Oregon State Hospital Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". In 1976, photographer Mary Ellen Mark and writer Kay Folger Jacobs were commissioned by "The Pennsylvania Gazette" to do a story on the hospital. Mark and Folger spent over a month living in a security ward amongst female patients, chronicled in "Ward 81," a collection of photographs published by Mark. Research resources Photographs Oregon State Hospital Oregon State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the state's capital city of Salem. Founded in 1862 and constructed in the Kirkbride Plan design in 1883, it is the oldest operating
Oregon State Parks Foundation Oregon State Parks Foundation Oregon State Parks Foundation is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of state parks in Oregon. While the foundation works collaboratively with the Oregon State Parks Commission and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, it is an independent organization, with its own board and priorities. Its mission is "to raise funds to enhance and preserve the experience of using the more than 260 Oregon State Parks, now and for generations to come." The foundation was established as the Oregon State Parks Trust on May 16, 1995. Founding trustees included Lucille S. "Lu"