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

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Collection Summary

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Restrictions

Series Descriptions

Series I: Medical Education, 1940-1966

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

Series III: Other Professional Activities, 1943-1986

Series IV: Professional Meetings and Conferences, 1960-1983

Series V: Speeches, 1950-1983

Series VI: Publications and Manuscripts, 1957-1979

Series VII: Professional and Personal Correspondence, 1959-1988

Series VIII: Personal Files, 1931-1986

Series IX: Audiovisual Materials and Photographs, 1956-1984

Series X: Memorabilia, 1968-1986

 

Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Willeke Sandler


Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:MS C 493
CreatorBrown, 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

Restrictions

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

Copyright

NLM does possess copyright to the collection. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding use. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

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Index Terms

These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's online catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog using these terms.
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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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.

Provenance

The Bertram S. Brown papers were donated to the National Library of Medicine by Dr. Brown. Dr. Brown conferred full literary rights upon the library. Accession #565.

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Series Descriptions

 

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.
BoxFolder
11Brooklyn Public School 192 and Brooklyn Technical High, Certificates and Report Cards, 1940-1945
Brooklyn College, 1948-1957
12Partial Transcript, Physics Papers, 1951, 1957
13Psychology Notebook, (ca. 1948-1952
Cornell University Medical School, 1952-1956
(Lecture Notes, Handouts, Course Materials)
14Bacteriology
15Bones and Nutrition
16Burns
17Cancer
Clinical Pathology
18Clinical Pathological Conference, 1954-1955
19Clinical Pathology
110Clinical Pathology-Kidney Diseases
111Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program
112Endocrinology
113Final Exam, June 1956
114Fluids and Electrolytes
115Fungal Diseases
116Gastroenterology
117General Ephemera
118Headache
119Hermatology
120Introductory Medicine-Infectious Diseases
121Neuroanatomy
122Neurological Diseases
123Neuropathology
21Notebooks
22Obstetrics & Gynecology
23Ophthalmology
24Papers
25Parasitology
Pathology
26Pathology (general)
27Pathology-Autopsy Care
28Pathology-Heart Disease
29Pediatrics
210Pharmacology and Therapeutics
211Physical Diagnosis
Physiology
212Physiology-Lab Manual
213Physiology (general)
214Psychiatry
215Psychosomatic Medicine
216Public Health
217Radiation and X-Ray
218Rehabilitation
219Respiratory Diseases
220Surgery
31-4Textbooks and Laboratory Manuals
35Tuberculosis
36Urology
37Venereal Diseases
38Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
Harvard Medical School
39Dr. Semrad's Seminar (handouts and minutes), 1958
310Psychiatric Residency (notices and program proposal), 1957-1960
311Rehabilitation-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)
312Biostatistics
41-2Caplin, Gerald Papers
43Community Project on Mental Retardation
Epidemiology
44Epidemiology (general)
45Epidemiology-Mental Deficiencies
46Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
47Final Exam , June 1960
48History of Medicine
49Human Community
410Lundstedt, Sven Papers
51Maternal and Child Health
52Mental Health Programs
53Mental Retardation Study
54Nutrition
55Official Registration Form
56Public Health Practice
57Research Methods in Community Health
Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 1957-1960
58Community Extension Service (interviews, data analysis, questionnaire)
59Etiology of Schizophrenia (patient case notes, research notes)
510Intra-staff Conflict as a Means of Administrative Control (abstracts, manuscripts)
511Norfolk Legal Medicine Seminar (patient case notes)
512Rehabilitation Lecture
513Research Conference-Patterns of Transition from Hospital to Community
