Archives Catalogue

Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

MS-13-86
Fonds
1837-2020, predominant 1904-2008

Fonds contains records created and collected primarily by Alexander H. Leighton, with some by Jane Leighton Murphy. Documents span from Leighton's studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and Johns Hopkins univerities, through his government employment in World War II, and his teaching career at Cornell, Dalhousie, and Harvard. The majority of records are related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women, both based in Nigeria, and the Stirling County Study, based in Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, manuscripts, grant applications, reports, photographs and slides, medical and academic records, method and guidebooks, reviews, offprints and publications, teaching and course materials, and surveys and interview transcripts.

A sous-fonds contains records documenting the migration of Alexander Leighton's parents from Ireland to the United States and their subsequent life in Philadelphia. The sous-fonds contains extensive correspondence between extended family members over the course of a century, as well as photographs, diaries, wills, family trees, memoirs, and Alexander Leighton's personal correspondence.

Murphy, Jane Leighton

Talks, reports, and studies

Series
1947 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series contains scripts for various lectures and talks. Also includes study proposals and final reports, and handbooks for study workers.

Miscellaneous presentations, no. 2

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 14
File
1983 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an assortment of scripts for lectures between 1983 and 1989. Also contains correspondence, seminar schedules, and a list of included titles.

Miscellaneous presentations, no. 4

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 16
File
1982 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an assortment of scripts for lectures between 1982 and 1987. Also contains a list of included titles.

Societies, committees, task forces, and associations

Series
1939 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of documents relating to the various boards and committees of which Alexander Leighton was a member.

Presentations

Series
1938 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of scripts for speeches and presentations delivered at various symposiums and meetings.

Miscellaneous presentations, no. 1

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 13
File
1943 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an assortment of scripts for lectures between 1943 and 1988. Also contains newspaper clippings, schedules, and a list of titles included in the file.

Miscellaneous presentations, no. 3

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 15
File
1976 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an assortment of scripts for lectures between 1976 and 1983 and a list of included titles.

Hatcher, J. Donald

MS-13-86, Box 43, Folder 21
File
1976 - 1995

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about J. Donald Hatcher. Also includes script for address to the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, Franklin M. M. White's schedule and curriculum vitae, and the article "Curriculosclerosis - will medical education change?".

Volkening, Henry

MS-13-86, Box 58, Folder 18
File
1946 - 1992

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Henry Volkening. Also contains a script for a speech.

Dalhousie seminar on wheels

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 8
File
1984 - 1992

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains discussion outlines, lecture schedules, to-do lists, reading lists, bibliographies, agendas, memoranda and correspondence regarding the "seminar on wheels" lecture series. Also includes 10 photos : colour; 4 x 6 in and smaller.

Lemkau, Paul V.

MS-13-86, Box 47, Folder 14
File
1942 - 1991

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Paul V. Lemkau. Also contains the script for Lemkau's Rema Lapouse memorial lecture.

Keynote addresses

MS-13-86, Box 92, Folder 1
File
1982 - 1991

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a collection of family history accounts and journal entries. Also contains a script for Alexander Leighton's keynote address titled "Social science and psychiatric epidemiology: a difficult relationship," and a script for Dorothea Leighton's address titled "Anthropologist by accident."

Kaplan, Berton H.

MS-13-86, Box 45, Folder 24
File
1955 - 1991

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Berton H. Kaplan. Also contains a curriculum vitae for Berton H. Kaplan, a reference report, newspaper clippings, and a script for a speech.

Les enquêtes canadiennes

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 10
File
1990

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains scripts in both English and French for the talk "Canadian research: from Stirling County to the Quebec Health Survey."

Perceptions of depression

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a schedule for a symposium of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Also includes a script for a speech titled "Perceptions of depression and anxiety among general physicians."

CPA presentation on global approach prevention

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 8
File
1989

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Also includes an abstract registration form for the CPA and a script for "A global approach to the prevention of depression and anxiety."

Boulton, Alan A.

MS-13-86, Box 34, Folder 17
File
1978 - 1988

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Alan A. Boulton. Also includes a script for a presentation by Alexander Leighton in Saskatoon, titled "True and treated prevalence rates in geographically defined populations."

Community development

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 2
File
1988

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a presentation titled "A rationale for applying community development to mental health promotion and mental illness prevention."

WHO Montreal presentation with Lambo

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 7
File
1986

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a presentation to the WHO advisory group on the development of guidelines for mental health policy formulation. Also includes discussion notes on the presentation.

History of psychiatry

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 6
File
1985

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains scripts for lectures on the history of psychiatry.

Priorities

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 3
File
1984 - 1985

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains schedule pamphlets for symposiums and correspondence regarding symposium presentations. Also includes a script for a presentation titled "The importance of priorities in the mental health field."

World Congress

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 6
File
1983

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a talk titled "A quest for synthesis in a splintering world."

