Winfred Overholser papers, 1911-1965 (bulk 1950-1965).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 5,000 items; 34 containers; 10 linear feetSubject(s): - Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964 -- Correspondence
- Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 -- Correspondence
- McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 1886-1947 -- Correspondence
- Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990 -- Correspondence
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Correspondence
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Correspondence
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 -- Correspondence
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Correspondence
- Santayana, George, 1863-1952 -- Correspondence
- Zilboorg, Gregory, 1890-1959
- Massachusetts. Department of Mental Diseases
- Massachusetts. Department of Mental Diseases. Division for the Examination of Prisoners
- Saint Elizabeth's Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
- Forensic psychiatry
- Mental health -- Massachussetts
- Prisoners -- Mental health services -- Massachusetts
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Washington (D.C.)
- Psychiatry
- Administrators
- Educators
- Psychiatrists
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Correspondence, speeches, writings, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Overholser's career in psychiatry and his research in forensic psychiatry. Documents his work as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases, director of the department's Division for the Examination of Prisoners, and superintendent of Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Correspondents include Harold H. Burton, C.G. Jung, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Karl A. Menninger, Richard M. Nixon, Ezra Pound, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Santayana, and Gregory Zilboorg.
Psychiatrist, educator, and superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Collection material in English.
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