FINDING AID TO THE CHARLES SAVAGE PAPERS, 1940-2003
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Creator Information Savage, Charles
Title Charles Savage papers
Collection Identifier MSP 70
Date Span 1940-2003, predominant 1960-1970
Abstract The Charles Savage papers documents his professional and personal life focusing on his research concerning the therapeutic use of LSD and marijuana, his stay and research in West Africa, and his involvement with Spring Grove State Hospital, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, and Friends of Psychiatric Research. The collection contains personal manuscripts, articles, grant applications, patient notes, and correspondence.
Extent 7 cubic feet (14 mss boxes)
Finding Aid Author Kristin Leaman, 2013
Languages English
Repository Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Purdue University Libraries
Administrative Information
Location Information: ASC
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research; however, portions of the collection are restricted to protect the privacy of patients. Papers from the collection containing patient names and other personal information are restricted for seventy-five years from the date of their creation. Redacted photocopies of this material has been put in place of the originals.
Acquisition Donated by Emmy Savage, August 8, 2009; February Information: 20, 2011; April 27, 2011; May 2, 2011.
7/2/2014 2 Accession Number: 20090819 20110220 20110427 20110502
Preferred Citation: MSP 70, Charles Savage papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Copyright Notice: Copyright restrictions may apply. Consult an archivist for details.
Subjects and Genres
Persons
Savage, Charles
Organizations
Maryland State Psychiatric Research Center Spring Grove Hospital Center (Md.) Veterans Administration Hospital (Baltimore, MD) Washington-Baltimore Psychoanalytic Society Washington Psychiatric Society (Washington, D. C.)
Topics
LSD (Drug)—Therapeutic Use Marijuana—Therapeutic Use Research grants Yoruba (African people)
Form and Genre Types
Articles Correspondence Grant proposals Reports Reprints
Occupations
Psychology Psychiatry Psychotherapy
7/2/2014 3 Biography of Charles Savage
Charles W. Savage was born on September 25, 1918 in Berlin, Connecticut. He received a B.A. from Yale in 1939, an M.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945, and an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1999. He also attended the Washington-Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute in 1957 and served as a Lieutenant Mass Communication Specialist in the United States Navy from 1946-1953. He published fifty papers on psychopharmacology and psychoanalysis, several of which were co-authored with his wife, Ethel. He was a member of the editorial board of Psychiatry and a member of the American Psychiatric Association (fellow), American Psychoanalytic Association, American Electoencephlogram Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Psychoanalytic Society, Baltimore Psychoanalytic Society, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society. Savage was also a poet and published, in Spanish and English, Las Tinieblas en el Dia de Pentecostes. Upon his retirement, he became a medical missionary to Guatemala. At the age of 89, Savage passed away at his home on December 12, 2007.
Chronology
1945 Intern at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1946 Assistant resident in psychiatry at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1947-1948 Resident psychiatrist at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland
1948-1949 Chief psychiatrist at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina
1949-1952 Research Psychiatrist at the Naval Medical Research Institute and the National Naval Medical Center, both Bethesda, Maryland
1951 Diplomat of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1957-1958 Fellow of Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California
7/2/2014 4 1953-1958 Acting chief adult psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
1958-1960 Psychiatrist at the Livermore Sanitarium, Livermore, California
1961 Research associate on Aro Project at Abeo Kuta, Nigeria at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1961-1962 Psychiatrist at the Stanford Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California
1962-1964 Medical director at the International Foundation for Advanced Study, Menlo Park, California
1964-1965 Psychiatrist, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, California
1965 Assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University
1967 David C. Wilson Society Lecturer at University of Virginia
1965-1968 Clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland
1965-1968 Director of research at the Spring Grove State Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
1968-1972 Associate Director and Research Scientist at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland
1968-1972 Clinical associate professor at the University of Maryland
1972 Chief of psychiatric services and chief of Drug Treatment Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
7/2/2014 5 1972 Associate Professor at the University of Maryland
Sources:
“Charles Savage.” Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Gale Biography in Context. Web. 12 September 2012.
“Charles Savage.” American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today’s Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 12 September 2012.
Obituary of Charles Savage, The Washington Post (Washington, D. C.), December 20, 2007.
7/2/2014 6 Collection Description
Scope
The Charles Savage papers (1936-2003; 7 cubic feet) document Savage’s work as a psychiatrist, specifically his research on the therapeutic use of LSD-25 and marijuana during the 1960s. Materials range from correspondence between Savage and his colleagues and Savage and his patients, article reprints written by Savage or used by Savage for his research, as well as Savage’s manuscripts and miscellaneous manuscripts, some of which appear to have been created by patients. Patient notes, accounts and transcripts of LSD sessions, and information on the Spring Grove Hospital and the Maryland State Psychiatric Research Center are all included. This collection also documents Savage’s time in the Navy, as well as activities subsequent to his retirement.
Arrangement
The Charles Savage papers have been arranged in nine series.
1. Biographical Information, 1940-1984 (0.5 cubic feet). Series 1 contains Savage’s Navy orders, certifications, conference materials, curriculum vitae, and other biographical information and materials.
2. Correspondence, 1936-2001 (1.5 cubic feet). Series 2 contains correspondence between Savage and his colleagues and patients, miscellaneous and undated correspondence, memorandums, and reading files. Boxes 2 and 3 are in Savage’s original order.
