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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.

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 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.

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.