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Descriptive Summary
	Collection Number:	MS C 493
	Creator	Brown, Bertram (b. 1931)
	Title:	Bertram Brown Papers
	Dates:	1884-1988 (bulk 1960-1980)
	Quantity:	65.75 linear feet
	Abstract:	Dr. Bertram S. Brown was a key figure in the national effort to redefine and expand mental health services during the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Brown's distinguished federal career at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) helped shape many of the decisions which led to these changes. His tenure at NIMH culminated in his appointment as the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1970.

Biographical Note

Dr. Bertram S. Brown was a key figure in the national effort to redefine and expand mental health services during the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Brown's distinguished federal career at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) helped shape many of the decisions which led to these changes. His tenure at NIMH culminated in his appointment as the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1970. Dr. Brown served under the successive administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. During this period, federal legislation expanded mental health care to more of the mentally ill while at the same time shifted responsibility for care from large state institutions to smaller community facilities with local control.

Dr. Brown's success was preceded by, and in large part the result of, a combination of talents and varied interests as a boy and student growing up in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Brown was born in 1931 and received his early education at both public and private schools. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School to learn a mechanical trade and studied piano at the Juillard School of Music in New York City. Instead of pursuing a trade or studying music, however, Dr. Brown decided on a medical career. He attended Brooklyn College, tuition-free, in the post-War WWII years and received his B.A. degree in 1952. In 1956, he earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. At Cornell, Dr. Brown became interested in the political and regional issues which affect the delivery of health services and decided to add public health training to his education. Dr. Brown combined the study of medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and public health from 1956 through 1960, and earned a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health in 1960. After completing an internship at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (1956-1957), Dr. Brown became a Resident and Teaching Fellow at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (1957-1960).

Upon completion of his medical training, Dr. Brown began his federal career as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service and spent his first year at the Mental Health Study Center, NIMH in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1961, at the request of President John Kennedy, Dr. Brown was asked to assist with a national effort to combat mental retardation in the Nation. From 1961 through 1963, Dr. Brown helped establish the President's Panel on Mental Retardation and assisted in preparing a report titled A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation. He also served as the President's Special Assistant for Mental Retardation. Dr. Brown's special expertise and other interests led to other special federal appointments, including Special Assistant to the Secretary of HEW for Drug Abuse Prevention, The President's Commission on the Administration of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, and President's Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.

Dr. Brown served in increasingly responsible positions at NIMH until he was appointed Director in 1970. His positions at NIMH were Special Assistant for Extramural Programs (1961-1963); Special Assistant to the Director (1963-1964); Chief, Community Mental Health Facilities Branch (1964-1966); Associate Director for Mental Health Service Programs (1966); and Deputy Director (1967-1970). As Chief of the Community Mental Health Facilities Branch he spearheaded the effort to build local treatment facilities for the mentally ill from 1964 to 1966. As NIMH's Deputy Director and Director, Dr. Brown became well regarded on the speaker's circuit. He traveled throughout the country speaking to local community groups, research institutions, academia, professional associations, and state governments on the federal role in providing mental health services. At NIMH, Dr. Brown was also significantly involved in implementing the Community Mental Health Act of 1963 and promoting passage of federal legislation to fight drug abuse from 1969 through 1971 while at NIMH.

After Dr. Brown left public service in 1978, his knowledge of the federal role in promoting and expanding mental health services led him to serve in a number of advisory and consulting capacities. From 1978 through 1980, he was a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, Smithsonian Institution and later a Senior Psychiatrist at the Rand Corporation. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Horizon Health Group, Inc., and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hahnemann University from 1983 through 1987.

Dr. Brown's awards include, among many, the Arthur S. Fleming Award in 1969, Meritorious Service Award from the United States Public Health Service in 1975, and the Maimonides award of the Anti-Defamation League B'nai B'rith in 1986.

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Collection Summary

Although the records cover the years 1884 through 1988, the bulk of the records were created from the years 1960 through 1980. The papers generally contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, congressional testimony, legislative material, press releases, news clippings, speeches, meeting materials and minutes, published articles, course papers, notes, photographic prints, audio and video recordings, and memorabilia. Significant topics of interest to researchers covered in the papers include federal mental health care policy, mental retardation, drug abuse and alcoholism prevention, community mental health centers, the causes of violence, criminal justice, child mental health, the effects of poverty and racism on mental health, and international mental health policy. Organizations of importance covered in the papers include the National Institute of Mental Health, The President's Panel on Mental Retardation, the President's Commission on Mental Health, and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse Prevention. The total volume of the papers is 65.75 linear feet.

The Bertram S. Brown papers have been arranged as 10 series:

Series I: Medical Education
Series II: National Institute of Mental Health
Series III: Other Professional Activities
Series IV: Professional Meetings and Conferences
Series V: Speeches and Papers
Series VI: Publications and Manuscripts
Series VII: Professional and Personal Correspondence
Series VIII: Personal Files
Series IX: Memorabilia
Series X: Audiovisual Materials

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Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Copyright

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Index Terms
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	MeSH Subjects
		Alcoholism
		Child
		Community Mental Health Services
		Criminal Psychology
		Health Policy
		Mental Disorders
		Mental Health Services
		Mental Retardation
		Race Relations--psychology
		Substance-Related Disorders
		Violence--psychology
	Corporate Names
		Inter-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse Prevention
		National Institute of Mental Health (U.S)
		United States. President's Commission on Mental Health
		United States. President's Panel on Mental Retardation
	Genre Terms
		Speeches

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Series I: Medical Education, 1940-1966
	This series documents Dr. Brown's medical education which combined training in medicine, psychiatry, and public health. The records largely consist of course handouts, lecture and seminar notes, notebooks, class papers, and examinations. Folders are arranged alphabetically by educational institution and thereafter by course, conference, and/or lecture topic.




