Cover page. "Fairview Training Center: History in the Making". Rev 7/93. After my most recent visit to the Oregon State Archives, I finally stumbled across something I have been desperately searching for since [...]
Welcome! I am thrilled to be interning with the Oregon State Hospital Museum in preparation for a new exhibit surrounding the Fairview Training Center, an institution for the mentally disabled which was open from 1907- [...]
The museum is very pleased to be working with an intern this fall who will be researching and compiling information on the Fairview Training Center in preparation for a future exhibit. As part of their [...]
Premiering this weekend on Studio 360 stations this weekend. You can check for a station and broadcast time in your area here.
The following is a transcription of the Oregon State Hospital Clothing Allowance Policy as updated Feburary 1, 1970. OREGON STATE HOSPITAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE POLICY February 1, 1970 Three to six complete sets of washable clothing. [...]
The following was published in the Capital Journal Newspaper Friday, June 22, 1962. GIFTS FOR HOSPITAL -- Members of Salem Women's Army, Navy and Air Force League have presented a skillsaw and a dozen baseball [...]
The following is a transcript of the "Admissions Procedures" as found in the Aide Nursing Procedures Handbook updated September, 1969. Admission Procedure Purpose: To acquire needed information and record it correctly; to make the patient [...]
BY MARK BAKER The Register-Guard PUBLISHED: 12:00 A.M., JUNE 23 SALEM — They called them “lunatics” and “idiots” and, of course, in a famous book and Oscar-winning film both created right here in Oregon, people [...]
This is the New York Times article announcing the death of Dr. Dean K. Brooks, former superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital and great friend of the OSH Museum. Original article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/arts/dean-brooks-cuckoos-nest-doctor-dies-at-96.html?_r=0. Dean Brooks, ‘Cuckoo’s [...]
It is with great sadness that we announce that Dr. Dean K. Brooks, former superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital and champion of the Oregon State Hospital Museum, passed away this morning at age 96. [...]