3. Article Reprints and Reviews, 1949-2003 (0.5 cubic feet). Series 3 contains dated and undated article reprints that Savage used for research, as well as his article reviews. Some of the article reprints are written by him, or they are articles he may have reviewed. The materials are arranged chronologically.
4. Article, Report, and Presentation manuscripts, 1946-1980, undated (1 cubic foot). Series 4 contains manuscripts and undated manuscripts documenting Savage’s research, as well as miscellaneous manuscripts possibly created by Savage, his patients, or his colleagues. Materials are arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
5. Research and Grant materials, 1962-1979 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 5 contains grant applications and research completed by Savage and his colleagues.
6. Washington Psychoanalytic Society, 1947-2000 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 6 contains information concerning Savage’s involvement in the Washington Psychoanalytic Society, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association that offered training and practice in the theory of
7/2/2014 7 psychoanalysis. This series contains correspondence between Savage and board members of this organization (arranged chronologically), an oral history transcript detailing Savage’s relation with the organizations, and newsletters, memorandums, meeting minutes and agendas generated by the organization.
7. LSD Research materials, 1960-1969 (0.5 cubic feet). Series 7 contains Savage’s research, patient information, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to LSD research.
8. Spring Grove State Hospital materials, 1962-1969 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 8 contains plans and procedures for psychedelic research at Spring Grove State Hospital, as well as correspondence, reports, patient notes and monthly reports detailing the activities there.
9. Marijuana Research materials, 1971-1975 (0.1 cubic feet). Series 9 contains correspondence, reports, papers, and other materials pertaining to marijuana studies.
10. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Friends of Psychiatric Research, 1967-1969 (0.15 cubic feet). Series 10 contains correspondence, papers, reports, and other materials relating to Savage’s involvement with the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Friends of Psychiatric Research. Friends of Psychiatric Research is a non-profit organization that came about after an article appeared in the Baltimore Sun in 1955 that detailed the inadequacy of mental health care system in Maryland. Friends of Psychiatric Research was based at the Spring Grove State Hospital. The Veteran’s Administration approached Friends of Psychiatric Research during this time to initiate lithium carbonate clinical trials with 600 patient volunteers. It appears from Savage’s papers that he was involved with many aspects of these organizations and this study.
11. Veteran’s Administration, 1979 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 11 contains correspondence, research, and untitled/undated materials concerning Savage’s work with the Veteran’s Administration.
12. Patient Materials, 1960-1969 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 12 contains information on Savage’s patients and personal correspondence with them. These documents have been copied so that confidential information, such as patient names, can be removed. The original documents are located in Series 14, Restricted Materials.
13. Research in West Africa, 1956-1993 (0.5 cubic feet). Series 13 contains correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, and patient notes. It documents Savage’s work with Raymond Prince on their article on “Depression Among the Yoruba.”
14. Miscellaneous Materials, 1958-2000 (0.25 cubic feet). Series 14 contains materials that do not fit within the existing series structure. It consists primarily of
7/2/2014 8 information on organizations with which Savage was affiliated, as well as miscellaneous fragments of manuscript material.
15. Restricted Materials, 1958-1990 (3.4 cubic feet) Series 15 contains information that is restricted for 75 years from the date of creation with respect to patient confidentiality. Redacted photocopies of this material have been put in place of the originals.
Descriptive Rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition / Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Processing Information
Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained and noted in the finding aid. All materials have been housed in acid-free folders, acid-free boxes, and are arranged chronologically. Photographs have been placed in polyester sleeves.
7/2/2014 9 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Series 1: Biographical Information 1940-1984 (0.5 cubic feet)
Box 1
Folder 1. Navy Orders, 1940-1949 2. Navy Orders, 1950 3. Navy Orders, 1951-1954 4. Navy Orders, undated 5. U.S. Navy Officer Service Record, 1945-1953 6. Certifications, 1946-1992 7. Veteran’s Affairs, 1948-1962 8. Charles Savage materials compiled & donated by Emmy Savage, circa 1960s-1970s Photograph: Savage at the Center for Advanced Study, Stanford, circa 1958 Letter from Savage to his mother, circa 1961 Copies of photographs of Savage and Raymond Prince in Africa, undated Correspondence concerning his father’s will, 1964 “Recollections of Charles,” by Raymond Prince “The Development of LSD Therapy,” by Charles Savage, circa 1970 9. Conference materials, 1965-1970 10. Curriculum vitae and biography, 1984 & undated
Series 2: Correspondence 1948-2001 (1.5 cubic feet)
Box 2
Folder 1. Correspondence, 1936-1964 2. Correspondence, 1964 3. Correspondence, February-June, 1965 4. Correspondence, July-September, 1965 5. Correspondence, October-December, 1965 6. Correspondence, 1966-1667 7. Correspondence, March 1968-May 1969
7/2/2014 10 8. Correspondence, June-December, 1969 9. Correspondence, 1970-2001 10. Correspondence, undated 11. Correspondence from specific people, 1964-1969 12. Memorandums and Reports of Contact, 1965-1981
Box 3 [Savage’s original order]