	Records largely cover Dr. Brown's medical education at Cornell University Medical School (1952-1960), an internship at Yale University School of Medicine, School of Pediatrics (1957-1960), and Harvard University School of Public Health (1959-1960) where he earned a Masters degree in Public Health. Other material in the series include notes taken by Dr. Brown during a position he held as a clinical clerk in neurology and neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the summer of 1955. Records from Dr. Brown's early education in Brooklyn public schools and from courses taken at Brooklyn College as an undergraduate from 1940-1952 are also contained among the records.




	Dates for some of the undated records in this Medical Education series have been established using Cornell University Medical College announcements for 1952/53 through 1956/57.




Box	Folder
1	1	Brooklyn Public School 192 and Brooklyn Technical High, Certificates and Report Cards, 1940-1945
		Brooklyn College, 1948-1957

1	2		Partial Transcript, Physics Papers, 1951, 1957
1	3		Psychology Notebook, (ca. 1948-1952
		Cornell University Medical School, 1952-1956
				(Lecture Notes, Handouts, Course Materials)
1	4		Bacteriology
1	5		Bones and Nutrition
1	6		Burns
1	7		Cancer
			Clinical Pathology

1	8			Clinical Pathological Conference, 1954-1955
1	9			Clinical Pathology
1	10			Clinical Pathology-Kidney Diseases
1	11		Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program
1	12		Endocrinology
1	13		Final Exam, June 1956
1	14		Fluids and Electrolytes
1	15		Fungal Diseases
1	16		Gastroenterology
1	17		General Ephemera
1	18		Headache
1	19		Hermatology
1	20		Introductory Medicine-Infectious Diseases
1	21		Neuroanatomy
1	22		Neurological Diseases
1	23		Neuropathology
2	1		Notebooks
2	2		Obstetrics & Gynecology
2	3		Ophthalmology
2	4		Papers
2	5		Parasitology
			Pathology

2	6			Pathology (general)
2	7			Pathology-Autopsy Care
2	8			Pathology-Heart Disease
2	9		Pediatrics
2	10		Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2	11		Physical Diagnosis
			Physiology

2	12			Physiology-Lab Manual
2	13			Physiology (general)
2	14		Psychiatry
2	15		Psychosomatic Medicine
2	16		Public Health
2	17		Radiation and X-Ray
2	18		Rehabilitation
2	19		Respiratory Diseases
2	20		Surgery
3	1-4		Textbooks and Laboratory Manuals
3	5		Tuberculosis
3	6		Urology
3	7		Venereal Diseases
3	8		Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
		Harvard Medical School

3	9		Dr. Semrad's Seminar (handouts and minutes), 1958
3	10		Psychiatric Residency (notices and program proposal), 1957-1960
3	11		Rehabilitation-Milieu Therapy (speech preparation notes, outlines, summaries, and other course materials), 1957-1958
		Harvard University School of Public Health , 1957-1960
				(Lecture Notes, Handouts, Course Materials)
3	12		Biostatistics
4	1-2		Caplin, Gerald Papers
4	3		Community Project on Mental Retardation
			Epidemiology

4	4			Epidemiology (general)
4	5			Epidemiology-Mental Deficiencies
4	6			Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
4	7		Final Exam , June 1960
4	8		History of Medicine
4	9		Human Community
4	10		Lundstedt, Sven Papers
5	1		Maternal and Child Health
5	2		Mental Health Programs
5	3		Mental Retardation Study
5	4		Nutrition
5	5		Official Registration Form
5	6		Public Health Practice
5	7		Research Methods in Community Health
		Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 1957-1960

5	8		Community Extension Service (interviews, data analysis, questionnaire)
5	9		Etiology of Schizophrenia (patient case notes, research notes)
5	10		Intra-staff Conflict as a Means of Administrative Control (abstracts, manuscripts)
5	11		Norfolk Legal Medicine Seminar (patient case notes)
5	12		Rehabilitation Lecture
5	13		Research Conference-Patterns of Transition from Hospital to Community
6	1-2		Rutland Corner House-Report on Research in Progress (draft copies, manuscripts)
6	3	Miscellaneous Notes
6	4	Walter Reed Army Medical Center (notes, payroll change slip)
		Yale University School of Medicine, 1956-1957

6	5		Department of Pediatrics, Case Summaries
6	6		General
6	7		Letter to New England Journal of Medicine, 1958
6	8		Serum Akerfeldt Test for Schizophrenia in Children(manuscripts, papers)

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Series II: National Institute of Mental Health Records, 1884-1982
	This series contains records which document Dr. Brown's tenure at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW). Dr. Brown began working at NIMH as a staff psychiatrist at the Mental Health Study Center of NIMH in 1960. He held increasingly more responsible positions at NIMH leading to his appointment as Director in 1970.




	The series has been divided into two subseries: Special Topics and Program and Policy Records, to reflect their contents and the original order of the records. Note that some of the same topics are covered in both of the subseries in the NIMH Series.




