The following is an entry from the Night Watch Log Book (T2011.002.021) for the night of February 4-5, 1920. The entry has a listing of hourly water pressure readings (not included in the transcription), presumably from [...]
The following is a schedule of monthly wages for employees at the Oregon State Insane Asylum (OSIA). The schedule was adopted by the Board of Trustees of OSIA, April 1, 1903. [1] For a [...]
The following report was printed in the Salem-based Capital Journal newspaper April 6, 1897. The author is particularly impressed by the productiveness of the Asylum Farms in the winter months. Spelling is kept intact. Asylum [...]
Hand drawn schematic of the Oregon State Hospital Campus found in a Daybook with information dating October 31,1917-November 6, 1918 with transcription below. The drawing illustrates the “J-Building” and other out buildings. (T2009.002.409)
The following two accounts of the transfer of patients from the Oregon Hopsital for the Insane in East Portland to the newly built Oregon State Insane Asylum (OSIA) in Salem appeared in the Oregonian October [...]
Within the first year of operation of the Oregon State Insane Asylum (October 1883-October 1884): 541 Patients were admitted (396 men/145 women) 127 Patients were discharged 42 Patients died 17 Patients escaped (only 12 returned) [...]
For many years before the opening of the Oregon State Insane Asylum in Salem in 1883, Oregon contracted with a private hospital (the Oregon Hospital for the Insane) in Portland. Patients from all over the [...]
The following are transcriptions from two 1890 entries in the Oregon State Hospital Patient Clothing Inventory ledger, now housed at the Oregon State Archives (2/10/7/7). They offer an unusually intimate view into the personal wardrobes [...]