Chronic Disease

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract which causes a variety of symptoms. This collection, which dates from circa 1980 to 2007, consists of newsletters, organizational communications, pamphlets, recipes, and research on alternative treatments, documenting decades of active involvement with the Crohn’s community.

The Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital, in Salem, OR, began admitting patients in 1910 and later merged with the University of Oregon Medical School State Tuberculosis Hospital. The collection contains reports, birth certificate books, admissions and discharges, scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence.

The Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital began admitting patients in 1910. This album, which dates from 1926 to 1929, contains photographs that depict patients, staff, and the buildings and grounds of the hospital.