Fred Elmadjian Collection, 1946-1997
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Fred Elmadjian Collection.
Date (inclusive): 1946-1997
Collection number: 340
Creator:
Elmadjian, Fred. 1915-2000
Extent:
5 cartons (7.5 lin. ft.)
1 box (0.5 lin. ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection documents Dr. Fred Elmadjian's career as a research scientist and science administrator. His scientific work
centered mostly on the endocrinology of stress. His administrative services at the National Institute of Mental Health focused
on developing manpower for effective research into mental health and behavior. Elmadjian first envisioned, then enabled establishment
across the country of interdisciplinary training programs which emphasized both the biological and the psychological knowledge
needed for such research. The papers also contain transcripts of 16 audiotapes recorded after his retirement, which provide
a rich personal account of his background, education, work, and especially his beliefs about the proper approach for a study
of human behavior.
Physical location: Southern Regional Library Facility
Language of Material: Collection materials inEnglish
Access
The Collection is open for research except restricted access to Box 6, which contains information on identified patients.
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[Identification of item], Fred Elmadjian collection (Manuscript collection 340). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History
and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Acquisition Information
The collection was willed by Dr. Elmadjian to the UCLA Neuroscience History Archives and subsequently transferred to the UCLA
Biomedical Library.
Biography
Fred Elmadjian, Ph.D. had two careers during his lifetime. First, as a researcher he focused primarily on neuroendocrine mechanisms
and adaptive processes in stressful environments - in psychiatric patients, athletes, combat troops, chimpanzees being prepared
for early space flights, etc. His numerous publications and reports, and the expressed gratitude of young protégés whom he
mentored document the success of this professional phase. Then, after twenty years he switched to government service. The
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) first asked Dr. Elmadjian to develop programs that would train people for basic
science research relevant to mental health, and train professional mental health personnel in the research methodology of
the biological sciences. For the next twelve years, mainly as Chief, Biological Sciences Section, Behavioral Sciences Training
Branch, he helped to envision and to enable the establishment of new interdisciplinary training programs across the country.
Then Dr. Ellmadjian was promoted to increasingly broader policy-making positions in the Division of Manpower and Training
Programs, but he continued to focus on the appropriate training of professionals to further NIMH's mandated goals. Two groups
of remarkable letters, written at the time of his promotion in 1974, and of his retirement from NIMH in 1981, by NIMH colleagues,
training program directors and trainees speak with overwhelming respect and gratitude about his achievements in broadening
the perspective of research training in mental health and behavior.
Dr. Elmadjian was born in 1915 in Aleppo, Syria, of Armenian parents. His father, a physician, and family emigrated to the
U.S. in 1923. Fred Elmadjian was educated at The Boston Latin School, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (B.S. and M.S.), Clark
University (M.A.), and Tufts College (Ph.D.). His goal from an early age was to become a research scientist in a medical field;
pharmacy was a decoy to satisfy his parents. At Clark University he met Drs. Hudson Hoagland, then Chair of the Dept. of Biology,
and Gregory Pincus. Soon he was hired as a laboratory assistant to Pincus in the Clark U. Physiological Research Laboratory,
and two years later he followed the two professors to the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB), which they
jointly founded. Elmadjian worked with Pincus for twenty years, always as a member of the WFEB, but for many years also as
Director of Biological Research and Director of Laboratories at the Worcester State Hospital (WSH).
Dr. Elmadjian had no psychiatric training or experience, but he read widely, had a long-standing interest in understanding
human behavior, and had contact at the WSH with psychiatric patients in overseeing early clinical psychoactive-drug trials.
He felt that psychiatric theory and treatment of the time, mainly psychoanalytical, had insufficient scientific basis and
neglected human biology. He developed and aired these ideas in a series of lectures/discussion with psychiatric residents
at the WSH, and honed them in discussions with psychiatrist friends. His determination to make neuro-anatomy, -psychiatry,
-chemistry, genetics, or anthropology as important for NIMH research training grants as psychology and psychiatry, provided
the impetus for many new university neuroscience training programs across the United States.
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents from Fred Elmadjian's masters thesis to correspondence late in his life. His scientific
research career, carried out almost entirely at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and the Worcester State
Hospital, is well covered with grant applications and reports, publication drafts, lab reports, administrative memos, and
correspondence. There is also a complete set of publication reprints, 1944-1965. During the second part of his professional
life, as a science administrator in the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Elmadjian did not publish in the scientific
press but did produce a large number of lengthy status and planning reports, memoranda, think pieces, speeches and lectures,
which are well represented in the collection. He was a voracious reader on a wide range of topics and made extensive notes;
the three folders packed with these typed extracts and summaries provide an illuminating entry to his interests and thinking.
His many essays and musings on a variety of topics also provide insight into his inquisitive, sharp mind.
Some areas of particular interest: 1. Three folders of letters, one in honor of his promotion from Branch Chief to Section
Chief at NIMH, and two on the occasion of his retirement, provide powerful evidence for his impact on research training in
behavior and mental health and on the development of an interdisciplinary field of neuroscience, and for the respect and gratitude
this earned him from colleagues. 2. The memos, letters, informal notes on telephone conversations and meeting summaries, provide
a widow into the internal workings of NIH/NIMH/ADAMHA at the time. 3. Most fascinating - the audiotape transcripts, which
tell the whole story of his ancestors, his personal and professional life, and his thoughts, with revealing comments and retrospective
musings.
The collection is organized into the following series:
Series 1. Autobiographical Materials.
Series 2: Early Career, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB), and Worcester State Hospital (WSH), (1944-1965).
Series 3: Division of Manpower and Training Programs (DMTP), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), (1962-1974).
Series 4: Division of Manpower and Training Programs (DMTP), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), (1974-1982).
Series 5: Speeches, Essays, Reading Notes, Audiotapes.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
National Institute for Mental Health (U.S.)
Elmadjian, Fred, 1915-2000
Endocrinologists--Archive
Series 1.
Autobiographical Materials.
1940-1997
Physical Description:
8 folders
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Elmadjian dictated 16 tapes of autobiographical material describing his life, family, professional career, research interests,
and his philosophical views on scientific thought and education. The audiotapes plus typed transcriptions are filed under
Series 5: Speeches, etc.
Box 1, Folder 1
Curriculum vitae.
1979
Scope and Content Note
c.v. and publication list of 63 items
Box 1, Folder 2
Education.
Scope and Content Note
Valedictory oration: "What a pharmaceutical education should mean"
Box 1, Folder 3
Family history.
1996
Scope and Content Note
two letters, from Phil and Eilum Hanna; 14-page typed manuscript including three photographs, "Family records: Venovkian-Amiralian
and Najarian-Nercessian", by Edwin B. Hanna; a family tree; photocopy of 48-page article, "Martyred Armenia; a brief description
of the recent horrible massacres of the Christian Armenians in Turkey...", by Rev. S.S. Yenovkian, Cleveland, Ohio, Britton
Printing Co., 1896
Box 1, Folder 4
Private correspondence.