Folder 1. Correspondence, June-December 1965 2. Correspondence, January-June, 1966 3. Correspondence, July-December, 1966 4. Correspondence, 1964-1968 5. Correspondence, February-March, 1967 6. Correspondence, April, 1967 Includes information provided by Emmy Savage, Charles’ daughter 7. Correspondence, May, 1967 Includes information provided by Emmy Savage, Charles’ daughter 8. Correspondence, June, 1967 9. Correspondence, July, 1967 10. Correspondence, August, 1967 11. Correspondence, September, 1967
Box 4 [Savage’s original order]
Folder 1. Correspondence, October, 1967 2. Correspondence, November, 1967 3. Correspondence, December, 1967 4. Correspondence, January, 1968 5. Correspondence, February, 1968 6. Correspondence, March, 1968 7. Correspondence, April, 1968 8. Correspondence, May, 1968 9. Correspondence, June, 1968 10. Correspondence, July, 1968 11. Correspondence, August, 1968 12. Correspondence, September, 1968 13. Correspondence, October, 1968 14. Correspondence, November, 1968 15. Correspondence, December, 1968 16. Correspondence, January, 1969
7/2/2014 11 17. Correspondence, February, 1969 18. Correspondence, March, 1969 19. Correspondence, April, 1969 20. Correspondence, May, 1969 21. Correspondence, June, 1969 22. Correspondence, July, 1969 23. Correspondence, August, 1969 24. Correspondence, September, 1969 25. Correspondence, October, 1969 26. Correspondence, November, 1969 27. Correspondence, December, 1969
Series 3: Article Reprints and Reviews 1949-2003 (0.5 cubic feet)
Box 5
Folder 1. Article reprints, 1949-1957
Martin, Alexander Reid. “A Study of Parental Attitudes and their Influence Upon Personality Development.” Education. June, 1943
Osmond, Humphry and John Smythies. “Schizophrenia: A New Approach.” April, 1952
Savage, Charles et al. “Psychiatric Manifestations in Pancreatic Disease.” Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology. Vol 13, No 1. January-March, 1952
Rinkel, Max et al. “Experimental Psychiatry III: A Chemical Concept of Psychosis.” Diseases of the Nervous System. Vol 15, No 9, September 1954
Evarts, Edward V. et al. “Some Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and Bufotenine on Electrical Activity in the Cat’s Visual System.” The American Journal of Physiology. Vol 182, No 3. September, 1955
Lilly, John C. “Mental Effects of Reduction of Ordinary Levels of Physical Stimuli on Intact, Healthy Persons.” Psychiatric Research Reports. June, 1956
Abramson, H. A. et al. “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD-25) Antagonists.” A. M. A. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry. Vol 79.
7/2/2014 12 February 1958
Smith, Philip B. “A Sunday with Mescaline.” Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Vol 23, No 1. January, 1959
Osmond, H. and A. Hoffer. “Schizophrenia: A New Approach.” The Journal of Mental Science. Vol 105, No 440. July, 1959
Savage, Charles. “The Problem of the Analyst in the Treatment of Schizophrenia.” Congress Report of the 2nd International Congress for Psychiatry Zurich. Vol 3. September, 1957
2. Article reprints, 1960-1963
Hofmann, A. and H. Tscherter. “Isolierung von Lysergsaure-Alkaloiden aus der mexikanischen Zauberdrogr Ololiuqui.” Separatum Experientia. Vol 16, No 9. 1960
Longaker, William D. and John O. Godden. “A Comparison of Organic and Psychiatric Symptoms in a Small Town.” Acta Psychiatrica Et Neurologica Scandinavica. Vol 35, No 1. 1960
Cohen, Sidney. “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: Side Effects and Complications.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol 130, No 1. January, 1960
Bourne, Harold. “Main’s Syndrome and a Nurse’s Reaction to It.” A. M. A. Archives of General Psychiatry. Vol 2. May, 1960
Volmat, R. and R. Robert. “Un champignon hallucinogene: Le psilocybe Mexicana Heim. Nouvelles perspectives de recherché.” Annales Scient. Univ. de Besancon. Vol 2, No 5. 1961
Hoffman, A. “Die Wirkstoffe der Mexikanischen Zauberdroge Ololiuqui.” Planta Medica. Vol 9, No 4. December 1961
Hoffman, A. “Chemical, Pharmacological and Medical Aspects of Psychotomimetics.” J. Expt. Med. Sc. Vol 5, No 2. September 1961
Lilly, John C. and Jay T. Shurley. “Experiments in Solitude, in Maximum Achievable Physical Isolation with Water Suspension, of Intact Healthy Persons.” Psychophysiological Aspects of Space Flight. 1961
Savage, Charles. “Countertransference in the Therapy of Schizophrenics.” Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes. Vol 24, No 1. February, 1961
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Savage, Charles. “The Diffusion of the Transference-Psychosis in the Treatment of Schizophrenia.” Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes. Vol 20, No 4. November 1957
MacLean, J. Ross et al. “The Use of LSD-25 in the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Psychiatric Problems.” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. Vol 22, No 1. March, 1961
Prince, Raymond. “Interest Disorders with some Comments Upon Similarities Between the Reticular Activating System and the Ego.” Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal. Vol 6, No 6. December, 1961
Ditman, Keith S. et al. “Nature and Frequency of Claims Following LSD.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol 134, No 4. April 1962
Lebovits, Binyamin Z. et al. “LSD and JB 318: A Comparison of Two Hallucinogens.” Archives of General Psychiatry. Vol 7. July, 1962
Shaffer, John W. “Nialamide in the Treatment of Alcoholism.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol 135, No 3. Septemeber, 1962
Dahlberg, Charles Clay. “LSD as an aid to Psychoanalytic Treatment.” Science and Psychoanalysis. 1963
Harman, Willis W. “The Issue of the Consciousness-Expanding Drugs.” Main Currents in Modern Thought. Vol 20, No 1. September-October, 1963
Shaffer, John W. et al. “A Controlled Evaluation of Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) in the Treatment of Convalescing Alcoholics.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. November, 1963
Montagu, Ashley. “Non-Verbal Communication – The Mind of the Skin.” Broadcast on Station KPFA – FM. December 7 and 24, 1963
3. Article reprints, 1964-1967
Savage, Charles et al. “LSD: Therapeutic Effects of the Psychedelic Experience.” Psychological Reports. 1964.
