Norman Dain PhD Papers, 1908-2005

Summary

Creator:
Dain, Norman
Abstract:
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.
Extent:
16 boxes 6.46 linear feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the papers of Norman Dain, an American historian of psychiatry. There are 6 series in this collection.

Anti-psychiatry: this series has publications, correspondence, and audio cassettes from Dr. Dain’s anti-psychiatry research.

Clifford Beers: this includes Dr. Dain’s research materials, photocopies, and book drafts for his book Clifford W. Beers: Advocate for the Insane.

Eastern State Hospital: this series contains research photocopies for Dr. Dain’s book Disordered Minds: The First Century of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1766-1866.

Concepts of Insanity: the photocopies of research materials for Dr. Dain’s book Concepts of Insanity in the United States 1789-1865 are in this series.

Writings and Publications: these documents include manuscripts, reprints, notes, and publications written and collected by Dr. Dain.

Audio-visual: these items include audio and microfilm copies of research materials.

Biographical / historical:

Norman Dain earned his doctorate degree at Columbia University, during which he was a research fellow in the History of Psychiatry at the Payne Whitney Clinic. He went on to become a Professor of History at Rutgers University and earned a Guggenheim fellowship and the Benjamin Rush Award of the American Psychiatric Association, in addition to being an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and a member of the Research Faculty at the DeWitt Wallace Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College. His three books included Concepts of Insanity in the United States 1789-1865; Disordered Minds: The First Century of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1766-1866; and Clifford W. Beers: Advocate for the Insane before his death in 2015.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Norman Dain in 1982 and 2004-2005.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this material.

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