Bakery Report, 1926
This report was published in the 22nd Biennial Report of the Oregon State Hospital to the Oregon State Board of Control for the years 1924-1926. Bakery This department is operated by one employe [...]
P.A.N. Program, 1961
The following is a transcription from the July/August 1961 edition of The Lamplighter, a monthly magazine published by the patients of the Oregon State Hospital. The article addresses the the Patients as Nurses or P.A.N. [...]
Open House at OSH this Friday, March 2, 2012
What: Public open house and tour of Oregon State Hospital’s newly completed patient wing. When: Friday, March 2, 2012, 1 to 6:30 p.m. Where: Oregon State Hospital, 2600 Center Street NE, Salem For more information [...]
Charges Against State Mental Hospital, 1949
The following is a transcription of an editorial published in The Oregon Daily Journal, on Thursday, October 6, 1949. The Citizens Action committee and the Central Club council of Portland and local representatives of the [...]
Then and Now: Fountain
Today the historic fountain was reinstalled at the Oregon State Hospital. The fountain is returning to its original location, after having been removed when the administration building (Siskyou Hall) was constructed. Take a look at [...]
Colony Farm History
The following is an article written by Amy Vandegrift, development director at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, Oregon for the Statesman Journal appearing Sunday, February 4, 2012. It describes the Colony Farm, a property [...]
Mental Health Care in Oregon’s Provisional Government
Read about how Oregon's Provisional Government provided mental health services in 1845 at the Oregon State Archives' online exhibit: Echoes of Oregon.
Suffrage and Sterilization: Dr. Owens-Adair
One of the most vocal proponents of women’s suffrage in Oregon was also the leading proponent of Eugenics legislation which would affect the lives of hundreds of patients at the Oregon State Hospital. Beginning in [...]
Oregon Cultural Trust
The Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health is a participating Cultural Non-Profit with the Oregon Cultural Trust. Making a donation to the museum and a matching donation to the Oregon Cultural Trust [...]