Night Watch, 1920
The following is an entry from the Night Watch Log Book (T2011.002.021) for the night of February 4-5, 1920. The entry has a listing of hourly water pressure readings (not included in the transcription), presumably from [...]
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Cure by Hangover? — 1951
The following is a transcription of an article that appeared in the Capital Journal newspaper September 20, 1951 (page 15). Prior to the introduction of specially designated substance abuse recovery and treatment centers, OSH was one of the few [...]
Coming up Roses
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99FUBy_9Mo] With the removal of Siskyou Hall (Building 29), the hospital will be re-landscaping the area in front of the refurbished Cascade Hall (J-Building). The designs, as Deputy Director of the OSH Hospital Replacement Project [...]
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What a Difference a Year Makes
Now and then. The museum space as it looks now and how it looked, January 2010. South Room […]
The Alaska Connection
“Although Portland is somewhat remote from Alaska…” begins the less obvious explanation in a 1916 book of an intricate history of contractual agreements that brought thousands of Alaskans to Oregon for [...]
Watchclock
Portable watchclocks like that on the left in the above photograph and key stations like the one on the right were basic tools used by security personnel at the Oregon State Hospital and many other factories and [...]
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Finding Family- Online list of unclaimed remains now available
Last week, the Oregon State Hospital published an online database of the names of approximately 3,500 people whose cremated remains are in its custody. It is hoped that the database will help family members [...]
Hidden Gems Exhibit January 21-March 12, 2011
The Oregon State Hospital Museum is participating in the Hidden Gems: Mid-Willamette Valley Heritage Invitational Exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center (formerly Mission Mill Museum and the Marion County Historical Society). The exhibit features selected items from over [...]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Exhibit
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Exhibit (2011) OSH Museum's first special exhibit in our changing exhibit gallery looked at the story behind the award winning film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, that [...]
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Staff, 1903
The following is a schedule of monthly wages for employees at the Oregon State Insane Asylum (OSIA). The schedule was adopted by the Board of Trustees of OSIA, April 1, 1903. [1] For a [...]