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Psychiatry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Myerson papers and family research records

Collection Identifier: H MS c425
Overview:

The Abraham Myerson papers and family research records, 1908-2013 (inclusive), 1921-1974 (bulk), are primarily the product of Abraham Myerson’s professional, research, and publishing activities over the course of his career as a neurologist, practicing psychiatrist, and author in Boston, Massachusetts. The papers are arranged in two series: I. Abraham Myerson Papers, 1908-2013, undated; and II. Family Research Records, 1925-2013.

Albert Warren Stearns papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c543
Overview:

The Albert Warren Stearns papers, 1912-1959, are the product of Stearns’ activities as a private practice psychiatrist, author, Dean of Tufts College Medical School, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and officer in the medical corps of the United States Navy.

Carol C. Nadelson papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c394
Overview: The Carol C. (Cooperman) Nadelson papers are the product of Nadelson's activities as a psychiatrist and medical educator who held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Simmons College, and hospital appointments at Beth Israel Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Boston. The collection reflects Nadelson’s work with women’s health issues, particularly women’s mental health, between the 1970s and the 2000s. Topics include the...

Chester M. Pierce Papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c523
Overview: The Chester M. Pierce papers, 1938-2015 (inclusive), 1960-2002 (bulk), are the product of Chester M. Pierce’s administrative, teaching, professional, writing, and research activities throughout the course of his career as a psychiatrist who studied race, racial equity, and extreme environments, such as racism, stress, and polar environments. The papers are arranged in five series: I. Subject Files, 1950-2015; II. Committee and Professional Service Files, 1963-2011; III. Personal and...

E.E. Southard papers

Collection Identifier: GA 81
Overview: The E.E. Southard papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive), 1905-1920 (bulk), reflect the late-career work of E.E. (Elmer Ernest) Southard (1876-1920), a neuropathologist and pathologist for the state of Massachusetts. Southard was the administrator for the first psychopathic department at the Boston State Hospital and worked with Myrtelle Canavan (1879-) and Mary Jarrett (1877-1961) to develop the field of psychiatric social work. He was also Chief Pathologist for the Massachusetts state asylum...

Erich Lindemann papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c219
Overview: The Erich Lindemann papers, 1885-1991 (inclusive), 1950-1974 (bulk), are the product of Lindemann’s professional, research, teaching, and publishing activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in nine series: I. Professional Appointments Files (1915-1978, undated); II. West End Research Project (1949-1975, undated); III. Professional Activities Files (1929-1974, undated); IV. Correspondence (1925-1974, undated); V. Writings and Publications (1922-1976, undated);...

James Jackson Putnam papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c4
Overview: The James Jackson Putnam papers consist of records either created or collected by Putnam during his life or collected by his widow, Marian Cabot Putnam, after his death. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, most of it either from or to James Jackson Putnam. Correspondents include members of the Putnam, Morse, Shattuck, Cabot, and Jackson families as well as Sigmund Freud, Ernest Jones, Carl Jung, Boris Sidis, and Morton Prince, among other medical colleagues in the United States and...

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....

Leon Eisenberg papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c196
Overview:

The Leon Eisenberg papers, 1905-2009 (inclusive), 1968-2005 (bulk), are the product of Eisenberg’s activities as a psychiatrist, educator, lecturer, and contributing member of national and international organizations. Eisenberg's main areas of research were autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and anxiety and depression.

Manfred S. Guttmacher papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c205
Overview:

The collection consists of records created and collected by Manfred S. Guttmacher over the course of his career as a criminal psychiatrist and specialist in the relationship between psychiatry and the law.

Papers of Ethel Sturges Dummer, 1689-1962

Collection Identifier: A-127: M-55
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of Ethel Sturges Dummer, Chicago social welfare leader, philanthropist, and author.

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....