1957-1997
Box 1, Folder 5
Shrewsbury Expressway Committee.
1959
Scope and Content Note
Committee meeting minutes, statement of purpose; background materials
Note
Dr. Elmadjian's home was in Shrewsbury; he was a member of the Committee
Box 1, Folder 6
"God in the age of science".
circa 1954-1956
Scope and Content Note
four typed pages of a speech, from a folder labeled "Shrewsbury Community Church, mid '50s"
Note
for Dr. Elmadjian's comments on this topic, see transcripts of audiotapes 2-3, Box 5, Folder 13
Box 1, Folder 7
Manuscript draft notes for an autobiography.
undated
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
scattered pages of history of the Armenian people, family history, and personal history
Box 1, Folder 8
Manuscript draft notes for an autobiography.
1996
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
76 notebook pages titled "Autobiography", dated 9/19/96, starting with "Ancestral History" and ending with Dr. Elmadjian's
move to the NIMH; also, two vignettes: "Bed time stories and whatever", "My father's waiting room at our Litchfield Street
home"
Transcriptions from audiotapes.
Scope and Content Note
see Box 5, Folders 12-23 for accounts of family history, early life, education through the PhD, marriage, and accounts of
professional life
Series 2.
Early Career, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB), and Worcester State Hospital (WSH).
1944-1968
Physical Description:
67 folders
Arrangement
chronologically
Subseries 1.
Research Programs.
1946-1968
Physical Description:
39 folders
Scope and Content Note
research grant and contract proposals and reports, publication drafts, reprints, laboratory data, correspondence
Box 1, Folder 9
NIH research grants.
1956-1961
Scope and Content Note
grant applications and related documents for: "Biosynthesis of norepinephrine and related amines"; "Aldosterone excretion
in biochemical disorders"; "Menstrual cycle and behavioral disorders"
Box 1, Folder 10
Materials for preparation of Grant no. M-5290.
undated
Scope and Content Note
bibliographic references and summaries of pertinent articles; numerous drafts of research findings and text for application
sections
Box 1, Folder 11
U.S. Army contracts.
1953-1960
Scope and Content Note
official documents and correspondence re. "The effects of stress and steroids on metabolism of adrenaline and nor-adrenaline",
and a typed draft article partially funded by this contract; correspondence re. "Urinary excretion of adrenalin and noradrenalin
and relation of these substances to adrenocortical activity"
Box 1, Folder 12
U.S. Air Force contracts.
1959-1965
Scope and Content Note
proposal, reports and correspondence, mainly re. "The influence of hormones on intimal hyperplasia"
Note
reports and correspondence for additional Air Force contracts can be found under specific research programs, e.g. "Chimpanzee
studies"
Box 1, Folder 13
U.S. Navy contracts.
1958-1961
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, proposals; typed text of "Epinephrine, norepinephrine and aldosterone-release and excretion", delivered by
Dr. Elmadjian at the First International Symposium on Submarine and Space Medicine, 1958
Box 1, Folder 14
Studies on combat military personnel in Korea.
1952-1956
Scope and Content Note
1. "Blood picture of infantrymen in combat stress"; 2. "A study of combat stress in Korea, 1952: physiologic and biochemical";
3. "Physiological studies on infantrymen in combat"; "Studies on human physiological and biochemical effects of stress [flying
personnel] - Final progress report"); also psychiatric data sheets on ca. 50 subjects
Note
Dr. Elmadjian or the WFEB took part in all studies; see Box 5, Folder 15 for transcript of tape about the Korean trip
Box 1, Folder 15
"The role of the adrenal cortex in the general adaptation syndrome".
late 1950's
Scope and Content Note
13-page typed text of a lecture presented at Northwestern University
Note
see also Box 5, Folder 15 for expository comments
Box 1, Folder 16-25
Studies of excretion and metabolism of epinephrine and norepinephrine.
1955-1959
Scope and Content Note
specific titles: 1. "Excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine in various emotional states", six manuscripts, undated except
the version presented at 5th PanAmerican Congress of Endocrinology, 1961, plus photocopy from the Congress publication (Folder
16); 2. "The excretion of epinephrine and nor-epinephrine in patients subjected to the stress of a staff interview in a large
psychiatric hospital" (Folder 17); 3. "Excretion of epinephrine and nor-epinephrine in subjects given lysergic acid diethylamide
(LSD-25)", 1955 (Folder 18); 4. "Iproniazid treatment and metabolism of labeled epinephrine in schizophrenics", 1958, (Folder
19); 5. "The metabolism of epinephrine containing isotopic carbon in man", 1958 (Folder 20); 6. two studies on labeled epinephrine
in rats, and rabbits, by Leo E. Gaudette, 1957, 1958, plus correspondence with Dr. Gaudette (Folder 21); 7. "Excretion and
metabolism of epinephrine and norepinephrine", 1958, delivered before Brain Research Foundation (Folder 22); 8. "Excretion
and metabolism of epinephrine, 1958, delivered before Symposium on Catecholamines, NIH, plus correspondence (Folder 23); 9.
"Excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine under stress", 1957 (Folder 24); 10. "Excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine
after insulin and mecolyl administration, undated (Folder 25)
Box 1 and 6, Folder 26-29 and 1-4
Aldosterone excretion studies.
1959
Scope and Content Note
specific titles: 1. low salt diet in psychiatric patients - four consecutive experiments, 1959 (Box 6, Folders 1-4, RESTRICTED);
2. "Aldosterone excretion in anxiety states" and "Responses of the adrenal gland in athletes", both presented at Symposium
on Performance Capacity, 1957, plus correspondence (Folder 26); 3. "Aldosterone excretion in behavioral disorders", research
grant application by Dr. Justin N. Hope, 1959, plus correspondence with Dr. Hope (Folder 27),; 4. "A study of the pituitary-adrenal
and sympathico-adrenal function of professional hockey players", undated (Folder 28); 5. "Aldosterone excretion in behavioral
disorders", and U.S. von Euler's paper "The validity of hormone assays applicable to clinic medicine: catecholamines", both
to be presented at the 1st International Congress of Endocrinology, Copenhagen, 1960; some Congress correspondence; reprint
from vol. 40, "Research Publ., Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease" (Folder 29)
Note
Box 6, Folders 1-4 are RESTRICTED - identified patient information
Box 1, Folder 30
"Some factors of variability for serum cholesterol concentration".
undated
Scope and Content Note
24-page typed manuscript with graphs
Note
conditions tested were: healthy normal, atherosclerosis, cold stress, temperature-humidity stress, epinephrine infusion, corticosteroid
infusion, low-salt diet
Box 1, Folder 31
Preliminary studies with P-286 (N-diethylaminoethyl-N-isopentyl-N'N'-di-isopropylurea).
