DeWitt C. Burkes papers
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- Date
- 1955-05-19
- Description
- Correspondence and newspaper clippings related to Dr. Dewitt C. Burkes and the Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Topics included advocacy for S. 1027 and S. 1028, two senate bills that would help create a mental hospital with outpatient facilities in Alaska so patients would no longer have to travel to Oregon to receive care. There was also significant controversy over the quality of care and amount of profit made by Morningside hospital. Letters between Burkes, Morningside owner Henry Coe, the American Psychiatric Association, and others discuss that conflict and potential solutions.
- Newspaper clippings: "Morningside Hosptial Audit Seen as Unlikely"; "Green Seeks Truth About Mental Hospital"; "Witnesses Attack Alaska Law on Sanity, Portland Treatment"
- Author was a psychiatrist. Major files deal with the Central Inspection Board, American Psychiatric Association (1954-1957); Morningside Hospital, Portland, Oregon (minutes of staff meetings, 1955-1958); North Pacific Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (1940-1950); Portland Psychiatrists in Private Practice (organization papers, 1955-1957). There is also correspondence about the beginnings of the Portland Chamber Orchestra Association (1947-1949).
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- Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
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- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Identifier
- Ax106_b002_f001_007_012
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- Local Collection Name
- Local Collection ID
- Ax 106
- Archival Box Number
- 2
- Archival Folder Name
- Morningside Hospital (Portland, OR), 1954-1956
- Archival Folder Number
- 1
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- Submission Date
- 04/08/2025
- Modified
- 04/09/2025
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- DeWitt C. Burkes papers (open)
APA
DeWitt C. Burkes papers, University of Oregon. (26 Apr 2025). Morningside Hospital (Portland, OR), 1954-1956 [b002] [f001] [007_012] Retrieved from https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/vx021g54c
MLA
DeWitt C. Burkes papers, University of Oregon. "Morningside Hospital (Portland, OR), 1954-1956 [b002] [f001] [007_012]" Oregon Digital. 26 Apr 2025. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/vx021g54c
Chicago
DeWitt C. Burkes papers, University of Oregon. "Morningside Hospital (Portland, OR), 1954-1956 [b002] [f001] [007_012]" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-04-26. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/vx021g54c
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