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This collection reflects the interest Herman E. Detering, III, owner of the Detering Book Gallery, had in photography and psychiatry in the 19th century. A primary focus is on the treatment and study of people experiencing various forms of mental illness. Publications from numerous hospitals, asylums, and other organizations are included. The coverage includes the United States, France, England and other places in Europe.

The original materials Detering gathered include 19th century carte de visites, a collection of glass plate negatives from the 1920s, and postcards and other images related to hospitals and asylums. Accompanying the photographs are some realia, such as a magic lantern and a camera and stand, all of which are probably from the late 19th century. The collection also includes material related to Mr. Detering’s bookstore and his collecting activities, such as correspondence and invoices.

A significant portion of the collection consists of prints Detering created in preparation for to the exhibit "Photography and Psychiatry in the 19th Century." Curated by Mr. Detering for Houston FotoFest '88, the exhibit was on display from February 25 - March 25, 1988 at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. In addition to various iterations of prints, there is also some correspondence related to exhibit preparation.

The Hermann Detering Book Collection on Psychiatry and Photography (McGovern Historical Center RB 002) has been separated from this archival collection. However, when those books were reviewed, ephemera found within their pages was removed, placed in archival folders, and kept with the archives. The folders were given numbers corresponding to the books in which the items were found.

Many of the prints and working documents in the collection were generated by Mr. Detering around the 1980s, but the source materials range widely in dates, going back at least to the 1800s.

Items in this series are related to Mr. Detering's interests in photography and the history of photography in medicine. Contents include but are not limited to: Mr. Detering's research on these topics, his personal photography, a collection of glass plate negatives from the 1920s, and postcards and images related to hospitals and asylums (approximately 1800s). This series also includes his personal correspondence related to exhibit preparation, his bookstore, and childhood letters from camp to his parents.

This series includes items that were likely displayed in or related to the exhibit "Photography and Psychiatry in the 19th Century." Curated by Mr. Detering for Houston FotoFest '88, the exhibit was on display from February 25 - March 25, 1988 at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX.

This series contains ephemera found in the Hermann Detering Book Collection on Psychiatry and Photography (McGovern Historical Center RB 002). When the books were reviewed, any items found within their pages were removed and placed in archival folders. The folders were given numbers corresponding to the books in which the items were found.

This series contains images and content that appear to be variations, reinterations, reprints, proofs, and/or copies of content prepared for the 1988 exhibit. Most if not all of this content is represented in one form or another elsewhere in the collection. A large majority of the content consists of multiple variations or versions of reprints/copies of images and text from 1800s medical books, of which one version was ultimately placed in the exhibit.

Detailed list of items in "The Collection" compiled by Herman Detering, "Psychiatry and Photography in the Nineteenth Century" exhibit informational brochure, exhibit lecture notes.

Items related to the Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond photograph, "Female Patient, Surrey County Asylum" (1850-1855). [This is the image used on the "Photography and Psychiatry in the Nineteenth Century" Houston FotoFest '88 exhibit programs.]

"Magic Lantern" exhibit script, "A Compendium of Insanity" by Chapin small mounted title page, "The Female Offender" by Lombroso and Ferrero small mounted title page, "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" by Darwin small mounted title page, "Rationale of Crime, and its Appropriate Treatment [...]" by Sampson small mounted title page, Theodore Ziehen mounted exhibit script, Dr. Hugh Diamond mounted exhibit script.

Mounted black and white portrait reprint of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), 3 mounted exhibit scripts with biographical information and details about the book "Iconographie Photographique" which presents "Charcot's work at the Salpetriere on Hysteria", postcard [blank] with image of the Philippe Pinel monument in Paris at the Hospital de la Salpetriere.

See related content within MS 203: "Charcot "Nouvelle Iconographie" (1889), image reprints", "Dr. Philippe Pinel monument, Tree lined walkway, black and white photograph reprints", OV312 "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), exhibit items (mounted reproductions)", part 1 of 2; OV312 "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), exhibit items (mounted reproductions), part 2 of 2"; Box 5 "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), image reprints".

Black and white image of architecture, medical buildings and dormitories.

Black and white reprints of pages from, "Psychiatre. Ein Lehrbuch fur Studirende und Aerzte von Dr. Emil Kraepelin, Professor an der Universitat Heidelberg." Leipzig, 1899.

