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  • "Hosed down in the crib cot"
    Brian Logie describes being hosed down in a crib cot as punishment.

  • Making Gravestones
    An excerpt of an interview with Brian Logie describing making numbered gravestones while at the Huronia Regional Centre. Brian describes pouring cement forms and stamping them with numbers.

  • Aerial View of the Former Huronia Regional Centre
    An aerial photograph of the entire property of the Former Huronia Regional Centre.

  • "I don't want anybody to forget"
    An excerpt from an interview with Patricia Seth.

  • "Putrid and Dirty Bathrooms"
    An audio clip of an HRC tour group during the final site visit recorded a former HRC staff member describing the resident bathrooms as 'putrid and dirty, all of the time' .

  • Huronia Regional Centre Registry of Deaths
    A list of patients who died while institutionalized at the Huronia Regional Centre including gravestone registry. In pencil, in cursive text on the left inside cover of the registry, reads the words "Registrar of Deaths J.C. Rose Orillia". In black ink in cursive text on this side the words, "Telegraph Office Sunday 10-11am 5-6pm" are visible. On the right inside cover of the registry in red ink in cursive text is a list with the letters S, C, B, P, M. Each of these letters corresponds to a funeral home, with P being Private Burial.

  • Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery List
    A third party review of Huronia Regional Centre cemetery records prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services and Infrastructure Ontario.

  • Touring the Tramways
    An audio recording of conversations that took place during a tour of the tramways that sit below the HRC campus. Site visitors discuss site security controlling access to specific areas of the former institution. David Houston describes escaping through the tramways and meeting the 'farmboys'. Another site visitor remarks on the size of the population of children that resided at the HRC.

  • Coronation Coach
    A black and white photograph of two white Clydesdale horses attached to a carriage riding through the curling rink. Inside the carriage is two people wearing royalty hats. The old boiler house chimney can be seen in the background.

  • Ontario Hospital, Orillia, Ontario
    A postcard depicting the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia's main building. The red-Victorian-style hotel building is displayed from the front to view the steeple. A row of trees separates the building from a plot of grass in the foreground.

  • The Asylum, Orillia
    An artist's painting of the main building on the grounds of the Asylum, Orillia. The large red Victorian-style hotel building sits in the background of the back field of the institution's grounds with roads leading to the building.

  • Red Brick Building Beside a Black Road
    A photograph of a black road with a white line in the foreground. In the background is a large three story red brick building with white windows and a black roof with three peaks. In front of the building is a black waist-high metal fence.

  • Main Building, Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, Canada
    An antique photograph of the main building of the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia. A large hotel-style Victorian building with a steeple lies between two large administrative buildings behind a row of trees and large bushes.

  • South Wing of Main Building, circa 1891
    A black and white photograph of the south wing of the main building, circa 1891

  • South Cottage, circa 1891
    A black and white photograph of South Cottage, circa 1891

  • Orillia Asylum, circa early 1900
    A black and white artist rendition of the main building of the Orillia Asylum, circa early 1900s. The large Victorian-style hotel building is displayed behind a field. There are people dressed in Victorian attire walking through the field. To the left of the building is a large shed and there are trees on the sides and behind each building.

  • Simcoe House, circa 1891
    A black and white photograph of Simcoe House, circa 1891

  • Cheryl's Psychological Examination from another Ontario Institution
    This document is a psychological examination summary from another institution. It notes Cheryl's given IQ, her "mental age," and describes her as "upper moron level."

  • Social Work Report about Cheryl, 1981
    This document is an entry into Cheryl's Social Record written by the Central Intake Coordinator. Written after Cheryl's discharge, this report describes Cheryl's request to have her records changed because of the language used to describe her. It also notes that Cheryl was offered an up-to-date psychological assessment because the records could not be changed.

  • Social Work Report about Cheryl, 1980
    This document is an entry into Cheryl's Social Record written by the Social Work Supervisor. It was written some time after Cheryl's discharge, but discusses Cheryl and her husband's attempts to visit another resident at the Huronia Regional Centre as well as their requests to have the girl live with them.

  • Cheryl - Dental Report 1963
    Cheryl's Dental Report from 1963

  • Cheryl - Letter from Social Work Services about Brother
    A letter from the manager of Social Work Services in response to Cheryl's request for information about her brother who was also admitted to the HRC.

  • Collection of Cheryl's Academic Report Cards
    A collection of Academic Report Cards for Cheryl from Huronia Regional Centre's Department of Education. Only two of them are dated.

  • Cheryl - School Progress Report Jan-June 1969
    A brief school progress report noting Cheryl's grades in arithmetic, language, and spelling. The report describes Cheryl as distracted and a worrier.

  • Cheryl - Psychological Examination 1965
    A psychological examination summary that notes Cheryl's IQ, her "mental age," and describes her as "upper moron level."