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Final Cemetery Restoration Report

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Report on efforts at the federal and state levels to restore abandoned and neglected cemeteries from mental hospitals and other state institutions, with recommendations for the future of the cemetery located on the Herman M. Holloway Sr. Campus of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst.

Prepared by Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D., DS Research & Consulting, in partial fulfillment of contract #031210, between the author and the State of Delaware, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Department of Health and Social Services.

Narrative text copyright © 2013 Katherine A. Dettwyler

26 March 2013

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