[or-roots] Hawthorne Asylum

[Kith-n-Kin]

Thanks to all for the clarifications on the Hawthorne and the Asylum!

 

The Oregon Archives has the "Asylum/Hawthorne" records listed at their
website. However when I just tried to bring up a record, nothing came up.
Perhaps they are undergoing some updating.

 

However, doing a broader search, I found:


McCullough, <http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=512553>  T.

6/10/1899

Death

no county

State Hospital

Vol. 1G

And


McCullough, <http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=512638>  V. R.

3/31/1900

Death

no county

State Hospital

Vol. 1G

 

Nothing about whether they were in Hawthorne and transferred, but the actual
"asylum/Hawthorne" records would probably indicate that.

 

I went to the Asylum records at the  Archives once, based on a record in the
Archives website, and found the "log" (as I recall) of admissions, reason
for admission, discharge, reason for discharge - and of course, the record
number.

 

I know you already have more information, directly from the hospital - I
just mentioned this as a "starting point" for others.

 

The Archives address is:

 

http://genealogy.state.or.us/ 

 

Pat

In Tucson 

 

From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Susie
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Hawthorne Asylum

 

Thank you for the clarification. Both Van and his wife Thirza McCullough
were buried there. She died June 1 1899 and he died March 31 1900. So they
were dug up, cremated and lived in the basement when the film "One Flew Over
The Cuckoo's Nest " was made. 

 

Are they proposing to do away with the  Memorial Circle or just what is
going on?  

 

The hospital kept very good information on the deaths of the patients and I
received from them the information on the death and numbers from them. I
cannot find for sure but believe they are in vault 6.

 

So the release of names must come from the hospital records. It would help
to account for all the patients who died there. The labels may not be
legible but the hospital records would be and were cross referenced to the
vaults.

 

Thank you, Mimi

Susie

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From: MStang5165 at aol.com 

To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 

Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:14 AM

Subject: Re: [or-roots] Hawthorne Asylum

 

I am familiar with the book you cited - in fact, Sue Bell is a friend. But
note that the title is the "Asylum Cemetery." It concerns the old cemetery
there - the bodies were removed, cremated and placed in the canisters - and
documented. I believe that this is just a small number of the cremains that
are actually held by the Oregon State Hospital.

 

If you do a Google search for "cremains at Oregon State Hospital" you will
get 2,600 hits! The one from the New York Times (quoted from The Oregonian)
is quite good and gives the number as 3,489 cremains that are there in
canisters. And the notation that many of the labels are no longer legible.

 

The Public Notice in the Statesman Journal gives the following: Family
members may report their objection to the publication of a relative's
information by contacting  DHS at: oshcremains at state.or.us.  However, I have
tried using this URL a number of times and it does not seem to work! Never
brings up an Oregon State Hospital web site.    

               Mimi Stang


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