This collection documents the founding, administration and multifaceted departments of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. This collection includes various publications (newsletters, articles, notices, brochures), correspondences, lists of staff bibliographies, photographs, calendars, bound annual reports as related to the LPPI, and a tool that was used to lay the cornerstone. The collection spans the years 1937 to 1993; materials are compiled - they were not generated by a specific individual or office.