Kurland, Albert A. et al. “Psychedelic Therapy Utilizing LSD in the Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient: A Preliminary Report.” Amer. J.
7/2/2014 14 Psychiat. Vol 123, No 10, 1967.
Wolf, Sidney et al. “Comparability of Complete Orla and booklet Forms of the MMPI.” Journal of Clinical Psychology. Vol 20, No 3. July 1964.
Mogar, Robert E. and Charles Savage. “Personality Change Associated with Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy: A Preliminary Report.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice. Vol 1, No 4. Fall 1964.
Shaffer, John W. et al. “Replication of a Study of Nialamide in the Treatment of Convalescing Alcoholics with Emphasis on Prediction of Response.” Current Therapeutic Research. Vol 6, No 8. August 1964.
Overall, John E. et al. “Imipramine and Thioridazine in Depressed and Schizophrenic Patients.” Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 189. August 24, 1964.
Shaffer, John W. et al. “The Comparative Validity of Several MMPI Incides of Severity of Psychopathology.” Journal of Clinical Psychology. Vol 20, No 4. October 1964.
Prince, Raymond and Charles Savage. “Mystical States and the Concept of Regression.” Presented at the First Annual Conference of the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society in Montreal, Canada. January 1965. [Reprinted from the conference proceedings.]
Mogar, Robert E. “The Psychedelic Drugs and Human Potentialities.” Book chapter from H. A. Otto’s Explorations In Human Potentialities. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1965.
Schleifer, Carl and Robert Derbyshire. “Desegration of a State Mental Hospital for Negroes: A Study of Staff Attitudes.” The American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 121, No 10. April 1965.
Mariategue, Javier et al. “Ensayo Terapeutico con un Derivado Fenotiacinico de Accion Prolongada.” Neuro-Psiquiat. 1966.
Savage, Charles et al. “The Effectiveness of Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy: A Preliminary Report.” The British Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 2, No 1. 1967.
Savage, Charles and Raymond Prince. “Depression Among the Yoruba.” The Psychoanalytic Study of Society. Vol 4. 1967.
Dillard, R. H. W. “Toward an Existential Realism: The Novels of Colin Wilson.” The Hollins Critic. Vol 4, No 4. October 1967.
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4. Article reprints, 1968-1969
Pande, Shashi K. “The Mystique of ‘Western’ Psychotherapy: An Eastern Interpretation.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol 146, No 6. 1968.
Kurland, A. A. et al. “LSD in Psychiatric Treatment.” Clinical Psychopharmacology. Vol 1. 1968.
Savage, Charles. “Psychedelic Therapy.” Psychotherapy. Vol 3. 1968.
Unger, Sanford. “LSD-Type Drugs and Psychedelic Therapy.” Research in Psychotherapy. Vol 3. 1968.
Hogarty, Gerard E. “Hospital Differences in the Release of Discharge Ready Chronic Schizophrenics.” Arch Gen Psychiat. Vol 18. March 1968.
Metzner, Ralph. “On the Significance of Psychedelics.” Main Currents in Modern Thought. Vol 25, No 1. Sept-Oct. 1968.
Savage, Charles. “Psychedelic Therapy.” Psychotherapy. Vol 3. 1968.
Simopoulos, A. M. et al. “Evaluation of Antidepressant Properties of A- 10,749.” Current Therapeutic Research. Vol 10, No 11. November 1968.
Unger, Sanford. “The Psychedelic Use of LSD: Reflections and Observations.” The Clinical Use of Psychedelic Drugs. 1969.
Pahnke, Walter et al. “LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy with Terminal Cancer Patients.” Current Psychiatric Therapies. Vol 9. 1969.
Savage, Charles. “The Analysis of an ‘Outsider’.” The Psychoanalytic Forum. Vol 3. 1969.
Savage, Charles et al. “Drugs and the Brain.” The Johns Hopkins Press. 1969.
Savage, Charles et al. “Research with Psychedelic Drugs.” Psychedelic Drugs. 1969.
Michaux, Mary Helen. “Depression factors in depressed and in heterogeneous in-patient samples.” Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Vol 32. 1969.
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Book and Article reviews. Soc. Sci. & Med. Vol 3. 1969.
Michaux, Mary Helen. “Á Controlled Comparison of Psychiatric Day Center Treatment with Full Time Hospitalization.” Current Therapeutic Research. Vol 11, No 4. April 1969.
Nussbaum, Kurt. et al. “Psychiatric Disability Rating in Transition.” Comprehensive Psychiatry. Vol 10, No 4. July 1969.
Smith, Kathleen et al. “Sweat in Schizophrenic Patients: Identification of the Odorous Substance.” Science. Vol 166. October 17, 1969.
Tjio, Joe-Hin et al. “LSD and Chromosomes.” The Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 210. November 3, 1969.
5. Article reprints, 1970-1979
Simopoulos, A. M. et al. “Psychotomimetic Properties and Therapeutic Potentials of Dexoxadrol on Convalescing Alcoholics.” Diseases of the Nervous System. Vol 31. March 1970.
