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- [1930-1939?]
Item is a diary kept by Alexander Leighton between October 1935 and March 1936 describing the behaviour and feeding habits of a pair of beavers kept by Alex and James (Jimmy Hutchins?) for observation.
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- MS-13-86, Box 98, Folder 6
- File
File contains handwritten notes on Nova Scotian natural history.
The winds are blowing in my head / by Eber Morse
- MS-13-86, Box 92, Folder 4
- File
- 1938
File contains a manuscript for Eber Morse's story. Also contains notes and correspondence.
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 5
- Item
- [1949?]
Item is a three-page summary written by H.L. Kohn.
Kohn's notes and references about the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 3
- Item
- [1949?]
Item is a set of handwritten notes dated 21 November.
Typed notes from "The Screening of Psychoneurotics in the Army: Technical Development of Tests"
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 4
- Item
- [1949?]
Item is a typed set of notes about "The Screening of Psychoneurotics in the Army: Technical Development of Tests," chapter 13 of The American Soldier, Volume IV.
Personality tests and psychoneurotic screening
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9
- File
- [1949?]
File contains preliminary research plans, a seminar report on psychological testing, a multiphase personality inventory, and an excerpt on psychoneurotic screening in the Army, all written or originating with M.L. Kohn (1928-2021), who may have been a graduate or post-doctoral student at Cornell, working under Alexander Leighton.
- MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 11
- File
- 1965 - 1967
File contains grant applications, research proposals, and a final report for the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry.
- MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 8
- File
- 1964 - 1969
File contains applications for and correspondence regarding several grants, numbered MH 12892-06, MH-08180-02S1, MH 08180-01, and MH 02307-01. Also contains application feedback, project plans, and appendices.
National Institute of Mental Health
- MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 6
- File
- 1965 - 1966
File contains budget documents, memoranda, notes, and correspondence regarding grant applications to the National Institute of Mental Health.
- MS-13-86, Box 94, Folder 4
- File
- 1958 - 1988
Fie contains research notes and manuscript drafts for Alexander Leighton's book on mental illness prevention. Also included related correspondence.
Research and other relevant articles
- MS-13-86, Box 94, Folder 5
- File
- 1958 - 1990
File contains research notes and manuscript drafts. Also includes some of Alexander Leighton's other articles on illness prevention and community development and rehabilitation.
- Series
- 1958 - 2010
Series contains materials related to the development of Alexander Leighton's book on the prevention of mental illness. Documents include manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and copies of past publications.
Notes on the biological survey
- MS-13-86, Box 92, Folder 2
- File
- 1923
File contains one notebook with loose note and correspondence tucked in.
Pennsylvania cotton-tail rabbit
- MS-13-86, Box 92, Folder 3
- File
File consists of a notebook with pages on cotton-tail rabbits.
- MS-13-86, Box 82, Folder 5
- File
- 1939 - 1990
File consists of communications, research notes, newspaper clippings, and boat racing information to be used in writing an article on the history of log canoes.
- MS-13-86, Box 84, Folder 9
- File
- 1941
File contains notes and an outline for a film on occupational therapy. Also includes correspondence regarding the film.
- MS-13-86, Box 84, Folder 10
- File
File contains notes on and descriptions of character sketches from St. Lawrence Island in Alaska.
- MS-13-86, Box 84, Folder 14
- File
- 1951
File contains notes and manuscripts for various projects titled "The wreck of the Aspiration," "A walk in the woods," and others.
- MS-13-86, Box 85, Folder 5
- File
- 1952 - 1959
File contains research notes and manuscripts for various writing projects.
- MS-13-86, Box 83, Folder 4
- File
- 1974 - 1975
File contains research notes and plot and character development plans for Alexander Leighton's novel Lorenzo.
- Subseries
- 1974 - 1975
Subseries consists of research notes, writing plans, manuscripts, and revisions for Alexander Leighton's novel Lorenzo.
- Subseries
- 1950 - 2018
Subseries contains manuscript materials, correspondence, research notes, and reviews regarding the publication of Alexander Leighton's novel "Come Near."
- MS-13-86, Box 66, Folder 1
- File
- 1971 - 2013
File contains research, meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, conference schedules, and contact lists relating to a study on chemical herbicide and pesticide use in Vietnam. Also contains 4 colour postcards and 3 photos : b&w; 5 x 7 in.
- MS-13-86, Box 59, Folder 23
- File
- 1942 - 1982
File contains correspondence with or about William Foote Whyte. Also contains project and study summaries, Whyte's curriculum vitae, research reports, chapter manuscripts, research proposals, research plan outlines, and papers titled "Toward a new model for social research on health in Latin America" and "Developing the national survey for Peru: notes on planning discussion."
