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Mental Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Gregg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 190
Abstract Dr. Alan Gregg was with the Rockefeller Foundation from 1922 to 1956, the year he retired. He was Associate Director in the Division of Medical Education, 1922-1930; Director of the Division of Medical Sciences, 1930-1951; and, Vice-President of the Foundation, 1951-1956. Correspondence, journals, notes, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, printed matter, and reprints. Personal items include family letters, biographical profiles, reflections and observations, diaries, and commonplace...
Dates: 1900-1985

Catholic University Medical Film Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACC 2017-02
Abstract

PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION. Films address a range of topics including nursing, prenatal and neonatal care, infant and child development, mental health, medical ethics, aging, and human sexuality.

Dates: 1942-1977

Eugene B. Brody papers

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2012-013
Abstract UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Principally Brody's materials as president of the World Federation for Mental Health (1981-1983). He was the organization's secretary general from 1983 to 1999. During his years with the organization, Dr. Brody traveled widely, encouraging effective participation with WFMH of mental health organizations from countries with divergent ethnic, cultural and religious traditions (Baltimore Sun obit). Also reprints, scrapbook albums, alphabetical subject/correspondence...
Dates: 1941-2008

Joshua Lederberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 552
Abstract

Lederberg won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum and George Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." He was professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups, and governmental organizations.

Dates: 1904-2008

Julius B. Richmond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 383
Abstract

Julius B. Richmond Papers (1941-2004) document the career of the pediatrician and public health advocate. The collection highlights his time as the U.S. Surgeon General as well as his academic career at the State University of New York at Syracuse and Harvard Medical School. It also details important programs which Richmond help establish, such as Head Start.

Dates: 1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997

Julius S. Schreiber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 602
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, reports, printed materials, and photographs document Dr. Julius Schreiber's psychological orientation of American soldiers during World War II and his efforts to improve American society through the National Institute of Social Relations just after the war.

Dates: 1933-1984

Lawrence Kolb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 279
Abstract

Dr. Lawrence Kolb was a pioneer in the medical approach to narcotics addiction treatment and in public health research and treatment of mental illness. He was one of the first to advocate treating drug addicts as patients, not criminals. The collection deals chiefly with the subjects of drug addiction, alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and mental health.

Dates: 1912-1972

Mike Gorman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 462
Abstract

Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman (1913-1989), a noted journalist, author, publicist, lobbyist and advocate for health causes and an ally of the philanthropist Mary Lasker. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches, publications, notes, minutes and memoranda. Most of the material reflects Gorman's career after he became involved in publicity and lobbying in the 1950s.

Dates: 1946-1989

Northwest Film Forum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACC 2017-08
Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. These mostly educational films were produced by both smaller, independent companies and major filmmaking entities during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Topics range from concerns about overpopulation to the function of human organs to divorce and racial prejudice. Many of the films deal with mental health, child development, and the health of the environment.

Dates: 1930-2000 (bulk 1960-1980)