Fonds Fonds 0004 - Canadian Mental Health Association fonds

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Canadian Mental Health Association fonds

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ON00008 Fonds 0004

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  • 1918-1984, predominant 1918-1960 (Creation)

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ca. 16 m of textual records ca. 1650 photographs : b&w 1 audio cassette

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Custodial history

The records were retained by the National Office of the Canadian Mental Health Association until 1983, when they were transferred to the Archives of Canadian Psychiatry, then incorporated into the CAMH Archives in 2000.

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Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, photographs, briefs, studies, reports, committee papers, scrapbooks and memorabilia created or received by the CMHA's National Office. There are many gaps in the early administrative records of the organization. Photocopies of minutes of the Board of Directors from 1928 until 1949 were integrated into the fonds. The fonds includes the minutes and related papers of the various councils and committees of the CMHA including the Scientific Planning Council and the Committee on Mental Health Services (Tyhurst Committee). Various surveys and special projects conducted by the Association are documented in the records. Provincial surveys of mental institutions carried out between 1918 (Manitoba) and 1947 (Newfoundland) were very influential on national policies. Other surveys and related material in the fonds are the British Columbia survey of mental health resources carried out by the American Psychiatric Association in 1958-59 and the Toronto Psychiatric Survey in the early 1940s. Material from several studies conducted by the CMHA is found in the fonds, including the Regal Road School Study, 1929 - 1933 and the Shy and Recessive Children Study, 1937 - 1957. Anti-psychiatry campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s in Canada and the United States are also documented. Fonds consists of the following series: Biographical files Clinics Committee on Psychiatric [Mental Health] Services (Tyhurst Committee) Correspondence General Director - Clarence M. Hinks Historical Materials International Committee for Mental Hygiene Minutes National Committee for Mental Hygiene (United States) National Inter-Agency Recreation Project Pamphlets Photographs Public Policy Files General Director - George Rohn papers Scrapbooks Submissions to Government Studies and Reports Surveys Task Force on Organizational Development

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Finding aid available; file level control; item level control for graphic materials.

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Many CMHA publications may be found in the Archives' Special Bibliographic Collection.

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Further accruals are expected.

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Fonds also includes some promotional posters and drawings. Includes photoprints, photonegatives and contact sheets.

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Most of the text is in English; some biographical files and provincial surveys in French

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