This is a collection of papers relating to the Department of Neurology that has been gathered by the Mount Sinai Archives. These include records from the Chairman/Director tenures of Morris B. Bender, MD (1951-1973); Melvin Yahr, MD (1974-1991); Howard Lipton, MD (1991-5/1/1993); C. Warren Olanow, MD (1994-5/31/2009); and Stuart C. Sealfon, (6/2009- ).

This series includes: a history of the department (1972); annual reports (1938-73, 74-90); typescript of speech by Bernard H. Eliasberg in honor of Israel Strauss when Strauss retired as Director of Neurology, June 2, 1938; typescripts of articles by Morris B. Bender, MD; files from James T. Caroscio re: ALS clinic (1977-86); the MDA/ALS Newsletter, 2004-; newsletters of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis (electronic); CME brochures (electronic); residency brochures (electronic); Neurology in the News e-newsletter. Includes: CME and Residency brochures; Dickinson Center newsletters; specialty reports cross-linked from Marketing Dept; Neurology in the News e-newsletter.

This material includes a transcript and audio recording of an oral history interview by Emily Falk with Kenneth L. Davis, MD, on July 15, 2002 when he was the Chairman of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. This interview is part of the oral history collection for "Teaching Tomorrow's Medicine Today" book on the history of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), and topics many focus on his time at and perspectives on the school.

Dr. Davis begins the interview by sharing information on his early life and education, including his undergraduate psychology research at Yale University, his reasons for becoming a doctor, and why he chose to attend MSSM, including his early impressions of and family connections with Mount Sinai Hospital.

He also speaks about the curriculum at MSSM and how it evolved over time, as well as the political activism among students in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (Dr. Davis graduated from MSSM in 1973.) Finally, he discusses his research, particularly on acetylcholine and memory in patients with Alzheimer disease and dopamine deficiency in patients with schizophrenia.