Psychiatric hospitals research collection
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Scope and Contents
The collection comprises one binder with clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes describing lawsuits involving patients and medical staff of the Oregon State Hospital and the Western State Hospital during the 1930s-1940s. The creator is unknown, but it is inscribed "For Don Jackson."
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1970
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Oregon State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Salem, Oregon. The hospital opened in 1883 as the Oregon State Insane Asylum.
The Western State Hospital is located near Tacoma, Washington, and was formerly known as the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 box.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection comprises one binder with clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes describing lawsuits involving patients and medical staff of the Oregon State Hospital and the Western State Hospital during the 1930s-1940s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Method and date of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, August 2016.
- Title
- Finding aid to the psychiatric hospitals research collection, 1937-1970
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date
- © 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
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