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

Research grant application for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research grant application submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to request funding for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project in Nigeria.

Progress report for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an interim progress report for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project with reference to the National Institute of Health grant M-4506.

Psychiatry and anthropology studies, 1939 - 1940

MS-13-86, Box 100, Folder 1
File
1938 - 1940

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains research proposals, conference papers, and articles titled "Psychobiology and ethnology," "A psychiatric investigation of anthropology," and "Some observations on 'Psychological leads for field workers.'"

DeVinney, Leland C.

MS-13-86, Box 38, Folder 24
File
1949 - 1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Leland C. DeVinney. Also contains "A proposal for research in the development of concepts and methods for 'comparative social science'."

DeVos, George A.

MS-13-86, Box 38, Folder 25
File
1951 - 1955

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about George A. DeVos. Also contains notes on evaluations for grant proposals.

D'Arcy, Carl

MS-13-86, Box 38, Folder 9
File
1982 - 1990

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Carl D'Arcy. Also includes a grant application peer review for the Saskatchewan Health Research Board.

Goldfarb, Allan

MS-13-86, Box 42, Folder 1
File
1959 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about Allan Goldfarb. Also contains a psychiatric study outline, study progress reports and budget outlines, and grant applications.

Midtown proposal

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 10
File
1957

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a grant application for the Yorkville Community Mental Health Research Centre.

Cornell-Aro Nigeria proposal

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 11
File
[1960?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains "A proposal for research regarding the distribution of psychiatric disorders in a primitive society."

HSHMA - health measurement proposal

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 12
File
1972 - 1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence regarding grant applications and progress reports. Also contains an application titled "A proposal for research into the measurement of health in populations."

Ford Foundation proposal

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 14
File
1963 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence regarding grants from the Ford Foundation for collaborative study between Harvard and the University of Ibadan. Also includes "Proposal for a program of research in mental health and mental illness."

Goldfarb proposal

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 15
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a filled grant application for "A study of psychiatric case-finding methods."

Industrial psychiatrist fellowships: proposals

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 16
File
1948 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence regarding internships and fellowships. Also includes research project progress reports and committee meeting minutes.

Health Canada grant application

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 3
File
1981

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an funding application for "Validity and prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a general population."

Canadian health applications

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 4
File
1978 - 1982

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains grant applications and project proposals for Canadian health grants for mental health projects.

Epidemiology project report

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 6
File
1976

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains two copies of a progress report for a National Health Grant for "Epidemiology of mental health and mental illness."

Dominion-Provincial Health grants, 1950s

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 7
File
1950 - 1957

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains communications regarding grant applications and project proposals. Also contains grant budget breakdowns and research proposals for the Stirling County Study.

Ottawa file

MS-13-86, Box 63, Folder 8
File
1974 - 1979

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence regarding grant applications and proposals. Also contains completed applications and a proposal for "A program for community development in Digby County, Nova Scotia."

Grant no. MH 12892-02

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 1
File
1966 - 1968

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for and correspondence regarding grant no. MH 12892-02, for research grant "Psychiatric Disorder and Sociocultural Environment" under the direction of Alexander Leighton. The grant included salaries, administrative costs, and field office expenses in Nova Scotia and New York.

1969 proposal to NIMH

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 10
File
1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a grant application for "Psychiatric Disorder and Social Environment."

Grant no. MH 12892-01

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 11
File
1965 - 1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains grant applications, research proposals, and a final report for the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry.

1948 SSRC application

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 12
File
1948

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application to the Social Science Research Council for financial aid for the Stirling County Study.

Edward A. Suchman's application for "Mental Health and Sociocultural Environment"

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 13
File
1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a grant application for a project by Edward A. Suchman.

Grant no. MH 12892-03

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 2
File
1966 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for and correspondence regarding grant no. MH12892-03. Also includes memoranda and a list of staff responsible for evaluating grants.

Grant no. MH 12982-04

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 3
File
1968 - 1970

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for and correspondence regarding grant no. MH 12892-04.

Grant no. MH 08180-01

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 4
File
1963 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains applications for grant no. MH 08180-01.

Grant no. MH 08180-02 and 02S1

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 5
File
1963 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for and correspondence regarding grant no. MH 08180-02 and 02S1. Also contains progress reports and project summaries.

National Institute of Mental Health

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 6
File
1965 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains budget documents, memoranda, notes, and correspondence regarding grant applications to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Proposals 1964 - 1969

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 8
File
1964 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Grant application for ten-year follow-up

MS-13-86, Box 98, Folder 5
File
[1963-1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for a National Health Grant for "A re-survey of mental health and social environment in a rural area after 10 years."

