Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Daniel X. Freedman papers
- Dates:
- circa 1921-1993
- Creators:
- Freedman, Daniel X.
- Extent:
- 112.0 Linear Feet (225 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Daniel X. Freedman papers (Collection 369). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, class syllabi, lectures, notes, grant applications, laboratory notebooks and data, manuscripts and typescripts of publications, lectures, speeches, interviews, publications, notes of committee meetings and draft reports, patient case notes and correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, awards, photographs, and audiotapes.
- Biographical / historical:
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Freedman was born on August 17, 1921 in Lafayette, Indiana; BA, Harvard University, 1947; MD, Yale University, 1951; as recipient of a Career Investigator Award, he studied the effects of LSD at the National Institute of Mental Health (1957-58); assistant professor (1958-61), associate professor (1961-64), and professor of psychiatry (1964-66), Yale University; became professor and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Chicago in 1966; became Judson Braun Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at UCLA in 1983; served as acting chairman of the UCLA department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, and acting director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1989-91; became chief editor of the American Medical Association's Archives of General Psychiatry in 1970; served as president of the American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry (1972-73), the Association of Research in Nervous and Mental Disease (1974), the American Psychiatric Association (1981-82), and the Society of Biological Psychiatry (1985-86); chaired or served on many federal committees; won several awards including the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Modern Medicine (1973), co-authored The theory and practice of psychiatry (with Frederick C. Redlich, 1966); Freedman died on June 3, 1993 in Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred by Neuroscience History Archives of UCLA's Brain Research Institute, 1999.
- Custodial history:
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Gifted to Neuroscience History Archives of UCLA's Brain Research Institute by Mary C.N. Freedman, 1994.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Russell A. Johnson, 1999.
Photographs have been individually sleeved in Mylar. Newspaper clippings have been photocopied onto permanent durable paper. Audiotapes have not peen played to determine condition and content, and may need to be re-mastered.
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- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-21 13:19:02 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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In order to access materials that are protected under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) or for which there is sensitive health information, please submit a research protocol to Library Special Collections at AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.
Open for research, with the following exceptions:
The following boxes are closed to research for 75 years from the latest date on each box:
- 187-191: Archives of General Psychiatry Manuscript Control Files, 1978-1990
- 192-216: Personnel: Individuals, 1965-1993
- 216-217: Personnel: Departments and Programs, 1973-1992
- 221-222: Legal Files, 1977-1992
- 223: Appointments and Administrative Duties: UCLA, 1986-1993
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Daniel X. Freedman papers (Collection 369). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988