Book Reviews. Irving A. Goldeberg ed. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Vol 20, No 2. April 1970.
Kurt Nussbaums’s response to Donald L. Shapiro’s response to “The Human Element – A Problem in Psychiatric Assessment.” Amer. J. Psychiat. June 1970.
Scientific Proceedings in Summary Form from The 123 Annual Meeting of The American Psychiatric Association. 1970
Abuzzahab, F. S. and B. J. Anderson. “A Review of LSD Treatment in Alcoholism.” Int. Pharmascopsychiat. 1971.
Clowes, Courtney G., Charles Savage, and Fathy Messiha. “Clinical and Biochemical Aspects of Lithium Therapy.” February 1971.
Rauchfleisch, U. “Das Rorschachsche Formdeuteverfahren als klinisch- differentialdiagnotisches Instrument…” Psychiatria Clinica. 1971.
Brody, Eugene. “Psychiatric Education in the Americas.” American Psychiatric Association. Vol 127, No 11. May 1971.
Stein, Larry and D. David Wise. “Possibly Etiology of Schizophrenia: Progressive Damage to the Noradrenergic Reward System by 6-
7/2/2014 17 Hydroxydopamine.” Science. Vol 117. March 12, 1971.
Meltzer, Herbert Y. et al. “Serum Creatine Phosphokinase Activity in Newly Admitted Psychiatric Patients.” Arch. Gen. Psychiat. Vol 24. June 1971.
“Announcement.” Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Vol 12, No 6. Nov-Dec, 1971.
Watson, J. D. “The Cancer Conquerors.” The New Republic. February 26, 1972.
Savage, Charles. “Residential Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy for the Narcotic Addict.” Archives of General Psychiatry. Vol 28. June 1973.
Savage, Charles et al. “LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Severe Chronic Neurosis.” J. Altered States of Consciousness. Vol 1, No 1. Fall 1973.
Messiha, F. S. et al. “A Psychopharmacological Study of Catecholamines in Affective Disorders.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol 158, No 5. 1974.
Fischer, Roland. Á Pharmacological and Conceptual Reevaluation of Hallucinations.” Confinia Psychiat. 1974.
Hanlon, Thomas E. “A Controlled Comparison of Cyclazocine and Naloxone Treatment of the Paroled Narcotic Addict.” International Pharmacopsychiatry. 1975.
“The Problem of the Emotions.” This chapter is a revised version of the introduction to “Emotion in the Language of Action” in Psychological Issues. Monograph No. 36. 1975.
Savage, Charles et al. “Methadone/LAAM Maintenance: A Comparison Study.” Comprehensive Psychiatry. Vol 17, No 3. May/June 1976.
Silverman, Lloyd H. “Psychoanalytic Theory The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.” American Psychologist. September 1976.
Mahl, George F. “Body Movement, Ideation, and Verbalization During Psychoanalysis.” Communicative Structures and Psychic Structures. 1977.
Tcheng-Laroche, Francoise and Raymond Prince. “Middle Income, Divorced Female Heads of Families: Their Lifestyles, Healthy and
7/2/2014 18 Stress Levels.” Can. J. Psychiatry. Vol. 24. 1979.
6. Article reprints, 1982-2003
Savage, Charles. “Substance Abuse, Public Health and the Pediatrician.” Paediatrician. 1982.
Raman, A. Cader. “Pioneers in Transcultural Psychiatry.” Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review. 1993.
Goodwin, Frederick K. et al. “Suicide Risk in bipolar Disorder During Treatment With Lithium and Divalproex.” Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 290, No 11. September 17, 2003.
7. Article reprints, undated
Index to Vol. 62.
Summaries of “Psychiatric Assessment from Documentary Evidence.” and “Psychiatrists, Patients and Sensitivity Groups.”
Partial photocopy of Positive Functions of Poverty.
Savage, Charles. “The Pediatrician, the Young Substance Abuser, and His Environment.” Substance Abuse, Public Health and the Pediatrician.
Pearce, Donn. “Leary in Limbo.”
Savage, Charles. “Prevention-Education-Alternative.” Substance Abuse, Public Health and the Pediatrician.
8. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1969
Article manuscripts that Savage acted as a referee for the journal.
9. Articles and Article Reviews, circa 1960s
Psychiatric Spectator. Vol 2, No 10, 1965.
Review for: Smart, Reginald G. et al. “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in the Treatment of Alcoholism.” The Journal of the American Medical Association. 1968.
Review for: Paul, Margaret A. “Telepathically Induced Amnesias.” Psychiatric Spectator. Vol 2, No 10, undated.
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Cohen, Sidney. “Uncanny Power of the Hallucinogens.” Time Life, Special Reports. Undated.
Series 4: Article, Report, and Presentation manuscripts 1956-1980, undated (1 cubic foot)
Box 6
Folder 1. Manuscripts, 1956-1958
“Psychodynamic and Therapeutic Aspects of LSD 25 and Mescaline.” 1956.
Summary of Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and its Discontent. Trans by Joan Riviere. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958.
Savage, Charles. “Countertransference in the Therapy of Schizophrenics.” American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting at San Francisco. May 9, 1958.
2. Manuscripts, 1962-1969
Research Program on Consciousness-Altering Substances Newsletter. February 1962.
“Apparent Results of Referrals of Alcoholics for LSD Therapy.” Bureau on Alcoholism, Health, and Welfare Building, Regina Saskatchewan. December 31, 1962.
