Kurland, Albert
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1914 - December 7, 2008
Biographical Information
Albert Kurland was born in 1914, and graduated with his M.D. in 1940 at the University of Maryland. After his service as a doctor in World War II, Kurland went on to become a staff psychiatrist at Spring Grove State Hospital in 1949, director of research in 1953, director of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center in 1969, and research professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1979. Kurland is also responsible for starting a non-profit organization called Friends of Psychiatric Research. He passed away on December 7, 2008.
Sources: Interview by Leo E. Hollister with Kurland; http://d.plnk.co/ACNP/50th/Transcripts/Albert%20Kurland%20by%20Leo%20E.%20Hollister.doc http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-12-09/news/0812080124_1_kurland-maryland-psychiatric-research-lsd
Sources: Interview by Leo E. Hollister with Kurland; http://d.plnk.co/ACNP/50th/Transcripts/Albert%20Kurland%20by%20Leo%20E.%20Hollister.doc http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-12-09/news/0812080124_1_kurland-maryland-psychiatric-research-lsd
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Academic writings, 1963 - 1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 68, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William Richards Collection on Walter Pahnke (1952-1972; 0.2 cubic feet) contains materials collected and donated by William Richards that document the life and work of his close colleague, Walter Pahnke. It includes some of Pahnke's important academic writings, copies of personal manuscripts, some biographical information, writings by his wife (Eva Sontum Pahnke), and materials memorializing his untimely passing.
Dates:
1963 - 1971
Articles, 1966 - 1980
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 67, File 2
Scope and Contents
This file contains "Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism" by Walter N. Pahnke and William A. Richards, "LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy with Terminal Cancer Patients" by Walter H. Pahnke, M.D., Ph.D. Albert A. Kurland, M.D., Louis E. Goodman, M.D., and William A. Richards, S.T.M. (Psychology), "Psychedelic Drug-Assisted Psychotherapy with Persons Suffering from Terminal Cancer" by William A. Richards, "DPT as an Adjunct in Brief Psychotherapy with Cancer Patients" by William A. Richards,...
Dates:
1966 - 1980
Cholden, Louis S., Albert Kurland, and Charles Savage. "Clinical Reactions and Tolerance to LSD in Chronic Schizophrenia," The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol. 122, No. 3 (reprint), September 1955
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 3, Item 26
Scope and Contents
Underlining and marginalia throughout.
Dates:
September 1955
"Dipropltyptamine (DPT) as an Adjunct in the Counseling of Cancer Patients", undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 5
Scope and Contents
Co-authored with William A. Richards, John C. Rhead, Louis E. Goodman, Francesco DiLeo, and Albert A. Kurland. Signature on first page.
Dates:
undated
"DPT as an Adjunct in Psychotherapy of Alcoholics," International Pharmacopsychiatry, Vol. 8, 1973
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 17
Scope and Contents
Co-authored with R.A. Soskin, W.A. Richards and A.A. Kurland. Three copies, one in Box 1 and two in Box 20.
Dates:
1973
Kurland, A. A. Charles Savage, and Sanford Unger. "LSD in Psychiatric Treatment," Clinical Psychopharmacology. Vol. 1 (reprint), 1968
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 11, Item 42
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1968
Kurland, A. A. et al. "LSD in Psychiatric Treatment." Clinical Psychopharmacology. Vol 1, 1968
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 3, File 4, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1968
Kurland, A., C. Savage, W. N. Pahnke, S. Grof, and J. E. Olsson. "LSD in the Treatment of Alcoholics," Pharmakopsychiatrie Neuro-Psychopharmakologie. Vol. 4, No. 2 (reprint), March 1971
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 11, Item 43
Scope and Contents
Two copies, one in each location.