Black and white reprints of images from "Nouvelle Iconographie" (1889). These do not appear to be present in mounted exhibit items within the collection. Reprints include: Plate XIX Blepharospasme Hysterique (Section des nerfs sus-obitaires) [Portrait of woman with eyes closed - 4 versions] and Plate XVII Blepharospasme Hysterique [Portrait of woman with one eye closed].

See related content within MS 203: same author (Charcot) but earlier book: Folder "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), image reprints" in Box 5, OV312 folder "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), exhibit items (mounted reproductions), part 1 of 2"; OV312 folder "Charcot and Regnard, "Iconographi Photographique" (1876-1877), exhibit items (mounted reproductions), part 2 of 2".

23 page pamphlet: "Progress in Provision for the Insane. 1844-1884" By W. W. Godding, M. D., Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington, D. C.". Footnote: "Read at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, held at Philadelphia, Pa., May 13, 1884, as a part of the Memorial Exercises of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Association."

Black and white image of person with plaid shawl/blanket.

Dates noted are for the dates the articles were published. The content of the articles appears to be photography in medicine and history of medicine, particularly the 1800s.

Black and white reprints/copies of images that do not appear to be present in mounted exhibit items. Images include: Phrenology sculpture [4 versions], "Portraits de Criminelles Allemandes" [56 female portraits in a numbered grid, 3 versions], "Cranes de Criminelles" [7 rows with 4 skulls each, varying views; 6 versions].

Handwritten notes.

See related content within MS 203: OV315, ""Photography and Psychiatry in the 19th Century" exhibit items (mounted reproductions/reprints from Dickson and Darwin)".

Handwritten research notes, photocopies of "Chapter 6, Darwin and the face of madness", by Janet Browne.

Handwritten research notes.

Email about a pending visit from Dr. Ted Leyenaar, Curator of Latin America at the Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde in Leiden The Netherlands to view the Ball Court sculpture and photocopies of an article or chapter title "The Shaft-Chamber Tombs: Chronological Evidence".

Hygh's personal reflections as a student on events at Texas Southern University on May 15, 1967 between students and the Houston Police Department that the author refers to as "a "riot" in name only. In reality, it was an all out assault on the male dormitories (Lanier Hall, The JR.-Sr. Dorm., and Jones Hall)..." (page 1).

Drafts/different versions of typed lecture notes with images of slides. [Some overlapping content with that in the FotoFest '88 exhibit in this collection.] Handwritten notes about scanning and brochures from scanners: HP DeskSan II Quick Reference Guide and HP ScanJet IIcx Scanner.

Invitations for "Detering Book Gallery Invites you to a reception of the Houston Scholars Series Honoring Dr. Lois Zamora Professor of English, University of Houston upon publication of Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community [...]" January 23, 1996; drafts of Mr. Detering's speech, mailing lists, receipts, other handwritten notes. There is a 3M Formatted High Density 3.5" Diskette (1.44 MB) in the folder with a handwritten adhesive label "Mail'g List!". The printed mailing lists contain individuals' names and addresses.

Handwritten notes on scraps of paper, correspondence from Palinurus Rare Books in Philadelphia, PA.

Kodak T-Max 100 Professional Film processing time charts (printed/typed) and handwritten notes.

Information handouts, order forms and receipts related to Chicago Film and Paper Co., Inc. and Adox Film.

Correspondence consists of letters sent from camp to parents when Detering was a child. 1948 letters are written on a Lynnside Ranch, a Western Camp for boys, Junction, TX letterhead. Some of 1951 letters are written on a Cheley Colorado Camp, Estes Park, Colorado letterhead

Black and white, images are predominately of architecture (houses and churches). Content of images includes, but is not limited to: Dr. Brown's Institute, Broad Street, the Soldier's Monument, and Exchange Street [Town Hall, Unitarian Church, Cook and Simonds, etc. (determined by comparing buildings to 1855 map found here: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:zw12z7878)]

Photographers noted include: Geo. T. Putnam [George?], George L. Chapman, Harding Jenkins, Garris T. Randol [or Raudol?]

The items acquired by Mr. Detering from Margolis & Moss are split between two folders. A photocopy of the Margolis & Moss 'collection' description was added to this folder for reference. This folder contains the items that do not appear to have been part of the exhibit, whereas the other folder contains the exhibit script and the items likely displayed in the exhibit.

