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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is an excerpt from the Oregon Teacher’s Monthly magazine published in May 1916 (volume 20, no. 9). Oregon Teacher’s Monthly featured articles written by teachers, students and administrators related to general interest topics and [...]
The following article was published in the Capital Journal on April 28, 1961. A girl who had talked to no one for seven years — separated from reality by an “escape mechanism” barrier– has shown [...]
The following was published in the Oregon Statesman newspaper on April 3, 1961, page 2. Jewish Passover services with traditional ceremonial Seder dinner was observed Sunday night at the Oregon State Hospital for patients of [...]
The following is an article from the Oregon Statesman published May 31, 1931. Blaze Destroys Two State Hospital Farm Barns, Loss $40,000 Excited Inmate Dashes Into Inferno, Saved With Shirt Burned ——– Believed Incendiary; Cattle [...]
It is hard to imagine, but when the Oregon State Hospital was built, it stood in farmland about half a mile outside the city limits of Salem. The route between town and the hospital would, [...]
The following is an article from the May 1958 edition of The Suggestor, a newsletter published by the Oregon State Employee Awards Board. Congratulations, Mr. Mommsen! After switching his attention from cutting meat to cutting [...]
The following is an account published in the Sunday Oregonian June 14, 1936. The piece was co-written by a staff reporter and a patient at the Oregon State Hospital. It offers a unique first hand [...]
