Photo from Museum Collection Overview Since the Hospital first opened, there was a consistent need for separate facilities serving patients suffering from tuberculosis. Given the large number of patients suffering from TB [...]
One of the ways we are able to educate the community about the history of mental health care in Oregon is through outreach to other cultural institutions. For the past several years, we have participated [...]
Beginning on Sunday, November 13, the Museum will start hosting a monthly Speaker Series to highlight topics ranging from the Hospital's history to emerging mental health research. These offerings will be a the Museum from [...]
As the Museum continues to digitize our archival collection, we have had a chance to read more of patient produced content from our collection. The following is an article from the November 1951 issue of The [...]
Ever wonder how an individual was admitted to Fairview? Below is directly quoted from an informational pamphlet that appears to have been given to those considering placing their loved ones in Fairview, circa 1966. This [...]
Fifty years ago today, this news story appeared in the Oregon Statesman newspaper: After being knocked over twice by vandals, this statue-fountain of cupid was replaced on the Oregon State Hospital grounds Thursday by [...]
Photo Source: Oregon State Archives, 1968 Biennial Report Photos, Oregon Board of Control, Accession 88a-36/76/25 box 4 As we work on updating the exhibits talking about recreation and entertainment at OSH, we have [...]
"Camermen Invade to Present Fairview on Television" The Fair View. Volume III, No. 7. October, 1958 Last Spring, when I was conducting my inaugural research on Fairview, I stumbled across this video called [...]
My recent archival adventures have consisted of exploring the Project Possible building (or what the friendly state archivist and I call "Box 15" as I have been working at it for about 2 weeks now). [...]
"FTC Resource Manual: Trends and Philosophy" Cover Page. Courtesy of the Oregon State Archives. Here we have another exciting document I found while digging through the Oregon State Archive's collection Fairview's Histories and [...]
