ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections
HMSS 0374 Patricia Linford Papers
Scope and Content Notes
| Call Number | HMSS 0374 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Patricia Linford Papers |
| Date Range | 1985-2007 |
| Quantity | 0.36 m (2 manuscript boxes) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| File Number | with attribution |
| Related Collections | HMSS 0282 Doug McIver personal papers |
The Mental Health Association was formed in 1986 by Dr English, whose stepdaughter was mentally ill, to support families of people with mental illness and to lobby for services. The Association changed both focus and name over the years, also establishing the Mental Health Resource Centre.
Patricia Linford’s son is schizophrenic, and she joined as a founder member. Patricia was active in the organisation for about 10 years and was Secretary for some time. She was also involved with the Canberra Schizophrenia Fellowship and the Mental Health Research Institute, and in 1996-1998 she was a volunteer educator for Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT). Her records of involvement include newsletters, correspondence, activism, social interaction and newscuttings.
Some files such as housing and accommodation contain papers relevant to more than one of the organisations, therefore each file has been listed with no attempt to create a subject order that is not present in the original collection. Newsletters from Canberra organisations have been removed to the ACT Heritage Library publications collection.
Canberra Schizophrenia Fellowship Inc was founded in March 1980 at a meeting in Beauchamp House, at that time occupied by ACTCOSS. It provides a forum and support network for sufferers and their relatives or friends, improves community understanding of the illness and promotes improved management of mental illness. It supported the introduction of the ACT Mental Health Ordinance and was invited to have a representative on the Mental Health Advisory Council. It incorporated in 1986.
ACT Association for Mental Health began in 1984 and is a member of the Australian National Association for Mental Health (ANAMH).
Box List
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BOX |
DESCRIPTION |
QUANTITY |
DATE RANGE |
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1 |
CANBERRA SCHIZOPHRENIA FELLOWSHIP Includes constitution, history to 1986, correspondence, brochures, minutes, financial reports, grants submissions, programs for Candlelight Vigils, photograph of a demonstration, newscuttings. The following files appear to be linked to the Fellowship: |
2 folders |
1980 – 2002 |
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Housing |
1 folder |
1987 – 1994 |
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Accommodation |
1 folder |
1989 – 1994 |
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Vigil |
1 folder |
1995 |
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Mental health facilities and services |
1 folder |
1987 – 1996 |
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Workshop By Dr Alan Rosen On Family Management Of Schizophrenia And Other Chronic Psychoses |
1 folder |
1987 |
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Treatment |
1 folder |
1987 – 1994 |
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Support group for mental health |
1 folder |
1990s |
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1 |
ACT ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH Includes constitution, history, correspondence, brochures, minutes, financial reports, grants submissions, newscuttings. |
1 folder |
1985 – 1998 |
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1 |
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA Annual financial report |
1 booklet |
June 1986 |
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1 |
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA Newsletters, research updates, project reports |
1 folder |
1988 – 2005 |
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1 |
ASSOCIATION OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE MENTALLY ILL (ARAFMI) Questionnaires mainly |
1 wallet |
1995 – 1996 |
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1 |
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION – ACT Discussion and background papers, proposed legislation and legislative changes, Charter 2000, political party policies on disability |
1 folder |
1994 – 1998 |
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2 |
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS |
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1985 – 1998 |
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Brochures, posters, newscuttings, demonstration placard wording |
1 folder |
1985 – 1987 |
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2 |
The Mentally Ill In Canberra – Modern Convicts. 3rd draft of a report by the Society of St Vincent de Paul, 24 September 1987 |
1 sleeve |
1987 |
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2 |
Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. Revised Disability Discrimination Act Employment Standards. Second draft for public comment. |
1 booklet |
1998 |
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2 |
ACT ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH Includes reports, submissions, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, articles proposed for the Canberra Times, information sheets, newscuttings, Engage (newsletter of Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia) issues 1-3, 5-7 |
1 folder |
1985 – 1992; 2004 – 2007 |
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2 |
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE · Mental Health Foundation (ACT) Incorporated. Annual Report 1996 · Mental Health Foundation (ACT) Incorporated, Friendship House subcommittee, 1994 · Meeting papers relating to establishment of a Mental Health Resource, 1994 · Reading lists |
1 folder |
1980 – 1996 |
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2 |
MENTAL HEALTH – ARTICLES, NEWSCUTTINGS, CORRESPONDENCE |
1 folder |
1963 – 1997 |
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2 |
THE CASE OF WARREN I’ANSON AND OTHERS |
1 folder |
1995 – 2000 |
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2 |
EMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY Includes · Papers of ACTCOSS Employment and Disability Task Force 1989-1990 and Mental Health Task Force 1992, including minutes and meeting papers · Submissions to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Employment of Disabled People 1989 · Reports, correspondence, newscuttings, brochures |
4 folders |
1989 – 1992 |
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2 |
MENTAL ILLNESS EDUCATION ACT (MIEACT) Brochures on mental health services, class notes, example of oral history consent form |
1 folder |
1996 – 1998 |