14 mounted albumen photographs with names of individuals handwritten on back (3 are repetitive images but have different handwriting on back), exhibit script, description of collection of items prepared by Margolis & Moss, photocopy of receipt of purchase by Detering Book Gallery from Margolis & Moss, page with description of the "Institution for the Education of Feeble Minded Youth Barre, Mass".

Photographs:
Seven boys with hats on, seated (G.T. Randol, Kory[?] D. Wadworth, Arthur F. [?], Charlie Fuller, Walter C[?], Willie Bowen, Charlie Phissner[?])
Three girls, seated (Rebecca Cooper, Susie Clark, Allie Bancroft)
Group of ten men, seated (George[?] S. Barton[?], Joshua Stetson, William Cicero Price, Franklin [Z?], Gerye[?] Bartlett, Jean Whitcomb, Samuel Perkin Jr., Carl Randolph, Louis Young, , "Judpe" Crouch)
Six children in hats, seated - two copies, one is faded ([Alex or Ches?] Washburn, Willie DuBois, Hakon[?] Boysen[?], Willie Poole, Clarence Mansfield, Theo Blake)
Group of eight men in hats, seated (Henry[?] Earle, Spencer Keily, Porter Oshan[?], Willie Hurd, Albert Chamberlain[?], Hubert Harvey, Gerye[?] Barrell, Howard [?])
Five men in suits, seated (Hargoode[?], Warren, Hall, Attchison[?], C[?])
Five women in dresses, seated (Lizzie Hambleton[?], Lizzie Leaming[?], Amelia[?] Hart, Jane Boyle, Grace Bates)
Eight young men on tricycles (Arthur Hastings, Charlie Washburn, Ward Moore, Clarence Mansfield, H[?] Boysen[?], Wille Bowen, Charlie Skinner[?], Carl Randolph)
Eight ladies in hats, seated (Maria[?] Rice, Louise Hill, Estelle Chancellor, Ell Ayer, Lexie[?] Webster[?], Sophie Kelly, Addie Field)
Youth standing in four rows, hands on hips, with a ring in each hand (May Fitch, Henry Earle, Wille Bowen, Halcon[?] B[?], Skinner, Willie Bancroft, Gerry[?] Randol, Arthur Hastings[?], Leigh Webster, Sophie Kelly, George Anderson, Willie S[?], Clarence Mansfield, Miss Grace Barnum[?], Miss Allen
Soldier's Monument in Barre, MA

The items acquired by Mr. Detering from Margolis & Moss are split between two folders. A copy of the Margolis & Moss 'collection' description was added to the additional folder for reference. This folder contains the exhibit script and the items likely displayed in the exhibit, whereas the other folder contains the remaining items that do not appear to have been part of the exhibit.

Black and white prints of medical buildings: Girl's Cottage, Custodial Building, Main Building for Boys, Epileptic Boys' Cottage, Shop and Gymnasium.

See related content within MS 203: Box 5 "Barre, Massachusetts printer proofs/reprints"

9 postcards from asylums in the United States: State Custodial Asylum in Roane, New York; Dannemora State Hospital in Dannemora, NY; Hospital for the Insane in Lincoln, Nebraska; Boys Reformatory (location not specified), Insane Asylum in Phoenix, Arizona; State Insane Asylum, Lincoln, Nebraska; Hebrew Hospital and Asylum in Baltimore, Maryland; West Virginia Asylum in Huntington, West Virginia; Insane Asylum and Almshouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [7 have postmarks and inscriptions, 2 are blank.]

Black and white, details about each image are printed on the back.

8x10 photographs of the McLean Asylum staff, patients and facilities from the 1890's provided for the exhibit by the McLean Hospital. Correspondence (from 1988) and receipts regarding the use of the images for exhibit, as well as the exhibit script.

Annual Reports from 1844, 1845, 1855, 1854, 1860; and ephemera removed from the annual reports and placed in individual labeled sleeves. Title of report including the date and the page numbers where epherema were found was noted on each paper sleeve.

Small exhibit scripts and black and white reprints of photographs taken at Bloomingdale Asylum in New York (1845-1890's). Content of images includes but is not limited to: women gardening, women playing golf, women playing basketball (indoors and outside), patients sitting outside under trees under supervision of nurses, and Dr. Atwood's Office.

See related content within MS 203: OV 312 "New York Hospital: Bloomingdale Asylum (1890's), exhibit items (mounted reproductions/reprints of photographs)".

Photographs of authors, book covers, and other images.

