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Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board (WCMHAB) Papers, 1958-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board
Title
Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board (WCMHAB) Papers
Dates
1958-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 containers., (1 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 599
Summary
Records and minutes of board meetings, correspondence, newsclippings, and miscellaneous records relative to mental health programs in Whitman County, Wash.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board, an organization made up chiefly of volunteers, was first organized about 1965. Its first Mental Health Clinic was established in the old Washington Hotel, on Pullman's Main Street. The staff included a volunteer part-time director and three "moon-lighting" psychologists. In 1966 the Whitman County Mental Health Center added a paid part-time director.

In 1969, Pauli Owens, a social worker, became director, a position she retained until she resigned in 1985 over budgetary problems. Owens' efforts led to a large increase in the number of programs the mental health center offered residents of Whitman County.

When the Washington Hotel was razed in 1971 to make room for construction of new facilities for the Pullman branch of Seafirst National Bank, the Whitman County Mental Health Center moved to North 141 Grand Avenue, on the ground floor of the Cordova Theater building. It remained there until 1978 and then moved to the Wesley Building at NE 340 Maple Street, which Whitman County had purchased from the Simpson United Methodist Church to house a number of county outreach programs. The services offered the Whitman County Mental Health Center include adult day treatment, child and family counseling, and twenty-four hour crisis services. It is financed mostly through state and federal funds, with Whitman county contributing only two to three percent of the annual budget. The center remains at the Maple Street facility.

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Content Description

Included are minutes of monthly meetings and director's reports, organization by-laws, questionnaires, and newspaper clippings

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 599, Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board (WCMHAB) Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board Papers are arranged alphabetically by folder title. .

Acquisition Information

The Washington State University Libraries acquired records of the Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board from the Board in October 1985 (MS 85-47).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Corporate Names

  • Mental health services--Washington (State)--Whitman County
  • Whitman County Mental Health Advisory Board--Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Robert W. Hadlow
2012

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