		Subseries 1: Special Topics
				This subseries contains records maintained by Dr. Brown throughout his career at NIMH on selected special topics. The bulk of the records date from 1959 through 1974. The records include correspondence, internal memoranda, reports, congressional testimony, legislative materials, meeting minutes and notes, press releases, published articles, and clippings. Folders are arranged alphabetically by topic.
				Topics in this series often relate to Dr. Brown's special assignments or federal commission appointments made either by the Secretary of DHEW or the President of the United States. Dr. Brown was appointed Special Assistant for Drug Abuse Prevention to the Secretary of DHEW, beginning soon after his appointment as Director of NIMH in 1970. Consequently, a significant portion of records in this series falls under the topic of drug abuse prevention and documents Dr. Brown's efforts to combat drug abuse at the federal level. As drug abuse became a major national issue in the early 1970s, DHEW became the lead agency in 1971 with Dr. Brown as chairman of a White House Inter-Agency Task Force established to coordinate federal drug abuse prevention programs. Documents regarding federal efforts to combat drug abuse include a group of Decisions Papers on drug abuse prevention from the President's Domestic Council; White House Inter-Agency Task Force reports on drug abuse prevention and narcotic addiction; Food and Drug Administration's methadone regulations; and a report to Congress prepared by DHEW titled "Marihuana and Health" in 1971.
				Notable among the records regarding drug abuse prevention are statements of, and briefing materials for, DHEW and Department of Justice officials who testified at a series of congressional hearings on the topic from 1969 through 1971. A sample of the legislation covered in these records includes the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969, the Drug Abuse and Narcotics Crime Control Act of 1969, and the Narcotic Rehabilitation Act of 1970. In addition, records in the series from NIMH's Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Division, Anti-Drug Abuse Media Project, Clinical Research Center in Kentucky, and the Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse document the agency's efforts at instituting drug abuse prevention programs.
				Although NIMH's efforts to fight alcohol abuse and alcoholism were closely aligned with drug abuse prevention programs, the series contains fewer records on the topic of alcoholism. Records regarding alcoholism cover DHEW's strategy for implementing the Comprehensive Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Act of 1970, the National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism, and an alcoholism treatment program for federal employees.
				Dr. Brown became Chief of the Community Mental Health Facilities Branch of NIMH in March 1964 soon after the passage of the Community Mental Health Center's (CMHC) Act of 1963. Records on the topic of Community Mental Health Centers include mostly background materials on the CMHC's Act, including congressional testimony, legislative history, regulations, a section-by-section analysis, drafts, criticisms, cost projections, and a general history. Also of interest are reports and background material on NIMH's Mental Health Study Center (MHSC), a community mental health center established in Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1948. In 1965, the MHSC became a model study program for a comprehensive CMHC after passage of the CMHC's Act. Other notable records on CMHCs, include a "Workbook for Developing CMHCs," CMHC grant program guidelines, background material on the Hill-Burton Construction Program, and a 1966 DHEW report titled "Current Status of CMHC Program."
				Other significant records cover violence, children, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, criminal justice, poverty, and the USSR. Records on the topic of violence cover Dr. Brown's membership on the President's Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eisenhower Commission) after urban riots and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy occurred in 1968; and an NIMH study commissioned by the National Advisory Mental Health Council to study mass violence. Regarding the topic of children and mental health is a 1969 report titled "A Summary of Recommendations" by the Joint Commission on the Mental Health of Children. Records on the topic of "St. Elizabeth's Hospital" (SEH), which concern the transfer of SEH from NIMH control to the District of Columbia, contain historical documentation on facilities which housed the criminally insane at SEH. Materials from meetings of the Advisory Committee to the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice address the topic "criminal justice." The demands of the "Poor People's Campaign" in 1968 to DHEW and DHEW's responses are found under the topic "poverty." Reports of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration's Women's Council, DHEW are listed under the topic "alcoholism." Transcriptions of Dr. Brown's interviews with participants in the U.S.-USSR Joint Committee for Health Cooperation may be found under the topic "USSR."
Box	Folder
7	1		Abortion (1970)
			Aging

7	2			Clippings, 1971
7	3			Hearings on Aging-Statement by Dr. Brown before Senate Committee on Labor, Subcommittee on Aging, June 1976
7	4			NIH-National Advisory Council on Aging, 1975
7	5			NIMH-Program on Aging, Options Paper, 1977
			Alcoholism

7	6			Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968, Secretary's Briefing Book, 1968
7	7-9			Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970
				Department of Health, Education, and Welfare(DHEW)

7	10				Employee Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Policy, April 1970
				Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA)

7	11				Employee Alcoholism Treatment Program, May 1972
7	12				Implementation of the Comprehensive Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Act of 1970
8	1			National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism, 1970
8	2			National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, membership, January 1973
8	3			National Center for the Prevention and Control of Alcoholism, 1960
				National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

8	4				General, 1970-1973
8	5				Director and Branch Chief Appointments, 1970-1971
8	6			NIMH-DOT (Dept. of Transportation), National Highway Safety Bureau, Memo of Understanding, December 1970
			Behavior Modification

8	7			DHEW, Secretary's Briefing, 1974
8	8			Press Conference, July 1975
8	9		Bicentennial, 1976
			CHAMPUS (Office of the Civilian Health and Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services)

8	10			General, 1974-1976
				Hearings (1976)

8	11				Statement by Dr. Brown Before Senate Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, June 1976
8	14				Statements by Dr. Langsley and Dr. Pugh Before Senate Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, June 1976
8	13			Select Committee on Psychiatric Care and Evaluation(SCOPCE)
			Children

9	1			Can-Do-It (Children Action Now for the Development of Options in Treatment), 1978
9	2			Child and Maternal Health Policy Board, 1975
9	3			Child Youth Advisory Group, 1975
9	4			Clippings, 1967
9	5			DHEW, Office of Child Development, 1969
9	6			DHEW, U.S. Office of Education (USOE)-NIMH Joint Planning Committee, Child Advocacy Programs, 1970
				Head Start