1956-1957
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Dr. Benedict E. Abreu, Pitman-Moore Co. research director; data on "Insulin tolerance test before and
after P-286" [in man]
Box 1, Folder 32
Cooperative study on E and NE transport in human plasma.
1957-1958
Scope and Content Note
correspondence with Dr. H.N. Antoniades, Protein Foundation, primary investigator on the study
Box 1, Folder 33
MacAndrews & Forbes Co. co-operative research fellowship studies.
1956
Scope and Content Note
typescript of "Study of the action of mono-ammonium glycyrrhizinate on adrenalectomized subjects, and its synergies with hydrocortisone",
and "Report of clinical work done at the Worcester State Hospital..."
Box 1, Folder 34
United States Pharmacopeia.
1955-1958
Scope and Content Note
general correspondence with Lloyd C. Miller, Director of Revision; Elmadjian's appointment to Subcommittees 3 and 5 of the
Committee of Revision; various U.S.P. publications; other correspondence; article reprints
Box 1, Folder 35
United States Pharmacopeia XVI. Revision of Monograph on corticotropin injection reference standard.
1957-1959
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding revision of the ACTH injection reference standards, and setting up a collaborative study of the Saffran
assay of ACTH; some patient data titled "ACTH Study (slow acting)"; typed copy of "Cooperative study of the immediate and
long-term effects of adrenalectomy, hydrocortisone and surgical trauma on pituitary ACTH concentration", by Claude Fortier
Box 1, Folder 36
United States Pharmacopeia XV and XVI. Determining reference standard for chorionic gonadotropin.
1946-1949, 1957-1960
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Box 1, Folder 37
United States Pharmacopeia XVI. Determining reference standard for relaxin.
1957-1960
Scope and Content Note
correspondence
Box 1, Folder 38
Chimpanzee studies - technical reports, reprint, and correspondence.
1960-1963, 1965
Scope and Content Note
five technical reports issued by Holloman Air Force Base, four of which were prepared under contract by the Worcester Foundation
for Experimental Biology, and three of which have Elmadjian either as first or as contributing author: "Biochemical study
of large primate response to severe environmental stressors", "Characterization of hormonal steroids of the chimpanzee", "Biochemical
response of immature chimpanzees to severe environmental stress"; typed report by Elmadjian and Enrico Forchielli; correspondence
(1962-1963), mainly regarding final report on the environmental stress project; reprint, 1st International Congress on Hormonal
Steroids, 1965
Box 1, Folder 39
Chimpanzee studies -- thermal-humidity tests.
1960
Physical Description: folder 1 of 3
Scope and Content Note
preliminary test reports 2-15 (missing no. 7) issued by the Bio-Astronautical Branch, Aeromedical Field Laboratory
Box 2, Folder 1
Chimpanzee studies -- thermal-humidity tests.
1960
Physical Description: folder 2 of 3
Scope and Content Note
preliminary test reports nos. 16-24
Box 2, Folder 2
Chimpanzee studies -- thermal-humidity tests.
1960-1961
Physical Description: folder 3 of 3
Scope and Content Note
preliminary test reports no. 25-37
Box 2, Folder 3
Research reports by various authors working at Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and/or Worcester State Hospital.
1959, 1962
Scope and Content Note
typed manuscripts, reprint by: Hudson Hoagland; E. Rosemberg, et al.
Box 2, Folder 4
Dr. Gregory G. Pincus.
1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
obituaries, memorials
Box 2, Folder 5
Background materials.
Scope and Content Note
typed notes and précis of books and articles from the published literature; reprint
Note
see Box 5, Folders 9-10 for additional reading notes
Transcriptions from audiotapes.
Scope and Content Note
see Box 5, Folders 12-18 for various segments of FE's experiences from circa 1952-1962
Subseries 2.
Psychiatry Lectures.
1949-1958
Physical Description:
7 folders
Scope and Content Note
notes and complete texts
Box 2, Folder 6
Notes for lectures to Worcester State Hospital psychiatric residents.
circa 1955-1958
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
memorandum with brief listing of proposed lectures on "Physiologic Basis of Psychiatry"; typed lecture outlines and précis
of books and articles from the published literature; three reprints; reprint of "Objective evaluation of therapeutic procedures
in mental disease", by W. Molamud, J.M. Hope, F. Elmadjian, 1950
Box 2, Folder 7
Notes for lectures to Worcester State Hospital psychiatric residents.
circa 1955-1958
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Box 2, Folder 8
"A biologist's approach to psychiatric research".
undated
Scope and Content Note
6-page typed draft
Box 2, Folder 9
"Man's quest of knowledge about himself".
undated
Scope and Content Note
4-page typed essay; also, two note cards, one titled "Man's quest of knowledge of himself - in the Space Age, given at the
Torch Club, February 5, 1960", with the outline of a different text
Box 2, Folder 10
"Depression".
undated
Scope and Content Note
28-page typed manuscript, including sections on: Definition, Clinical description, Aetiology, Classification, Treatment, and
Bibliography
Box 2, Folder 11
"Analysis of psychiatric research: a preliminary report", by Fred Elmadjian and Justin M. Hope.
1949
Scope and Content Note
31-page typed manuscript
Note
date is written in ink on cover page
Box 2, Folder 12
"General psychiatry", by Justin Hope.
undated
Scope and Content Note
typed manuscript, with sections labeled: Psychasthenia (13 pp.), Dementia precox-Schizophrenia (46 pp.), Hypochondriasis (7
pp.), Hysteria (20 pp.), Psychopathic personality (21 pp.), Post-partum psychosis (15 pp.)
Note
title taken from original binder
Transcriptions from audiotapes.
Scope and Content Note
see Box 5, Folders 13-14 for FE's thoughts and comments about the motivation for, process, and content of the WSH Psychiatric
Resident seminars
Subseries 3.
Administrative Matters.
1953-1961
Physical Description:
9 folders
Scope and Content Note
reports, proposals, memoranda, correspondence
Box 6, Folder 5
Internal communications with Harry Freeman, M.D.
1953-1958
Scope and Content Note
re. matters of administration, education, and research
Note
Dr. Freeman was Director of Research, Worcester State Hospital. RESTRICTED - identified patient information
Box 2, Folder 13
Internal communications with Drs. Gregory Pincus and Hudson Hoagland.
1956-1962
Scope and Content Note
memos relating to research projects jointly engaged in or funded by the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
Note
Dr. Hoagland was Executive Director of the WFEB (1944-1967), Dr. Pincus was Director of Research
Box 6, Folder 6
Communications within Worcester State Hospital and the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology.
1956-1962
Scope and Content Note
administration, staffing, research assignments, etc.
