina from the first half of the 20th century. The label is currently working on projects which will feature musical artists from across North Carolina from the pre-war era, hillbilly blues and cotton mill songs from Gaston County and string bands that played on NC radio in the 19030s. The label was nominated for two Grammy Awards this year and the label’s founder Marshall Wyatt is interviewed and he describes how he documents the history of music from North Carolina.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 7, February 2007, p36-37 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Music--North Carolina--History and criticism; Sound recording executives and producers