Title:

Oklahoma's Problem Children

Creator:

Gorman, Mike

Date:

September 1948

Description:

After exposing the poor conditions in Oklahoma's mental hospitals, Gorman wrote several series of articles on states and institutions that cared effectively for the mentally ill, and then did an investigation of child welfare services in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Committee for Mental Hygiene reprinted these series as educational pamphlets, with the permission of the newspaper for which Gorman worked, the Daily Oklahoman.

Periodical:

Daily Oklahoman

Publisher:

Oklahoma Publishing Company

Location:

Box: 15. Folder: 45

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Daily Oklahoman.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hospitals, Psychiatric and Health Care Reform

Format:

Text

Extent:

35 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Gorman, Mike. "Oklahoma's Problem Children." Daily Oklahoman, (September 1948). Article. 35 Images.. Daily Oklahoman

Legacy ID:

TGBBGP

NLM ID:

101743403X94

Profiles Collection:

The Mike Gorman Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X94

Story Section:

From Journalist to Crusader: Exposing the "Snake Pits" in Oklahoma and Beyond, 1946-1953