Note
RESTRICTED - identified patient information
Box 2, Folder 14
Worcester State Hospital. Biological Research Service.
1959-1961
Scope and Content Note
research proposals and reports for Biological Research Service programs; Hospital Laboratory reports; letters and memos
Note
the biological Research Service was a cooperative program between The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and the
Worcester State Hospital Laboratories. Dr. Elmadjian was Director of Biological Research at the Hospital
Box 2, Folder 15
Worcester State Hospital. Biological research in psychiatry.
1958
Scope and Content Note
memo on increasing use of psychoactive drugs in the Hospital; text of a talk to hospital staff, "The importance of biologic
research in psychiatry"
Box 2, Folder 16
Worcester State Hospital pharmacy.
1959-1961
Scope and Content Note
proposed Hospital Formulary, 1960; memoranda, committee reports, internal correspondence
Box 2, Folder 17
Worcester State Hospital Laboratory.
1956-1961
Scope and Content Note
communications re. equipment, staffing, etc.
Box 2, Folder 18
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology progress reports.
1956 November - 1960 March
Box 2, Folder 19
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology employee health examination program.
1959
Scope and Content Note
communications, committee reports, examination schedules, etc.
Subseries 4.
Correspondence.
1956-1963
Physical Description:
8 folders
Arrangement
alphabetically
Box 2, Folder 20
Transitional correspondence.
1962-1963
Scope and Content Note
letters concerning WSH and the WFEB, written after Dr. Elmadjian had taken up his new positions at the National Institute
of Mental Health
Box 2, Folder 21
General correspondence, A-B.
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 22
General correspondence, C-E.
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 23
General correspondence, F-H
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 24
General correspondence, I-L.
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 25
General correspondence, M-Q.
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 26
General correspondence, R-S.
1956-1961
Box 2, Folder 27
General correspondence, T-Z.
1956-1961
Subseries 5.
Reprints.
1944-1965
Physical Description:
4 folders
Arrangement
chronologically
Box 2, Folder 28
List of publications and M.A. thesis.
1944-1965
Box 2, Folder 29
Reprints.
1944-1954
Scope and Content Note
nos. 1-26
Box 2, Folder 30
Reprints.
1955-1961
Scope and Content Note
nos. 26A-50
Box 2, Folder 31
Reprints.
1962-1965
Scope and Content Note
nos. 51-63
Note
no. 51 intentionally left unidentified by the author
Series 3.
Division of Manpower and Training Programs (DMTP). National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH).
1962-1974
Physical Description:
32 folders
Scope and Content Note
During this period Dr. Elmadjian served as: Chief, Biological Sciences Section (1962-1973), Acting Chief, Social Sciences
Section (1967-1968), Acting Chief, Special Programs Section (1968-[?]), and Acting Chief, Behavioral Sciences Training Branch
(1970-1973); Chief, Biological Research, Clinical Research Branch, Division of Extramural Research Programs (1973-1974). Unless
otherwise indicated, all reports were authored by Dr. Elmadjian.
Arrangement
chronologically
Box 3, Folder 1
"The Training Program of the National Institute of Mental Health, 1947-1957".
1958 March
Physical Description: soft bound
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of 65-page report
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 2
Transitional correspondence.
1961
Scope and Content Note
letters leading to Dr. Elmadjian's appointment, in 1962, as Chief, Biological Sciences Section, Behavioral Sciences Training
Branch, Division of Manpower and Training Programs, NIMH
Box 3, Folder 3
NIH reports and memoranda.
1959, 1961
Scope and Content Note
reprint: "The National Institutes of Health research grant program and the history and sociocultural aspects of medicine",
by Philip Sapier and Jeanne Brand; "Members of Advisory Groups of the National Institutes of Health, 1946-1961, for administrative
use only", issued by Mental Health Study Section, Division of Research Grants
Box 3, Folder 4
Biological Sciences Training Subcommittee. Transcript of proceedings.
1962 April
Physical Description: 3 v, soft bound
Scope and Content Note
297 pp. transcript; main discussion topics: enhancing quality and quantity of programs for training people for basic science
research relevant to mental health, and training professional mental health personnel in the research methodology of the biological
sciences
Note
Dr. Elmadjian had just joined the Section and attended mostly as an observer
Box 3, Folder 5
List of neuroscientists suggested for unspecified purpose.
1962 May
Scope and Content Note
letter from Hudson Hoagland, Worcester Foundation, to Elmadjian
Box 3, Folder 6
"An Historical Perspective on the National Institute of Mental Health", ed. by Jeanne L. Brand and Philip Sapir.
1964 February
Scope and Content Note
84-page typed report
Box 3, Folder 7
Report, Preclinical Psychopharmacology Research Training Conference, NIMH.
1964 October
Scope and Content Note
14-page summary prepared by Drs. Elmadjian and Frederick E. Shideman, marked Privileged Communication
Box 3, Folder 8
Notes on visit by Dr. Marrat Vartanyan, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, USSR Academy of Sciences.
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 9
Reports on IBRO-UNESCO International Regional Visiting Seminars.
1964-1965
Scope and Content Note
reports on the first two seminars, at Jablonna/Warsaw, Poland, and New Delhi, India
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 10
Biological Sciences Branch Research Training Programs. Training and Manpower Resources Branch, NIMH.
1965
Scope and Content Note
marked for administrative purposes only; earlier drafts dated 4/24/64, 5/4/64
Box 3, Folder 11
Mental Health Training Committee. Coordinating Panel for Training.
1966 October
Scope and Content Note
eight-page typed report of meeting October 7-8, 1966
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 12
"Behavioral science research in the National Institute of Mental Health".
1966 November
Scope and Content Note
48-page typed draft report on present status and proposals through 1972
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 13
"History and Development of Research Training Programs in the Biological Sciences Relevant to Mental Health".
1966 November
Scope and Content Note
a report prepared by Dr. Elmadjian, with extensive comments by others, reprinted from "Biology in the Behavioral Sciences,
Proceedings of NIMH Program Directors Meeting", ed. by Lloyd J. Roth et al. University of Chicago, 1966
Note
see next folder for the complete publication
Box 3, Folder 14
"Biology in the Behavioral Sciences, Proceedings of NIMH Program Directors Meeting", ed. by Lloyd J. Roth et al.
1966 November
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
92-page printed report; typed transcript of all meeting sessions; Elmadjian manuscript notes of Workshop Summary Session
Note
this was the first Program Directors meeting
Box 3, Folder 15
Ad Hoc Committee on Behavioral Science, NIMH.
1966 November
Scope and Content Note
draft summary of the discussion of a meeting, October 4-5, 1966, with FE annotations
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 16
Biological Sciences Section. Behavioral Sciences Training Branch.