61-2Rutland Corner House-Report on Research in Progress (draft copies, manuscripts)
63Miscellaneous Notes
64Walter Reed Army Medical Center (notes, payroll change slip)
Yale University School of Medicine, 1956-1957
65Department of Pediatrics, Case Summaries
66General
67Letter to New England Journal of Medicine, 1958
68Serum 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."
BoxFolder
71Abortion (1970)
Aging
72Clippings, 1971
73Hearings on Aging-Statement by Dr. Brown before Senate Committee on Labor, Subcommittee on Aging, June 1976
74NIH-National Advisory Council on Aging, 1975
75NIMH-Program on Aging, Options Paper, 1977
Alcoholism
76Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968, Secretary's Briefing Book, 1968
77-9Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare(DHEW)
710Employee Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Policy, April 1970
Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA)
711Employee Alcoholism Treatment Program, May 1972
712Implementation of the Comprehensive Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Act of 1970
81National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism, 1970
82National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, membership, January 1973
83National Center for the Prevention and Control of Alcoholism, 1960
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
84General, 1970-1973
85Director and Branch Chief Appointments, 1970-1971
86NIMH-DOT (Dept. of Transportation), National Highway Safety Bureau, Memo of Understanding, December 1970
Behavior Modification
87DHEW, Secretary's Briefing, 1974
88Press Conference, July 1975
89Bicentennial, 1976
CHAMPUS (Office of the Civilian Health and Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services)
810General, 1974-1976
Hearings (1976)
811Statement by Dr. Brown Before Senate Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, June 1976
814Statements by Dr. Langsley and Dr. Pugh Before Senate Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, June 1976
813Select Committee on Psychiatric Care and Evaluation(SCOPCE)
Children
91Can-Do-It (Children Action Now for the Development of Options in Treatment), 1978
92Child and Maternal Health Policy Board, 1975
93Child Youth Advisory Group, 1975
94Clippings, 1967
95DHEW, Office of Child Development, 1969
96DHEW, U.S. Office of Education (USOE)-NIMH Joint Planning Committee, Child Advocacy Programs, 1970
Head Start
97-8Advisory Committee, 1969
99-10Reports, 1965-1969
Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children
911General
912-13Report, April 1969
101-2Report, April 1969
103Maternal and Child Health Amendments of 1971
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
104-5Child Mental Health Committee, 1970-1971
106Child Mental Health Research Grants, 1972
107Child Mental Health Research Press Conference, November 1972
108Child Mental Health Services Program Prospectus, 1965
109Child Mental Health Services Work Group, December 1975
1010Consultation and Special Services Branch-"American Children and Their Families in Overseas Communities and Schools", June 1966
111Infant Mental Health Study Program, November-December, 1966
112NIMH-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
113White House Conference on Children, April 3, 1970
Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)
Articles
114"Community Mental Health Centers: President's Commission on Mental Health Overview" (S. Sharfstein, 1979)
115"Whatever Happened to Community Mental Health?" (D. Musto, 1975)
116-7Background and Reference ("Green Gospel" Binder), ca. 1967
118Budget Testimony for 1972
119Clippings, 1967-1968
Community Mental Health Center's (CMHC's) Act of 1963
1110Background Materials
1111Briefing Book for Secretary
1112Briefing Book-Questions and Answers (Black Book)
1113Comments
1114Cost Projections
1115Criticisms (Hoch Response)
1116Drafts
1117Hill-Burton Construction Program, 1965-1966
121-2Legislative History
123Public Health Service (PHS), NIHM-DHMF (Div. of Hospital and Mental Facilities)Authority, Felix-Graning Meeting Materials, 1964
124Regulations
125Section-by-Section Analysis
126Testimony by DHEW Secretary before Senate Labor and Welfare Committee, Sept. 4, 1963
Amendments
127Amendments of 1967
128-9Amendments of 1969, Briefing Book