Dates:
March 1971
Kurland, Albert A. and Sanford Unger. "The Present Status and Future Direction of Psychedelic LSD Research with Special Reference to the Spring Grove Studies.", undated
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 4, File 6, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains manuscripts and undated manuscripts documenting Savage’s research, as well as miscellaneous manuscripts possibly created by Savage, his patients, or his colleagues. Materials are arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
Dates:
undated
Kurland, Albert A. et al. "Psychedelic Therapy Utilizing LSD in the Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient: A Preliminary Report." Amer. J. Psychiat. Vol. 123, No. 10, 1967
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 3, File 3, Item 13
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1967
Kurland, Albert A. et al. "Psychedelic Therapy (Utilizing LSD) with Terminal Cancer Patients.", undated
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 4, File 6, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains manuscripts and undated manuscripts documenting Savage’s research, as well as miscellaneous manuscripts possibly created by Savage, his patients, or his colleagues. Materials are arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
Dates:
undated
Kurland, Albert A., Sanford Unger, and John W. Shaffer. "The Psychedelic Procedure in the Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient - A Research Program at the Spring Grove State Hospital," Prepared for Presentation at the Second Conference on the Use of LSD in Psychotherapy. (photocopy), May 8-10, 1965
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 11, Item 40
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
May 8-10, 1965
Kurland, Albert A., Walter N. Pahnke, Sanford Unger, Charles Savage, and Louis E. Goodman. "Psychedelic Psychotherapy (LSD) in the Treatment of the Patient With a Malignancy." , April 24 - 27, 1968
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 4, File 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains manuscripts and undated manuscripts documenting Savage’s research, as well as miscellaneous manuscripts possibly created by Savage, his patients, or his colleagues. Materials are arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
Dates:
April 24 - 27, 1968
Kurland, Albert A., Walter N. Pahnke, Sanford Unger, Charles Savage, and Stanislav Grof. "Psychedelic LSD Research," Psychotropic Drugs in the Year 2000. (photocopy), 1971
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 11, Item 44
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
1971
Kurland, Albert (et al). "Psychedelic Therapy Utilizing LSD in the Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient: A Preliminary Report," Amer. J. Psychiat. 10 (reprint), April 1967
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 11, Item 41
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
April 1967
"LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients with Terminal Cancer," International Pharmacopsychiatry. 8. (reprint), 1973
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 28
Scope and Contents
Co-authored with L.E. Goodman, W.A. Richards, and A.A. Kurland. Two copies.
Dates:
1973
“LSD-Type Drugs and Psychedelic Therapy” by Sanford Unger, Albert A. Kurland, MD, John W. Shaffer, Charles Savage, Sidney Wolf, Robert Leihy, O. Lee McCabe, and Harry Shock (Reprint from Research in Psychotherapy, Volume 3), 1968
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sanford Unger papers (1961-1974; 0.2 cubic feet) contains writings exploring the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. The collection also contains the correspondence between Aldous and Laura Huxley and Sanford Unger, and an excerpt from the 1966 CBS Reports feature, “LSD The Spring Grove Experiment.”
Dates:
1968
“Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy of Neurotic Disorders: Short Term Effects” by O. Lee McCabe, Charles Savage, Albert Kurland, and Sanford Unger, (Reprint from the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs, Volume 5, Number 1) , 1972
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sanford Unger papers (1961-1974; 0.2 cubic feet) contains writings exploring the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. The collection also contains the correspondence between Aldous and Laura Huxley and Sanford Unger, and an excerpt from the 1966 CBS Reports feature, “LSD The Spring Grove Experiment.”
Dates:
1972
Savage, Charles, O. Lee McCabe, and Albert Kurland. "LSD Therapy of Heroin Addicts: A Controlled Study." (photocopy of typed manuscript), undated
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 18, Item 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
undated
Shaffer, John W. Wilfried R. Freinek, Sidney Wolf, Nancy H. Foxwell, and Albert A. Kurland. "A Controlled Evaluation of Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) in the Treatment of Convalescing Alcoholics". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol. 137, No. 5, November 1963
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 3, File 2, Item 22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains dated and undated article reprints that Savage used for research, as well as his article reviews. Some of the article reprints are written by him, or they are articles he may have reviewed. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
November 1963
“The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy” by Walter N. Pahnke, Albert A. Kurland, Sanford Unger, Charles Savage, and Stanislav Grof (Reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 212, Number 11), 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 69, File 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Sanford Unger papers (1961-1974; 0.2 cubic feet) contains writings exploring the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances. The collection also contains the correspondence between Aldous and Laura Huxley and Sanford Unger, and an excerpt from the 1966 CBS Reports feature, “LSD The Spring Grove Experiment.”
Dates:
1970
"The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy," International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Therapy, and Toxicocology, Vol. 4, 1971
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 51
Scope and Contents
Co-authored with Walter Pahnke, A.A. Kurland, Sanford Unger, and Charles Savage.
Dates:
1971
Tjio, J. H., W. N. Pahnke, and A. A. Kurland. "Pre- and Post-LSD Chromosomal Aberrations: A Comparative Study." (photocopy), undated
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 19, Item 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes published and unpublished preprints, reprints, abstracts, and drafts of articles on the use of psychotropic substances as a therapeutic agent. It also includes book chapters, letters to the editor, and conference presentations.
Dates:
undated
Turek, I. S., R. A. Soskin, and A. A. Kurland. "Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) Subjective Effects," Journal of Psychedelic Drugs. Vol. 6, No. 1 (reprint), January - March 1974
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 19, Item 31
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
January - March 1974
Undated Manuscripts, Authors Kurland - Prince, undated
File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 70, Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains manuscripts and undated manuscripts documenting Savage’s research, as well as miscellaneous manuscripts possibly created by Savage, his patients, or his colleagues. Materials are arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.
Dates:
undated