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Papers of Elizabeth Farians, 1880-2013 (inclusive), 1942-2013 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 866: CD-88: DVD-115: T-515: Vt-276
Overview:

Writings, correspondence, and papers collected and created by theologian, feminist, animal rights advocate, and social justice activist Elizabeth Farians.

Papers of Anna Spicer Gladding and Miriam Van Waters, 1855-1992

Collection Identifier: MC 426
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs, etc., of librarian Anna Spicer Gladding, and penologist Miriam Van Waters.

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....