Mental health
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-015
Overview
The Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases of Syria (now Lebanon) was founded in 1898 by Theophilus Waldmeier, who spent more than 40 years in Abyssinia and Syria in educational missionary work.The American Committee was founded in 1897 by Waldemier "for the purpose of interesting Americans in this cherished plan for support of this hospital" (minutes, November 15, 1923). This was one of many committees he helped to form around the world for supporting the hospital.This collection contains one...
Dates:
1900-1940; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1932
Janet Stokes diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-077
Overview
Janet Stokes was a British Quaker who moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as a hospital chaplain after she retired. Entries are generally related to personal and religious reflection and descriptions of Stokes's struggles with depression.
Dates:
1996-1997
Stokes-Woodruff Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1263
Overview
This collection contains a wide variety of documents pertaining to both the Stokes and Woodruff families. In addition to family history materials, it also includes materials from F.J. Stokes Company.
Dates:
1809-2001; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1965
Andrew H. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M78
Overview
Andrew H. Woods (1872 – 1956) became vice president of Canton College in Canton, China in 1899. He maintained his association with Canton College throughout the Boxer Rebellion and the dethronement of the Manchu Dynasty. Woods moved back and forth between China and the United States with his wife, Fanny Sinclair, who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1901. In 1929, the couple and their children settled in Iowa. In Iowa, Woods worked as a professor and practitioner of neurology and psychology. ...
Dates:
1885 - 1956
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Andrew H. Woods papers
