Founded in 1936, the Oskar Diethelm Library houses, preserves, and provides access to printed books and serials, archives and manuscripts, photographs, prints, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera and is part of Weill Cornell Medical College's DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy, & the Arts. The library's rare book collection contains approximately 35,000 titles dating back to the 15th century dealing with psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, mesmerism, spiritualism, phrenology, witchcraft, and related topics. World-renowned individuals and organizations are also represented in the approximately 1500 linear feet of archives, including Donald W. Winnicott, Thomas Salmon, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
This collection contains the papers of Clifford W. Beers, who was the founder of the American mental hygiene movement. The collection has six series: Correspondence, Writings, Artwork, Photographs, Printed Materials and Scrapbooks, and Subject Files.
This collection contains the papers of Emily Martin, who worked for the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Frankwood E. Williams, Clifford Beers, and Thomas Salmon. The collection has 4 series: Photographs, Printed materials, Subject files, and Correspondence.
Williams, Frankwood E. (Frankwood Earl),
1883-1936
This collection contains the papers of Frankwood E. Williams, an American psychiatrist who focused on the prevention of mental illness and was concerned with the science of human nature. The collection has 12 series: Personal Papers, World War I, National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Professional Correspondence, Conferences and Programs, School Related Records, Lectures and Research Notes, Publications, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Emily Martin, and Reprints and Manuscripts of Other Authors.
This collection contains the papers of Marion Kenworthy, an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. The collection has 7 series: Biographical Information, Children Related Organizations, Organizations, American Psychoanalytic Association, National Association for Mental Health, Correspondence with Individuals, and World War II Activities.
This collection contains records from the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. The collection has 8 series: Clifford Beers Personal and Addresses; Minutes, Annual Meetings, and Administration; Correspondence with Individuals; Subject Files; State Societies; Survey for Directory of Psychiatric Clinics in the U.S.; Psychiatric Education; and Publications.
This collection contains the papers of Norman Dain, an American historian of psychiatry. The collection has 6 series: Anti-psychiatry, Clifford Beers, Eastern State Hospital, Concepts of Insanity, Writings and Publications, and Audio-visual.