1966
Scope and Content Note
Elmadjian's notes for a Branch meeting, stating need to clarify term "Behavioral Sciences" (7/1966); 14-page document outlining
"Conceptual and programmatic framework", and "Innovation" for training programs (10/1966)
Box 3, Folder 17
"Behavioral Sciences Training Branch. Program development and budget projections, FY 1968-1972".
circa 1967
Scope and Content Note
65-page typed report
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 18
Speech by Elmadjian to Divisional staff meeting.
1968 May
Scope and Content Note
20-page draft of a talk with "no title", on ideas important "...in the development of a conceptual framework for an understanding
of human behavior."
Box 3, Folder 19
"Biological Sciences Research Training Programs and Fellowships".
1968
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
administrative use report
Box 3, Folder 20
Behavioral Sciences Training Branch budget and program documents.
1968-1969
Scope and Content Note
short reports on budget projections and program plans, and information presented in preparation for the NIMH Council Meeting
of September 1968
Note
various authors, including Elmadjian
Box 3, Folder 21
Sabbatical/temporary assignment at Stanford University and University of Illinois, Urbana.
1968-1970
Scope and Content Note
NIMH memoranda; correspondence and plans; itineraries
Note
Dr. Elmadjian spent July-December, 1969, at Stanford under the auspices of the University's Department of Psychiatry. He also
spent a short time at the Center for Advanced Study, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, but the file includes only preliminary correspondence
for that time; for transcription of audiotape dealing with the sabbatical year, see Box 5, Folders 21 and 23
Box 3, Folder 22
Biological Training in the Behavioral Sciences; Proceedings of the Second Program Directors Meeting", ed. by Gerald E. McClearn.
Stanford University.
1969 May
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
151-page report issued July, 1970
Box 3, Folder 23
Dr. Elmadjian's preliminary documents on defining possible future purpose, scope, and methods of Biological Sciences Section
training programs.
undated
Scope and Content Note
one 30-page typed report labeled not for publication: "Research training in the biological sciences relevant to mental health:
some conceptual and theoretical aspects", formulated during Dr. Elmadjian's six-months special assignment at Stanford University,
1969-1970; two- to four-page typed reports on: "The grants program of the NIMH for research training in the biological sciences";
"Research training in the biological sciences relevant to mental health"; problems faced in introducing a multidisciplinary/interdepartmental
training program within a University's departmental structure; need to broaden psychiatric training beyond a specific philosophy
and methodology
Box 3, Folder 24
"Research Training in the Biological Sciences Relevant to Mental Health: some conceptual and theoretical aspects".
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
expanded version of the same-titled document listed in folder above [Box 3, Folder 23]
Box 3, Folder 25
Documents pertaining to research in the Social Sciences.
1969
Scope and Content Note
draft of minutes of a meeting of the Committee on Biological Bases of Social Behavior, Social Science Research Council; four
short statements by different authors re. problems of research in the social sciences; a few thoughts by Elmadjian about use
of terms
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 3, Folder 26
Telephone survey of Behavioral Sciences Training Branch Program Directors.
1970 August
Scope and Content Note
questions and answers from 14 programs
Box 3, Folder 27
"Biological Sciences Research Training Programs and Fellowships".
1970
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
administrative use report
Box 3, Folder 28
Handwritten notes.
1970
Scope and Content Note
over 30 pages of notes from 2/16/70-3/18/70 on meetings, seminars, and reflections on student unrest during his sabbatical
visit to the University of Illinois, Urbana
Box 3, Folder 29
"Biological Training for Mental Health Research: achievements, planning and prospects; Proceedings of the Third Program Directors
Meeting", ed. by Peter B. Dews, University of Colorado.
1972 October 5-6
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
39-page report
Box 3, Folder 30
Minority recruitment and training.
1972
Scope and Content Note
proposals for undergraduate summer training in neurobiology research for minority students submitted to Elmadjian; FE's notes
on a meeting, and memo on Division policy on minority group training
Note
see Box 4, Folder 6 for discussion of graduate training for minorities
Box 3, Folder 31
"Goal-oriented programming, Biological Sciences Section, Behavioral Sciences Training Branch: fiscal years 1973-1977".
circa 1972
Scope and Content Note
22-page typed report
Box 3, Folder 32
Critique of a training program application.
undated
Scope and Content Note
handwritten notes and early typed draft for evaluation of a program application
Transcriptions from audiotape recordings.
Scope and Content Note
see Box 5, Folders 19 and 22 for recollections of NIMH service, to 1974
Series 4.
Division of Manpower and Training Programs (DMTP). National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH).
1974-1982
Physical Description:
58 folders
Scope and Content Note
During this period Dr. Elmadjian served as: Chief, Biological Sciences Section (1974-1977), Acting Associate Director for
Research Training (1974-1975), Associate Director for Research Training (1975-1981), and Acting Chief, Mental Health Research
Manpower Branch (1977-1978), DMTP; after his retirement in April 1981 he served as an occasional consultant to the NIMH until
1982. Unless otherwise indicated, all reports were authored by Dr. Elmadjian.
Arrangement
chronologically
Box 3, Folder 33
RTF: "Training for Research: a Report for the Research Task Force, NIMH", prepared by Stanley F. Schneider.
1974 January
Scope and Content Note
163-page typed report: Part 1. short history, program description, and program products of NIMH-supported research training
programs; Part 2. author's personal views of issues, problems, and recommendations for the future of the programs
Note
Dr. Schneider was Chief, Psychology Section, Behavioral Sciences Training Branch
Box 3, Folder 34
RTC: Materials for Research Training Committee.
1974 February
Scope and Content Note
memo from Dr. Julius Segal, Task Force Director, stating the Committee tasks; background materials: "Training for Research",
a shorter version of Dr. Schneider's Part 1 [see folder above]; "Highlights of Recommendations from Preliminary Drafts of
the RTF Report"
Box 3, Folder 35
RTC: Pre-meeting reading materials.
1974 June
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
memo and list of RTC Consultants; NIMH RTF report summary and table-of-contents; information on training programs and research
manpower; position papers by consultants: James F. Alexander, Stuart W. Cook, Daniel X. Freedman, Michael Goldstein, Herbert
C. Kelman
Box 3, Folder 36
RTC: Pre-meeting reading materials.
1974
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
position papers by consultants: Gregory Kimble, Jerry J. Kollros, Paul V. Lemkau, David Mechanic, Laura Nader, Norman A. Scotch,
M. Brewster Smith, Eugene Smolensky, Marvin Stein, Sheldeon H. White
Box 3, Folder 37
RTC: Memoranda to the Research Training Committee preparatory to three-day working session.
1974 February-June
Scope and Content Note
lists of names for Research Training Committee and persons invited to work with the RTC; planning meeting summaries; directives
for RTC goals and tasks
Box 3, Folder 38
RTC: Workshop reports and some comments.
