Camarillo State Hospital Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAM-2003-001
Scope and Contents
See Arrangement.
Dates
- 1836 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for research by appointment only. Please contact Archives and Special Collections staff in advance to request access.
Conditions Governing Use
California State University Channel Islands does not hold copyright to all materials in this collection. The majority of photos are from the State Archives and the majority of the documents are state-owned. Some items have been privately donated. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the archivist. Permission for publication for most items can be given on behalf of the State Archives by CSUCI Archives (although we encourage that you contact them as well), as a state agency. Please contact the archivist to determine how acknowledgment should be presented. It is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from either the CSUCI Archives or the State Archives. Any photo that features a patient cannot be published or distributed. Normal copyright restrictions apply. Please review the Fair Use defense. See https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/faqs/copyright-protection
Extent
100 Linear Feet (Document cases, oversize boxes, map case.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
1. Record Group 1 (Boxes 1-7): “Hospital History”
2. Record Group 2 (Box 8): Special Collections
3. Record Group 3 (Box 9): Educational Publications produced by the State regarding mental health.
4. Record Group 4 (Box 10): J.H. Mulvey, Report
5. Record Group 5 (Box 11): Journals/Registers of the hospital’s newly admitted nursing students
6. Record Group 6 (Boxes 12-15): Certificates and Plaques
7. Record Group 7 (Boxes 16-22): Photographs. Available on the library website.
8. Record Group 8 (Boxes 23-27): Newspaper Articles
9. Record Group 9 (Boxes 28-29): Newspaper Scrapbooks
10. Record Group 10 (Box 30): Franklin Garrett Biography
11. Record Group 11 (Boxes 31-32): VHS, BETA, CD, REEL, DVD, and other format interviews, documentaries, artwork, and photographs about Camarillo State Hospital.
12. Record Group 12 (Boxes 33-42): Hospital’s maintenance department’s work orders
13. Record Group 13 (Boxes 43-48): Accounting; Series A: Quarterly Estimates for Materials and Supplies and Series B: Ledger Books
14. Record Group 14 (Boxes 1 - ___). Artifacts; Series A: Special Olympics Ribbons and Series B: Everything Else – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
15. Record Group 15 (Boxes 1 - ___). Videos and Reels by and for the Hospital – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
16: Record Group 16 (Boxes 1-2). Client Photographs (CONFIDENTIAL) – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
17. Record Group 17 (Boxes 1 - ___). Blueprints – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
18. Record Group 18 (Boxes 1 - ___). Microfilm of Newspapers – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
19. Record Group 19 (Box 1). “Cam-A-Lot” Newsletters – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
20. Record Group 20 (Box 1). “Commitment Criteria” C Composition of Stories About Women as Found in the LA Times – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
21. Record Group 21 (Box 1). “Survey Report on Physical Property of Camarillo State Hospital” by Department of Public Reports re: physical condition of structures, equipment, utilities, and grounds – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
22. Oral histories of former employees. Available on the library website.
23. Dr. Robert Liberman, UCLA Center for Research on Treatment and Rehabilitation of Psychosis
24: Client Artwork (CONFIDENTIAL)
2. Record Group 2 (Box 8): Special Collections
3. Record Group 3 (Box 9): Educational Publications produced by the State regarding mental health.
4. Record Group 4 (Box 10): J.H. Mulvey, Report
5. Record Group 5 (Box 11): Journals/Registers of the hospital’s newly admitted nursing students
6. Record Group 6 (Boxes 12-15): Certificates and Plaques
7. Record Group 7 (Boxes 16-22): Photographs. Available on the library website.
8. Record Group 8 (Boxes 23-27): Newspaper Articles
9. Record Group 9 (Boxes 28-29): Newspaper Scrapbooks
10. Record Group 10 (Box 30): Franklin Garrett Biography
11. Record Group 11 (Boxes 31-32): VHS, BETA, CD, REEL, DVD, and other format interviews, documentaries, artwork, and photographs about Camarillo State Hospital.
