What was the care like at Morningside Hospital?
The story of the hospital and the transition to building a care system over several decades is fascinating and sometimes quite heartbreaking. Lets face it –the standards of what we deem acceptable...
View ArticleWho was deported from Alaska and who was at Morningside Hospital?
The preliminary examination of the records shows that Alaskans from all over the state – from Nome to Ketchikan – were sent to the Morningside. Dr Henry Waldo Coe, medical director and owner of...
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1912 to 1942 Admissions
Record Group 126, Records of the Office of the Territories, National Archives II, College Park, MD Occasionally there are glimpses of who was at Morningside. Included in the Department of the Interior...
View ArticleWhy Oregon?
The Oregon State Hospital Museum Project blog posted an interesting article that asks the question, “Why Oregon?” “The question still remains, why Oregon? The State Insane Asylum (later Western State...
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Dr. Coe Prescribes Whiskey for Patients
The following article is by Marylou Elton, our volunteer researcher who lives in Washington, DC. Marylou spends most Wednesdays digging through Morningside Hospital administrative records at the...
View ArticleA Patient’s Perspective on Morningside in the 1960’s
Steve B. was a patient at Morningside Hospital in the mid-1960s. He is the first former patient to contact us and provides a look at life at Morningside from the patient’s perspective. If you have a...
View ArticleWhat to do with the criminally insane…
Article by Marylou Elton Downloadable documents related to this post can be found at the end of the article. Morningside Hospital was not a prison. In 1917, Dr. Henry Waldo Coe was proud to note that...
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