1974 June
Scope and Content Note
Workshop A: The changing nature of research.; Workshop B: The interface of the research community and society; Workshop C:
Mechanisms of research support
Box 3, Folder 39
RTC: draft reports on "Training for Mental Health Research".
1974
Scope and Content Note
drafts dated 7/26/74, 8/27/74, and 10/28/74; comments on the drafts from outside reviewers
Box 3, Folder 40
RTF: "Research in the Service of Mental Health: Report of the Research Task Force of the NIMH".
1974
Physical Description: soft bound
Scope and Content Note
444 pages
Note
Dr. Elmadjian was Chair of Study Group No. 1: Biological and Physiological Processes
Box 3, Folder 41
RTF: "Research in the Service of Mental Health: Report of the Research Task Force of the NIMH. Summary Report".
1974
Physical Description: soft bound
Scope and Content Note
96 pages
Box 3, Folder 42
Conceptual and programmatic aspects of mental health training.
1974, 1975
Scope and Content Note
memoranda and background statements, "1966 revisited", in Elmadjian's words
Box 3, Folder 43
Advisor to non-NIMH projects.
1964, 1974
Scope and Content Note
resource person to the author, Margaret B. Kreig, of "Green Medicine" - two group photographs including Elmadjian; correspondence
and notes re. Roche Laboratories' desire to set up a small grants program for young scientists
Box 4, Folder 1
NIMH reports and memoranda.
1974-1975
Scope and Content Note
"Overview of NIMH and ADAMHA in relation to biomedical research" with Elmadjian notations; "Research - report prepared for
preparatory Commission #5 and the Steering Committee", revised draft #2 [various authors]; memo: "Classification of disciplines:
an understaning", by FE
Box 4, Folder 2
National Research Service Award (NRSA) implementation.
1974-1975, 1979
Scope and Content Note
administrative memos and meeting notes about implementation of the new regulations: discussions of guidelines, interpretations,
and necessary reorganizations within DMPT, NIMH, and ADAMHA; memo re. new 1979 announcement
Note
memos by FE; other documents by unspecified authors
Box 4, Folder 3
"National Institute of Mental Health: Forward Plan, FY 1977-81".
1975 May
Scope and Content Note
101-page typed report
Note
unspecified authors
Box 4, Folder 4
"Clinical Research Centers (CRC) for NIMH".
1975-1978
Scope and Content Note
four-page typed opinion of criteria required for an effective Clinical Research Center for mental health; four-page memo on
deinstitutionalization; detailed statistical report on clinical trainees, 2/14/78
Box 4, Folder 5
National Advisory Mental Health Council Subgroup Report on Minority Related Research.
1975
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Elmadjian's rough notes for a response to the Report
Box 4, Folder 6
Graduate education of minorities.
1976
Scope and Content Note
overview and statistics
Note
see Box 3, Folder 30 for discussion of undergraduate training
Box 4, Folder 7
"Youth, the critical period".
1976 January
Scope and Content Note
11-page typed manuscript plus two tables; typed notes
Box 4, Folder 8
In honor of Dr. Elmadjian's move from Chief, Biological Sciences Branch, DMTP, NIMH, to Associate Director for Research Training,
Division of Manpower and Training Programs.
1976
Scope and Content Note
circa 40 letters expressing appreciation and thanks for FE's creation and nurture of numerous interdisciplinary training programs
across the country, plus one hand-drawn cartoon
Box 4, Folder 9
Federal funds and higher education.
circa 1976
Scope and Content Note
typed notes on how funds are spent and how they should be spent, and projections of student numbers at various levels of education
Box 4, Folder 10
NIMH memoranda.
1976
Scope and Content Note
various communications, mostly concerned with budgetary matters
Box 4, Folder 11
Report, Division of Manpower and Training Programs. Part I. Clinical Training.
circa 1977
Scope and Content Note
report undertaken "...to record the changes in the Division's programs which have occurred since the first decisions to phase
out the training programs were taken in 1969."; narrative and many statistical tables
Note
authorship unspecified
Box 4, Folder 12
"Clinical/Services Training Grants Sourcebook, fiscal year 1976".
circa 1977
Physical Description: soft-bound
Scope and Content Note
report - narrative and statistical tables
Note
Elmadjian acted as consultant
Box 4, Folder 13
"Some highlights of the Annual Report on research training".
1977 May
Scope and Content Note
mostly statistical tables, prepared by Elmadjian for a National Advisory Mental Health Council meeting
Box 4, Folder 14
Science and research in the U.S.
1977
Scope and Content Note
typed notes by Elmadjian on various books and articles
Box 4, Folder 15
Temporary assignment at UCLA.
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
"Organizational and administrative structure of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Neuropsychiatric
Institute of the University of California at Los Angeles", by Elmadjian, 4/28/1978; list of issues to study at UCLA; itinerary
of interviews; correspondence; notes
Note
for personal comments about the UCLA stay, see pp. 12-15 of Box 5, folder 23; issues of interest to FE were: graduate education
and manpower development; the impact of Federal policies and regulations on higher education and on University function
Box 4, Folder 16
"Policy Issues Relating to Research Training in the Division of Manpower and Training Programs".
1978
Scope and Content Note
typed report in two drafts; also, "Research Training: an alternative"
Box 4, Folder 17
"Statistical Review of Research Training Division of Manpower and Training Programs, Fiscal Year 1975-1976", by Fred Elmadjian
with technical assistance of Shirley A. Padgett.
1978 April
Physical Description: soft bound
Scope and Content Note
73-page report
Box 4, Folder 18
"A Study of eleven years of research training within the Division of Manpower and Training Programs, 1967 to 1977", by Shirley
A. Padgett.
1978 May
Scope and Content Note
typed report
Box 4, Folder 19
"Institutional Research Training, Division of Manpower and Training Programs, FY 1977", prepared by Shirley A. Padgett.
1978 June
Scope and Content Note
Elmadjian wrote the preface
Box 4, Folder 20
President's Commission on Mental Health directives for reorganization of ADAMHA granting process.
1978
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
short memo from Dr. Daniel X. Freedman, Coordinator for the Research Task Panel of the Commission, to the Members, urging
against rushing into the changes; various NIMH memoranda re. the ordered reorganization
Note
the directives called for reorganization of Initial Review Groups (IRG), and separation of review from program functions in
grant administration
Box 4, Folder 21
President's Commission on Mental Health directives for reorganization of ADAMHA granting process.
1980
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
48-page report prepared by Dr. Elmadjian: "ADAMHA Reorganization of Initial Review Groups: separation of review from program
functions: a Division of Manpower and Training Programs perspective; separate undated 5-page typed report, more informal,
more critical, and more focused on the new procedures' undesirable effects on training grants
Box 4, Folder 22
"Science Policy and the Federal Government".
