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Oskar Diethelm Library

Oskar Diethelm Library

DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy and the Arts
Weill Cornell Medical College
525 East 68th Street, Box 140
New York, NY 10065, United States
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.

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Lebensohn, Zigmond M. (1910-2003)
This collection contains the papers of Zigmond M. Lebensohn, a neurologist and psychiatrist who was chief of psychiatry at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington D.C. (1957-1976), president of the Washington Psychiatric Society and the Academy of Medicine of Washington, and advisor to numerous government agencies and the advice columnist Ann Landers. There are two series: Correspondence and Subject Files.
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World Federation for Mental Health
This collection contains records from the World Federation for Mental Health: United States Committee, Inc. The collection has 13 series: By-laws; Minutes and Material Related to Annual Meetings; Memoranda, Minutes, Reports, Agendas and Related Material; Correspondence (General, Chronological, Address Books); United Nations (General Correspondence, Projects, Publications); Fundraising (Foundations, Industry, Scientific Institutes, Special Events, Benefits); Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; Financial Records; Personnel Files; Artifacts; International Committee for Mental Hygiene; World Federation for Mental Health Geneva Office; and Photographs.
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Russell, William Logie, 1863-1951
Nearly the entire collection relates to the institutional history Dr. William Russell wrote in 1945 entitled The New York Hospital: A History of the Psychiatric Service 1771-1936. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.
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Dunn, William H., 1898-1955
William Dunn was chief of the Out Patient Department at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic of New York Hospital. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.
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Vidonian Club
The Vidonian Club records consist of several versions of its constitution, meeting minutes 1914- 2009, and correspondence. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.
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Salmon, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1876-1927
This collection contains the papers of Thomas Salmon, who was a leading pioneer in the field of mental hygiene. The collection is missing information, including series, and needs to be reprocessed.