131Amendments of 1975, Section-by-Section Analysis
132Narcotic Addict Amendments of 1968, Transfer of Civil Commitment Authority, Briefing Book
133Staffing Grant Amendments, Briefing Book, 1965
134Community 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
135Congressional Inquiries, 1970
136Construction of CMH Facilities-Planning, Financing, Legal Mechanisms, May 1962
Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW)
137Presentation by Secretary to Governors, "Current Status of CMHC Program", June 30, 1966
138Presentation by Secretary to Governors, "Current Status of CMHC Program" -Unused Material, June 30, 1966
139Public Health Service (PHS), Management Study Team, Briefing Materials , 1975
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Community Services Branch (CSB), Mental Health Study Center (MHSC)
141-2Demonstration Comprehensive Mental Center, 1965-1966
143-4Reports, 1948-1962
145Trip Reports, 1960
146Financing of CHMC's Briefing Paper, 1970
147Grant Programs Guidelines, 1966
148Impoundment of Grant Funds, 1973
149Information Packet, 1964
1410Legislative Initiative, July 1964
1411Mental Health Services Program Division, CHMC's Support Branch, Community Support Section Report, December 1969
1412Planning Grants Proposal (Draft), 1962
151-2Research Utilization Branch, Workbook for Developing CHMCs, 1962-1963
153North Dakota Public Welfare Board, State Department of Health, Memorandum of Understanding, February 16, 1968
154Rehabilitative Services (Soundview-Throgs Neck Comprehensive MHC), 1969
155Special Report, November 1969
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
156Clippings, 1974
157Justice System Improvement Act of 1978
158National Institute of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Directorship, September-November 1974
National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) Advisory Committee Meetings
159 September 28, 1974
1510 January 31-February 1, 1975
1511 July 11, 1975
1512 November 20-21, 1975
1513 February 20, 1976
1514 September 30, 1976
1515 February 9-10, 1977
1516 April 6, 1977
1517 May 1977
161 October 6, 1977
162 January 12-13, 1978
National Criminal Justice Referral Service, 1975-1976
164Program Plan FY 1978-1979
165"Studying the Police" (G. Caplan, 1976)
National Institute of Mental Health
166Joint Sponsorship of Research Proposal, "Effects of Institutional Isolation", May 1974
167Liaison Committee, 1970-1971
168-9State Criminal Justice Planning Agencies, July-August 1970
171National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Cooperation, Mental Health Litigation, 1974-1975
172Parole Outcomes Report, 1968
173Penal Institutions, Clippings
174Sex Offenders Chapter, ca. 1948
Dilatin
175National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Psychopharmacology Research, 1966-1970
176-8Study Reports and Articles, 1966-1967
Drug Abuse Prevention
Articles
179"Criteria for a Socially Sanctioned Drug" (M. Huxley, August-September 1970)
1710"The Current Drug Scene" (S. Yolles, February 1970)
1711"Drug Use and Treatment Programs for Drug Dependent People in New England (New England Economic Research Foundation, November 1969)
1712"Heroin Maintenance for Narcotic Addicts Issues and Evidence" (B. Brown and L. Koran, July 1972)
1713"Marihuana" (L. Greenspoon, November 1969)
1714"Psychiatrists, Marijuana, and the Law: A Survey" (P. Lowinger, March 1970)
1715Clippings, Marijuana and LSD, 1970
1716Congressional Black Caucus, Drug Abuse Prevention Recommendations, April 1971
181Congressional Inquiries, 1970
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW)
182Division of Operations Analysis, "Report of A Study on the Narcotics Problem and the PHS Hospitals", July 1965
183HSMHA, Methadone Maintenance, 1970, 1972
184Medical Leadership and Drug Abuse Conference, December 7, 1971
185Medical Leadership and Drug Abuse Meeting, January 5, 1973
186-7Report to Congress, "Marijuana and Health", January 31, 1971
188"Secretary Richardson's Drug Abuse Issue Briefing", August-September 1970
Special Assistant to the Secretary for Drug Abuse Prevention
189Information Memorandum I, February 12, 1971
1810Information Memorandum II, April 23, 1971
1811Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs Evaluation, April 14, 1972
1812Department of Justice (JOJ), Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), Marijuana Reports, December 1970
