Civilian Public Service. Mental Hygiene Program
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harold Barton Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Barton, Harold
Abstract
In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Mental Health Foundation Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Mental Health Foundation
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of printed correspondence and pamphlets.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1946-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