9	7-8				Advisory Committee, 1969
9	9-10				Reports, 1965-1969
				Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children

9	11				General
9	12-13				Report, April 1969
10	1-2				Report, April 1969
10	3			Maternal and Child Health Amendments of 1971
				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

10	4-5				Child Mental Health Committee, 1970-1971
10	6				Child Mental Health Research Grants, 1972
10	7				Child Mental Health Research Press Conference, November 1972
10	8				Child Mental Health Services Program Prospectus, 1965
10	9				Child Mental Health Services Work Group, December 1975
10	10				Consultation and Special Services Branch-"American Children and Their Families in Overseas Communities and Schools", June 1966
11	1				Infant Mental Health Study Program, November-December, 1966
11	2			NIMH-NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Joint Proposal, Report to House Appropriations Committee "Emotional And Intellectual Development of the Child", March 24, 1977
11	3			White House Conference on Children, April 3, 1970
			Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)
				Articles

11	4				"Community Mental Health Centers: President's Commission on Mental Health Overview" (S. Sharfstein, 1979)
11	5				"Whatever Happened to Community Mental Health?" (D. Musto, 1975)
11	6-7			Background and Reference ("Green Gospel" Binder), ca. 1967
11	8			Budget Testimony for 1972
11	9			Clippings, 1967-1968
				Community Mental Health Center's (CMHC's) Act of 1963

11	10				Background Materials
11	11				Briefing Book for Secretary
11	12				Briefing Book-Questions and Answers (Black Book)
11	13				Comments
11	14				Cost Projections
11	15				Criticisms (Hoch Response)
11	16				Drafts
11	17				Hill-Burton Construction Program, 1965-1966
12	1-2				Legislative History
12	3				Public Health Service (PHS), NIHM-DHMF (Div. of Hospital and Mental Facilities)Authority, Felix-Graning Meeting Materials, 1964
12	4				Regulations
12	5				Section-by-Section Analysis
12	6				Testimony by DHEW Secretary before Senate Labor and Welfare Committee, Sept. 4, 1963
					Amendments

12	7					Amendments of 1967
12	8-9					Amendments of 1969, Briefing Book
13	1					Amendments of 1975, Section-by-Section Analysis
13	2					Narcotic Addict Amendments of 1968, Transfer of Civil Commitment Authority, Briefing Book
13	3					Staffing Grant Amendments, Briefing Book, 1965
13	4			Community Mental Health Center's (CMHC's) Legislation-Statement by B. Jones (DHEW) Before House Committee on Interstate Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Safety, July 10, 1963
13	5			Congressional Inquiries, 1970
13	6			Construction of CMH Facilities-Planning, Financing, Legal Mechanisms, May 1962
				Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW)

13	7				Presentation by Secretary to Governors, "Current Status of CMHC Program", June 30, 1966
13	8				Presentation by Secretary to Governors, "Current Status of CMHC Program" -Unused Material, June 30, 1966
13	9				Public Health Service (PHS), Management Study Team, Briefing Materials , 1975
				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Community Services Branch (CSB), Mental Health Study Center (MHSC)

14	1-2				Demonstration Comprehensive Mental Center, 1965-1966
14	3-4				Reports, 1948-1962
14	5				Trip Reports, 1960
14	6				Financing of CHMC's Briefing Paper, 1970
14	7				Grant Programs Guidelines, 1966
14	8				Impoundment of Grant Funds, 1973
14	9				Information Packet, 1964
14	10				Legislative Initiative, July 1964
14	11				Mental Health Services Program Division, CHMC's Support Branch, Community Support Section Report, December 1969
14	12				Planning Grants Proposal (Draft), 1962
15	1-2				Research Utilization Branch, Workbook for Developing CHMCs, 1962-1963
15	3			North Dakota Public Welfare Board, State Department of Health, Memorandum of Understanding, February 16, 1968
15	4			Rehabilitative Services (Soundview-Throgs Neck Comprehensive MHC), 1969
15	5			Special Report, November 1969
			Criminal Justice

				Criminal Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)

15	6				Clippings, 1974
15	7				Justice System Improvement Act of 1978
15	8				National Institute of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Directorship, September-November 1974
					National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) Advisory Committee Meetings

15	9					September 28, 1974
15	10					January 31-February 1, 1975
15	11					July 11, 1975
15	12					November 20-21, 1975
15	13					February 20, 1976
15	14					September 30, 1976
15	15					February 9-10, 1977
15	16					April 6, 1977
15	17					May 1977
16	1					October 6, 1977
16	2					January 12-13, 1978
					National Criminal Justice Referral Service, 1975-1976

16	4					Program Plan FY 1978-1979
16	5					"Studying the Police" (G. Caplan, 1976)
					National Institute of Mental Health

16	6					Joint Sponsorship of Research Proposal, "Effects of Institutional Isolation", May 1974
16	7					Liaison Committee, 1970-1971
16	8-9				State Criminal Justice Planning Agencies, July-August 1970
17	1				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Cooperation, Mental Health Litigation, 1974-1975
17	2			Parole Outcomes Report, 1968
17	3			Penal Institutions, Clippings
17	4			Sex Offenders Chapter, ca. 1948
			Dilatin

17	5			National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Psychopharmacology Research, 1966-1970
17	6-8			Study Reports and Articles, 1966-1967
			Drug Abuse Prevention
				Articles