1813Drug Abuse Council, News Release
Executive Office of the President, February 1975
191Commission on Marijuana and Abuse, 1970-1971
192Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, March 19, 1971
193Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, DHEW Response, March 19, 1971
194Domestic Council Decision Paper on Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse, DOJ Response, March 30, 1971
195-6Federal Agencies Drug Use Programs Report, May-June 1971
197Interdepartmental Task Force No. 1, Preliminary Draft Report, "Marijuana and Dangerous Drugs", May 1969
Inter-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse Prevention
198-9General, October-November, 1970
1910"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
201"Approaches to a National Policy and Program on Narcotics and Drug Abuse" Drafts, December 11, 1970
202-3"Approaches to a National Policy and Program on Narcotics and Drug Abuse" Paper, December 23, 1970
204Comments on Task Force Report on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, December, 1970
205Staff Report, March-April 1971
206National Drug Abuse Strategy Council, DHEW Participation, ca. 1972
207NIMH Statement on Drug Abuse, October 1970
Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention(SAODAP)
208-9General, 1971-1972
2010Methadone Treatment Policy Review Board, January, July 1973
2011National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information (NCDAI), Program Management Information System (PROMIS), January-April 1972
2012White House-DHEW-DOJ Meeting Notes, June 21, 1971
2013-14First National Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes Conference, September 11, 1973
211Food and Drug Administration, Methadone Regulation, Propose Final Order, January 1971
Ford Foundation
212General, 1970
213National Commission on Drug and Narcotic Abuse, Preliminary Report, June 1968
214National Commission on Drug Abuse and Social Change, Proposal, 1969
215-7"Summary of Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations of the Drug Abuse Survey Project, Appendix A, B, & C", November 1970
218Government Accounting Office (GAO) Draft Report to Congress, "Limited Impact of Federal Programs For Treating and Rehabilitation Addicts", April 1971
219Hastings Committee Paper, ca. 1972
2110House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1976-1977
2111Interface, Inc., D.C., October 1968-April 1969
Legislation
2112Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
2113Controlled Dangerous Substance Act of 1969
2114Drug 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
2115-17Drug 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
221Drug Abuse Hearings (H.R. 17463), Statement by Attorney General John Mitchell Before the House Ways and Means Committee, July 20, 1970
222Drug 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
223Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (Titles IV and V, P.L. 92-555), Implementation Plan, 1972
224Drug Dependence Hearings, Testimony by Dr. Brown on NIMH Drug Abuse Research Before House Select Committee on Crime, June 3, 1971
225-6Drug Dependence Hearings, Testimony by Vernon Wilson (HSMHA) and Bertram Brown Before the Senate Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Alcoholism And Narcotics, May 7, 1971
227Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (H.R. 17269)
228Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (H.R. 17269), Statements by G. Hicks, P. Rodino, and Dr. Brown Before House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee No. 4
229P.L. 91-513, NIMH Responsibilities, 1971
2210S. 3562, Statement by Dr. M. Miller (NIMH) Before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Special Subcommittee On Alcoholism and Narcotics, March 24, 1970
2211Senate Committees and Subcommittees,, November 8, 1971
2212Uniformed State Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, Statement by the Attorney General Before the White House Governors' Conference, December 3, 1969
2213Massachusetts Comprehensive Drug Rehabilitation Act (Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson), December 1968; November 1969
2214NATO, Committee for Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Drug Rehabilitation Projects, 1971-1972
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
