Mental health

Scope and Contents This collection includes mainly newspaper clippings as well as the 1955-1956 annual report, newsletters, articles, and materials on volunteer activities from Central State Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1978 regarding Central State Hospital and other psychiatric facilities throughout Indiana, with information on the topics of alcoholism, child abuse, and mental illness research. The newspaper clippings include award-winning articles written by Skip Hess of the...

Scope and Contents The records include correspondence of the Indiana Society for Mental Hygiene's secretaries regarding annual meetings and the re-organization of the Society in 1940 (1915–1941). The collection also contains correspondence with the Indiana Federation of Clubs and the Indiana State Library regarding the preparation of a package library of books on mental health (1935–1936). Additionally, there are copies of papers on mental illness presented at the annual meetings in 1920, 1932, and 1940–1941;...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a typewritten copy of Chairman Vida Newsom's October 21, 1933 report regarding the activities and achievements of the Division of Mental Hygiene of the Indiana Federation of Clubs. The 9 page report relates the various methods the Division used to distribute information and educate the public about mental hygiene.