The Collection

The Project is in its early stages. The Archives plans to collect any and all materials related to the history and perspective of psychiatric survivors, 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 material being collected must have been created by or reflect the perspectives of people who have been or who are psychiatric survivors and or consumers.

A sample of some of the material we have and collect includes:

Guide to Holdings

We are applying simple, accepted archival arrangement and description to ease access. PSAT material is divided into A and B accessions dependent on whether it is organizational or private personal records respectively.

PSAT COLLECTION as of February 14, 2007:

A. Organizational Accessions

- Market Gallery Exhibit items (March 6 – June 20, 2004) in one accession.
- Mind Freedom Collection (1970s to 2006) – 6 boxes in 4 different accessions.
- Phoenix Rising issues (1980-90) 27 cartons donated by Don Weitz in 1 accession
- Queen Street Outreach Society Collection (1991 to 2002) – 7 boxes in 1 accession

B. Personal/Individual Accessions

- Allen Markman Collection (1970s to early 2000s) – 11 boxes in 1 accession
- Don Weitz Collection (1970s to 2006) – 10 boxes in 1 accession
- Lilith Finkler Collection (1980s to 2006) – 4 boxes/crates in 1 accession
- Ed Janiszewski Collection (1998 to early 2000s) – equivalent of 1 box in 1 accession

Also in our holdings:

- Physical artifacts Collection: Art Work, T-shirts, Posters (includes two large tapestries made by Queen Street patients donated by Empowerment Council; t-shirt of "Rising Tide" 1991 conference; toilet seat with people’s head emerging out of it, etc., 1980s-1990s).

- Library books, magazines, journals (1960s to early 2000s, some older books from 1940s in Allen Markman collection)

-Videos, DVDs, CDs (1990s and 2000s)