2215General, 1970-1971
231Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, Division of Special Mental Health Problems, Special Reports, December 1967-January 1968
232Clinical Research Center, Lexington, KY, 1970
233Communications Office, Anti-Drug Abuse Media Project, February-March 1972
234Consumers Affairs Office, "Prohibit or Limit Media Advertising of Drugs", December 1970
235Departmental Committee on Drug Abuse, March-June 1970
236District of Columbia Narcotics Treatment Agency Grant Application, February-June 1970
237Drug Abuse Research Projects, March-April 1971
238Forth Worth Clinical Research Center Closing, 1969-1971
239LSD Research, August-December 1975
2310Legislative Services Branch, "Narcotic and Drug Abuse Legislative Information," ca. 1970
Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Division
2311General, October 1968
2312Candidate for Director, April 23, 1971
2313Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), James McHugh Investigation, May-June 1972
2314Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), Program Evaluation, 1971-1972
2315Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Branch (NARB), "The Role of NIMH in the Field of Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation," (L. Chatham, February 16-17, 1971)
2316State Abuse Drug Abuse Education Programs, ca. 1970
2317NIMH-HSMHA, Lead Agency, Drug Abuse Programs, February-May, 1971
2318President Nixon's Address to the American Medical Association, ca. 1971
2319Presidential Message Outline, "Combatting Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse," ca. May 1971
2320Presidential Remarks, Custom Inspection Procedures at JFK Airport, March 20, 1972
241UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Geneva, Switzerland, October 1971)
242UN Conference on Psychotropic Drugs (Vienna, Austria, January-February 1971)
243White House Committee on the Treatment and Prevention of Drug Addiction and Drug Austria, Report, ca. 1970
244White House Radio Executives Conference, Remarks by Dr. Brown, October 14, 1970
245World Health Organization Meeting (Geneva, Switzerland, February 23, 1972)
246World Health Organization, NIMH Network for Information on Psychotropic Drugs and Drugs Of Abuse, 1973
247Family Planning, 1970
248Indians [Native Americans], APA Task Force on Indian Affairs, 1973
Manpower and Training
249American Psychiatric Association (APA) White Paper, "The Crisis in Psychiatric Manpower: Toward a National Psychiatric Manpower Policy," January 1977
2410Article, "Proposals for New Initiatives in NIMH's Services Manpower Policy," January 1977
2411Health Services Personnel Act of 1967
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
2412Ad Hoc Committee on Training, 1969-1971
2413Manpower and Training Programs Division, 1976
Mental Health Career Development (MHCD)
2414Psychiatric Members Profiles, July 1970
2415Conference, February 1972
251Conference, February 1973
252Mental Health Training Committee, October 1964
253Services Manpower Task Force, 1975
Public Health Service (PHS)
254Continuing Education and Training Committee, 1966-1968
255National Service Plan, 1969-1970
Medicare
256APA Standards, 1965
Social Security Amendments of 1965 (H.R. 6675)
257General
258Mental Health Advisory Groups
259Work Group on Standards for Hospitals and Extended Care Facilities, Psychiatric Hospitals
Minorities-NIMH, Center for Minority Group Health Programs
2510General
2511Press Release, November 1970
National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC)
2512General, 1974
251375th Meeting, Crisis in Child Mental Health, September 29-30, 1969
26179th Meeting, September 14-15, 1970
262-3100th Meeting, September 16-18, 1975
264101st Meeting, December 1-3, 1975
265106th Meeting, December 6-7, 1976
266-7109th Meeting, May 23-25, 1977
271110th Meeting, September 7-9, 1977
272Council Membership Recommendations, 1967
Director's Reports
273 March 19, 1973
274 September 10, 1973
275 March 15, 1976
276Executive Committee Meetings, February 25, 1971
277Kennedy Assassination, Condolences Telegram, November 22, 1963
278National Association of State Mental Health Directors, 1977
279Rescission Issues, December 10, 1974
White Paper
2710Drafts and Background, 1970
2711Policy Meeting Discussion, September 1970
2712[Untitled], ca. 1970
Poverty