- MS-13-86, Box 58, Folder 5
- File
- 1939 - 1951
File contains correspondence with or about James S. Tyhurst. Also contains course materials, project outlines and proposals, curricula vitae, research notes, and meeting transcriptions.
- MS-13-86, Box 58, Folder 6
- File
- 1952 - 1975
File contains correspondence with or about James S. Tyhurst. Also contains course materials, project outlines and proposals, curricula vitae, research notes, meeting transcriptions, case notes, and manuscripts.
- MS-13-86, Box 53, Folder 24
- File
- 1951 - 1987
File contains correspondence with or about George Roper. Also includes a manuscript for "The teacher's role in relation to sociological and psychological stress," discussion transcriptions, and an outline for a case-finding device.
- MS-13-86, Box 43, Folder 10
- File
- 1987
File contains correspondence with or about Courtenay M. Harding. Also includes information on interpreting lifecharts and patterns of recompensation in schizophrenia.
- MS-13-86, Box 43, Folder 6
- File
- 1950 - 2000
File contains correspondence with or about Laila Shukry El Hamamsy. Also includes academic records, study participant information, a pamphlet on the American University at Cairo's Social Research Center, a curriculum vitae for Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Aziz El-Meligi.
Beaver physiology and anatomy notes
- MS-13-86, Box 98, Folder 3
- File
- [1930-1939?]
File contains anatomical drawings of beavers and notes on beaver biology.
- Series
- 1930 - 1939
Series contains progress reports, publications, and correspondence relating to Alexander Leighton's beaver studies.
Place of residence by ABCD for 1961 and 1963 samples
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 14
- File
File consists of notes on residential data and psychiatric ratings.
Marital status by ABCD for 1961 and 1963 samples
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 11
- File
File contains notes and data tables analyzing data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.
Age by ABCD RIDITS for 1961 and 1963 samples
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 10
- File
File contains notes on RIDIT values and ABCD analysis, and computer dataset printouts.
Typology analysis for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba data
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 15
- File
- [1967?]
File contains typology notes and definitions, computer dataset printouts, and RIDIT value summaries for Yoruba data,
RIDIT calculations for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba studies
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 7
- File
- [1961?]
File consists of notes on data calculations and statistics from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.
Doctor comments on Yoruba women, sampling design, and plan for analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 2
- File
- 1963 - 1965
File contains notes on sampling and analysis, information on Nigerian contacts, notes on tribal affiliation, and sample coding. Also contains transcriptions of Jane Murphy's interviews with Tol Asuni and T.A. Lambo regarding regional data samples. Also includes memos concerning psychiatric and social data samples, interview correspondence, and data evaluation.
Comparison of 1961 and 1963 data
- Subseries
- 1960 - 1972
Subseries consists of datasets, statistical analysis, and correspondence regarding sample comparisons from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 23
- File
File contains materials comparing and analyzing the differences between the role of Yoruba and Elmira women. Includes research notes, answer scales and criteria, socioeconomic and employment data, family dynamic information, and statistical analyses.
Rin - Chinese women cross-cultural comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 22
- File
- 1966
File contains a copy of the study "Psychophysiological reactions of a rural and suburban population in Taiwan" by Hsien Rin, Hung-Ming Chu, and Tsung-Yi Ling. Also contains correspondence between Hsien Rin and Jane Murphy and notes and data tables on modernization rates and number of children among respondents.
Eskimo and Yoruba case vignettes for Alexander Leighton's APA paper on paranoid reaction
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 16
- File
File consists of individual psychiatric respondent case summaries from the Nigerian and Alaskan studies.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 18
- File
File contains research notes, respondent master lists, computer dataset printouts, and tables of statistics relating to respondent psychiatric data and symptoms.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling notes and tests of significance
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 19
- File
File contains data tables and research notes on statistical analysis findings from respondent psychiatric data.
Other studies for comparative analysis
- Subseries
- 1956 - 1966
Subseries contains other related psychiatric studies used for cross-cultural comparisons with the Cornell-Aro Nigerian study data.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 HOS analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 14
- File
File contains computer printouts and note on statistical analysis of data from the Nigerian, Stirling County, and Alaskan studies.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 15
- File
File contains notes on the prevalence of psychoneurotic depression across various cultures and regions of study.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
- File
- [1965?]
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
File contains computer dataset printouts of Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains notes on data analysis and category criteria.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 notes)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 13
- File
File contains notes on demographic, psychiatric, and social data for study respondents under 30.
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