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This collection contains the papers of Alfred M. Freedman, who was president of the American Psychiatric Association when the board of trustees changed the listing of “homosexuality” to “sexual orientation disturbance” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders II (DSM-II). The collection has 10 series: Abuse of Psychiatry, Death Penalty, Ethics, Treatment of the Mentally Ill, Subject Files, Organizations, Writings, Correspondence, Photographs, and Memorabilia.

The collection contains original student notes, ephemera, and prints in addition to photocopies and microfilm reels of Rush's lectures delivered to medical students at the University of Pennsylvania from the Library Company of Philadelphia. The collection has four series: Rush's Lecture Notes, Students' Notes of Rush's Lectures, Microfilm, and Prints and Personal Ephemera.

This collection contains the papers of Eric T. Carlson, who was an American psychiatrist, historian, and director of the DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry. The collection has 6 series: Writings, Publications, Correspondence, Adolf Meyer Seminars, Subject Files, and Audio-Visual Materials.

This collection contains records from the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. The collection has 9 series: Constitution, By-Laws, and Related Documents; Directors and Officers; Administrative Committees; Committees; Meetings; Membership Information; Publications; Other Organizations; Audio-Visual Materials.

This collection contains the papers of Jacques Quen, who was a historian of psychiatry and active with Cheiron, the International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences. The collection has six series: Correspondence, Publications and Writings by Dr. Quen, Publications and Writings by Others, Biographical and Subject Files, Cheiron, and Isaac Ray.

This collection contains materials gathered by the Marie Louise Schoelly Sherwin estate. Marie Louise Schoelly was a clinical psychiatrist who specialized in Child Psychiatry, a priest at the Church of the Holy Trinity, an associate professor at Cornell Medical College, and a historian actively involved in the History of Psychiatry Section. The endowment from Schoelly’s estate contributed to research in the Department of Psychiatry at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. This collection has three series: Published Writings, Research, and Bibliographic Records. Research has two subseries: Notes and Classification.

This collection contains records from the New York Psychiatric Society. The collection has 5 series: Secretary-Treasurer, Committees, Society Publications, Papers Delivered to the Society, and Emergency Committee of Neuro-Psychiatric Societies.

This collection contains the papers of Roy Schafer, who was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst. The collection has 6 series: Correspondence, Publications, Writings, Subject Files, Audio-visual, and Patient Notes.

This collection contains the papers of Samuel Kahn, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, clinician, and author. The collection has 5 series: Lectures, Dynamic Psychological Society (DPS), Quakerbridge School and Camp, Printed Materials, and Writings.

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.