thank you to everyone who gave information on Longview Hospital. I am going to try the Ohio Historical Society first for a death certificate. I have my grandmothers (Viola James) obituary. It says she died in a hospital, no mention of Longview. She was buried in Middletown, Ohio. I did not know she was in Longview until I was over 40 years old. I was 2 when she died. She died from strangulation. She got a chicken bone lodged in her throat. My Aunt Hazel Jensen told me about it. There was so much shame and disgrace about mental illness back then. I don't know what her mental problem was. I guess being in a mental hospital years back was pure hell. My Aunt said sometimes when they would go to visit she would be all beat up from fights with other patients. Who knows what went on behind closed doors? Terrible!! I bet her death certificate won't mention Longview. Let you know when I get it. Debbie