Savage, Charles. “Psychedelic Therapy.” 1965.
Friends of Psychiatric Research, Inc. “A Proposal for Developing A Narcotics Addict Registry for Maryland.” 1966.
Leihy, Robert. “A Psychological Study of Werther and Lotte.” Written for the Johns Hopkins University Evening College Course 30.747. January 19, 1967.
“Psychedelic Therapy (Utilizing LSD) with Cancer Patients.” Based on a presentation originally made by Dr. Pahnke at the American Psychiatric Association Meeting in Detroit on May 11, 1967.
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Elkin, Edwin H. “The Use and Abuse of Psychedelic Drugs As A Mental Health Paradox.” 7th International Congress of Mental Health. London, England. August 12, 1968.
Friends of Psychiatric Research, Inc. “Drug Abuse Education: A Challenge to Our Schools.” April 1968.
Elkin, Edwin H. “Introductory Remarks at the Symposium on Research Issues in the Use and Abuse of Psychedelic Drugs.” American Psychological Association. September 3, 1968.
Pahnke, Walter, et al. “The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy.” Presented at the American Medical Association Annual Meeting. July 17, 1969.
3. Manuscripts, 1971-1979
Ludwig, Levine and Stark. “A Review of LSD and Alcoholism.” March 8, 1971.
Prince, Raymond. “Cocoon Work: An Interpretation of the Concern of Contemporary Youth with the Mystical.” Prepared for the Conference on Marginal Religious Movements in America Today, Princeton University, April 5-7, 1971.
Possibly Charles Savage’s review of Ludwig, Levine and Stark’s “LSD and Alcoholism.”
Lecture. “Drug Abuse.” February 29, 1972.
Grof, Stanislav et al. “DPT as an Adjunct in Psychotherapy of Alcoholics.” Presented at the Collegium International Neuro- Psychopharmacologicum, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 14-17, 1972.
“Addiction Research Foundation Library Acquisition List.” September 1973.
Prince, R. and L. Miranda. “Monitoring Life Stress to Prevent Recurrence of Coronary Heart Disease Episodes: Report on a Feasibility Study.” For presentation at the Annual Meeting, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Quebec City, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1976.
Prince, Raymond. “Variations in Psychotherapeutic Procedures.” Prepared for the Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol V, 1977.
7/2/2014 21 Clinical Research Department of Ayerst Laboratories. “Inderal in the Treatment of Somatic Symptoms of Anxiety.” April 10, July 6, and August 31, 1978.
4. Manuscripts, 1980
Clinical Research Department of Ayerst Laboratories. “Evaluation of the Safety, Tolerance and Efficacy of Inderal and Diazepam in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.” March 1980.
Searles, Harold F. “Psychoanalytic Therapy with Borderline Patients – The Development, in the Patient, of an Internalized Image of the Therapist.” Presented at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, April 25, 1980.
Box 7
5. Undated Manuscripts, Authors Campbell – Johnson
Campbell, Linn A. “The Role of Suggestion in Psychoanalysis.”
Casasco, Maria and Charles Savage. “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Hispanic Complex of Annapolis: The Allen Apartments.”
Caston, Joseph. “Weeping and Choking Up: The Relation of Eruptive Affects and Memory.”
Harman, Willis W. “Proposal for a Study of Self Understanding and Self Realization in the Professional Education.”
‘Mescaline Bibliography.” Compiled by O. Janiger and G. Paltin.
Johnsen, Gordon. “Indications for Psycholytic Treatment with Different Types of Patients.”
6. Undated Manuscripts, Authors Kurland - Prince
Kurland, Albert A. and Sanford Unger. “The Present Status and Future Direction of Psychedelic LSD Research with Special Reference to the Spring Grove Studies.”
Kurland, Albert A. et al. “Psychedelic Therapy (Utilizing LSD) with Terminal Cancer Patients.”
7/2/2014 22 McCollum, Don. “I Was Saved from Myself.”
Monopolis, Spyros et al. “Children of Addicts: Biopsychosocial Correlates.”
Prince, Raymond. “Transcultural Psychiatry: Personal Experiences and Canadian Perspectives.”
7. Undated Manuscripts, Authors Savage, et. Al.
Savage, Charles. “A Controlled Investigation of the Psychedelic (LSD- 25) Approach to Alcoholism.”
Savage, Charles and Willis Harman. “A Controlled Investigation of the Psychedelic (LSD-25) Approach to Alcoholism.” Research plan.
Savage, Charles. “D. H. Lawrence, Oedipus, Dionysius, or Christ?”
Savage, Charles and Raymond Prince. “Depression Among the Yoruba.”
Savage, Charles et al. “An Evaluation of the Psychedelic Experience.”
Savage, Charles et al. “Indications and Contraindications for LSD Therapy.”
Savage, Charles. “The Resolution and Subsequent Remobilization of Resistance By LSD in Psychotherapy.”
8. Undated Manuscripts, Authors Seipel-Unger
Siepel, John H. and Robert Fishers. “Proposed Addendum to Present Study – ‘A Clinical and Rheoencephalographic Study of the Effects of Betahistine HCl (Serc) on Normal Subjects and on Geriatric Patients in a State Psychiatric Hospital.’”
Shaffer, John W. “Psychiatric Assessment from Documentary Evidence.” From the Medical Consultant Staff, Bureau of Disability Insurance, Social Security Administration, William Roemmich, M. D. Chief Medical Officer.
Sherwood, John N. “Autobiography.” International Foundation for Advanced Study.
