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Don't
shrink from history - preserve it!
MISSION
STATEMENT
Psychiatric
Survivor Archives, Toronto, is a voluntary, grass roots organization
that is run for and by psychiatric survivors to preserve all aspects
of our history. The archives seeks to reflect the broad diversity
of views that are expressed by all people with a psychiatric history,
however they choose to self-identify.
The emphasis
of our archives will be on a critical perspective, including anti-psychiatry,
that is primarily produced by psychiatric survivors whether institutionalized
or in the community.
First-person
expression in all media formats on this topic are particularly welcome.
The need for this archives has grown out of a recognition that our
history has too often been ignored or trivialized by mainstream
historians.
In order to
assist in changing this, the Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto,
is dedicated to ensuring that this rich history is preserved for
our community and the wider community as a resource from which everyone
can share and learn.
COLLECTIONS POLICY AND CATEGORIES
This project
is in the very earliest stages. The Archives plans to collect any
and all material related to history from the perspectives of psychiatric
survivors and consumers as well as allies in the wider community.
This includes anti-psychiatry material as well as pro-psychiatry
material and everything in between.
The one stipulation
is that the material being collected must have been created by,
or reflect the perspectives of, people who have been, or who are,
psychiatric consumer/survivors.
The material
we want to collect includes:
- First-person
Accounts - published and unpublished biographies and autobiographies
- Women and
Psychiatry
- Lesbians,
Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered
- Psychiatry,
Race and Ethnicity
- The Elderly
- Youth
- Disability
- Class
- Imperialism
and the Non-Western Interpretations
- Electro-shock,
Medical Abuse and Experimentation
- Organized
Groups, Movement Groups
- Allies
- Flyers and
Posters
- Newspaper
Clippings
- Magazines
- Law
- Media
- The Arts
- Labour/Sheltered
Workshops/Employment
- Video and
Audio Tapes
- Housing and
Homelessness
- Drugs and
Drug Companies
- Community
Treatment Orders
- Historical
Studies
For more info,
please contact survivor_archives@hotmail.com
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