17	9				"Criteria for a Socially Sanctioned Drug" (M. Huxley, August-September 1970)
17	10				"The Current Drug Scene" (S. Yolles, February 1970)
17	11				"Drug Use and Treatment Programs for Drug Dependent People in New England (New England Economic Research Foundation, November 1969)
17	12				"Heroin Maintenance for Narcotic Addicts Issues and Evidence" (B. Brown and L. Koran, July 1972)
17	13				"Marihuana" (L. Greenspoon, November 1969)
17	14				"Psychiatrists, Marijuana, and the Law: A Survey" (P. Lowinger, March 1970)
17	15			Clippings, Marijuana and LSD, 1970
17	16			Congressional Black Caucus, Drug Abuse Prevention Recommendations, April 1971
18	1			Congressional Inquiries, 1970
				Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW)

18	2				Division of Operations Analysis, "Report of A Study on the Narcotics Problem and the PHS Hospitals", July 1965
18	3				HSMHA, Methadone Maintenance, 1970, 1972
18	4				Medical Leadership and Drug Abuse Conference, December 7, 1971
18	5				Medical Leadership and Drug Abuse Meeting, January 5, 1973
18	6-7				Report to Congress, "Marijuana and Health", January 31, 1971
18	8				"Secretary Richardson's Drug Abuse Issue Briefing", August-September 1970
					Special Assistant to the Secretary for Drug Abuse Prevention

18	9					Information Memorandum I, February 12, 1971
18	10					Information Memorandum II, April 23, 1971
18	11					Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs Evaluation, April 14, 1972
18	12			Department of Justice (JOJ), Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), Marijuana Reports, December 1970
18	13			Drug Abuse Council, News Release
				Executive Office of the President, February 1975

19	1				Commission on Marijuana and Abuse, 1970-1971
19	2				Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, March 19, 1971
19	3				Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, DHEW Response, March 19, 1971
19	4				Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, DOJ Response, March 30, 1971
19	5-6				Federal Agencies Drug Use Programs Report, May-June 1971
19	7				Interdepartmental Task Force No. 1, Preliminary Draft Report, "Marijuana and Dangerous Drugs", May 1969
					Inter-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse Prevention

19	8-9					General, October-November, 1970
19	10					"Alternative Programs and Levels of Federal Involvement Responding To The National Problems of Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse" "Approaches to a National Policy and Program on Narcotics and Drug Abuse", November 30, 1970
20	1					"Approaches to a National Policy and Program on Narcotics and Drug Abuse" Drafts, December 11, 1970
20	2-3					"Approaches to a National Policy and Program on Narcotics and Drug Abuse" Paper, December 23, 1970
20	4					Comments on Task Force Report on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, December, 1970
20	5					Staff Report, March-April 1971
20	6				National Drug Abuse Strategy Council, DHEW Participation, ca. 1972
20	7				NIMH Statement on Drug Abuse, October 1970
					Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention(SAODAP)

20	8-9					General, 1971-1972
20	10					Methadone Treatment Policy Review Board, January, July 1973
20	11					National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information (NCDAI), Program Management Information System (PROMIS), January-April 1972
20	12				White House-DHEW-DOJ Meeting Notes, June 21, 1971
20	13-14			First National Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes Conference, September 11, 1973
21	1			Food and Drug Administration, Methadone Regulation, Propose Final Order, January 1971
				Ford Foundation

21	2				General, 1970
21	3				National Commission on Drug and Narcotic Abuse, Preliminary Report, June 1968
21	4				National Commission on Drug Abuse and Social Change, Proposal, 1969
21	5-7				"Summary of Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations of the Drug Abuse Survey Project, Appendix A, B, & C", November 1970
21	8			Government Accounting Office (GAO) Draft Report to Congress, "Limited Impact of Federal Programs For Treating and Rehabilitation Addicts", April 1971
21	9			Hastings Committee Paper, ca. 1972
21	10			House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1976-1977
21	11			Interface, Inc., D.C., October 1968-April 1969
				Legislation

21	12				Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
21	13				Controlled Dangerous Substance Act of 1969
21	14				Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969, Statement by K. Besterman (NIMH, Div. of Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse) Before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Special Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics, August 27, 1970
21	15-17				Drug Abuse Hearings (H.R. 13742 and H.R. 17463), Statement by Dr. S. Egeberg (DHEW) Before the House Ways and Means Committee, July 20, 1970
22	1				Drug Abuse Hearings (H.R. 17463), Statement by Attorney General John Mitchell Before the House Ways and Means Committee, July 20, 1970
22	2				Drug Abuse and Narcotic Crime Control Act of 1969 (S. 3071), Statement by Dr. S. Egeberg (DHEW) Before Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, December 1969
22	3				Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (Titles IV and V, P.L. 92-555), Implementation Plan, 1972
22	4				Drug Dependence Hearings, Testimony by Dr. Brown on NIMH Drug Abuse Research Before House Select Committee on Crime, June 3, 1971
22	5-6				Drug Dependence Hearings, Testimony by Vernon Wilson (HSMHA) and Bertram Brown Before the Senate Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Alcoholism And Narcotics, May 7, 1971
22	7				Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (H.R. 17269)
22	8				Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (H.R. 17269), Statements by G. Hicks, P. Rodino, and Dr. Brown Before House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee No. 4
22	9				P.L. 91-513, NIMH Responsibilities, 1971
22	10				S. 3562, Statement by Dr. M. Miller (NIMH) Before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Special Subcommittee On Alcoholism and Narcotics, March 24, 1970
22	11				Senate Committees and Subcommittees,, November 8, 1971
22	12				Uniformed State Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, Statement by the Attorney General Before the White House Governors' Conference, December 3, 1969
22	13			Massachusetts Comprehensive Drug Rehabilitation Act (Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson), December 1968; November 1969
22	14			NATO, Committee for Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Drug Rehabilitation Projects, 1971-1972
				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

