Skip to main content

Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment records

 Collection
Identifier: S4456

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence and subject files of Director Richard Kunz; Minnesota Chemical Dependency Association Board minutes, newsletter, and section minutes for Region II; research files; newsclipping scrapbook for the Center; a small amount of Center office records; and local, state, and national published materials on durg and alcohol use, abuse, treatment, policy, law and issues. The collection reflects the shift in public and professional attitudes from the drinker as a "drunk" to the assessment of alcoholism as a disease. The collection does not include case files.

Dates

  • 1954-1986

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The Center for Alcohol and Drug Problems changed its name to the Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment in September 1989. The name was chosen to reflect a shiftging emphasis toward providing licensed treatment programs for chemically dependent persons. The Center was established September 1, 1961, as a private non-profit corporation. Its purpose is to provide chemical health, substance abuse, addiction treatment & recovery services. The Center's current services include: Detoxification Services, Residential Treatment Services, Intensive Outpatient Treatment Services, Medium Intensity Residential Programs, Rule 25 Placement Assessments & Individual Counseling, Mental Health & Recovery Program, Woodland Hills Adolescent Treatment Program, Northeast Regional Corrections Center Outpatient Treatment Program, Assisted Recovery Program, and the New San Marco Group Residential Housing.

Extent

12.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence and subject files of Director Richard Kunz; Minnesota Chemical Dependency Association Board minutes, newsletter, and section minutes for Region II; research files; newsclipping scrapbook for the Center; a small amount of Center office records; and local, state, and national published materials on durg and alcohol use, abuse, treatment, policy, law and issues.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.

Title
Guide to the Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment records
Author
Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collecting Area Details

Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526