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Call Number: SC0818
Creator:
Mosher, Loren R., 1933-
Title: Loren R. Mosher papers
Dates: 1933-2004
Physical Description:
10 Linear feet
Physical Description:
Summary: Biographical material, correspondence, articles and papers, reports, interviews, photographs, and audiovisual material relating
to Loren R. Mosher, a clinician specializing in the treatment of schizophrenia without drugs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Loren R. Mosher papers, SC 818. Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Biography / Administrative History
Loren R. Mosher, clinician specializing in the treatment of schizophrenia without drugs, earned his undergraduate degree in
biological sciences at Stanford University in 1956. His professional posts have included first chief of the National Institute
of Mental Health's Center for the Studies of Schizophrenia (1968 to 1980); chief medical director of mental health service
in Montgomery County, Md., (1988 to 1996); and clinical director of mental health services for San Diego County (1996 to 1998).
He also served as clinical professor of psychiatry at UC-San Diego School of Medicine. He died in 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1 Papers and Series 2 Publications. Biographical materials in Series 1, 1933-2004,
include a diary from his 1973 trip to USSR, several interview transcripts, and his 1998 resignation from the APA with related
correspondence. Correspondence in Series 1, 1965-2004, is arranged by name and subject; correspondents include Manfred Bleuler,
Jerker Hanson, Theodore Itten, Noel Cobb, R. D. Laing (1 letter, 1965), Lars Martensson, Daniel R. Moynihan, and Karl Menninger
(1 letter, 1973). Articles and papers in Series 1 are in typescript form dating from 1961 to 1999 and include a book manuscript
on Soteria. Subject files in Series 1 contain articles, correspondence, reports, and memos; of note are Mosher?s interviews
with Medard Boss and Manfred Bleuler, 1988; papers on existential psychiatry by Medard Boss, George Serban, and Paul Tillich
(typescript); and reports, manuals and notes on Soteria, 1972-92. Other materials in Series 1 include photographs of Mosher,
1973-2000 and undated; slides of illustrations for talks; audio and video cassette tapes of talks, 1976-98; and DVDs on Mosher?s
career. Series 2 contains published versions of his work (journal articles and books), with some related correspondence.
Bleuler, Manfred
Boss, Medard, 1903-
Laing, R. D. (Ronald David), 1927-1989
Martensson, Lars.
Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990
Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965
Community mental health services.
Schizophrenia.