Box 1

A sizeable correspondence with Arthur S. Link, professor of American History and an editor. This correspondence relates to Grob's completion of a bibliography entitled "American Social History Before 1860." The correspondence is personal in tone.

Correspondence regarding Grob soliciting reprint permission for one of his articles for his "Mental Health and Massachusetts" book project. Correspondence with a faculty member at Columbia University regarding research, including Grob's research on the history of the state hospital at Worcester, Massachusetts.

Includes Grob's application copy of a National Institute of Mental Health grant. Correspondence with Rutgers colleagues and professors at other colleges and universities regarding lectures and meetings. Two copies of letters to a NY Times editor; the first regarding American foreign policy, the second regarding life as a Catholic and a politician.

Contains correspondence with Harvard University Press about publishing and editing information on Grob's manuscripts and articles, including his work on "The Jarvis Report." Includes copy of a Grob proposal, "A Documentary History of One Hundred and Fifty Years of Psychiatry in New England." Letters to and from librarians about Grob's research into Adolph Myer's papers. Includes various memoranda.

Correspondence pertaining to research about Dr. Hosea M. Quinby for Grob's history of the Worcester State Hospital. Letters pertaining to Grob's request of the Theodore Roosevelt Association to use Roosevelt quotes in his manuscript. Correspondence regarding recommendation letters for faculty candidates.

Contains a rejection of his manuscript "Trade vs. Reform Unionism" by the Rutgers University Press. Contains a letter to the editor of the Clark Scarlet newspaper about the undergraduate student body. Correspondence with Dr. Shakow, Chief of the Laboratory of Psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Includes discussion by Grob about potentially contributing a piece on Professor Szasz's contribution and influence on current psychiatry to a volume project with Dr. Sahan L. Sharma; includes a copy of a bibliography supplied by Sharma.

Contains a legal 1962 tax bill made out to Grob for land purchased near Worcester, Massachusetts. Two copies of a questionnaire filled out by Grob relate to letters with a committee on graduate education in American history. Also contains letters from the editor of the Journal of Economic medicine discussing their acceptance for publication of a manuscript written by Grob.

Contains a letter wherein Grob mentions giving a portion of the collection of his research materials related to American asylums to the APA Library in Washington, D.C. Includes a thank you letter from Eunice E. Winters for providing the HALL letters related to Adolph Myer.

Includes correspondence with Robert L. Zangrando, Assistant Executive Secretary of the American Historical Society, mentioning Grob's recent grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his work on the history of the mental hospital in the United States.