Petitions
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Otto Scheller records
Series
Identifier: MSS 428
Overview
Otto Scheller was born in Bohemia/Czechoslovaka/Austria on 29 June 1881, and immigrated to the United States in 1911. On 14 December 1928, he was admitted to Philadelphia State Hospital (locally known as "Byberry") against his wishes. Doctors Irving and Burr diagnosed Scheller as having "true paranoia" after interviewing him and his sister-in-law, with whom he lived; and inspecting the packages of petitions and correspondence, presumably copies of what Scheller had sent to the various courts....
Dates:
circa 1928; undated
