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Finding aid for the Mississippi Mental Health Collection

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MUM00313

Finding Aid for the Mississippi Mental Health Collection
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Finding Aid for the Mississippi Mental Health Collection


Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00313/
Title: Mississippi Mental Health Collection
Dates: 1956-1980 and undated
Physical Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00313
Location: General Special Collections

Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains notes, publications, and other documents produced by various
groups in Mississippi dedicated to mental health services.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, January 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Mental health services — United States
Community health organizations — United States


Formats

newsletters
articles
journals (periodicals)


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains notes, publications, and other documents produced by various
groups in Mississippi dedicated to mental health services.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Mississippi Mental Health Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams
Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Mississippi Mental Health Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically (except for folder 19).


Container List

Folder 1.1

Letter to legislator from Mrs. S.C. Meisburg, State Chairman of the Exceptional Child
for the Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers, circa 1956
Folder 1.2

“A Report to the Mississippi State Legislature by the Joint Legislative Investigating
Committee,” 8 April 1958
Folder 1.3

Mississippi Mental Health Bulletin, September 1958
Folder 1.4

“Mental Health Facilities and Activities of the Official Agencies of Mississippi,” circa 1960
Folder 1.5

Program for the fourth annual meeting of the Mississippi Association for Mental Health,
1960
Folder 1.6

Marc Challenge, June 1964; December 1964; February 1965; January 1966
Scope: Newsletter of the Mississippi Association for Retarded Chidren, Inc.
Folder 1.7

“Mental Health – Mental Retardation Community Pre-planning Meeting,” Lafayette County, 21 December 1965
Folder 1.8

“Mental Health – Mental Retardation Planning Notes,” 24 January 1966
Scope: Two copies
Folder 1.9

“To: Local Mental Health – Mental Retardation Pre-Planning Committee and Local Participants,” Oxford, Miss., 23 February 1966
Folder 1.10

The Oxford-Lafayette County Bell Ringer, March 1966; 29 April 1966
Scope: Publication of the Oxford-Lafayette County Association for Mental Health
Folder 1.11

“Legal Status of the Mentally Retarded and Mentally Ill in Mississippi,” by Dr. James W. Mann and Gene Parker, Winter 1969
Folder 1.12

“Resolution Adopted by the Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions at Their Annual
Meeting,” Meridian, Miss., 15 April 1970
Folder 1.13

Concept, August 1970
Scope: Newsletter of Region 10 Mental Health Complex
Folder 1.14

Mississippi Mental Health Mirror, Fall 1970; Winter 1970; Spring/Summer 1974; 1 June 1977
Scope: Quarterly publication of the Mississippi Association for Mental Health
Folder 1.15

In Touch…In Mississippi, May 1978 Special Edition
Scope: Publication of the Mental Health Association in Mississippi
Folder 1.16

The Grapevine, 24 June 1980
Scope: Community newspaper of Whitfield, Miss.
Folder 1.17

“Regional Mental Health and Retardation Center: A Community Approach,” Oxford, Miss., undated
Folder 1.18

“The Mississippi Plan–Mental Health and Mental Retardation,” undated
Folder 1.19

Schedule for the Mississippi Association for Mental Health’s second annual meeting,
25 January 1958


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