Photographic negatives showing the Detering Book Gallery, including book covers, books on shelves, and individuals.

Divided into sub-folders by format:

1. Photographs - Medical Project (Transplant Surgery)
2. Negative Prints (Photographs) - Medical Project
3. Negatives (Photographs) - Medical Project
4. Slides - Medical Project

Unclear if this is from a single surgical procedure or multiple. Photos and negatives were removed from Fox Photo envelopes/sleeves and re-housed for preservation purposes. A photocopy of the front and back of the Fox Photo sleeves was added and the originals removed for preservation concerns as some were partially melted/degrading and there are concerns of off-gassing damaging the other items in the collection.

There are images of surgical procedures in progress and some images may contain nudity. A carbon receipt from Southside photo was removed for privacy reasons as it contains a full credit card number and Mr. Detering's signature.

"Olmec" is handwritten on the back and "F. Wilber Seiders" is stamped on the back.

Photographs are numbered by the photographer (1547, 2730, 1398, 2358, 2323), except for four black and white images of a bowl (potentially reprints of same image). Specific copyright stipulations are noted on the backs of the numbered photos.

Different views of the monument with inscription "Au Docteur Philippe Pinel bienfaiteur des alienes 1745-1826 La Societe Medico Psychologique de Paris" [3 versions, 2 may be the same view] and an image of a tree lined walkway that ends at a white building. [This monument is on the grounds of the Hospital de la Salpetriere in Paris]

This box contains numerous folders with empherema from the corresponding Detering Rare Books collection (RB 002), as well as three folders with photocopies of the title page of each book in the collection.

4 black and white portrait reprints (unmounted), 1 has name in script at bottom. Variations of images present in OV313 "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and Dr. Thomas Kirkbride exhibit items (portrait and grounds reprints, exhibit script)"

Black and white reprints (unmounted) of images from "Iconographi Photographique de la Salpêtrière", Service de M. Charcot par Bourneville et P. Regnard, Paris, 1876-1877. The black and white images from the book are of women in various states, each with a label identifying the illustrated medical condition in French [terminology may be antiquated]. Includes Title Page and 22 different plates - multiple versions/reprint variations of each plate. Also includes some handwritten notes regarding proofs, edits or adjustments, etc.

Black and white reprints (unmounted) of images from "Psychiatrie. Für Ärzte Und Studierende Bearbeitet", by Dr. Med. Th. Ziehen, published in 1894, Berlin. The images are portraits of individuals, likely patients [medical terminology may be antiquated]. Includes Title Page and 10 images from different plates - multiple versions/reprint variations of each plate or image.

Black and white reprints (unmounted) from "Atlas der Geisteskrankheiten im Anschluss an Sommer's Diaknostik der Geisteskrankheiten. von Dr. A. Alber, Assistent an der psychiatrischen Klinik in Giessen. Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. R. Sommer, Director de psychiatrischen Klinik in Giessen." Published in 1902, Berlin. These reprints contain five different images of seated women, likely patients, and there are multiple versions/reprint variations of each plate or image.

Reprints of black and white images (unmounted). Variations of images present in OV313 "Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and Dr. Thomas Kirkbride exhibit items (portrait and grounds reprints, exhibit script)".

Black and white reprints (unmounted) of images or plates from books. These are variations of images present in the exhibit series (series 2) of this collection, MS 203. There are multiple versions/reprint variations of each plate or image. Includes, but is not limited to: 5 plates from Chapin's "Compendium of Insanity" (1898). [See OV 311, "Chapin, "Compendium of Insanity" (1898), exhibit items (mounted reproductions/reprints)"]; Title page and 3 plates/figures from Dagonet's "Traite des Maladies Mentales" (1894). [See OV311 "Dagonet and Duhamel, "Traite des Maladies Mentales" (1894), exhibit items (mounted reprints)"]; Title page and 3 images from Dickson's "Medicine in Relation to Mind". [See OV315, ""Photography and Psychiatry in the 19th Century" exhibit items (mounted reproductions/reprints from Dickson and Darwin)"].

Duplicate content: Black and white printer proofs of medical buildings: Girl's Cottage and Custodial Building [~49 copies], Main Building for Boys [12 copies], Epileptic Boys' Cottage, Shop and Gymnasium [13 copies]. Many have mild foxing.

See related content within MS 203: Box 2 "Barre, Massachusetts (Part 3), Black and white images of various medical buildings, printers proofs/reprints"