A staff meeting at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, including a patient, left, being treated for

Courtesy of W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama Libraries

Bryce Hospital Staff Meeting

A staff meeting at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, including a patient, left, being treated for a mental health condition. The hospital, founded as Alabama Insane Hospital, practiced an innovative patient-work program to fund itself and ease people back into their normal lives.