In researching the history of restraint as a form of treatment we came across this excellent (and entertaining) lecture by archivist Colin Gale on the history of Bethlem Hospital, also known in popular parlance as [...]
The property tag on this operating table shows it was used at the Oregon State Hospital, but beyond that we didn’t know too much more about it. So we decided [...]
Ward Hall Exhibit taking shape
The following description of the Comm Center and its duties was published in a 1963 open house brochure at the Oregon State Hospital. In 1963, the Comm Center was located in the Kirkbride building just [...]
This is an excerpt from the Oregon Teacher’s Monthly magazine published in May 1916 (volume 20, no. 9). Oregon Teacher’s Monthly featured articles written by teachers, students and administrators related to general interest topics and [...]
The Oregon State Hospital Museum received a matching grant from the Oregon Heritage Commission for materials to aid in cataloging and rehousing artifacts at the Oregon State Hospital. We turned in our interim grant report [...]
In 1905, 48 people were admitted to the Oregon State Insane Asylum with a diagnosis of “alcoholism” and 16 for syphilitic symptoms. [1] George F. Berger was one of those people. Berger was [...]
With Wimbledon wrapping up, we thought we would highlight this very interesting piece of tennis history found in the recreational therapy supplies at the Oregon State Hospital. The most striking [...]
The following is the description of duties of the watchman and watchwomen employed by the Oregon State Hospital as spelled out in the Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Oregon State Insane Asylum, [...]
The following is an article published in the BOSH: Bulletin of the Oregon State Hospital, on September 11, 1961. NEW QUARTERS FOR SCHOOL Miss Dixie McKay is joining Mrs. Janice Stein in teaching our OSH [...]