7/2/2014 23 Sherwood, J. N. et al. “The Psychedelic Experience – a New Concept in Psychotherapy.”
Tjio, J. H. et al. “Pre- and Post-LSD Chromosomal Aberrations: A Comparative Study.”
Unger, Sanford et al. “On the Therapeutic Use of High-Dose LSD Sessions (Psychedelic Psychotherapy).” Rough Draft.
9. Undated Manuscripts, Author unknown
Possibly Savage’s review of Smart, Storm, Baker, and Solerch’s “LSD and Alcoholism.”
“A Controlled Evaluation of Thiazenone (SQ-10496) Double-blind Comparison with Imipramine and Placebo.”
“A Double-Blind Multi-Center Study Compaing Cluotracen to Amitriptyline and Placebo in Hospitalized Depressed Patients.”
“On Self Knowledge – The Third Component of Professional Education.”
“LSD-25: An Evaluation of the Psychedelic Experience.”
“Plans and Procedures Relative to the Psychedelic Investigational Program as Formulated by the Committee on Psychedelic Research.”
“A Proposed Graduate and Post-Doctoral Training Program for Research in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Related Disciplines.”
Research proposal. Final Draft.
“The Time-Limited Use of Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) in the Treatment of Chronic Heroin Abusers: A Comparative Study.”
“What is LSD?”
10. Miscellaneous manuscripts, circa 1960s-1970s
These manuscripts are mostly loose materials that are either handwritten or typed. It is difficult to discern who the author is or the title of the work in most cases.
7/2/2014 24 Series 5: Research and Grant materials 1962-1979 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 8
Folder 1. International Foundation for Advanced Study grants and materials, 1962- 1968
2. Russell Sage Foundation Supplements to Annual Reports, 1968-1969
3. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare grant application materials, 1962-1975
4. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare grant application materials, 1979-1983
5. Grant applications, undated
Application for Research Grant. “A Controlled Study of Psychedelic Therapy.” Submitted by International Foundation for Advanced Study, Undated (most likely 1963).
James Fadiman application for Social Science Research Council Fellowship.
Series 6: Washington Psychoanalytic Society 1947-2000 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 8
Folder 6. Washington Psychoanalytic Society correspondence, 1947-1985 7. American Psychiatric Association membership card, 1962 8. Washington Psychoanalytic Society correspondence fragments, undated 9. Washington Psychoanalytic Society newsletters, memos, reports, etc., 1950- 1962 10. Washington Psychoanalytic Society newsletters, memos, reports, etc., 1693- 1981 11. Washington Psychoanalytic Society newsletter, 2000 12. Washington Psychoanalytic Society fragments, undated 13. Oral history account of Charles Savage on the Washington Psychoanalytic Society, undated
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Series 7: LSD Research materials 1960-1969 (0.5 cubic feet)
Box 9
Folder 1. Inquiries about LSD treatment, 1965 2. LSD treatment release forms, 1965 3. LSD Alcoholic & Neurotic studies, circa 1960s 4. LSD Alcoholic & Neurotic studies, circa 1960s 5. LSD-Alcoholics Project, undated 6. LSD Treatment for Neurotics, 1965 7. Controlled Study of LSD Therapy with Neurotics, 1965 8. Psychotomimetic LSD Study, circa 1960s 9. LSD Group Therapy, 1962 10. Notes on patients in LSD therapy, undated 11. Personality studies following the psychedelic experience, 1964 12. LSD staff meeting minutes, 1965 13. Transcript of LSD session, 1966 14. Savage-Illustrated Talk on LSD, 1956 15. LSD miscellany, circa 1960s 16. Narcotics & Drug Addiction Division [NIMH], 1968-1969 17. Correspondence with CBS, 1965 18. File on specific patient, 1965
Series 8: Spring Grove State Hospital materials 1962-1969 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 10
Folder 1. Memoranda and internal correspondence, 1965-1969 2. Meeting minutes, 1965-1969 3. Monthly reports, 1968-1969 4. Plans, procedures, and activities, 1962-1969 5. Internal publications, circa 1969 6. Position descriptions, circa 1969 7. Equipment and purchase requisitions, 1965-1969 8. Coleridge House, 1969 9. Narcotic Clinic, 1969
7/2/2014 26 10. Prescriptions written by Savage, 1969 11. Miscellaneous materials, circa 1965-1969 12. Record of LSD treatment sessions, 1969
Series 9: Marijuana Research materials 1971-1975 (0.10 cubic feet)
Box 10
Folder 1. Marijuana Studies-reports, protocols, & papers, circa 1971 2. Marijuana Studies-correspondence, 1971-1975
Series 10: Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Friends of Psychiatric Research 1967-1969 (0.15 cubic feet)
Box 11
Folder 1. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center memoranda and correspondence, 1967-1969 2. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center staff meeting minutes and agendas, 1969 3. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center descriptions of facilities, 1969 4. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center research “Highlights,” 1968-1969 5. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center annual report, 1969 6. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center records and summaries of LSD and DPT treatment sessions, 1968-1969 7. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center miscellaneous materials, circa 1969 8. Friends Medical Science Research Center (formally Friends of Psychiatric Research), 1967-1972
Series 11: Veteran’s Administration circa 1979 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 12