2713Anacostia Human Services Project Proposal, September 27, 1968
2714DHEW, Center for Community Planning, Pilot Neighborhood Centers Project, 1967
281-2Poor People's Campaign Demands to DHEW, 1968
283Urban Coalition on Program Development, Advisory Committee on Community Conflict and Change, 1968
284Primary Prevention-Meetings, 1969
285Psychosurgery-Statement of Dr. Brown Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, February 23, 1973
Religion and Psychiatry
286NIMH, Training Grant Applications, 1956-1962
287Pastoral Counseling, 1962-1963
288St. Johns University, Mental Health Institute, 1958-1962
289Sex in Space
Sexism
2810APA Convention Notes, September 1974
2811Bibliographies, 1962-1974
2812DHEW, "ADAMHA [Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration] Women's Council Research Committee: Report and Recommendations," October 1975
291DHEW, ADAMHA Women's Council, Second Annual Report, 1973-1975
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
292Extramural Research Division, Behavioral Sciences Research Branch, Social Sciences Section, Workshop on the Role of Women , June 16-17, 1971
293-4"Sexism and Mental Health," Editorial Advisory Group, 1973-1975
295"Sexism and Mental Health," Editorial Advisory Group Selection, 1973-1974
296Society for Psychotherapy Research Annual Meeting, Research on Psychotherapy with Women Workshop, June 1974
Saint Elizabeth's Hospital (SEH)
297Annual Reports, 1949-1961, 1968
298Awards Ceremony, May 1973
[Criminally Insane Patients], John Howard Pavilion
299-10Historical Excerpts, 1884-1968
2911Monthly Reports, 1959-1960
2912Monthly Reports, 1961
301Congressional Budget Justification, 1972
302Congressional Testimony, House Committee on the District of Columbia, Statement by Dr. Brown, April 28, 1975
303Directorship, Dr. Watson Appointment, East Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Materials, 1976
DHEW
304"Secretary's Advisor Group on the Future of SHE: Final Report", May 1964
305Secretary for Health, Issues Analysis, April 1977
306Secretary's Tour, Background Materials, June 1977
307Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1975-1976
Litigation
308General, 1975-1976
Peele v. Califano
309General, 1976-1978
3010Clippings, 1976-1978
3011Program and Management, Background Documents [folder 1], 1975-1977
311-2Program and Management, Background Documents [folder 2-3], 1975-1977
313National Commission for the Protection and Human Subjects (HEX) Visit, 1975
NIMH
314"Director's Statement on St. Elizabeth's Hospital," 1969
315-6Transfer to D.C., 1967, 1969-70
317Transfer to D.C., 1976-77
321SMR Meeting and SEH Awards Ceremony, June 23, 1970
322Suicide-Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention
U.S.S.R.
Articles
323"The Characteristics of the Process of Comparison in Schizophrenics," (T.K. Meleshko, 1966), 1966
324"The Characteristics of Statistical Organization of Speech Process in Schizophrenics," (V.P. Kritskaya, 1966), 1966
325Mental Retardation in the Soviet Union, 1962-1964
326Articles Regarding Soviet Psychiatry, 1962-1980
327Bibilographies Regarding Soviet Psychiatry, 1960-1972
328Clippings, 1971-1973
329Dissidents, Colloquium Paper, 1964
3210Georgia Academy of Sciences, Symposium on the Unconcious, 1975-1976
3211Mental Health Services, 1958-1978
3212NIMH, Psychiatric Research Institute USSR, Consultant Reports (J. Holland) [folder 1 of 2], 1972-73, 1976
331NIMH, Psychiatric Research Institute USSR, Consultant Reports (J. Holland) [folder 2-3], 1972-73, 1976
332Schizophrenia Studies, 1972-1980
U.S.S.R.-U.S. Joint Committee for Health Cooperation
333Interviews, 1977-1978
334NIMH Delegation Travel Materials, 1972
Violence
335General, 1967-1968
336-8American Bar Association, Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services, National Pretrial Diversion Service Center [folder 1-3 of 4], 1973-1976
341American Bar Association, Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services, National Pretrial Diversion Service Center [folder 4 of 4], 1973-1976
Articles
342-4"The Problem of Individual Violence: A Review of Some Major Issues and Concerns," (S. Shab and G. Weber), 1968
345"Toward an Understanding of Mass Violence" (NIMH Staff), August 1967
346Clippings, 1963-1967
Legislation
347Hearings on Terrorism, Statement by Dr. Brown Before House Committee on Internal Security re: NIMH Research, August 15, 1974