Contract no. HSM 110-71-240

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 10
File
1971 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence and memoranda regarding funding contract HSM 110-71-240 for the method for measuring community health status.

Contract no. HSM 110-71-240, continued

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 11
File
1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence and memoranda regarding funding contract HSM 110-71-240 for the method for measuring community health status. Also includes a completed application form.

Grant no. MH 12892-05

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 12
File
1969 - 1971

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence and memoranda regarding grant no. MH 12892-05 for the psychiatric disorder and socio-cultural environment study. Also contains budget documents, datasets, and application forms.

Grant no. MH 12892-06

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 7
File
1970 - 1971

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence and memoranda regarding grant No. MH 12892-06 for the psychiatric disorder and socio-cultural environment study. Also includes completed application and budget forms.

Grant no. MH 12892-07

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 8
File
1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an application for grant No. MH 12892-07 for the psychiatric disorder and socio-cultural environment study.

Grant no. MH 12892-07, continued

MS-13-86, Box 99, Folder 9
File
1972 - 1974

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence and memoranda regarding grant No. MH 12892-07 for the psychiatric disorder and socio-cultural environment study. Also contains a completed application form.

AIDS Community Action Program [ACAP] guidelines and correspondence

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 24, Folder 13
File
1991

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains guidelines and correspondence regarding AIDS Community Action Program [ACAP] funding.

Board of directors records, 1986-1989

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 25, Folders 10-12
File
1986-1989

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains administrative records produced by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS] board of directors from 1988-1989. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, strategic planning materials, by-laws and internal policies, financial statements, reports and recommendations, project proposals and planning materials, grant applications, committee documents, and notes.

MS-2-681, Box 29, Folder 14
File
1991-1992

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains records for a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Grant proposal, CVs and correspondence regarding Riding out the Storm

MS-2-681, Box 29, Folder 15
File
[c. 1991]

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Grant applications and correspondence regarding the project Communications Technologies and the Information Professions

MS-2-681, Box 29, Folder 18
File
1990-1991

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes a manuscript dated March 1990 of a paper by Boris Raymond and Richard Apostle: "Information, Information Professionals, and the Information Society: The Use and Misuse of a Concept."

MS-2-681, Box 29, Folder 8
File
1998-1999

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains records for a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

MS-2-681, Box 29, Folder 9
File
1994-1996

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes reports and manuscript evaluations of Richard Apostle et al., Community, State and Market of the North American Rim.

The politics of trade negotiations : [research grant application]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 1
File
1972

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains Gilbert Winham's supplementary request for a research grant application for a project titled "The Politics of Trade Negotiations", submitted to the Humanities and Social Science Division of the Canada Council in March 1972, while employed at McMaster University. Also includes correspondence with Rene Lemieux.

A diplomacy of management: international negotiation in a complex world : [research grant application]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 10
File
1986

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains Gilbert Winham's research grant application submitted to the Killam Program, Canada Council, for his project titled "The Diplomacy of Management: International Negotiation in a Complex World", submitted in summer 1986 while employed at Dalhousie University.

A comparative decision-making study of external aid programmes : [research grant application]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 11
File
1969

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains Gilbert Winham's research grant application submitted to the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Canada Council, for his project titled "A Comparative Decision-Making Study of External Aid Programmes", submitted in spring 1969 while employed at McMaster University.

Non-crisis bargaining among nations: the politics of trade negotiations : [research grant application]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 12
File
1969

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains Gilbert Winham's research grant application submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Canada Council, for his project titled "Non-Crisis Bargaining Among Nations: The Politics of Trade Negotiations", submitted in autumn 1969 while employed at McMaster University.

The politics of trade negotiations : [research grant application and correspondence]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 13
File
1972-1975

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains textual records around Gilbert Winham's research grant application submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Canada Council, for his project titled "The Politics of Trade Negotiation", submitted in 1969 while employed at McMaster University. File includes correspondence between Winham, L.A. Nenzel, Susan Ruether, Howard Lentner, S.P. Kirby, and Margaret Attems

Non-crisis bargaining among nations: the politics of trade negotiations : [research grant application and correspondence]

MS-2-702, Box 16, Folder 14
File
1969

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

File contains Gilbert Winham's research grant application submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Canada Council, for his project titled "Non-Crisis Bargaining Among Nations: The Politics of Trade Negotiations", submitted in autumn 1969 while employed at McMaster University. File also includes correspondence from Breck Milroy, Mrs. Bardour, and M. de Groot, as well as from GATT.

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