7/2/2014 27 Folder 1. Veterans Administration, circa 1979 Research plan for “Time Limited Heroin Treatment: A Controlled Study,” undated Statement of Elmer B. Straats, Comptroller General of the United States, Before the House Committee on Science and Technology on the Fedeal R&D Budget, 1979 University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veteran’s Administration Medical Center consent form, undated Veteran’s Administration Research and Development memo/letter, 1979 Information on VA conference on chronic schizophrenia, 1979 Information on Friends Medical Science Research Center meeting, 1979 2. Veteran’s Administration, undated Progress report, untitled and undated “A Methadone/1-Alpha-Acetylmethadol (LAAM) Maintenance Study” “A Controlled Comparison of Cyclacozine and Naloxone Treatment of the Paroled Narcotic Addict” Research study description, untitled and undated Handwritten manuscript, 18 pages, untitled and undated Photocopy of chapter entitled “The Uncanny” Typescript, untitled and undated
Series 12: Patient Materials 1960-1969 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 12
Folder 1. Session transcript, 1959 2. Correspondence to/from/about patients, circa 1960s 3. Evanston hospital, circa 1965 3. Other patient materials, 1969 4. Patient history, California, undated
Series 13: Research in West Africa 1956-1993 (0.5 cubic feet)
Box 13
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Folder 1. “Depression Among the Yoruba” article research materials, 1956-1962 2. Correspondence concerning “Depression Among the Yoruba” article, 1959- 1964 3. Notes and drafts concerning “Depression Among the Yoruba” article, undated 4. Notes and drafts concerning “Depression Among the Yoruba” article, undated 5. Notes and drafts concerning “Depression Among the Yoruba” article, undated 6. Miscellaneous materials about presenting the “Depression Among the Yoruba” research, 1963-1964 7. “Depression Among the Yoruba” article typescripts, circa 1963 8. Correspondence, 1957-1961 9. Raymond Prince, 1957-1972 10. Reports, presentations, and article manuscripts, 1959-1979
Box 14
Folder 1. Article reprints, 1960-1963 2. Correspondence concerning patient, 1971 3. Materials concerning patient, 1961-1975
Series 14: Miscellaneous Materials 1958-2000 (0.25 cubic feet)
Box 15
Folder 1. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1958 2. Leo Hollister, 1963 3. Psychophysiology materials, 1969-1970 4. Community Mental Health Program, 1969 5. Odyssey House, 1969 6. Psychiatric Institute of University of Maryland, 1969 7. Physicians Underwater Medical Program, circa 1977-1979 8. War on Drugs materials, circa 2000 9. Miscellaneous pamphlets and newsletters, circa 1968-1995 10. Miscellaneous document fragments, circa 1960s
7/2/2014 29 Series 15: Restricted Materials 1958-1990 (1.5 cubic foot)
Box 16
Folder 1. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2033
2. Materials from Series 6, Restricted until 2034 3. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2034
4. Materials from Series 6, Restricted until 2035 5. Materials from Series 7, Restricted until 2035 6. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2035
7. Materials from Series 11, Restricted until 2036 8. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2036
9. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2037 10. Materials from Series 13, Restricted until 2037
11. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2038 12. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2038
13. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2039
Box 17
Folder 1. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2040 2. Materials from Series 7, Restricted until 2040 3. Materials from Series 8, Restricted until 2040 4. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2040
5. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2041
6. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2042 7. Materials from Series 8, Restricted until 2042
8. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2043 9. Materials from Series 5, Restricted until 2043 10. Materials from Series 8, Restricted until 2043 11. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2043
12. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2044
7/2/2014 30 13. Materials from Series 4, Restricted until 2044 14. Materials from Series 8, Restricted until 2044 15. Materials from Series 10, Restricted until 2044 16. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2044
17. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2045
Box 18
Folder 1. Materials from Series 8 , Restricted until 2045 2. Materials from Series 10 , Restricted until 2045 3. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2045
4. Materials from Series 2 , Restricted until 2046 5. Materials from Series 8 , Restricted until 2046 6. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2046
7. Materials from Series 2, Restricted until 2047
8. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2049
Box 19
1. Materials from Series 12, Restricted until 2050
3. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2052
4. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2053
5. Materials from Series 11, Restricted until 2056 6. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2056
7. Materials from Series 2 , Restricted until 2058
Box 20
1. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2063
2. Materials from Series 12 , Restricted until 2065
7/2/2014 31 Box 21 Audio Recordings
1. Woodie Leary, schea [?], Savage, Shea seeing brothers about H.L. Commitment, 4/1/57; 1 hour
2. 2/15/1958, LSD #1; 3 hours 12 minutes
3. [No descriptive information.]
4. I and II, August 8, 1958
5. August 8, 1955, Case conf. Henry (Hank?) Leary, Savage, Nurses dissatisfactions
6. August 4, 1954 (Label largely unintelligible)
7. Reel Number 1 and 4, January 11, 1958
8. Proschan, November 11, 1959. Side 1
9. Jones, November 11, 1959
10. Dr. Schurr [?] Study of Communications (Label largely unintelligible) September 1, 1955
11. [No descriptive information.]
12. Track 1, September 15, 1955, Dr. Savage presenting Track 2, September 15, 1955, H. Leary (?) in psychotherapy conf.
13. Track 1, Vacant Track 2, [Unintelligible] October 29, 1955
14 III, August 8, 1958
15. IV and V, August 8, 1958
16. III, June 26, 1958, 1”25, Recording not good [unintelligible]. Don’t copy- DESTROY
17. June 6, 1955 Problem Seminar
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October 4, Prof Sem – Discussion of nursing care plan...
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