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L. Vernon Briggs papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c162
Overview: The collection reflects the professional work and the personal interests of psychiatrist and reformer Lloyd Vernon Briggs. As well as being a practicing psychiatrist, Briggs was an advocate for the reform of the asylum system in Massachusetts. He worked on reforms of the procedures for the committal of patients and the confinement of those suspected of having mental illness, and he advocated requiring formal training for both attending physicians and attendants in psychiatric institutions....

Sanford Gifford papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c328
Overview: The Sanford Gifford papers, 1895-2013 (inclusive), 1950-2000 (bulk), are the product of Gifford’s professional, research, teaching, publishing, and political activism activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in seven series: I. Research, 1921-2010, undated; II. Professional Appointments, 1918-2008, undated; III. Professional Activities and Activism, 1939-2011, undated; IV. History of Psychoanalysis Research, Activities, and Writings, 1895-2011, undated; V....