Research: Topics: Health Care: Preliminary Guide to Mental Health Documentary Sources in NY
Preliminary Guide to Mental Health Documentary Sources in New York State
Historical Records Repositories in New York State
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, DANCE COLLECTION
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Alberts, Louise. A survey of expert opinions on subjective rhythm. [New York] 1937. iii, 44 l. 29 cm.
"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Education 280. 7, 8 0 (Problems of physical education) [New York University]" Bibliography: l. 42-44.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS
Rare Books & Manuscripts Division, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New
York, NY 10018
Fromm, Erich 1900- . Papers, 1929-1949, bulk (1932-1949). Originals: 10 linear feet (24 boxes). Copies: 21 microfilm reels.
Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a psychoanalyst, author, educator, and social philosopher. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1934. In New York Fromm was associated (until 1939) with the International Institute for Social Research. Fromm authored numerous books including Escape from Freedom which won him acclaim as an author of great brilliance and originality. Papers reflect Fromm's career as author, psychoanalyst, scholar, educator, and social philosopher and document his academic associations and activities, his writings and research at the International Institute for Social Research, and to a lesser extent at Sarah Lawrence College; his theoretical contributions to psychology, sociology, social psychology, and psychoanalysis; and his relationship with notable American scholars who were influenced by his work. His earlier career in Europe is touched upon by a few papers relating to his university lectureships in Germany and to his sojourn in Switzerland in 1932. Papers also reflect to some extent the plight of European Jews several of whom sought Fromm's aid in emigrating from France, Germany and Poland just before the outbreak of World War II. Apply in Special Collections Office. Series 7 closed until 2049. Finding aid available in repository.
Scholer, Gustav, 1851-1928. Papers, 1855-1929, bulk (1887-1920). 3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 package)
Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of New York City. He worked for various hospitals, held public health positions, served as a contract surgeon in the U.S. Army in World War I, was examining surgeon for the U.S. Bureau of Pensions, and was active in German-American and civic organizations.
Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, medical records, writings, photographs, and printed matter documenting Scholer's work as a physician and his participation in German-American societies. Correspondence includes letters written to and by Scholer in his capacity as coroner and as manager of Manhattan State Hospital (Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Ward's Island); others relate to his organizational activities and his efforts to aid Germans and Austrians during World War I. Medical records are from the New York Coroner's Office, Manhattan State Hospital, and U.S. Bureau of Pensions. Other medical records and papers contain birth and death certificates, Scholer's teaching notes and prescription records. His membership papers include correspondence and materials pertaining to New York Turn Verein, Arion Society and other organizations. Also, writings of Scholer and Dr. Joseph B. Mauch; photographs of disasters, such as the General Slocum Steamship disaster, that Scholer attended as coroner; and printed ephemera.
Materials in German and English with a few documents in Eastern European languages. Apply in Special Collections Office. Patient records/correspondence restricted for 75 years from date of issue. Finding aid available in repository.
Schroeder, Theodore Albert, 1864-1953. Papers, ca. 1846-1945. 3 linear feet (6 boxes)
Correspondence, writings and printed ephemera relating to Mormonism available on microfilm; New York Public Library. Theodore Albert Schroeder (1864-1953) was an American lawyer, author and specialist in evolutionary psychology. When he lived in Salt Lake City he became an expert on the Mormon religion. After moving to New York City to pursue his legal career, he lectured on sociology, psychology and free speech and wrote books and articles. He was a co-founder of the Free Speech League and was legal consultant to the Medico-Legal Society of New York. Collection contains correspondence and writings of Schroeder, Mormon documents, photographs, and printed matter. Schroeder's correspondence concerns Mormonism, political matters and publishing. Writings consist of some articles, essays and notes but represent only a fragment of his total output. Mormon documents include letters to Brigham Young from his wives and other letters to and from James Cobb about the origins of the Book of Mormon. Also, three of Schroeder's law books, photographs, newsclippings, and printed ephemera. Apply in Special Collections Office. Finding aid available in repository.
Wertheimer, Max, 1880-1943. Papers, 1885-1943, bulk (ca. 1926-1943). 7.5 linear feet (11 boxes)
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) was a German psychologist, philosopher and co-founder of Gestalt psychology. From 1912 to 1918 at the university in Frankfurt, he formulated the Gestalt theory with Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka. In 1933 Wertheimer emigrated to the United States, where he assumed a professorship at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He was also a guest lecturer at Princeton and Columbia universities. He wrote a number of essays and articles, and from 1921 to 1935 edited and published the multilanguage journal Psychologische Forschung. His only book-length work, Productiuve Thinking, was published posthumously in 1945.
Collection consists of Max Wertheimer's professional and personal papers, as well as papers of his father, Wilhelm Wertheimer, and his colleague Erich Moritz von Hornbostel. Max Wertheimer papers include incoming letters, lectures, original typescript and related materials for his book, notes on experimental and social psychology, writings by other scholars with Wertheimer's annotations, sketches, and photographs. Wilhelm Wertheimer papers consist of correspondence, newsclippings and printed matter concerning his lectures on the warehouse question and sugar industry in Bohemia. Von Hornbostel papers include his correspondence with musicologists and ethnologists, manuscripts and copies of abstracts for scholarly articles, musical notes, and book reviews.
Materials in German, English, Czech, French, and Russian; many manuscript notes in German shorthand Gabelsberger. Apply in Special Collections Office. Finding aid available in repository.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE
James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Records 1942-1988 (bulk 1948-1970). 11 lin. ft.
James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. was established in 1948 by a coalition of community service organizations and settlement houses, including Community Service Society and Union Settlement Association, to provide social services to residents of James Weldon Johnson Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. In 1952 the agency became a member of United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc., an umbrella organization of settlement houses. By the late 1950s the agency offered programs for all East Harlem residents, including day care, english classes, athletics, theater arts, and a mental health clinic. The expansion of cultural programs was a major focus of the agency's work during the 1960s. Mildred Zucker worked as Executive Director of the settlement from its founding until 1970. During the 1970s and '80s several programs were discontinued or were taken over by other agencies. In the mid-1990s the agency offered day care, Head Start, referral services and a small library.
The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program files, newsclippings, brochures, administrative records, reports, funding proposals, executive director files, and photographs. They document the agency from its founding and provide evidence of economic and social conditions, political activity, philanthropy and social work in East Harlem over a forty year period, with a strong emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s.
Donated by James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc., 2/1/95. There are no restrictions on access to the collection. Finding aid available. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division
Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1946-1958. 1.2 lin. ft.
Low cost mental health clinic established in 1946 in Saint Philips Episcopal Church in Harlem. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, material regarding the establishment and operation of the clinic, statistics, texts of speeches, news clippings about the clinic, and news clippings by or about the professional staff. Much of the collection consists of patient case records and personnnel records.
Patient case records and personnel records are restricted. Partial inventory. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division. Records transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
