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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Lawrence Kolb
RLIN number: NXCP89-A32
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Health Sciences Project
Description: Family, educational background; Public Health Service work with New York Psychiatric Institute; medical director on Ellis Island, 1913-19; 1920s drug and alcohol addiction study, Hygienic Laboratory; administration of narcotics hospital, research lab, Kentucky; Director, Division of Mental Hygiene, United States Public Health Service, 1938-44; push for National Institute of Mental Health, community centers; role of World Wars in medical research; aging and mental health study.
Extent: Transcript: 73 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1963 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1881
Speaker occupation: Administrator; Psychiatrist
Age at speaking: 82
Document date: 1963
Interviewer: Phillips, Harlan B.
Organizations discussed: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
Locations discussed: North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Drug abuse; Mental health; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD; North America; Psychology; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Alcoholics--Psychology; Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972; United States--Public Health Service
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020836-16277