Part 1 (1972/108): Original Collection, 1962-1967
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: General subject files, 1962-1967, of the Bureau of Research and Statistics' Comprehensive Mental Health and Mental Retardation Planning Program and various related committees. Records contain reports and bulletins, correspondence, and meeting minutes related to mental health studies and services in Wisconsin and nationally.

High Road to Mental Health, Canadian Mental Health Association, 1962

Impact of Comprehensive Mental Health Planning, undated

Interstate Contractual Arrangements for Mental Health Services, 1965

County planning committee, goals and functions, 1966 July 6

Description and Evaluation of Local Planning Program, 1965

Examples of Implementation at Local Level as Direct or Indirect Result of Planning, 1965

County Social Security aid agencies, 1966

Social Security Amendments of 1965

Improving Coverage of Mental Illness Under Prepayment and Other Health Insurance Plans, undated

Improving Health Insurance Coverage for Psychiatric Illness, 1964

Mental Healthcare Available to UAW Members in the Automobile and Agricultural Implement Industries Covered by the New 1964 Contracts, 1964

New Directions Toward Community Mental Health. Blue Cross Report, 1964

Public Welfare Agencies Administering Social Security Aids, Wisconsin, 1964

Research Evidence to Support Non-deductible Coverage for Outpatient Services and Emergency Coverage, undated

Social Security Amendment of 1965

Suggested Specifications for Mental Health Insurance, 1963

Utilization and Costs of Psychiatric Services Under Broad Blue Cross Major Medical Insurance Program, 1964

Social Security Amendments Call for Choices by State Legislature. Wisconsin Federal Aid Report, 1966

Appendix D. Pattern of Community Mental Health Services. State of California Department of Mental Hygiene, 1964

Appendix I. Minimum Standards for County Mental Hospitals, 1966

Appendix II. County Mental Hospitals in Wisconsin, 1966

Appendix III. Diagnosis Resident Patients in County Hospitals Outside Milwaukee, 1965

Authority of the State Department of Public Welfare, 1966

Basic Issues and Suggested Responsibilities for Community Planning Mechanisms, 1965

Community based mental health services, correspondence, 1966

Community Mental Health Acts and Boards of Mental Health

County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Planning Committee: Powers and Duties, 1966

Cross Index System for Issues and Recommendations, 1966

Appendix B. Proposals and Examples of Resolutions to County Boards, undated

Memos, mental health consultants, 1965-1966

Appendix C. Considerations About Local Planning Staff and the Role of Mental Health Consultant in Relation to Local Planning Structures, 1966

Mental Health Advisory Committee public hearing, 1963

Miscellaneous correspondence, mental health coordinator, 1966

Non-residential Community Services Task Force, Mental Health Prevention Task Force, and Mental Retardation Bio-medical Prevention Task Force, meeting minutes, 1964-1965

Public hearings, Mental Health Advisory Committee, 1963

Mental Health Program Evaluation, 1955-1965

Bulletins, National Association Mental Health Program State Directors, 1964-1965

Regional Leadership Conference on Action for Mental Health. National Association for Mental Health, 1962

Statement on Long-Range Plans in Mental Health. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 1964

Preliminary Report on Conference Actions. 1966 Annual Conference. Surgeon General, Public Health Service with State and Territorial Mental Health Authorities, 1966

Wisconsin Mental Hygiene Review. Division of Mental Hygiene, 1967

Committee minutes, Comprehensive Mental Health and Mental Retardation Planning Program, 1963-1965

Meeting minutes

Joint Task Force on Coordination and Administration, Mental Health Education Task Force, Joint Legal Task Force, Joint Manpower Task Force, 1962-1964

Joint Task Force on Public Information, Joint Task Force on Research, Mental Health Residential Task Force and Mental Retardation Residential Task Force, 1964-1965

State Agency Resource Group, 1963-1965

Mental Health Steering Committee, 1964-1965

Mental Retardation Steering Committee, 1964-1965

Member lists, district committees, 1964

Meeting minutes, Task Force on Children, Task Force on Youth, Mental Retardation Community Services and Diagnosis, 1964

Part 2 (1969/169): Additions, 1907-1963
Physical Description: 1.7 cubic feet (1 records center carton, 1 archives box, and 1 volume) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1907-1963, of Bureau of Research and Statistics Chief John Mannering. General subject files containing speeches and reports at conferences and welfare institutions; a ledger containing parole statistics, 1907-1949; pamphlets, programs, statistical reports from government and private welfare agencies; reports of student research projects at the University of Wisconsin; minutes and correspondence from Community Welfare Council of Madison; and reports used in making of legislative bills.
Note: Volume is missing.

National Association of Social Workers, 1953-1962

Social workers and miscellaneous, 1961-1963

Speeches, talks and group meetings, 1946-1963

Mental health and miscellaneous, 1941, 1953-1958

Old age and ADC (Aid to Dependent Children?), 1949

Hospitals, general, 1950-1963

County institutions, 1943-1949

Medical aid in public assistance, 1949-1952

Student research projects, University of Wisconsin School of Social Work, 1956

Aged and chronically ill program planning, 1947-1952

Wisconsin Welfare Forum Committee, 1957-1958

Aid to disabled program, 1937, 1947-1956

National Conference on Aging, 1950 August

Health insurance, 1951

Community Welfare Council, 1948-1953

Private institutions, 1946-1952

Mental health statistics and data, 1956-1961