Psychiatric hospitals -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 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
Rebecca Singer Collins papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1196
Abstract
Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.
Dates:
1824-1886
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
