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 data comparisons

Subseries
1958 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains datasets, computer printouts, notes, and analysis guidelines comparing psychiatric and social statistics from the Nigerian and Stirling County studies.

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 Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — seventh annual report

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 2
Item
June 30, 1957

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's seventh annual report on the Stirling County study.

The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — second annual report

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 16
Item
1952

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's second annual report on the Stirling County study.

The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — first annual report

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 15
Item
1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's first annual report on the Stirling County study.

The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — eighth annual report

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 3
Item
June 30, 1958

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's eighth annual report on the Stirling County study.

"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.

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 #329 — The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — sixth annual report

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 1
Item
June 30, 1956

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's sixth annual report on the Stirling County study.

Stirling report #218 — The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — fifth annual report

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 19
Item
June 30, 1955

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's fifth annual report on 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 #150 — The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — third annual report

MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 17
Item
1953

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's third annual report on 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.

Stirling County study reports

Subseries
1948 - 2007

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of annual, interim, and research reports regarding the Stirling County Study's progress and research processes.

Stirling County Study

Series
1948 - 2017

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of materials relating to the Stirling County Study, particularly progress reports, but also including clippings and survey documents. Also contains photographs and slides.

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.

School phobia : a review / Alexander Murchison : [manuscript]

MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1970

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

Item is a paper written by Alexander Murchison in December 1970, outlining the "acute psychiatric emergency" of school phobia, suggesting that it is more complicated than being simply "separation anxiety." He defines the phobia, outlines the clinical features and symptoms, discusses the role of separation in the condition, and addresses potential treatments.

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.

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.

Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection

MS-13-88
Fonds
2010-2011

Collection consists of 16 DVDs, 5 CD-ROMs, and 54.4 GB of digital video and electronic transcriptions of oral histories from ca. 1950 - 2010. The Our Voices Matter Project was an initiative of the CMHA, Halifax-Dartmouth Branch to collect oral histories from volunteers willing to share their perspectives on evolving social and mental health environments.

Canadian Mental Health Association. Halifax-Dartmouth Branch.

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.

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.

Letter by Jason M. Mack concerning the mental health of George Roy

MS-13-87, SF Box 49, Folder 8
Item
1916

Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.

Mack, Jason M.

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.

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