1978 September
Scope and Content Note
38-page typed report
Box 4, Folder 23
"Public Policy and Higher Education".
1978 October
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
63-page typed report; background materials, notes
Box 4, Folder 24
"Public Policy and Higher Education".
1978
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
earlier drafts of the report; background materials and notes
Box 4, Folder 25
"Graduate education and the development of research manpower in the United States".
1978
Scope and Content Note
Chapter II of "Public policy and higher education" [previous folder] in slightly altered form
Box 4, Folder 26
"Research training of the core mental health professionals".
1979 January
Scope and Content Note
17-page typed report with 10 pp. of attachments
Box 4, Folder 27
"Institutional Research Training Division of Manpower and Training Programs, FY 1978".
1979 May
Scope and Content Note
unpaged typed report
Box 4, Folder 28
Statistical tables, research training, DMTP.
circa 1979
Scope and Content Note
working copies of statistical tables of training programs by DMTP Sections for one year (year not identified), and table of
number of trainees by fiscal year and discipline, 1967-1979
Note
author unspecified
Box 4, Folder 29
"Final Report of the NIMH Research Training Work Group", Dr. Frank Sullivan, Chairperson.
1979 August
Scope and Content Note
typed report and summary, with annotations by Elmadjian; a detailed response to the report by Elmadjian, directed to the Director,
DMPT
Box 4, Folder 30
NIMH reports and memoranda.
1979
Scope and Content Note
Report of the NIMH Work Group on Research Training Data
Note
author unspecified
Box 4, Folder 31
Some issues relating to mental health professional personnel participating in careers of research.
1975-1979
Scope and Content Note
notes, memoranda, guidelines
Note
title taken from original folder; various authors
Box 4, Folder 32
"An Institute in search of mental health: a perspective of an identity crisis".
1979 December
Scope and Content Note
three-page attempt to clarify the terms "mental health" and "psychiatry" and define their boundaries and relationship
Box 4, Folder 33
Memoranda commenting on two papers.
1979
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Elmadjian's comments on "The Limits of Mental Health" by Gerald L. Klerman, and "Position Papers" from the American Psychological
Association
Box 4, Folder 34
"Research Training at the National Institute of Mental Health - a proposal".
circa 1979
Scope and Content Note
Elmadjian proposed "To provide a manuscript recounting the history of research training and to present an analysis and a critique
of research training mission of NIMH"; several outlines and chapter notes; background statistics and notes
Note
there is no evidence that the proposal was ever submitted
Box 4, Folder 35
NIMH organizational and administrative concerns.
1979-1980
Scope and Content Note
FE's notes concerning organization of a Neuroscience Branch and a Clinical Sciences Branch; concerns about relocating the
operating units of research training; "Action Plan: 1980-1981"
Box 4, Folder 36
"Institutional Research Training, Division of Manpower and Training Programs, FY 1979".
1980 April
Scope and Content Note
narrative and statistical tables
Box 4, Folder 37
"Personnel Needs for Mental Health Services", by Dr. Neil Waldrop.
1980
Scope and Content Note
draft report, requested by the U.S. Senate, with covering letters
Box 4, Folder 38
NIMH public advisory and review groups.
1980
Scope and Content Note
typed, annotated list of [suggested?] members; published list of 1963 members; notes
Box 4, Folder 39
NIMH reports and memoranda.
1980
Scope and Content Note
extensive document prepared for the Director of NIMH, Dr. Herbert Pardes, with material for his upcoming address to the "Symposium
on the Recruitment of Clinicians for Mental Health Research", National Academy of Sciences.
Note
the notes were prepared by Dr. Frank J. Sullivan with staff and Division Heads' input
Box 4, Folder 40
NIMH reports and memoranda.
1980
Scope and Content Note
two memoranda from Director, DMTP to Director, NIMH, concerning: Dr. Elmadjian's duties; and, placement of research training
programs within NIMH structure
Box 4, Folder 41
Notes on meetings and telephone calls.
1975-1979
Scope and Content Note
manuscript or typed notes giving dates, persons involved, and brief summaries of content
Box 4, Folder 42
In honor of Dr. Elmadjian's retirement from NIMH.
1981
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
letters of appreciation and respect from within NIMH, ADAMHA, and NIH; snapshots taken at the farewell festivities
Box 4, Folder 43
In honor of Dr. Elmadjian's retirement from NIMH.
1981
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
circa 60 letters from scientists across the U.S., lauding Dr. Elmadjian's leadership and influence in promoting interdisciplinary
training and research for the study of behavior
Box 4, Folder 44
Documents and memoranda on changes in NIMH and ADAMHA.
1981, 1990
Scope and Content Note
documents, memos, and notes sent by former colleagues to keep the retired Dr. Elmadjian up to date; draft of a 1990 letter
by Elmadjian to Stan [?]
Box 4, Folder 45
"Reorganization of Research Training, DMTP, NIMH, 1982: reactions and comments".
1982 June
Scope and Content Note
ten-page typed report prepared by FE as a consultant to NIMH; pertinent background documents from the American Psychiatric
Association and the Association for the Advancement of Psychology
Box 4, Folder 46
Reports and memoranda from other institutions.
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
includes: UCLA memo re. Western Regional Neuroscience Consortium - Phase II (1976); "A Fact Book on Higher Education", American
Council on Education (Issue 2, 1976); Univ. Washington Research Management Improvement Program Bulletin (1977)
Transcriptions from audiotape recordings. Date: 1989
Scope and Content Note
see Box 5, Folders 20, 22, 23 for recollections of NIMH service from 1974 on
Series 5.
Speeches, Essays, Reading Notes, Audiotapes.
1964-1997
Physical Description:
34 folders and 16 audiotapes
Box 4, Folder 47
"Mental health and the biological sciences".
1964
Scope and Content Note
"The conceptual aspect of human behavior must be pluralistic..." - thoughts on how this affects the structure of the NIMH
Box 4, Folder 48
"Biological Sciences Training Program of NIMH: a model for training in psychiatric research".
1967 November 30
Scope and Content Note
drafts of speech presented to the Psychiatric Research Society, Bronx, NY
Box 4, Folder 49
"The University and the Government".
1970
Scope and Content Note
19-page typed draft of speech presented at Duke University, 5/28/70; a slightly different draft is titled "'Studium et imperium:..."
Box 4, Folder 50
"The study of human behavior: a problem in epistemology".
1971 April
Scope and Content Note
speech presented to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia
Box 4, Folder 51
"Human behavior: its adaptations and its failures".
1971 December
Scope and Content Note
remarks presented at a dedication ceremony, American Museum of Natural History.
Box 4, Folder 52
"Biology in the behavioral sciences".
1971 December
Scope and Content Note
31-page typed speech presented to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia
Box 4, Folder 53
Untitled remarks.
circa 1976
Scope and Content Note
five-page typed short speech presented at the "annual dinner of the Spring Symposium"
Box 4, Folder 54
"NIMH Research Training: perspectives and policies".
