The Mental Health Information Center is a MHANYS program created in 2000 as a successor to the Self Help Clearinghouse to respond to inquiries and handle library, information handling, and archival responsibilities. Included are summaries of calls received and fact sheets.
This series contains material created or collected by Correctional Association staffers responsible for operating programs that furnished direct services to inmates and their families. The Association's Family Services Bureau, Legal Services Bureau, and Social Services Bureau were long-term programs that were phased out during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Programs established during the 1980s were grant-funded demonstration projects designed to encourage emulation; the Association did not have the financial resources needed to sustain long-term social service programs. Of interest particular interest is the Association's short-term program to furnish counseling services to young offenders sent to the Adolescent Reception and Detention Center on Rikers Island (1981-1982). Also of interest are the documents generated in connection with the Association's efforts to establish an Ombudsman Program (1972-1973) and the ensuing resistance of Governor Nelson Rockefeller and state corrections officials.
This series contains documentation of research and faculty awards including FRAP, correspondence with academic departmnets and several university collectives, as well as minutes, memoranda and correspondence related to graduate program development and various committees and university consortiums with which the Office of Research and Graduate Studies was affiliated with. This series also contains correspodence between the Office of Research and similar offices at different colleges in the SUNY system.
This series is comprised of letters and emails sent to and from members of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. A large portion of this series consists of letters to and from various high profile death row inmates in Virginia such as Joe Giarratano and Herbert Bassette.
This series includes draft copy, galleys, research materials, correspondence, and notes used to prepare William Kennedy's Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, a collection of his essays, articles, and reviews written across four decades. This second nonfiction book from Kennedy appeared in 1993. Of note is the earliest item within the collection, a short story entitled "Eggs" from 1946 which Kennedy submitted to Collier's: The National Weekly for consideration. In addition there are files about publicity, including a book tour, reviews, and fan mail. Please note the overall dates for the series are not inclusive.
The majority of this series is a collection of unsorted news clippings and articles collected by Jackson Davis, with a single folder of clippings collected by Lou Ismay. The bulk of the articles date from between 1968 and 1973 and deal with environmental issues of the day, such as the use of the pesticide DDT, environmental concerns about the proposed supersonic transport (SST) plane, and the ecology of the Adirondacks.
Contains recorded broadcasts of The Health Show, a WAMC-produced weekly radio show hosted by Bob Barrett and Dr. Nina Sax that aims to better inform patients and health care providers. The program covers all aspects of modern health: prevention, treatment, research, administration and more.
The MHANYS Self Help Clearinghouse (SHC) Program was funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health to enable people with mental illness to pursue self-help and mutual aid efforts. This program involved the support of local self-help clearinghouses and distribution of information on self-help and mutual aid.