Vidonian Club Records, 1914-2019

Summary

Creator:
Vidonian Club
Abstract:
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.
Extent:
8 boxes 3.34 linear feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Vidonian Club records consist of several versions of its constitution, meeting minutes 1914- 2009, and correspondence. Much of the correspondence emanates from the Office of the Secretary (1916-1989), and deals with election of new members, attendance at meetings, the subject matter of monthly presentations, and the ordering of supplies. The correspondence includes obituaries and copies of some of the presentations given at monthly meetings. A few folders pertain to financial and miscellaneous affairs. The collection includes copies of the papers given by members at the club’s monthly meetings. The topics of the papers are often literary or historical, but oriented around psychiatry. Some deal more directly with psychiatric subjects. The collection has no series and needs to be reprocessed.

Biographical / historical:

The Vidonian Club was organized in 1914 by eight psychiatrists in New York City as a small social club to provide an opportunity for discussion of subjects of psychological and psychiatric interest, with reference to sociological and philosophical trends of the time. The Vidonian Club is an offshoot of the larger New York Psychiatric Society and continues to hold monthly meetings.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Shervert H. Frazier, MD, on behalf of the Vidonian Club, 1977 and 1978.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from the Oskar Diethelm Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Location of this collection:
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
Link to repository site
Contact:
212-746-3728