"A staffer suggested he check out the attic of an abandoned building, and that's when he found 400 suitcases covered by decades of dust and pigeon droppings. These suitcases bore the names of former patients. Inside were their long-forgotten possessions: snapshots, diaries, postcards, books, letters, news clippings.... The results are now on display at the New York State Museum in a riveting new exhibition, 'Lost Cases, Recovered Lives: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic.' The show features the suitcases and possessions of 12 former Willard patients, including the four individuals whose photos and stories appear on these pages."