12. Record Group 12 (Boxes 33-42): Hospital’s maintenance department’s work orders
13. Record Group 13 (Boxes 43-48): Accounting; Series A: Quarterly Estimates for Materials and Supplies and Series B: Ledger Books
14. Record Group 14 (Boxes 1 - ___). Artifacts; Series A: Special Olympics Ribbons and Series B: Everything Else – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
15. Record Group 15 (Boxes 1 - ___). Videos and Reels by and for the Hospital – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
16: Record Group 16 (Boxes 1-2). Client Photographs (CONFIDENTIAL) – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
17. Record Group 17 (Boxes 1 - ___). Blueprints – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
18. Record Group 18 (Boxes 1 - ___). Microfilm of Newspapers – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
19. Record Group 19 (Box 1). “Cam-A-Lot” Newsletters – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
20. Record Group 20 (Box 1). “Commitment Criteria” C Composition of Stories About Women as Found in the LA Times – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
21. Record Group 21 (Box 1). “Survey Report on Physical Property of Camarillo State Hospital” by Department of Public Reports re: physical condition of structures, equipment, utilities, and grounds – NOTE: THESE BOXES ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE
22. Oral histories of former employees. Available on the library website.
23. Dr. Robert Liberman, UCLA Center for Research on Treatment and Rehabilitation of Psychosis
24: Client Artwork (CONFIDENTIAL)
Physical Location
The processed collection is located in two areas. The majority of artifacts are in the basement. All paper documentation, photographs (including DVDs of the original scanned photos from the State Library), books about CAM, microfilm, DVDs, VHS (etc.), newspaper article scrap books (created by our first librarian, Loretta Waggoner), as well as other miscellaneous items, are located on the first floor, where the Lagomarsino research/reading room is. Blowups (posterboards) of hospital photos are located in the map case there. Movies which contain filmed portions of hospital areas are located in the special collections record group of the university collection. See each record group in AS for additional detail. A finding guide was created in Access, is available on the library website, and is linked in AS for access. Only record groups and series are noted in AS, due to time constraints. Additional CAM objects may be found in exhibit cases in the archives reading room. Dr. Robert Liberman of UCLA had his office at CAM (the two entities worked jointly on mental health projects) and left behind a vast array of materials. Those items are currently located in the campus warehouse. They have been sorted into trash, shredding, and materials to keep for the Archives. UCLA did not want them back. They have not been transferred to the Archives, as of March 2021, because of the Covid pandemic.
Custodial History
The majority of materials in this collection were donated by former employees of the hospital. They literally walked all areas, gathering items left by their colleagues, as the hospital began closing departments, believing that someday, students of the new university would want to know "where they came from". Those former employees later provided the archivist with the materials that are in the collection today. A few items, generally photographs, were given to the Archives by individuals, when the university opened. Some early photographs in the university collection show the hospital in its former glory, just after it officially shuttered its doors. Occasionally (and fortunately), current employees will find hospital items in still unoccupied portions of the campus and hand them off to the Archives.
Dr. Robert Liberman of UCLA had his office at CAM (the two entities worked jointly on mental health projects) and left behind a vast array of materials. Those items are currently located in the campus warehouse. They have been sorted into trash, shredding, and materials to keep for the Archives. UCLA did not want them back. They have not been transferred to the Archives, as of March 2021, because of the Covid pandemic.
Existence and Location of Originals
The majority of artifacts are located in the basement; a few in the Lagomarsino office area. All documents are located in the Lagomarsino reading room, along with all photographs and oversized posterboards of the old hospital. Dr. Robert Liberman of UCLA had his office at CAM (the two entities worked jointly on mental health projects) and left behind a vast array of materials. Those items are currently located in the campus warehouse. They have been sorted into trash, shredding, and materials to keep for the Archives. UCLA did not want them back. They have not been transferred to the Archives, as of March 2021, because of the Covid pandemic.
Separated Materials
Dr. Robert Liberman of UCLA had his office at CAM (the two entities worked jointly on mental health projects) and left behind a vast array of materials. Those items are currently located in the campus warehouse. They have been sorted into trash, shredding, and materials to keep for the Archives. UCLA did not want them back. They have not been transferred to the Archives, as of March 2021, because of the Covid pandemic.
File Plan
Suggested additional processing plans would be to scan newspaper articles in the oversized scrapbooks and scan documents in boxes 1-7 for researcher use.
- California State University Channel Islands
- Camarillo State Hospital.
- Developmentally disabled--Services for--California--History
- Hospitals--California--Camarillo--History
- Mental Disorders
- Mental health
- Mental health facilities
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- California.
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Psychiatric hospital patients
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals--California--Camarillo--History
- State hospitals--California--Camarillo--History.
- Title
- Camarillo State Hospital Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Evelyn Taylor
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the CSUCI Archives and Special Collections Repository