1977
Scope and Content Note
typed manuscript, presented to the Sigma Xi Society, Catholic University, Washington, DC
Box 4, Folder 55
"The incident at the Texas Tower (the case of Charles J. Whitman)".
1966 September
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Elmadjian's assessment and recommendations presented to the Panel assembled by Governor John Connally to review the incident;
personal observations; Gov. Connally's letter of appreciation
Box 4, Folder 56
"Review of intergovernmental relations".
1974
Scope and Content Note
several typed drafts, one dated 12/27/74; hand-written notes
Box 4, Folder 57
"Development of Federal health policies".
1978
Scope and Content Note
12-page typed text, and notes for 1st draft
Box 4, Folder 58
"The Disadvantaged, Mental Health and Psychiatry".
1980 January
Scope and Content Note
two-page typed discussion of the need for a precise definition of "the disadvantaged", in order to understand the appropriate
role of medicine and psychiatry in relation to this group
Box 5, Folder 1
Symposium - science administration.
undated
Scope and Content Note
typed notes for a presentation at an unspecified symposium
Box 5, Folder 2
"Biological Basis for Human Behavior. Part III."
undated
Scope and Content Note
60-page typed text; separate groups of typed and manuscript notes
Note
title from original folder
Box 5, Folder 3
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843).
undated
Scope and Content Note
short essay on Hassler (first Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey), and the U.S. Congress, which Elmadjian cites as an
example of "... the beginnings of the interaction between science and the elected body namely Congress."; extensive notes
based on "The Chequered Career of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler", by Florian Cajori
Box 5, Folder 4
"Islam: some aspects unique to governance".
undated
Scope and Content Note
11-paged typed draft
Box 5, Folder 5
"The social and human sciences".
undated
Scope and Content Note
text; numerous notes
Box 5, Folder 6
Knowledge and understanding.
undated
Scope and Content Note
notes
Box 5, Folder 7
Short essays.
undated
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
one-to-four-page pieces on: "Anthropology and mental health"; "Concept of stress"; "Is vs. ought"; "The matrix of specialization";
"The emancipation of thought from myth"; "Social biology: a program of preventative medicine"; untitled pages
Box 5, Folder 8
Short essays.
undated
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
"A brief historical background" [to NIMH and research in mental disorders];"The emergence of organized research on brain and
behavior"; "Prospects in clinical neuroscience"; "Organizational and administrative issues related to research in schizophrenia";
"National plan for schizophrenia research"
Box 5, Folder 9
Notes on professional readings.
undated
Physical Description: folder 1 of 2
Scope and Content Note
typed notes and précis of books and articles from the published literature: mainly on education, educational institutions,
training, youth
Note
see also next folder and Box 2, Folder 5 for additional reading notes
Box 5, Folder 10
Notes on professional readings.
undated
Physical Description: folder 2 of 2
Scope and Content Note
typed notes and précis of books and articles from the published literature: mainly on medicine, society, mind
Note
see also previous folder and Box 2, Folder 5 for additional reading notes
Box 5, Folder 11
Index of personal audiotape recordings.
1989, 1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
small notebook with very short entries of content for 15 tapes; invoices for transcription costs
Box 5, Folder 12
Transcription of Tape 1.
Scope and Content Note
sections: "Ancestral history; Parental families; Early years in Aleppo; Growing up in America; College of Pharmacy; Bus ride
with Eve to Worcester; The making of a cosmopolitan and its consequences; A career in research"
Box 5, Folder 13
Transcription of Tapes 2 and 3.
Scope and Content Note
sections: introduction; text and comments on "Analysis of psychiatric research: a preliminary report", by Fred Elmadjian and
Justin M. Hope; text and comments on "God in the Age of Science", by Fred Elmadjian; "Hope manuscript, the completion of it"
(some duplication of previous pages); thoughts about the seminars FE presented for psychiatric residents at Worcester State
Hospital for some years; "Vignette #4 and #5: two-page anecdotes about lecturing to psychiatry residents [audiotape number
unidentified]; earlier drafts of some sections
Box 5, Folder 14
Transcription of Tape 4.
Scope and Content Note
sections: Seminar to psychiatrists - content
Box 5, Folder 15
Transcription of Tapes 5 and 6.
Scope and Content Note
sections: lecture at Northwestern University, "Role of the adrenal cortex in the General Adaptation Syndrome", and, "Derailment
of [Hans Selye's] General Adaptation Syndrome"; "Explanation: how we 'explain' a fact..."; "Korean trip"
Box 5, Folder 16
Transcription of Tape 7.
Scope and Content Note
sections: "Lymphocyte story and beginning to participate in psychiatric research"; "A detour into academia"; "Back to research";
"A short chapter in the story of the 'Pill'"; "Vignette #3": two pages on Gregory Pincus and FE in the lab [audiotape number
unidentified]
Box 5, Folder 17
Transcription of Tape 8.
Scope and Content Note
sections: "Chimpanzees, South America, Milan, NIMH"; "Education and early memories"
Box 5, Folder 18
Transcription of Tapes 9 and 10.
Scope and Content Note
sections: "Trip from Aleppo to the United States, and education"; "Social and work experience in Worcester"; some early NIMH-related
experiences
Box 5, Folder 19
Transcription of Tape 11.
1997
Scope and Content Note
sections: "NIMH, 1963-1966: three conferences"; "Administrative career, 1964 to 1955: control of psychiatric research training"
Box 5, Folder 20
Transcription of Tape 12.
undated
Scope and Content Note
sections: "NIMH Career: Assistant Director for Research Training, Task Force"; "Task Force: Award, NIMH policies and MH Politics"
Box 5, Folder 21
Transcription of Tape 13.
undated
Scope and Content Note
"1969 - Sabbatical trip: Stanford University, University of Illinois, and MS at Duke University"
Box 5, Folder 22
Transcription of Tape 14.
undated
Scope and Content Note
sections: "Anecdotes while in NIMH"; "Completion of anecdotes: politics of mental health"
Box 5, Folder 23
Transcription of Tape 15.
1997
Scope and Content Note
sections: "...how to handle problems related to behavioral disorder, maladaptive behavior and mental illness in the most narrow
sense...an attempt at some constructive suggestions on how to deal with this complex problem"; studies at UCLA; thoughts on
academia and management issues
Box 5, Folder 24
Transcription of unnumbered tape.
undated
Scope and Content Note
sections: description of some personal phone calls re. FE's autobiographical tapes and history of NIMH; comments on some documents
from NIMH [and other institutions?] re. neuroscience and the problem of schizophrenia
Box 5
Audiotapes.
1989
Scope and Content Note
tapes 1-15 and one unnumbered tape