Research Catalog

Title

Elizabeth Bishop Davis papers, 1964-1979.

Author

Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, 1920-

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Details

Additional Authors

Engri, Gladys.

Description

.2 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)

Summary

The Elizabeth Bishop Davis Papers include papers given by Davis at professional psychiatric conferences from 1964 to 1982 as well as published articles, 1964-1979. While the topics are varied, many deal with mental illness among blacks, psychiatric health care in an inner-city setting, and the role of psychoanalysis in the treatment of the mentally ill. Other themes deal with the consequences of poverty and racial discrimination on mental health, particularly in Harlem, community psychiatry and black psychiatrists. There are also papers presented by other Harlem Hospital psychiatrists and women staff, including Gladys Engri.

Subjects

• African Americans > Mental health
• Psychotherapy > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans in medicine > New York (State) > New York
• Women physicians
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Mentally ill > New York (State) > New York
• Mental health facilities > New York (State) > New York
• Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.) > Department of Psychiatry
• Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, 1920-
• Mental health counseling > New York (State) > New York
• African American psychiatrists
• Psychiatry > African Americans

Source (note)

• Davis, Elizabeth Bishop

Biography (note)

• African American psychiatrist Elizabeth Bishop Davis began her career in the late 1940s with the Lafargue Clinic, the first mental health facility that primarily served African Americans in Harlem. Her father, the Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop, rector of St. Philips' Church, helped to establish the clinic which was housed in the church. In 1962, she accepted the position of director of Harlem Hospital's newly established Department of Psychiatry, serving in that position until 1978. During this period she became an authority on providing psychiatric care in inner-city settings. Davis began teaching in 1957 at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, where she received her medical degree (1949). In 1971 she was promoted to clinical professor of psychiatry, and retired in 1978.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Preliminary finding aid available.

Call Number

Sc MG 121

OCLC

122570960

Author

Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, 1920-

Title

Elizabeth Bishop Davis papers, 1964-1979.

Biography

African American psychiatrist Elizabeth Bishop Davis began her career in the late 1940s with the Lafargue Clinic, the first mental health facility that primarily served African Americans in Harlem. Her father, the Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop, rector of St. Philips' Church, helped to establish the clinic which was housed in the church. In 1962, she accepted the position of director of Harlem Hospital's newly established Department of Psychiatry, serving in that position until 1978. During this period she became an authority on providing psychiatric care in inner-city settings. Davis began teaching in 1957 at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, where she received her medical degree (1949). In 1971 she was promoted to clinical professor of psychiatry, and retired in 1978.

Indexes

Preliminary finding aid available.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Elizabeth Davis (1920- ) papers; Also located at Columbia University Health Science Library.

Source

Davis, Elizabeth Bishop Gift 1983 SCM 83-10, 83-15

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Occupation

African American psychiatrists.

Women physicians.

Added Author

Engri, Gladys.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 121