David Birnbach New York State Department of Mental Hygiene Oral History records
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Audio recordings and transcriptions of interviews David Birnbach conducted with former staff of New York State mental hospitals including Willard, Gowanda, St. Lawrence, Rochester, Sunmount, Pilgrim, and Rockland in 1983 and 1984. The interviews from Gowanda were the most comprehensive. Also particularly important are interviews from St. Lawrence, the first state hospital in the nation to open all its locked wards, and Rochester with its focus on leadership and integration in an urban setting. Also included are research materials on the subject and a draft of Birnbach's research results finished in 2002 and titled "Before, during, and shortly after the custody, care and treatment revolution: An oral history of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 1928-1983."
Dates
- 1983-2002.
Creator
- Birnbach, David. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access to the complete list of names restricted to the permission of the archivist.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection may only be used for consultation.|No reproductions can be made without permission of the archivist.|No publication of information within this collection can be made without permission of the archivist.|Use of names from this collection anywhere may only be done with permission of the archivist. A name index of the interviewees is available offline. Researchers may request confirmation of inclusion of individuals in the collection by name.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
David Birnbach worked at New York State's Suffolk Developmental Center from 1977-1979 and at Willard Psychiatric Center from 1979-1983.
Extent
3.2 cubic feet. (3.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Audio recordings and transcriptions of interviews David Birnbach conducted with former staff of New York State mental hospitals.
Physical Description
Audio tapes, correspondence, transcripts
- Audiocassettes.
- Gowanda Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
- Intellectual disability facilities -- New York (State).
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- History.
- Rochester Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
- St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center (Ogdensburg, N.Y.)
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- July 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
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