As a state institution, Mendocino State Hospital (MSH) produced a large quantity of printed material and documents during its eighty years of existence. As part of my research project, many of its documents from the California State Archives and other sources have been uploaded here as PDFs. Of particular note are the annual/biannual reports produced on the state of the hospital, as well as the weekly hospital newspaper that was published by staff and patients, the Pomo News.

Administrative Reports

• Reports

Building Reports

• Department of Finance Inventory/Historical Record (ca. 1930)
• California State Fire Marshal’s Survey of State Institutions (1939)
• A Survey of the Mental Institutions of the State of California (1943)

Other

• Visitor’s Guide to Mendocino State Hospital (1962)

Pomo News

• Pomo News (1948-1949 issues available)

Program Reports

• Psychiatric Residences in California (1960)
  • Note that the map of California in this booklet incorrectly locates MSH somewhere in Shasta County.
• Department of Mental Hygiene Progress Report (1963)
• Observations and Comments Based on a Survey of California State Mental Facilities (1965)
• Department of Mental Hygiene Rules and Regulations for All Employees (1966)
• Chronology of Programs at MSH (1967)
• Information About Department of Mental Hygiene (ca. 1968)
• Policy and Operations Manual – Restraint (1969)