22	15				General, 1970-1971
23	1				Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, Division of Special Mental Health Problems, Special Reports, December 1967-January 1968
23	2				Clinical Research Center, Lexington, KY, 1970
23	3				Communications Office, Anti-Drug Abuse Media Project, February-March 1972
23	4				Consumers Affairs Office, "Prohibit or Limit Media Advertising of Drugs", December 1970
23	5				Departmental Committee on Drug Abuse, March-June 1970
23	6				District of Columbia Narcotics Treatment Agency Grant Application, February-June 1970
23	7				Drug Abuse Research Projects, March-April 1971
23	8				Forth Worth Clinical Research Center Closing, 1969-1971
23	9				LSD Research, August-December 1975
23	10				Legislative Services Branch, "Narcotic and Drug Abuse Legislative Information," ca. 1970
					Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Division

23	11					General, October 1968
23	12					Candidate for Director, April 23, 1971
23	13					Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), James McHugh Investigation, May-June 1972
23	14					Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), Program Evaluation, 1971-1972
23	15					Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), "The Role of NIMH in the Field of Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation," (L. Chatham, February 16-17, 1971)
23	16				State Abuse Drug Abuse Education Programs, ca. 1970
23	17			NIMH-HSMHA, Lead Agency, Drug Abuse Programs, February-May, 1971
23	18			President Nixon's Address to the American Medical Association, ca. 1971
23	19			Presidential Message Outline, "Combatting Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse," ca. May 1971
23	20			Presidential Remarks, Custom Inspection Procedures at JFK Airport, March 20, 1972
24	1			UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Geneva, Switzerland, October 1971)
24	2			UN Conference on Psychotropic Drugs (Vienna, Austria, January-February 1971)
24	3			White House Committee on the Treatment and Prevention of Drug Addiction and Drug Austria, Report, ca. 1970
24	4			White House Radio Executives Conference, Remarks by Dr. Brown, October 14, 1970
24	5			World Health Organization Meeting (Geneva, Switzerland, February 23, 1972)
24	6			World Health Organization, NIMH Network for Information on Psychotropic Drugs and Drugs Of Abuse, 1973
24	7		Family Planning, 1970
24	8		Indians [Native Americans], APA Task Force on Indian Affairs, 1973
			Manpower and Training

24	9			American Psychiatric Association (APA) White Paper, "The Crisis in Psychiatric Manpower: Toward a National Psychiatric Manpower Policy," January 1977
24	10			Article, "Proposals for New Initiatives in NIMH's Services Manpower Policy," January 1977
24	11			Health Services Personnel Act of 1967
				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

24	12				Ad Hoc Committee on Training, 1969-1971
24	13				Manpower and Training Programs Division, 1976
					Mental Health Career Development (MHCD)

24	14					Psychiatric Members Profiles, July 1970
24	15					Conference, February 1972
25	1					Conference, February 1973
25	2					Mental Health Training Committee, October 1964
25	3					Services Manpower Task Force, 1975
				Public Health Service (PHS)

25	4				Continuing Education and Training Committee, 1966-1968
25	5				National Service Plan, 1969-1970
			Medicare

25	6			APA Standards, 1965
				Social Security Amendments of 1965 (H.R. 6675)

25	7				General
25	8				Mental Health Advisory Groups
25	9			Work Group on Standards for Hospitals and Extended Care Facilities, Psychiatric Hospitals
			Minorities-NIMH, Center for Minority Group Health Programs

25	10			General
25	11			Press Release, November 1970
			National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC)

25	12			General, 1974
25	13			75th Meeting, Crisis in Child Mental Health, September 29-30, 1969
26	1			79th Meeting, September 14-15, 1970
26	2-3			100th Meeting, September 16-18, 1975
26	4			101st Meeting, December 1-3, 1975
26	5			106th Meeting, December 6-7, 1976
26	6-7			109th Meeting, May 23-25, 1977
27	1			110th Meeting, September 7-9, 1977
27	2			Council Membership Recommendations, 1967
				Director's Reports

27	3				March 19, 1973
27	4				September 10, 1973
27	5				March 15, 1976
27	6			Executive Committee Meetings, February 25, 1971
27	7			Kennedy Assassination, Condolences Telegram, November 22, 1963
27	8			National Association of State Mental Health Directors, 1977
27	9			Rescission Issues, December 10, 1974
				White Paper

27	10				Drafts and Background, 1970
27	11				Policy Meeting Discussion, September 1970
27	12				[Untitled], ca. 1970
			Poverty

27	13			Anacostia Human Services Project Proposal, September 27, 1968
27	14			DHEW, Center for Community Planning, Pilot Neighborhood Centers Project, 1967
28	1-2			Poor People's Campaign Demands to DHEW, 1968
28	3			Urban Coalition on Program Development, Advisory Committee on Community Conflict and Change, 1968
28	4		Primary Prevention-Meetings, 1969
28	5		Psychosurgery-Statement of Dr. Brown Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, February 23, 1973
			Religion and Psychiatry

28	6			NIMH, Training Grant Applications, 1956-1962
28	7			Pastoral Counseling, 1962-1963
28	8			St. Johns University, Mental Health Institute, 1958-1962
28	9		Sex in Space
			Sexism

