A special article written for The Pipeline in honor of Halloween. This was published October 31, 1994. Document courtesy of the Oregon State Archives In light of the festivities that took place last [...]
Starting February 9, 1960, it became required for the superintendent of the Oregon Fairview Home (the name of Fairview at the time) to publish monthly reports to the Oregon government. At the time, these reports [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following was published in the March 27, 1955 edition of the Oregonian newspaper as a supplement to an article by Ann Sullivan on new drug treatments being introduced at the Oregon State Hospital. It is excerpted [...]
Preview Library of Dust, a new documentary by filmmaker Robert James. About the Documentary While touring the Oregon State Hospital a legislator and a team of journalists happen upon a shed-like structure. Inside, they [...]
Listen to the 1868 report of visiting physician Dr. J.S. Giltner to the Oregon Hospital for the Insane in Portland. The Oregon Hospital for the Insane was a private hospital run by Drs. Hawthorne and [...]
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 [...]