Brown, Bertram S.

MS-13-86, Box 35, Folder 11
File
1968 - 1982

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Bertram S. Brown. Also contains a script for Bertram S. Brown's farewell address to the National Institute of Mental Health.

True and treated prevalence rates in geographically defined populations

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 1
File
1978

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains two drafts of presentation scripts for "True and treated prevalence rates in geographically defined populations."

Reminiscences of applied anthropology

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 17
File
1977

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains scripts for two speeches: one a biographical and career sketch of Alexander Leighton, and one titled "Reminiscences of applied anthropology."

Reminiscences of applied anthropology / Alexander H. Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 12
File
1977

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File includes Alexander Leighton's paper and a written introduction by Marc-Adelard Tremblay for an address given to the Canadian Ethnological Society at Dalhousie University's Faculty Club on 24 February 1977.

Aubrey Lewis

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 16
File
1976

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a memorial speech for Aubrey Lewis, and a manuscript paper titled "Research direction in psychiatric epidemiology."

Lapouse awards

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 15
File
1975

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a script for a presentation by Morton Kramer in honour of Alexander Leighton.

Atlantic Provinces Psychiatric Association

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 11
File
1974

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a schedule for the Atlantic Provinces Psychiatric Association and a script for a talk titled "Goals of a mental health center looking back on twenty-three years."

Proposal for instructional development

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 20
File
1972 - 1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains "Instructional development in the behavioral sciences: a preliminary proposal," a list of teaching questions, lecture notes, and correspondence regarding the above.

Affiliated studies using the 1961 and 1963 study data

Subseries
1960 - 1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of affiliated studies by other authors that used the data from the 1961 Cornell-Aro and 1963 role of women studies. Contains some articles written by staff members of the 1961 and 1963 studies.

Whitehorn, John C.

MS-13-86, Box 59, Folder 21
File
1942 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about John C. Whitehorn. Also includes a lecture titled "Changing concepts of psychoneurosis in relation to military psychiatry" and pages from a book about Whitehorn.

Introduction to behavioral sciences

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 1
File
1971

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains course materials (lecture notes, study questions, case studies, exercises) for an introduction to behavioral sciences class.

Remarks for the visiting committee

MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 18
File
1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for remarks to the 1969 visiting committee.

Superstitions and health in Nigeria / by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 1
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a script or text for an introductory lecture by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston on the subject of Nigerian superstitions and physical health.

Philadelphia Psychiatric Society

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 12
File
1968

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a speech titled "The sciences of psychiatry: social aspects."

Science of psychiatry

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 9
File
1968

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a paper titled "The science of psychiatry: social aspects."

Possibilities for community action

MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 15
File
1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a lecture titled "Possibilities for community action."

Social and cultural aspects of fertility among the Yoruba women of Nigeria / by Grafton Trout

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1964 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal, progress report/speech, and several drafts of Trout's study on Yoruba fertility. File also includes a memo regarding Trout's summary of reliability for the 1961 Cornell-Aro study and several copies of the summary.

WHO Mental Health Commitee

MS-13-86, Box 68, Folder 14
File
1955 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains materials related to the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Mental Health. Documents include correspondence, conference participant lists and schedules, and drafts of articles and lecture scripts.

Statistical tests and RIDIT tables

Subseries
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists mainly of datasets and calculations for socioeconomic value from the 1961 Cornell-Aro Nigerian data samples.

Tables on rural Yoruba social data regarding integration and change prepared for 1964 spring talks

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 1
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables of demographic and socioeconomic statistics from rural Yoruba data. Prepared for talks in spring of 1964.

Discussion by Macklin and Harding on Yoruba statistical analysis

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 17
File
1961 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on and general questions about analysis of the Nigerian data samples. Also includes a draft summary of a discussion meeting with Jane Murphy, David Macklin, Veronica Shaw, and Laurel Hodden.

Psychiatric problems in developing countries

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 14
File
1956 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence, presentation scripts, and Alexander Leighton's biographical information.

WHO Geneva 1963

MS-13-86, Box 65, Folder 5
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a script for a talk by Alexander Leighton and T. Adeoye Lambo. Also contains Leighton's biographical sketch.

Talk to Digby Kiwanis Club

MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 5
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains the script for a talk on the Stirling County Study at the Digby Kiwanis Club.

President's Science Advisory Committee

MS-13-86, Box 68, Folder 13
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents related to the Behavioral Sciences Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Documents include meeting minutes, panel member lists, correspondence, and lecture scripts.

World Congress of Psychiatry

MS-13-86, Box 64, Folder 10
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains materials related to the World Congress of Psychiatry, including agendas, panel discussion notes, and a script for a talk.

Speech by Alexander Leighton upon arrival in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[1960?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an English-Yoruba script for a speech delivered by Alexander Leighton upon his arrival in Nigeria.

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