28	10			APA Convention Notes, September 1974
28	11			Bibliographies, 1962-1974
28	12			DHEW, "ADAMHA [Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration] Women's Council Research Committee: Report and Recommendations," October 1975
29	1			DHEW, ADAMHA Women's Council, Second Annual Report, 1973-1975
				National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

29	2				Extramural Research Division, Behavioral Sciences Research Branch, Social Sciences Section, Workshop on the Role of Women , June 16-17, 1971
29	3-4				"Sexism and Mental Health," Editorial Advisory Group, 1973-1975
29	5				"Sexism and Mental Health," Editorial Advisory Group Selection, 1973-1974
29	6				Society for Psychotherapy Research Annual Meeting, Research on Psychotherapy with Women Workshop, June 1974
			Saint Elizabeth's Hospital (SEH)

29	7			Annual Reports, 1949-1961, 1968
29	8			Awards Ceremony, May 1973
				[Criminally Insane Patients], John Howard Pavilion

29	9-10				Historical Excerpts, 1884-1968
29	11				Monthly Reports, 1959-1960
29	12				Monthly Reports, 1961
30	1			Congressional Budget Justification, 1972
30	2			Congressional Testimony, House Committee on the District of Columbia, Statement by Dr. Brown, April 28, 1975
30	3			Directorship, Dr. Watson Appointment, East Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Materials, 1976
				DHEW

30	4				"Secretary's Advisor Group on the Future of SHE: Final Report", May 1964
30	5				Secretary for Health, Issues Analysis, April 1977
30	6				Secretary's Tour, Background Materials, June 1977
30	7			Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1975-1976
				Litigation

30	8				General, 1975-1976
					Peele v. Califano

30	9					General, 1976-1978
30	10					Clippings, 1976-1978
30	11					Program and Management, Background Documents [folder 1], 1975-1977
31	1-2					Program and Management, Background Documents [folder 2-3], 1975-1977
31	3			National Commission for the Protection and Human Subjects (HEX) Visit, 1975
				NIMH

31	4				"Director's Statement on St. Elizabeth's Hospital," 1969
31	5-6				Transfer to D.C., 1967, 1969-70
31	7				Transfer to D.C., 1976-77
32	1			SMR Meeting and SEH Awards Ceremony, June 23, 1970
32	2		Suicide-Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention
			U.S.S.R.
				Articles

32	3				"The Characteristics of the Process of Comparison in Schizophrenics," (T.K. Meleshko, 1966), 1966
32	4				"The Characteristics of Statistical Organization of Speech Process in Schizophrenics," (V.P. Kritskaya, 1966), 1966
32	5				Mental Retardation in the Soviet Union, 1962-1964
32	6				Articles Regarding Soviet Psychiatry, 1962-1980
32	7			Bibilographies Regarding Soviet Psychiatry, 1960-1972
32	8			Clippings, 1971-1973
32	9			Dissidents, Colloquium Paper, 1964
32	10			Georgia Academy of Sciences, Symposium on the Unconcious, 1975-1976
32	11			Mental Health Services, 1958-1978
32	12			NIMH, Psychiatric Research Institute USSR, Consultant Reports (J. Holland) [folder 1 of 2], 1972-73, 1976
33	1			NIMH, Psychiatric Research Institute USSR, Consultant Reports (J. Holland) [folder 2-3], 1972-73, 1976
33	2			Schizophrenia Studies, 1972-1980
				U.S.S.R.-U.S. Joint Committee for Health Cooperation

33	3				Interviews, 1977-1978
33	4				NIMH Delegation Travel Materials, 1972
			Violence

33	5			General, 1967-1968
33	6-8			American Bar Association, Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services, National Pretrial Diversion Service Center [folder 1-3 of 4], 1973-1976
34	1			American Bar Association, Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services, National Pretrial Diversion Service Center [folder 4 of 4], 1973-1976
				Articles

34	2-4				"The Problem of Individual Violence: A Review of Some Major Issues and Concerns," (S. Shab and G. Weber), 1968
34	5				"Toward an Understanding of Mass Violence" (NIMH Staff), August 1967
34	6			Clippings, 1963-1967
				Legislation

34	7				Hearings on Terrorism, Statement by Dr. Brown Before House Committee on Internal Security re: NIMH Research, August 15, 1974
34	8				Hearings on T.V. Violence, Statement by Dr. Brown Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications re: NIMH Research, April 3, 1974
34	9			National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eishenhower Commission), June-November 1968
				NIMH

