Archives Catalogue

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and datasets tracking demographic, social, and psychiatric statistics from Yoruba and Stirling Country respondents. Also contains notes on and memos regarding HOS coding for studying the role of women. Includes analysis cards for Stirling and Yoruba social and psychiatric data and master lists for sample coordination.

Yoruba-Stirling diagnostic analysis

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 10
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts of Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains notes on data analysis and category criteria.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (working notes)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 10
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printouts and datasets relating to Yoruba village and Stirling County data.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (sex, integration, and age)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 6
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts, datasets, and notes comparing age and sex statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts comparing datasets and statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County. Also includes note on the 1961 to 1963 Nova Scotia re-survey sample and a memo regarding RIDITs for 1952 to 1962.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (major symptom patterns)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 7
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of charts comparing psychiatric symptom data from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (duplicates of statistical tests)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and data tables recording and comparing integration, sex, and age statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Typology analysis for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on RIDIT values and typology analysis for comparing Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains computer printout datasets and statistical charts.

"The Road" case study

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 1
File
1970

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents related to the case study of "The Road," an impoverished area in Stirling County.

The Dalhousie Interviews video recordings

UA-12, Box 223
File
1979 - 1989

Part of Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine fonds

File contains 11 numbered and labelled VHS videocassettes: #1 Dr. Michael Teehan (June 30, 1989); #2 Dr. Alistair Munroe (July 26, 1989); #3 Dr. Paul Reynolds — full assessment interview; #4 Dr. Solomon Hirsch (August 23, 1989); #5 Dr. W.O. McCormick, 1989 — full assessment interview; #6 Dr. W.O. McCormick, 1980 — professional interviews; #7 Dr. W.O. McCormick, 1979 — full assessment interview; #8 Dr. Alistair Munroe, 1981 — full assessment interview; #9 "Amy" Severe Delusions; #10 "Mr Sam" Treatment Resistance Depression; #11 Korakov's Psychosis (Amnestic Syndrome).

Tables on psychiatric findings from 1964 rural Yoruba study on integration, changing villages, and enlightenment

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 2
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables of demographic and socioeconomic data with ABCD RIDIT calculations. Contains comparison data from Stirling County.

T tests for differences between Nigerian 1961 sample and Stirling 1952 sample

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 11
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of pages of calculations determining the differences between male and female respondents and between the Nigerian and Stirling County data samples.

Stirling-Yoruba early notes on 1952 - 1961 - 1963 comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 4
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data tables comparing psychiatric rating statistics from Stirling County and Nigeria.

Stirling report #SP8 - A pilot study for a program designed to improve the mental health of a community

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 5
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a proposal for a community mental health improvement project following ten years of participation in the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #66 - Social environment and psychiatric disorders : A plan for an epidemiological study

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 2
File
1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report outlining the purpose, framework, objectives, and research plan for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #54 - Stirling County Study field manual

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 15
File
1950

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research manual for field work for the Stirling County Study. The manual indicates that researchers could keep one copy of their field notes and reports for their personal or university's files and that all others remained the property of Cornell University.

Stirling report #452

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 8
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on the frame of reference for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #444 - Maine-Stirling county workshop report

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 11
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report from a workshop in Augusta, Maine regarding the sociocultural factors and psychiatric epidemiology of the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #438 - A program for community development in Stirling County

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 9
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a research proposal for community development for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #42 - Handbook: The Stirling County studies in community development (indicators of social disintegration)

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 3
File
1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a handbook of social and psychiatric principles to be used by social science researchers working on the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #367

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 6
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a typed transcription of an interview with lawyer Theriault.

Stirling report #366 - Planning statement for Stirling County study

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 10
File
1948

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a planning statement report for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #362 - Field report on Stirling County Study field work, 1954, by Frank W. Young

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 7
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on how to delineate the sub-groups for the Stirling County Study.

Stirling report #183 - Planning conference

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 12
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on a planning conference for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #182 - "Tooling-up" HOS for Stirling measurement

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 13
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an interim report on symptom data and measurement in the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #179 - Stirling project PCS method book

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 14
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on a method book for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report # - Behavioral science information

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 4
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a 5-part report on behavioral science theories and approaches.

Stirling report # - A proposal for research into the measurement of health in populations

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 6
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal for further study in Stirling County, written by Alexander Leighton, Morton Beiser, Robert C. Benfari, and Jane M. Murphy.

Stirling HOS analysis card and codebook 53PX (n=254)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 1
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printout datasets of Stirling County statistics. Also contains analysis cards for Stirling County psychiatric and social data.

