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 Descriptive Summary John Paterson Brantner Papers, c. 1954-1987 Brantner, John Paterson, 1921-1987. ?? Linear Feet 135 Folders, 2, packages, 1 set of index cards University of Minnesota Libraries For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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John Paterson Brantner Papers, University of Minnesota Libraries

 Provenance

The bulk of this collection was received from the Dept. of Psychiatry in June, 1987, with additional materials received in July and August. Any papers which Brantner kept in his home were destroyed before any attempt could be made to obtain them.

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 Biographical Note

John Brantner received his B.A. (1948) and his Ph.D. (1958) in psychology from the University of Minnesota. He was appointed to the University of Minnesota's Dept. of Psychiatry as in instructor in 1954 (achieving the rank of Professor in 1969) and later held an adjunct appointment in the Dept. of Psychology. An extremely popular professor, Brantner received distinguished teaching awards in 1969 and 1977 from the University of Minnesota. He was a highly sought-after community speaker as well and despite a reported distaste for flying, he willingly traveled throughout the country as well as Minnesota to speak on various mental health topics. Branter was found dead in his south Minneapolis home on February 22, 1987, an apparent suicide.

 Scope and Content Note

For the most part, this collection consists of handwritten lecture notes and related brochure-type materials, which show the depth and breadth of Brantner's personal and professional interests. Audiocassette recordings of some of Brantner's lectures are available in the archives.

 List of Folders 1 AIDS groups 2 Alternatives to Christmas 3 Animal-Human Relationships 4 Another Way to Look at Visions 5 Appointment book, 1987 6-7 Appointments and consultantships (2 folders) 8 Architecture forum 9 Awards 10 Beyond Successful Aging 11 Burnout 12 Catastrophe and Changes in Hospitalization 13 Celebrating Aging through your Staff 14 Celebrating Recovery 15 Cenacle 12-step retreat 16 Changing Concept of Humanness 17 Clothing 18 Concepts of Psychology in Housing Management 19 Coping with Chronic Illness 20 Coping with Loss: Death and Dying 21-22 Course Evaluations (2 folders) 23 Course in Counselling (index cards) 24 Creativity and Aging 25 Creativity: the Creative Act, the Creative Process 26 Critical Choices for Community Mental Health 27-28 Dealing with Change (2 folders) 29-30 Death and Self (2 folders) 31 A Defense of the Psychopathic Lifestyle 32 Developing Intergenerational Models for Living 33 Divorce and Separation 34 Ecological Aspects of Aging 35 Euthanasia 36 Faith and Health 37 Family Intimacy and a Model of Sexual Health 38 The Gift of Skepticism 39 Graduate School file 40-41 Grief (2 folders) 42 Homeless Men 43 Honeywell Older Workers League 44 Hospice Care 45 How Funerals Serve the Psychological Needs of Families 46 Human Sexuality 47 Humanistic Medicine 48 "I Say it's Spinach and I Say the Hell with it" 49 The Impact of Death on the Family 50 Incest and Sexual Abuse 51 Intergenerational Education 52 Intimacy and Alcoholism 53 Justice and Involuntary Commitment: Are they Compatible? 54 Keyboard Music in England: 1525-1765 55 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Treatment for the Critically and Terminally Ill Patient 56 Life Cycle 57 Lightheartedness in the Midst of Grief 58 The Living Person 59 Living with Our Parents 60 Loneliness and Loss 61 Looking into the Future 62 Love and Friendship from a Cross-Cultural Perspective 63 MMPI-Couples 64 Maintaining Caring in a Competitive World 65 Meaning of the Past in a Changing World 66 Medical Management of Solid Tumors: from Biomedical to Psychosocial 67 Meeting Your Own Needs: or Do You Have a Career Plan? 68 Minnesota Chemical Dependency Association: the Uses of Diversity 69 Minnesota Illusion: Our Dilemma, Effecting Change 70-73 Miscellaneous correspondence (4 folders) 74-75 Miscellaneous talks (2 folders) 76 Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in Dealing with the Elderly 77 Mortuary Science, Class of 1974: commencement address 78 Motivations of Chronically Dependent People: Implications for Counselling 79 Mysticism 80 Nature of Prejudice 81 Neglected Research/Neglected People: the Case for Mental Health Research 82 New Days, New Ways: Change and Adaptation 83 Old Age as a Disguise 84 Peer Pressure and Making Choices 85 Planning a Resourceful Retirement 86 Prediction of Life Expectancy (Brantner) 87 Problems of Retirees and Older Workers 88 The Professional's Rewards 89 Program for the Destruction of the Aged 90 Prophylaxis for Catastrophe 91 Psychological Aspects of Dental Practice 92 Psychological Aspects of Disease 93 Psychological Needs of the Elderly 94 Psychological Reaction to Death and Disability 95 Psychology consultation-liaison service 96-97 Psychology of Intoxication (2 folders) 98 Quest for Copers 99 The Rapture of Recovery 100 Recovering from Loss 101 Reprints 102 Role of the EMT in Pre-Hospital Patient Communications 103 The Self-Defeating Search for Perfection 104 Self-Esteem: My Gift to Others 105 Selling Community Corrections: Who's Buying? 106 Sex, Love and Marriage 107 Sidewise Look at Celibacy 108 Simonton treatment of cancer 109 Slum Redevelopment 110 Space, Environment and Psychology 111 Spirituality and its Role in Building a Solid Recovery 112 The Splendid Old 113 Stress 114 Suicide 115 Survival 116 Tattoo materials (1 folder, 2 packages) 117 Term papers 118 Three Forces of Social Change 119 A Time Alone 120 Touch and Touching 121 Tuberculosis and the Alcoholic 122 The Unexpected Consequences of a Commitment to Non-Violence 123 Unexpected Death 124 Value of Casual Encounters 125 Varieties of the God Quest 126 Vegetarianism 127 Veteran's Day (KUOM Radio) 128 Vita 129 Waconia schools 130 What if the Animals all Went Away? 131 What is the American Dream for Me? 132 What Makes a Nursing Home a Home? 133 Wishy-Washy or Hocus-Pocus: Eclecticism and Dogmatics in Science and Medicine 134 YMCA