Archives Catalogue

Unpublished manuscripts by Alexander Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 4
File
1980 - 2013

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains manuscripts for unpublished papers: "Barriers to the care of mental illness," "Antecedents of the mental health movement in Atlantic Canada : some implications for today," "The psychobiological orientation," and "Psychiatric diagnosis in life science perspective" by Alexander Leighton. Also includes related correspondence and review feedback forms.

Seminars on dynamic sociology

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 5
File
1938

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains reports and lecture scripts from the 1938 seminars on dynamic sociology.

Phyllis Geiss' research papers

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 10
File
1950

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains research plans, study summaries, and stress map reports by Phyllis Geiss.

Adolf Meyer's psychobiology course outlines

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 3
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains course outlines, teaching materials, and exam guidelines for Adolf Meyer's course on psychobiology and ergasiology.

Personality tests and psychoneurotic screening

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9
File
[1949?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Mental health promotion

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 1
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains 4 manuscripts: "Mental health promotion in the perspective of North American psychiatry : a historical review" by Norman Dain, Gerald Grob, and Alexander H. Leighton, "Psychiatry in nineteenth-century United States : the rise and decline of moral treatment, a reevaluation" by Norman Dain, "Mental health policy in modern America: myth and reality" by Gerald N. Grob, and "Implications for mental health promotion" by Alexander H. Leighton.

Mental health : patterns of personality adaptation / by Alexander H. Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 2
File
1971

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a manuscript by Alexander Leighton.

Promoting mental health and preventing mental illnesses : possibilities and risks / by Alexander H. Leighton and Jane M. Murphy

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 3
File
1989

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Full contains a (seemingly) complete manuscript for a book by Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy.

Published articles by Alexander H. Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 4
File
1949 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains 3 articles written by Alexander H. Leighton: "Mental health and the problem of cooperation between races and between nations," "Psychiatry and the health of the public," and "Reflections of a tender-minded radical."

Mental health and social environment : [manuscript]

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 19
File
[195-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File includes a draft manuscript possibly for the book published as My Name is Legion: Foundations for a Theory of Man in Relation to Culture.

Communications and correspondence regarding Vietnam study

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 5
File
1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains summaries of phone conversations, letters, and reports between Alexander Leighton, Terry Rambo/Rambeau, Samuel Popkin, Philip Ross, Jerry Tinker, and Gerald Tinker regarding the psychological study in Vietnam.

Correspondence regarding Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 25
File
1976 - 1984

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence between Alexander Leighton and several different hospitals, clinics, universities, research institutions, and psychiatric associations regarding the development of psychiatric epidemiology programming.

Recurrent psychotic attacks accompanying menstruation in a 13-year-old girl / by James F. Masterson and Thomas A. C. Rennie

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 14
File
[1954?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains two copies of the article written by Masterson and Rennie.

Homosexuality / by Thomas A. C. Rennie

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 15
File
1953

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a manuscript for a conference paper. File also contains letters regarding the editing and publication of the paper.

Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic outline for psychiatric history

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 18
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a guide to assist in developing a patient's psychological health history.

Statement of project

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 4
File
[1953?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains three project proposals for psychiatric research studies.

The psychosocial position : a preparatory statement / by Thomas A. C. Rennie

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 11
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of the script for a presentation at the Conference on Convergence of Viewpoints on the Causation of Mental Diseases.

Introduction for Thomas Ling's book

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 12
File
1953 - 1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a manuscript for the introduction to Thomas Ling's book, "Mental Health and Human Relations in Industry." File also contains correspondence with Thomas Ling and publishers regarding the introduction.

Beaver study correspondence

MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1931 - 1933

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."

Bibliography of the Stirling County Study and coordinated investigations in psychiatric epidemiology

MS-13-86, Box 82, Folder 14
File
1982; 2007; 2017

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a mimeographed report removed from a three-ring binder.

Report #240 - Stirling County place names

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Report #241 - Method book : public relations, 1954 - June 30, 1955, vol. 2

MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 4
File
1954

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #192 - A proposal for a personality study and mental health assessment by the use of psychological tests of typical residence of a small town / W.H.D. Vernon

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 16
File
1955

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Report #244 - Submissions and reports to province and Ottawa, volume 1

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 17
File
[1955?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Report #241 - Method book : public relations, 1953-1954, vol. 1

MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 3
File
1953

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

NSP 571 - Canada, Sweden, Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 9
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #228 - Fairhaven : A self-sufficient English-speaking village

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 11
File
[1950?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

(part of) Stirling report #446 - Chapter III : community reactions

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 8
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a manuscript for a chapter in a book about the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #201 - Stirling County study in community development

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 13
File
1955

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #207 - Stirling County study : Halifax hospital health survey field worker's handbook / Allister M. Macmillan, Director, Health Survey Unit

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 15
File
[1950?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #467 - Proposal for a program of research in mental health and mental illness / submitted by Alexander H. Leighton, M.D. and Thomas A.C. Rennie, M.D.

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 10
File
[1950?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #446 - Clinic community report / A.L. Longaker

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 7
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report from the Stirling County community clinic.

Stirling report #448 - The Cornell Programme in Nova Scotia : questions and answers about its work

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 12
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #207 - Appendix A : research

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 14
File
[1950?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Stirling report #97 - Handbook for field workers: Stirling County project

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 19
File
1952

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a handbook for field researches in the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #101 - Observations on methodology in community research

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 21
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a report on research methodology in the Stirling County study, written by Seymour Parker, Charles Hughes, and Robert Rapoport.

Stirling report #464 - Chapter v : how sick is sick?

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a manuscript for a chapter in a book about the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #131 - Research design of the Stirling County study / G.E. McCreary

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 2
File
1953

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File also contains a four-page memo (STI 31a) by McCreary regarding further considerations of the present research and comments of future research.

Stirling report #128 - Certain problems of data analysis, family life survey, Stirling County project / Alexander H.Leighton, Project Director

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 3
File
[1953?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on family data analysis for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #256 - A preliminary description and analysis of the social class system of Stirling Town / Dr. A.H. Leighton and Bernard S. Cohn

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 4
File
1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on social class analysis for the Stirling County study.

Stirling County study list of categories

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 5
File
June 1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a list of data categories for the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #95 - Statistical report on the degree to which field operations conformed to rigid sampling specifications / by G. E. McCreary and J. M. Upson

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 18
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a report on research methods and data sampling in the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #98 - Introduction to technical handbook of social science survey, 1952

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 20
File
1952

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a guide to the development of a survey questionnaire as part of the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #141 - Social science unit meetings July 8-14th, 1953

MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 1
File
1953

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report on a science unit meeting for the Stirling County Study.

Stirling report #A - A brief outline, 1956

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 11
File
1956

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a report outlining the purpose and methods of 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.

A handbook for the psychiatric evaluation of personal data as developed by the Stirling County study and the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry / by Alexander H. Leighton and Dorothea C. Leighton