Social data from psychiatric questionnaire for Yoruba-Stirling comparison, DPT (n=245)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 3
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a computer dataset printout of Yoruba psychiatric data.

Reviews of Stirling County Study publications

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 8
File
1960 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of clippings, periodicals, and correspondence regarding reviews of Alexander Leighton's published works on the Stirling County Study.

Reports and proposals related to group homes and child welfare in Nova Scotia

MS-13-30, SF Box 65, Folder 12
File
1969-1974

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

File contains 11 reports, papers and proposals regarding child welfare and group homes in Nova Scotia, drafted between 1969-1974 by committees of the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre and the Children's Aid Society of Halifax.

Report #240 - Stirling County place names

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 18
File
1952

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Recording of an interview with Dr. Alexander Leighton

MS-2-130, Box 14, Folder 13
File
February 23, 1981

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. Alexander Leighton, a psychiatrist. The interview is about an investigation into the incidence of mental illness in western Nova Scotia. This is the fourth in a series of four interviews. The file also contains two typed scripts of intros and outros for two interviews with Dr. Leighton.

Number of children analysis for Yoruba and Stirling women

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 5
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of charts, graphs, and computer dataset printouts. Statistics include age of female respondents, number of children, and effects on respondents' mental health.

Notes on Stirling and Nigerian findings

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 11
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.

Notes on cross-cultural comparisons of the prevalence of depression (Stirling, Nigeria, Eskimo, Sweden, France)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 15
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on the prevalence of psychoneurotic depression across various cultures and regions of study.

Notes and manuscripts related child guidance clinics review

MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 2
File
1972-1975

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

File contains notes and manuscripts written by Alexander Murchison and Norris Turner between 1972–1975 reviewing child guidance clinics and group homes in Nova Scotia. File also contains the June 1973 issue of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Newsletter, with articles by Norris Turner , Patricia Hardy, Ernie Rafuse, F.M. Fraser, Martin M. Dolan, Linda Isitt, and Barrie R. MacFarlane.

Mental health of 369 Yoruba and Stirling women ("all-women" RIDITs)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 7
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts and statistic charts of psychiatric and social data of Stirling and Yoruba women.

Length of residence in integrated and disintegrated communities

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 17
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printout datasets, research notes, and statistical charts comparing information for male and female respondents in integrated and disintegrated communities.

Interview with John Paterson

MS-13-88, Box 1, OVMV0005DVD
File
October 19, 2010

Part of Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection

File consists of video recordings and a transcription of an interview with John Paterson. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Gorsebrook Institute on the Saint Mary`s University Campus on October 19, 2010. This was the fifth interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including John's childhood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, experiences with anxiety and depression, and other aspects of his personal life.

Paterson, John

Group homes—let's get going : program papers from Annual Meeting of Nova Scotia Family and Child Welfare Association

MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 3
File
1973

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

File also contains copies of presentations given at the 23 May 1973 meeting: "Why an Alternate Family? (The Child and the Group Home," by Alexander Murchison; "The Orphan and Society," by Jean Paton-Kittson; "Social Services and the Group Home," by Frank Capstick; "Democratic Perspectives on Group Home Supervision," by Ronald L. Smith; "Houseparents Forum," by Mr. and Mrs. Salvador Renaldo; "Public Relations in a Group Home Program," by A.S. Kyte; and "Funding of Group Homes," by Timothy T. Daley.

Extra copies of crucial tables (C - A analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on and tables of psychiatric rating and impairment statistics. There is much comparison between Yoruba villages, Abeokuta, and Stirling County and analysis of respective physical and mental health symptoms and patterns.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling notes and tests of significance

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data tables and research notes on statistical analysis findings from respondent psychiatric data.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 notes)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 13
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on demographic, psychiatric, and social data for study respondents under 30.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 HOS analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 14
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printouts and note on statistical analysis of data from the Nigerian, Stirling County, and Alaskan studies.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (types I and II)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 11
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts and statistical charts from the Stirling County, Eskimo, and Yoruba studies.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (east west centre analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 12
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and datasets of age and sex characteristics for cross-cultural comparisons.

Draft reports and proposals related to health and welfare in Nova Scotia

MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 1
File
1970-1975

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

File contains six reports, papers and proposals regarding child health, child welfare, and group homes in Nova Scotia, drafted between 1970-1975 by Alexander John Murchison and others.

Definition of typology for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 20
File
[1967?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on case classification definitions and criteria and computer dataset printouts of case typology statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

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