34	10				Crime and Delinquency Center, 1968
35	1				Individual Violence Studies, 1968
35	2-3				Lemberg Center for Studies of Violence, Research, 1968
35	4				Research Contract Proposal, Brain Disease and Violent Behavior (Sweet Project), 1968
35	5				Role of the Community Mental Health Centers in Civil Disturbances Meeting, 1968
35	6-7				Urban Ghettos and Mass Violence Programs, 1968
35	8			President's Commission on Civil Disorders, NIMH Staff Committee on Civil Disorders
35	9			T.V. Violence
		SUBSERIES 2: PROGRAM AND POLICY RECORDS
				This subseries contains records which document Dr. Brown's responsibilities for developing and implementing program and policies while he held important leadership positions at NIMH. The bulk of the records date from 1966-1975 and largely cover his duties as Associate Director for Mental Health Service Programs in 1966, Deputy Director from 1967-1970, and Director of NIMH from 1970 through 1978. The records include correspondence, internal memoranda, reports, legislative material, meeting minutes, notes, organizational charts, press releases, published articles and clippings. The folders are arranged alphabetically by program or policy topic, and thereafter chronologically within the folder.
				Notable among Dr. Brown's records as NIMH Director are his monthly reports and director's memoranda, budget justifications, and 5-Year Forward Plans for NIMH covering 1977 through 1983. The forward plans focused on improving the country's mental health care system, preventing mental illness, cutting costs, overseeing several reorganizations of NIMH, and coordinating a Presidential transition in 1968. They also contain records pertaining to Dr. Brown=s participation in small staff focus groups that discussed upcoming planning challenges. This series also contains special reports and records Dr. Brown maintained on research grant requests. Topics covered in the special reports cover a wide-range of important mental health policy issues including aging, child mental health, crime and violence, mental health emergency services, community mental health centers, and mental health financing. Attached to this report is Addendum B which provides a list of reports arranged alphabetically by topics covered to aid in locating reports.
				Other important policy issues and administrative topics covered in the records include the administration of NIMH's regional offices, First Lady Roslyn Carter's mental health initiatives, federal-state cooperation in delivering mental health services, and equal employment and affirmative action policies at NIMH. NIMH's development of policies to advance women into the field of psychoanalysis and recruit minorities for leadership at NIMH during Dr. Brown's tenure is a prominent issue covered by the NIMH personnel records. Another program initiative in which Dr. Brown played a significant leadership role at NIMH was the promotion of a more effective partnership between State and Federal governments through his work with the Federal-State Relations Committee, an intergovernmental organization established to advance local governmental control in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
				Records pertaining to Dr. Brown's termination in 1978 by Joseph Califano, the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, are also included in this series.
163	1		Aide memoires, draft and official, 1970-1974; n.d
36	1		Airlie House Meeting, 1966
36	2		Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1977-1980
36	3		American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1970
36	4		American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1977
			Awards

36	5			Awards, 1977
36	6			Fleming Awards Ceremony, 1973
36	7			Honor Awards Ceremony, 1972
36	8		Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, 1973
36	9		Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting-Building 36, 1975
			Budget

36	10			1966-1969
36	11			Appropriations, 1946-1964
36	12			Appropriation Estimate, undated
36	13			Appropriation Estimate, ca. 1968
36	14			Congressional Justification for 1972 Budget, 1971
36	15			DSMHP Preliminary Budget, 1969
37	1			Justification of Appropriations Estimates for Committee on Appropriations FY 1975 Volume IV, c. 1974
37	2			Planning and Projections, 1969-1970
37	3			Preliminary Estimates, 1970-1971
37	4		Clinical Facilities Section Activities Summaries, 1965
			Clippings

37	5-7			Clippings, 1966-1970
37	8			Grant to Montgomery County Medical Society from Health Fund Foundation, 1966
37	9			John Sherman, 1974
37	10			Termination, 1978
			Community Mental Health Centers

37	11			General, 1962-1966
37	12			Grant Program, 1966
37	13			Los Angeles County, Briefing Material, 1977
37	14			Massachusetts Community Service Centers Construction Act, 1966
37	15			Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, General, 1964
38	1			Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, Mental Health Activities NIMH Responses
38	2			Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, Narcotics NIMH Responses
38	3			Staffing, 1963
38	4			Staffing Bill House Rule 2985 Briefing Book for Secretary Black Book, undated
38	5		Community Organization and Services to Improve Family Living, 1968
38	6		Confidential Files, undated
38	7		Consultants to the Office of the Director, undated
38	8		Correspondence, 1962-1970
38	9		Council on Mental Health Background, 1969
			Director's Memoranda

38	10			July 1970
38	11			May 1972
38	12			June 1972
38	13			October 1972
38	14			September 1973
38	15			Overseas Notes, 1972
38	16			State of the States, 1973
38	17		District of Columbia Corrections Study, 1968
38	18		Federal-State Mental Health Committee, 1972-1973
			Federal-State Relations Committee

38	19			General, 1966
38	20			Governor's Conference, 1967
			First Lady's Initiatives

38	21			1976-1977, 1982
39	1			1977
39	2		Foreign Medical Graduates in the United States, 1973
39	3		Freedom of Information Act, 1974-1975
			Health, Education, and Welfare Department

39	4			Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs Merlin K. Dual, 1971
				Secretaries

39	5				Cohen, Wilbur, 1968-1969
					Richardson, Elliot

39	6					Camp David Retreat, 1971
39	7					Community Mental Health Centers Grant Briefing, 1969-1970
39	8					Correspondence, 1969
39	9					Health Services and Mental Health Administration [Confidential Phone Conversation], 1970
39	10					Health Services and Mental Health Administration-Management Conference, 1970
39	11					Los Angeles Trip, 1971-1977
39	12					Management Conference Briefing Materials, 1970
39	13					Meeting with National Assn of Mental Health, 1971-1974
39	14					Policy Development and Implementation, 1971
39	15					Speeches, 1970-1972
40	1					Speeches, 1970-1972
40	2					Staff Meeting, 1973
40	3		Health Options Task Force, 1970
			Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA

40	4			Appropriations Hearing, 1971
40	5			Management Conference, 1971
40	6			Meeting of Acting Administrator, Principle Staff, Council and Committee Members, 1968
40	7			Strategy Meetings, 1969
40	8			Weekly Notes, [undated]
40	9		Hospital Commission, 1968
40	10		Human Services Institute, 1973
40	11

Finding Aid to the Bertram Brown Papers, 1884-1988 (bulk 1960-1980)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Collection Summary

Restrictions

Restrictions

Copyright

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Provenance

Series Descriptions

Series I: Medical Education, 1940-1966

Series II: National Institute of Mental Health Records, 1884-1982