348Hearings on T.V. Violence, Statement by Dr. Brown Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications re: NIMH Research, April 3, 1974
349National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eishenhower Commission), June-November 1968
NIMH
3410Crime and Delinquency Center, 1968
351Individual Violence Studies, 1968
352-3Lemberg Center for Studies of Violence, Research, 1968
354Research Contract Proposal, Brain Disease and Violent Behavior (Sweet Project), 1968
355Role of the Community Mental Health Centers in Civil Disturbances Meeting, 1968
356-7Urban Ghettos and Mass Violence Programs, 1968
358President's Commission on Civil Disorders, NIMH Staff Committee on Civil Disorders
359T.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.
1631Aide memoires, draft and official, 1970-1974; n.d
361Airlie House Meeting, 1966
362Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1977-1980
363American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1970
364American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1977
Awards
365Awards, 1977
366Fleming Awards Ceremony, 1973
367Honor Awards Ceremony, 1972
368Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, 1973
369Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting-Building 36, 1975
Budget
3610 1966-1969
3611Appropriations, 1946-1964
3612Appropriation Estimate, undated
3613Appropriation Estimate, ca. 1968
3614Congressional Justification for 1972 Budget, 1971
3615DSMHP Preliminary Budget, 1969
371Justification of Appropriations Estimates for Committee on Appropriations FY 1975 Volume IV, c. 1974
372Planning and Projections, 1969-1970
373Preliminary Estimates, 1970-1971
374Clinical Facilities Section Activities Summaries, 1965
Clippings
375-7Clippings, 1966-1970
378Grant to Montgomery County Medical Society from Health Fund Foundation, 1966
379John Sherman, 1974
3710Termination, 1978
Community Mental Health Centers
3711General, 1962-1966
3712Grant Program, 1966
3713Los Angeles County, Briefing Material, 1977
3714Massachusetts Community Service Centers Construction Act, 1966
3715Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, General, 1964
381Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, Mental Health Activities NIMH Responses
382Muskie Subcommittee Intergovernment Relations, Narcotics NIMH Responses
383Staffing, 1963
384Staffing Bill House Rule 2985 Briefing Book for Secretary Black Book, undated
385Community Organization and Services to Improve Family Living, 1968
386Confidential Files, undated
387Consultants to the Office of the Director, undated
388Correspondence, 1962-1970
389Council on Mental Health Background, 1969
Director's Memoranda
3810 July 1970
3811 May 1972
3812 June 1972
3813 October 1972
3814 September 1973
3815Overseas Notes, 1972
3816State of the States, 1973
3817District of Columbia Corrections Study, 1968
3818Federal-State Mental Health Committee, 1972-1973
Federal-State Relations Committee
3819General, 1966
3820Governor's Conference, 1967
First Lady's Initiatives
3821 1976-1977, 1982
391 1977
392Foreign Medical Graduates in the United States, 1973
393Freedom of Information Act, 1974-1975
Health, Education, and Welfare Department
394Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs Merlin K. Dual, 1971
Secretaries
395Cohen, Wilbur, 1968-1969
Richardson, Elliot
396Camp David Retreat, 1971
397Community Mental Health Centers Grant Briefing, 1969-1970
398Correspondence, 1969
399Health Services and Mental Health Administration [Confidential Phone Conversation], 1970
3910Health Services and Mental Health Administration-Management Conference, 1970
3911Los Angeles Trip, 1971-1977
3912Management Conference Briefing Materials, 1970
3913Meeting with National Assn of Mental Health, 1971-1974
3914Policy Development and Implementation, 1971
3915Speeches, 1970-1972
401Speeches, 1970-1972
402Staff Meeting, 1973
403Health Options Task Force, 1970
Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA
404Appropriations Hearing, 1971
405Management Conference, 1971
406Meeting of Acting Administrator, Principle Staff, Council and Committee Members, 1968
407Strategy Meetings, 1969
408Weekly Notes, [undated]
409Hospital Commission, 1968
4010Human Services Institute, 1973
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