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Psychiatric hospitals research collection
Coll2016-014
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Psychiatric hospitals research collection
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2016-014
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
1 box.
Date (inclusive): 1937-1970
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.
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.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Method and date of acquisition unknown.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Psychiatric hospitals research collection, Coll2016-014, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, August 2016.
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."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- Archival resources
Psychotherapy patients -- Abuse of -- Case studies -- Archival resources
Oregon State Hospital
Western State Hospital (Wash.)