Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia Lampe papers, C0158, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Virginia Lampe.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009.

Biographical Information

Virginia Lampe actively served on several local hospital and mental health boards in Virginia, including the Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services Boards. She also served on regional planning committees in several counties, including Lenowisco, Cumberland Plateau, Mount Rogers, and New River Valley, as an advocate of mental health and mental retardation services for children.

Scope and Content

This collection contains materials pertaining to Virginia Lampe's career as a community activist and advocate of mental health and mental retardation services. The materials include task-force reports and meeting minutes for the numerous mental health and regional planning boards on which she served, as well as correspondence with her husband Henry O. Lampe.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subject.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Henry Lampe papers.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Lampe, Virginia.

Subjects:

• Mental health services--United States.
• People with mental disabilities--Services for--United States.

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